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From: Lisinka Ulatowska
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To: Lisinka Ulatowska <lisinka.ulatowska@gmail.com>
Sent: Sat, March 30, 2013 8:28:48 AM
Subject: Deadline registration UN Training Part II
Dear Friends,
The UN Training Part
II will take place on Wednesday, April 3rd 9:00-11:00
am PDT; noon-2:00 pm EDT; 6:00-8:00 pm CET.
The 2-hour training will consist of two equal parts
- A
slide show on diverse aspects of the commons, as described below. This is open
to all. No registration required
- A
workshop with hands-on training in presenting a commons perspective in a
UN context. The number of participants in the workshop is limited to 8 to give each an opportunity to practice .
For this registration is required. The
deadline for registration is Monday, April 1st
noon PDT (3:00 pm EDT and 9:00 CET. (Registration form attached). Those
wishing to attend will also be asked to complete an assignment to prepare
for participation (See below).
Here is how to
connect for all, including the actual workshop participants:
3. Guest pin code: 926179#
Please call in at
least 15 minutes ahead of the scheduled time because complications with
connecting tend to arise and it will be hard to connect you once the slide show
has begun.
To provide adequate time for practice, only those enrolled in the
workshop will be able to participate actively. All others will be on mute.![]()
UN TRAINING PART II
GROWING THE COMMONS TOP DOWN AND BOTTOM UP
Training Part II is meant for anyone who is interested in
advocating a commons approach to dealing with issues the UN focuses on. This could
take two forms: either by joining one of our teams and actually attending a UN
conference, or else giving input from your own home where you can remain
updated by our Instant Response Network.
Part I of this Training focused on the UN. Part II will focus
on diverse aspects of the commons and on how a commons approach can be applied
to the resolution of global problems as they emerge from global to local levels.
The workshop will provide hands-on experience of presenting your commons
approach to delegates and the UN in several steps.
Speakers will be:
Akiwa Gizzel,
Director of Human Affect, who will speak on Indigenous Peoples, some special
ways in which they make contact with Nature and their particular
vulnerabilities and concerns when lobbying at the UN
Rob Wheeler,
UN Representative of the Global Eco Villlage Network (GEN) and one of the
leaders of the Commons Cluster will describe his personal experience of
actually living in a commons community. He will also describe how GEN builds
Ecovillages worldwide. For instance, 46000 are planned for Senegal.
Alanna Hartzok, MA, Director of the Earth Rights Institute will
discuss the approach of Henry George and a commons approach to financing as a tool
to help bring about sustainability.
Facilitator and
designer of the Training and workshop: Dr. Lisinka Ulatowska.
(Coordinator NGO Major Group Commons Cluster at the UN.)
Technical
Director: Myra Jackson
Those wishing to participate in the workshop
Please
2. prepare for participation as follows:
- download
from http://www.commonsactionfortheunitednations.org/un-rep-training/
the advocacy resource booklet: Growing the Commons Top-Down and
Bottom-Up.
- read Measures
to Shift to an All-Win, Sustainable, Commons-Based Economy on page
50. This chapter also deals with measures to alleviate poverty.
- Prepare
a one-minute rationale for using a commons approach to a sustainable
economy as if you were talking to a delegate. (You are free to adjust this
to a particular country or just to delegates in general).
- Make a
list of measures that seem most important to you to mention to the
delegate if s/he agrees to extend the conversation. In this way your
prepared presentation will consist of two separate parts.
We shall both practice our presentations and learn more
about the measures you choose to bring up.
3. Please also listen to and watch the slide show section of
Part I if you did not attend Training I or if you have not yet attended a UN
conference on sustainability. The slide show can be found on:
http://www.commonsactionfortheunitednations.org/un-rep-training/
by clicking in the grey section on Part One UN Decision Making/ view the page.
Please note: Part
II is being held much later than planned. This made it possible for us to
present speakers who would otherwise have been unavailable.
Part III will deal
with Strategy and build on the work that the Commons Cluster will be
preparing in the coming weeks.
With warmest greetings,
Lisinka Ulatowska
--
Dr. Lisinka Ulatowska
Coordinator Commons Cluster and
Commons Action for the United Nations
UN Rep. Association of World Citizens;
Institute for Planetary Synthesis
All Win Network