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24 September
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24 September
24 September: Day One (Indonesia & Asia Day)

Day One is held at the Merdeka Building. Participants are reminded to please register for the GLF on the day before (23 September) to avoid additional wait times on the morning of 24 September.

07.30 – 08.00: Peasants’ March

07.30 – 08.30: Registration at Merdeka Building

08.30 – 08.40: Traditional dance

08.40 – 08.45: Opening

08.45 – 08.55: Indonesian National Anthem

08.55 – 09.10: Welcome Remarks
Dewi Kartika, NOC Chairperson/KPA Secretary General
Michael Taylor, Director, ILC Secretariat
Moeldoko, Head of Executive Office of the President

09.10 – 09.20: Handover of Peasants’ Declaration

09.20 – 09.40: Keynote Speech
Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia (TBC)

09.40 – 09.55: Handing over of agrarian reform certificates

09.55 – 10.10: Group photo

10.10 – 11.00: Coffee Break
Press conference

11.00 – 12.30: High Level Panel: Agrarian Reform Agenda, Implementation & Conflict Resolution in Indonesia
Sofyan Djalil, Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning
Siti Nurbaya, Minister of Environment and Forestry
Eko Putro Sandjojo, Minister of Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
Dewi Kartika, Secretary General of KPA
Rukka Sombolinggi, Secretary General of AMAN
Moderator: Desi Anwar

12.30 – 13.50: Lunch

13.30 – 15.30: Senior Officials’ Meeting (Closed)

13.50 – 14.00: Performance

14.00 – 15.00: Asia Forum: Agrarian Reform and Indigenous Lands Recognition in Asia – Achievements and Challenges
Barrister Raja Devasish Roy, Member of UNFPII, Bangladesh
Tony Quizon, Activist and Founder of ANGOC, the Philippines
Joyce Godio, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, Thailand
Yohana Susana Yembise, Minister of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection
Moderator: Nurhidayati, National Executive Director of WALHI

15.00 – 15.30: Coffee break

15.30 – 16.30: Multi-stakeholder Discussion on People-Centred Land Governance in Asia
Ahmad Taufan Damanik, Chairman, Human Rights Commission, Indonesia
Rajagopal, President, Ekta Parishad, India
Noer Fauzi Rachman, Senior Researcher, SAINS, Indonesia
Tevita Boseiwaqa Taginavulau, Director General, CIRDAP, Bangladesh
Moderator: Nonette Royo, Executive Director, Tenure Facility

16.30 – 17.15: Asia Lifetime Achievement Recognition for Land Rights Defenders

17.15 – 17.20: Closing
Oded Muhammad Danial, Mayor of Bandung

17.20 – 17.30: Closing performance

25 September
25 September: Day Two (Network Forum)

Day Two is held at the eL Royale Hotel. Most sessions will be held in rooms on the first floor, with the fair of ideas in the first floor lobby.

08.15 – 08.20: Opening

08.20 – 09.10: Report from field visits and day one
Michael Taylor, Director, ILC Secretariat

09.10 – 10.00: Challenging Power to Put People at the Centre of Land Governance
Prafulla Samantara, Goldman Environmental Prize winner, India
Gillian Caldwell, CEO, Global Witness

10.00 – 10.30: Coffee break

10.30 – 12.30: Defending Our Defenders: Tribute to Land and Environmental Defenders

10.30 – 11.30: Part 1: Keynotes
Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
Alex Sardar, Chief Innovation Officer, CIVICUS

11.30 – 12.30: Part 2: Talkshow
Dewi Kartika, NOC Chairperson/KPA Secretary General
Reuben Lifuka, Vice Chair, Transparency International
Renata Costa Cezar de Albuquerque, CPT, Brazil
Leiria Vay, Member of Political Council, CODECA, Guatemala
Moderator: Rebecca Henschke, BBC Indonesia

12.30 – 14.00: Lunch

14.00 – 16.00: Breakout Sessions Round 1
• How to better protect land and environmental defenders: Analysis, recommendations & sharing of experiences.
• People-centred land monitoring: Collecting and leveraging data for policy change.
• Conflict transformation and policy engagement: The role of multistakeholder platforms.
• Securing land rights for youth.
• Closing the gap between policy and practice: Enhancing women’s security of tenure.
• Collaborative innovation and co-learning to protect community lands.
• Our lands, our rights: indigenous peoples’ rights to land, territories and resources.

16.00 – 16.30: Coffee break

16.30 – 18.00: Breakout Sessions Round 2
• Acceso a la tierra en contextos actuales: territorios ancestrales y contra reforma agraria.
• Women’s land rights: bridging the gap between normative framework and reality.
• Building peace and promoting development: People-led NES experiences.
• Learning and sharing experiences from ILC rangelands and semi-drylands initiatives.
• The state of UNGP BHR in selected countries in Asia.
• Going beyond data to developing a global status report on land governance.
• Private capital, green grabbing and people’s solutions.

19.00 – 21.00: Gala dinner hosted by Bandung City Government and Ford Foundation

26 September
26 September: Day Three (Network Forum)

Day Three is held at the eL Royale Hotel. Most sessions will be held in rooms on the first floor, with the fair of ideas in the first floor lobby.

08.30 – 10.30: Breakout Sessions Round 1
• Stand up for land rights now: Advocacy and campaign training 1.
• How to avoid and revert land grabs: A practical training.
• Implementing the SDGs and monitoring progress at the country level: Opportunities, tools and experiences.
• How to build local leadership and organisational capacity for lasting change in land rights and governance 1.
• Land, gender, corruption, and the SDGs.
• Do not harm and do good?
• Women’s land rights recognition: Visibility, leadership and collectives.

10.00 – 11.00: Coffee break

11.00 – 12.30: Breakout Sessions Round 2
• Stand up for landrightsnow: advocacy and campaign training 2.
• Fighting against climate change and securing food sovereignty in the Arab region.
• The importance of the international decade for family farming in the promotion of ILC’s 10 commitments.
• How to build local leadership and organisational capacity for lasting change in land rights and governance 2.
• Governance of domestic investment in land.
• Addressing the evolving challenges in agrarian reform in Asia: lessons from Indonesia and the Philippines.
• SDG15 – realising sustainable use of ecosystems.

12.30 – 14.00: Lunch

14.00 – 14.45: ILC Awards

14.45 – 15.30: Fighting Inequality To Build A Just World
Part 1: Keynotes

Kathy Reich, Director, BUILD at Ford Foundation
Michael Uwemedimo, Co-founder & Director, CMAP

15.30 – 16.00: Coffee break

16.00 – 17.00: Part 2: Talkshow
Katia Maia, Executive Director, Oxfam Brasil
Qhapaj Conde, Indigenous Youth Caucus, Bolivia
Dr. Tran Thi Thuy Hoa, Chair of the Rubber Development Advisory Board, Vietnam Rubber Association
Moderator: Ron Hartman, Country Director Indonesia & Representative for South East Asia & Pacifc, IFAD

17.00 – 17.50: United for Land Rights: Sharing Experiences to Build a Stronger Coalition
ILC members from all caucuses
Moderator: Michael Taylor, Director, ILC Secretariat

17.50 – 18.00: Closing

27 September
27 September: Day Four (Ideas Fair and Assembly of Members)

Day Four is held at the eL Royale Hotel. Most sessions will be held in rooms on the first floor, with the fair of ideas in the first floor lobby.

09.00 – 11.30: Ideas Fair

Assembly of Members (Closed meeting)
11.30 – 11.45: Highlights of ILC Achievements 2016-18: Report from the Council Co-Chairs

12.15 – 13.15: ILC Secretariat Report to the AOM: Mid-term Review, Lessons, and Next Steps

13.15 – 14.30: Lunch

14.30 – 15.00: ILC Membership: Welcome of New Members and Ratification of Withdrawals

15.00 – 15.30: Hosting Agreement with IFAD Post-2020

15.30 – 15.45: Nomination of the New Council

15.45 – 16.15: Coffee break

16.15 – 17.45: Discussion and Endorsement of the Bandung Declaration

17.45 – 18.00: AOM Summary of Decisions

18.00: Closing