EVENT [RESOURCES]: Policy Forum on Resource Politics and the Public Sphere In Southeast Asia: Deliberation, Accountability and Alternatives [Bangkok, 13 December 2018]
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Program and List of Panelists:
08.15 - 09.00 Registration
09.00 - 09.15 Welcome remarks by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pandit Chanrojanakit, Deputy Dean for Research Department, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
09.15 - 10.30 Panel 1: Resource Politics and the Public Sphere in Southeast Asia: Trends, Opportunities, Challenges
Chair: Jakkrit Sangkamanee, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
‘How has the public sphere shaped Thailand’s resource politics, and implications for Southeast Asia’ by Naruemon Thabchumpon, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
‘Trends, opportunities and challenges in legal approaches to accountability in Indonesia: The role of the public sphere’ by Asfinawati, Executive Director, Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation
‘From local to transnational public spheres and public action: Reflecting on Singapore’s experience of haze’ by Benjamin Tay, President, People’s Movement to Stop Haze (PM Haze)
‘Trends, opportunities and challenges of environmental reporting in Southeast Asia: Whose voice is heard?‘ by Mong Palatino, Regional Editor for Southeast Asia, GlobalVoices
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30 Panel 2: Transboundary accountability mechanisms and the public sphere
Chair: Chantana Banpasirichote Wungaeo, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
‘Land and livelihoods in Cambodia: Lessons learned from the civil society’ by Eang Vuthy, Executive Director, Equitable Cambodia
‘Transboundary responsibility and accountability in Laos’ Hydropower projects’ by Premrudee Daoroung, Lao Dams Investment Monitor
‘Hard-law and soft-Law transnational accountability mechanisms and the public sphere in Southeast Asia’ by Carl Middleton, Center for Social Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
‘Rights to Development‘ by Commissioner Edmund Bon, Malaysia Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.00 Panel 3: Protecting local commons and community livelihoods: Role of public spaces, mass media and social media
Chair: Chiranuch Premchaiporn, Foundation for Community Educational Media
‘Opportunities and challenges of the public sphere: Lessons learned from the Kendeng Movement to protect the land from mining industry’ by Mokh Sobirin, Kendeng Movement to protect the land from mining industry
‘Access to electricity in Dawei City: Implication of a transforming public sphere in Myanmar’ by Tay Zar Myo Win, Independent Researcher
‘Holding industrial pollution accountable in Vietnam: The role of social media and cyberactivism’ by Tran Vi, Co-founder and consultant , Luatkhoa.org
‘Multi-pronged approach: reflecting the anti-dam protest movement in Baram’ by Vincy Usun, Baram Kini
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee Break
15.30 - 16.45 Panel 4: Deliberating alternatives: Spaces for counter discourses
Chair: Srijula Yongstar, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Southeast Asia Regional Office
‘Towards A Green Energy Vision in Shan State: A case of Community-Owned Management on Energy, Water and Forest in Danu self-administrative area in Southern Shan’ by Kyi Phyo, Mekong Energy and Ecology Network (MEENet) and Aung Myint Tun, Green Rights Organization
‘Access to land for livelihoods in Southern Thailand’ by Charoenkwan Chuntarawichit, Youth member, Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand (SPFT)
‘Why Irrawaddy dolphins and sida birds live together: People’s stories as alter-narratives’ by Toshi Doi, Senior Advisor, Mekong Watch
‘The role of media in exploring alternatives in Southeast Asia’ by Kirsten Han, New Naratif
16.45 - 17.00 Closing Reflections
Mr. Manfred Hornung, Director, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Southeast Asia Regional Office
Professor Surichai Wun’gaeo, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Chulalongkorn University