G8 Underground (Gsotto)

02 July 2009
Event
Date
02 July 2009 to 03 July 2009

Speaker(s)

Oscar Reyes, TNI, Oscar Reyes, TNI researcher, speaks at the 4th session

VENUE: Sulcis Iglesiente, Sardinia, Italy The overall meeting will be focused on three strategic thematic areas: - phasing out of the oil economy, keep oil in the ground - community control over mining resources and reconversion - the new frontier of natural resources exploration. >More information (PDF) www.gsotto.org
Programme 2 July 2009 Agenda Strategy and Preparatory Meeting 9.00 Presentation of the meeting and participant’s introduction 10.00 Plenary discussion 12.00 Guided Tour of the Monteponi mine 13.30 Lunch 15.00 Working groups 18.00 Plenary July 3rd Programme Public Meeting 9.00 Opening and welcome by Prof. Alberto Marini, Cagliari University and Culture Minister Marina Muscas, Iglesias Municipality 9.30 I Session: Phasing out the oil economy co-facilitators: Nnimmo Bassey (ERA/FoE International), Antonio Tricarico (CRBM/Mani Tese) Interviewed: Che Ibama Ibegwura (Niger Delta Community), Interviewer: Larry Lohmann (The Corner House) Interviewed: Ivonne Yanez (Accion Ecologica), Interviewer: Tom Kucharz (Ecologistas en Accion) Open Discussion 11.00 Coffee break 11,30 II Session: The new frontiers of natural resources explotation: tar sands, new extraction in the North co-facilitators: Elena Gerebizza (CRBM/Mani Tese), Christian Mounzeo (RPDH, Republic of Congo) Interviewed: Clayton Thomas-Muller (Indigenous Environmental Network, Canada), Interviewer: Penchom Saetang (Ecological Alert and Recovery, Thailand) Interviewed: Brice Makosso (Justice and Peace Commission, Republic of Congo), Interviewer: Andrea Baranes (Fondazione Culturale Responsabilità Etica) Interviewed: Representative of Irish community resisting gas projects, Interviewer: Che Ibama Ibegwura (Niger Delta Community) Interviewed: Maria Rita D’Orsogna (Abbruzzo movements against oil extraction), Interviewer: Caterina Amic- ucci (CRBM/Mani Tese) Open discussion 13,30 Lunch buffet with local and traditional organic food 15.00 III session: Under-Mining local development Co-facilitators and interviewers: Anne-Sophie Simpere (Les Amis de la Terre), Kjetil Abildsnes (Norvegian Church Aid) Governance alternatives Jean Marie Ferraris (LRC-KSK, Philippines), Basilio Tzoy Grijalva (Council for the protection of the territory of Indigenous people, Guatemala) Use of land Zakir Kibria (Bangla Praxis, Bangladesh), Kyapa Kapatamoyo (Zambia) Right-based approached Prince Kumwamba (ACIDH), Daniel Popov (CEE Bankwatch) Contribution from local groups from the floor. 17.15 Coffee break 17.45 IV session: Alternatives and strategies Co-facilitators and interviewers: Nnimmo Bassey (ERA/FoE International), Antonio Tricarico (CRBM/Mani Tese) Representative of ANAB association of Sardinia Oscar Reyes (Carbon Trade Watch, The Netherlands) Nanni Salio (Centro Sereno Regis) Salvatore Marras (Istituto Professionale Guspini) Andri Wijaya (JATAM.SDE, Indonesia) 19,15 Conclusions of the day by co-facilitators 19,30 END 22.00 – 24.00 Projection of “La ricaduta” a reportage on Italian responsibilities in oil exploration in the Niger Delta with the participation of Giorgio Fornoni (Report) and Maria Rita D’Orsogna on oil exploration in Abbruzzo and with the participation of representatives of comunities and organisations from the Niger Delta.