SEMINAR ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND OIL  HELSINKI 5. - 7. 2.99

Program

Friday 5. 2.

Place: University of Helsinki, Fabianinkatu 33, 3rd floor
Topic: Which effects oil and gas production have on the native people living in
the areas

• 17.00 Flute music: Pedro Castellón
• 17.15
• Opening: the president of M. A. Castrén society Dr.Ildikó Lehtinen
• Introduction to the theme: chairwoman Ulla Lehtinen
• Arturo Yumbay Iligama, the quichua vice-president of the indigenous people organization of Ecuador
• Magda Lanuza, Oilwatch representative from Nicaragua
• Charity Nenebari Ebeh, a representative of the Ogoni women's organization from Nigeria
• Discussion
• 18.35 Pause
• 18.50
• Jeremei Aipin, a Khanty writer (Siberia)
• Grigorij Anaguritshi, a Nenets knowledgeable in the problems of the reindeer herders (Siberia)
• Discussion
• 20.00 Finish

Saturday 6. 2.

The Place: University of Helsinki, Fabianinkatu 33, 3rd floor
Topic: Concrete cases

• 11.00 Veera Voima sings
• 11.15
• Lidija Okotetto, a Nenets reindeer herder (Siberia)
• Agrafena Sopotshina, a Khanty linguistic, reindeer herder (Siberia)
• Juri Vella, a Forest-Nenets reindeer herder and poet (Siberia)
• Representative of Neste, a Finnish oil company
• Greetings from Same Nation
• Discussion
• 13.10 Pause
• 13.40
• Other foreign guests introduce themselves
• Charity Nenebari Ebeh
• Discussion
• Arturo Yumbay Iligama
• A comment on the damage caused by gas and oil consumption, Hanna Matinpuro of the Finnish Association for the Protection of Nature
• Discussion
• 16.00 Finish

19.00 Celebration with many artists and bands, place: Marjatta-koulu (a Steiner-school) in Pohjois-Haaga, Poutuntie 12, bus connections: #40 and #41 from coach station, #63 from Pikkuparlamentti, #42 from Erottaja, bus stop: Ilkantie, R-kioski; Local train L, E and M to Huopalahti.

Sunday 7.2.

Place: Tieteiden talo, Kirkkokatu 6

Topic: Plans for future activity

• 12.00 Cultural program
• 12.15
• Opening
• Roberto Afanador Cobaria, president of the traditional authority of the U'wa
• introducing the workshops
• 13.30 Workshops ( including a coffee break)
• 15.30 Report of the workshops
• 16.25 The concluding discussion
• 17.00 Finish

Workshops:

1. Oil -industry's strategies and the response of the movements of indigenous peoples
2. Aid projects, moderator Santeri Junttila
3. The Northern Dimension in the EU and World Bank's policies, moderator Henri Myrttinen
4. Global networks of peoples' movements and NGOs, moderator Magda Lanuza from the Oilwatch of Central America

18-22 Sauna in Rauhanasema (Peace Station) in Itä-Pasila