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:

Oil -industry's strategies and the response of the movements of indigenous peoples
Aid projects, moderator Santeri Junttila
The Northern Dimension in the EU and World Bank's policies, moderator Henri Myrttinen
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