Developing Economic Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism workshop
The Southern Africa Centre for Economic Justice (SACEJ) and Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (RLF) will hold a 'Developing Economic Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism' workshop between 11 to 14 May 2005 at the Elijah Barayi Training Centre, Johannesburg.
Developing Economic Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism
Southern Africa Centre for Economic Justice (SACEJ) and Rosa Luxemburg
Foundation (RLF)
11 to 14 May 2005, Elijah Barayi Training Centre, Johannesburg
Wednesday, 11 May
Public Meeting
5pm to 7 pm
Developing Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism
Why and to which end do we need Alternative Economic Concepts
Michael Brie (RLF, Department of Policy Research)
Developing Alternatives through Struggle
MP Giyose (Jubilee South Africa)
Thursday, 12 May
8.30 am to 12.30 pm
Defining and Interrogating Neo-Liberalism in Southern Africa
Why Neo-Liberal Economics Failed: A Theoretical Interrogation
Michael Heine (Berlin School of Economics)
The Dynamics of Neo-Liberalism in Southern Africa: A Critique
Mohau Pheko (Gender and Trade Network in Africa - GENTA)
The State in Southern Africa: Vehicle for Neo-Liberalism or for Change?
Simba Manyanya (SACEJ)
Breakaway and Plenary Discussions
1.30 pm to 5.30 pm
Water Privatisation in Southern Africa. The Case of Malawi
Irfen Bheda (Malawi Economic Justice Network - MEJN)
Neo-Liberalism: The Public Sector and Labour
Maria van Driel (Public Services International - PSI)
Neo-Liberalism: Conflict and Displacement
Grace Kwinjeh (Zimbabwe Political Victims Association - ZIPOVA)
Neo-Liberalism: The Media and Ideology
Jane Duncan (Freedom of Expression Institute - FXI)
Breakaway and Plenary Discussions
Evening Session, 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm
The World and the Bank: A Critique
The World Bank, IMF, Debt and Privatisation in Zambia
Charity Musamba (Jubilee Zambia)
Structural Adjustment and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers in Tanzania
Deus Kibamba (Tanzania Gender Networking Programme - TGNP)
Strategies and Tactics Against the World/Wolfowitz/War Bank
Patrick Bond (Centre for Civil Society - CCS and SACEJ)
Plenary discussion
Friday, 13 May
8.30 am to 12.30 pm
Towards Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism
Crafting Proposals for a New Way Forward: The ANSA Project
Godfrey Kanyenze (Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of
Zimbabwe - LEDRIZ)
Conceptualising Alternatives: The European Discourse and the RLF Project
Günter Krause (RLF, Project on Alternative Economics)
Building Alternatives from the Bottom Up
Trevor Ngwane (Anti-Privatisation Forum - APF)
Breakaway and Plenary Discussions
1.30 pm to 5.30 pm
Local Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism
Vanessa Witbooi (South African New Economics Network - SANE)
Creating Cooperatives: An Alternative to Neo-Liberalism?
Judith Dellheim (Party for Democratic Socialism - PDS, Executive Committee
member)
Participation in Budget Processes
Collins Magalasi (Malawi Economic Justice Network - MEJN)
Community, Student and Worker Alternatives in Mauritius
Alain Ah-Vee (Lalit)
Breakaway and Plenary Discussions
Evening Session, 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm
The Role of Social Forums in Building Alternatives
The World Social Forum: A Critical Appraisal
Dennis Brutus (Jubilee South Africa and SACEJ)
The Zimbabwean Social Forum: An Opening for Debate
ZSF Regis Mtutu (Padare and Zimbabwe Social Forum - ZSF)
Plenary Discussion
Saturday, 14 May
8.30 am to 12.30 pm
Practical Possibilities for Developing Alternatives
Alternatives, Women and Youth
Sonto Mthimkulu (Youth for Work - YfW)
Strengthening Relationships Between Unions and Social Movements
Austin Muneku (Zambia Congress of Trade Unions - ZCTU, Justice Network)
The Role of National Economic Justice Networks
Roshnee Narrandes, (Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa - OSISA)
The Role of Regional Networks
Patricia Kasiamhuru (Southern African Peoples Solidarity Network - SAPSN)
Breakaway and Plenary Discussions
1.30 pm to 3.00 pm
The Way Forward
Plenary Discussion