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Friday, August 11, 2017

Forum on Myanmar Democratic Transition! August 11,12,13 2017


Myanmar Democratic Transition Forum to discuss the country’s progress

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and Minister of Information Dr Pe Myint are due to headline a ground-breaking three-day forum to discuss the progress and hurdles faced as Myanmar transitions to a full democracy.

The Myanmar Democratic Transition Forum will be held at the Myanmar International Convention Center 2 in Nay Pyi Taw from August 11 through to August 13, according to a press statement by the Ministry of Information.

The forum will bring together more than thirty speakers from the country and abroad on August 11-13, 2017 in an exercise to review the progress towards democracy in Myanmar, the challenges faced and the roadmap for the future.

Organised by the Ministry of Information with support from a host of global and local partners, the conference will be opened by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. After her inaugural speech, Information Minister Dr Pe Myint will lay bare the context in which the “Forum” is being organized, its objectives and what it seeks to achieve.

Several ministers and lawmakers , leaders of civil society groups, media practitioners, business leaders  and veteran civil servants and representatives from Myanmar military will be joined by a number of international participants that includes Indonesian Lt General (retd) Agus Widjojo, former Vice Chairman of the Indonesia and Tentara Nasional Indonesia’s (TNI) Chief of Territorial Affairs and, one of its leading intellectuals.

Ambassadors from India, Norway and Singapore and other diplomats, UN functionaries and leading academics specializing on Myanmar will join the intense deliberations at the Forum.
Six plenary sessions bringing together more than thirty speakers will be followed by as many ‘winding-up’ interactive sessions that will seek out views from a cross section of more than 500 participants that would include special observers from foreign governments and global bodies who support Myanmar’s transition to democracy.

The Forum is seen as both a stock taking exercise in Myanmar’s transition to democracy as to identify the hurdles that confront the complex process and chart out a roadmap for the future.

“The Forum will be the largest review exercise on Myanmar’s democratic process so far,” said U Myint Kyaw, deputy permanent secretary at the Ministry of Information, who is heading the organizational effort for the ‘Forum’.

“We are making detailed arrangements for three days of intense deliberations that would be conducted in a free and frank atmosphere.”

At a time when the world is drifting towards intolerant right-wing sectarian regimes and even established democracies are showing signs of erosion of the spirit of democracy, Myanmar is struggling hard to emerge into a functional democracy, leaving behind more than five decades of authoritarian rule.

In the process, it faces many challenges like the one of establishing democratic federalism to ensure inclusive future for the nation’s many ethnic minorities, many of whom have challenged the Union government with force of arms for decades.

The Forum will inevitably focus on the ceasefires and the peace-making processes they seek to herald and two full sessions will be devoted to the issues involved.

One session will focus on the transition from a command economy to a market economy, an important economic corollary to the political transition from authoritarian rule to democracy.
The event will be live streamed on the Ministry of Information’s Facebook (MOI Webportal Myanmar). Updates and news will also be posted to the Ministry of Information’s Twitter (MOI Twitter)

Ref;http://www.mizzima.com/news-domestic/myanmar-democratic-transition-forum-discuss-country%E2%80%99s-progress


One year after the current government took office the state of Myanmar's democratic transition will be reflected on. Around 200 high-ranking representatives of all three branches of power will participate.

The three-day forum will be divided into six sessions:

  • Global Overview: Setting the Framework
  • Political Transition: From Military to Civilian Government
  • Economic Transition: From Central Command to Market Economy
  • Transition from War to Peace: Conflict Resolution, Reconciliation and the Building of an Inclusive Multi-national State
  • The Role of Media in Democratic Transition
  • Stock-Taking: Where is Myanmar in its Transition?
Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will inaugurate a three-day international conference here on Friday to review the progress towards democracy in the country, the challenges ahead and the roadmap for the future.
More than 30 speakers from Myanmar and abroad are to participate in the "Forum on Myanmar's Democratic Transition", that will see ambassadors from India, Norway and Singapore and other diplomats, UN functionaries and leading academics specialising on Myanmar join in the deliberations.
The conference, being held at Convention Centre-2 here, is organised by Myanmar's Ministry of Information with support from a host of global and local partners.
After her inaugural speech, Information Minister Pe Myint will spell out the context in which the Forum is being organised, its objectives and what it seeks to achieve.
Several ministers and lawmakers, leaders of civil society groups, media practitioners, business leaders and veteran civil servants and representatives from Myanmar military will be joined by a number of international participants that include Indonesian Lt. Gen. (retd) Agus Widjojo, former Vice Chairman of Indonesia and Tentara Nasional Indonesia's (TNI) Chief of Territorial Affairs, and one of its leading intellectuals.
Six plenary sessions bringing together more than 30 speakers will be followed by as many winding-up interactive sessions that will seek out views from a cross-section of more than 500 participants that would include special observers from foreign governments and global bodies who support Myanmar's transition to democracy.
The Forum is seen as both a stock-taking exercise in Myanmar's transition to democracy as to identify the hurdles that confront the complex process and chart out a roadmap for the future.
"The Forum will be the largest review exercise on Myanmar's democratic process so far," said U Myint Kyaw, deputy permanent secretary at the Ministry of Information, who is heading the organisational effort for the Forum.
At a time when the world is drifting towards intolerant right-wing sectarian regimes and even established democracies are showing signs of erosion of the spirit of democracy, Myanmar is struggling hard to emerge into a functional democracy, leaving behind more than five decades of authoritarian rule.
In the process, it faces many challenges like the one of establishing democratic federalism to ensure inclusive future for the nation's many ethnic minorities, many of whom have challenged the Union government with force of arms for decades.
(Subir Bhaumik can be reached at sbhaum@gmail.com)

Ref:http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/suu-kyi-to-open-international-forum-on-myanmar-s-democratic-transition-117080900960_1.html


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