ENORB AGM 2014
Date and time
Description
You are warmly invited to ENORB's AGM in Brussels on 17-18 June 2014 at Centre Espaces, Avenue de la Renaissance, 40, Brussels, B-1000 Belgium
DAY ONE
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch and networking
13.00 Formal Agenda (Chair: Alan Murray)
Annual Report on past year’s activities – President.
Financial Report & budget for next year – Treasurer.
Confirmation of Officers elected for three years (from Date of Registration – May 31, 2012): President - Alan Murray, Vice President - Yolande Iliano, Secretary – Karim Chemlal, Treasurer - Martin Gurvich, Verificateur - Harjinder Singh. (NB Resignation of Georges Lienard)
Confirmation of other members of the Executive Committee: Catriona Robertson, Abdullah Faliq, Han Steijnbrugh, Etienne de Jongh, Melissa Sonnino.
14.00 Main Speaker
Dr Vidhya Ramalingam, Institute of Strategic Dialogue, London (Research and Policy Manager, Far-Right Extremism and Intolerance)
Reflections on the implications of the European election results on the context for Religion and Belief in Europe.
Responses from participants including Mark Barwick, Human Rights Without Frontiers. Questions, discussion and next steps.
15.30 – 16.00 Tea / Coffee / Biscuits
16.00 Open House (Chair: Catriona Robertson)
All are welcome to contribute 5 minute presentations from different groups and member states on their activities & the contexts in which they work.
Followed by Questions and Discussion.
17.30 Plenary
18.00 – 19.30 Vegetarian meal and networking19.30 Informal visit to the Grand Place, Brussels
DAY TWO
09.00 – 9.30 Tea/Coffee and Biscuits09.30 Review of ENORB’s progress 2011-14, revised vision, aims and objectives
Facilitated by Robin Sclafani, CEJI.
10.45 – 11.15 Tea / Coffee / Biscuits11.15 Thematic Groups
- Human Rights, Secularism and Religion & Belief (Moderator: Martin Gurvich). Council of Europe Guidelines on Religious Minorities (eg Pentecostals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Buddhists, Scientologists) www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/.../137585.pdf
- ENORB activities in member states: (Moderator: Catriona Robertson)
- ENORB/ILGA Task Group: (Moderator: Alan Murray). Religion and Belief and LGBT rights
- Manifesting Religion & Belief in Secular Societies across Europe. (Moderator: Stephanie Lescene).
12.15 Feedback and final plenary session
13.00 – 13.30 Lunch13.00 – 14.00 Visit to the Jewish Museum, Brussels, to offer our condolences.
