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Date/Time
Date(s) - Wednesday - Oct 28, 2026
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Categories
Thematic Space: Sustainability and Resilience of Civil Society and Peace and Human Security
October 28, 2026, from 2:30 to 4:00 PM, Philippine time
MICE Breakout Room 7 (3rd floor, pls take the elevator)
Organizers:
Southeast Asia
STOP the War Coalition Philippines,
Vietnam Peace & Development Council
Non Violence International Southeast Asia
HOPE Myanmar
Peace Women Partners, Philippines
KILUSAN para sa Pambansang Demokrasya
Youth for Nationalism & Democracy
Social Watch Phils
Europe Union:
International Peace Bureau
CARNEGIE Europe
Asia Europe Peoples Forum (AEPF)
Description:
An in-depth presentation on the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC). The treaty is scheduled for review and signing at the ASEAN Summit in November.
Objectives:
1) This public roundtable discussion provides a space for common understanding, forging unity and solidarity among peoples in Asia and Europe in the context of the urgent and continuing pursuit of venues for dialogue and cooperation among civil society organizations in Asia and Europe.
2) This activity hopes to crystallize policy recommendations on TAC implementation that strongly support and unify CSOs in Asia and Europe. A common aspiration in supporting a TAC is a concrete way of bringing people together as it pursues common ground for dialogue, diplomacy and cooperation
3) It also aims to look at alternatives and concepts toward peacebuilding and Common Security.
PROGRAM:
Moderator: DJ Janier, STOP the War Coalition Philippines Secretariat and KILUSAN
Welcome/Introduction/Acknowledments: Corazon Valdez Fabros. International Peace Bureau
PANEL SPEAKERS: (5 minutes each panelist)
1) Overview- Prof.FRED LUBANG, PhD (Nonviolence International, Southeast Asia and IPB Sean MacBride Peace Awardee 2022
2) Ms. Nga Duong, Secretary General of Vietnam Peace & Development Council
3) Ms. Mitzi Austero, Programmes Manager, Nonviolence International Southeast Asia Small Arms Phil Network
4) Simon Thaung, Executive Director, Myaw Lint Yar HOPE Cambodia
5) SEAN CONNER, Executive Director, International Peace Bureau (IPB) based in Berlin, Germany RECORDED OR ONLINE on Common Security
6) CARNEGIE Europe
DISCUSSION (15 minutes, including Comment and solidarity message from International Peoples Assembly and TriContinental Institute for Social Research Mr. Atul Chandra -2 minutes)
Summing Up/ Synthesis and Policy Recommendations (6 minutes): Merci Llarinas Angeles, Executive Director, Peace Women Partners
Closing Remarks
