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 The
Working Group Meetings for the Project were held on
24th and 25th February 2005. Country papers were invited
from all the South Asian delegates who participated.
The working papers led to a more focused interaction
on each of the three themes particularly with reference
to the challenges and opportunities that each country
faces while pursuing the path of Democratization,
Peace and Regional Cooperation. An important objective
of the exercise was to see where countries could learn
from each other's experiences and to what extent a
collective regional effort in that direction could
be initiated.
The Presentations made during each
session included:
Session I Democratisation in South Asia
Chair: Dr.
V. A. Pai Panandikar
| 1 |
Ms. Beena Sarwar |
Pakistan |
Democratization in Pakistan |
| 2 |
Ms. Indra Kumari Adhikari |
Nepal |
Problems of Democratization
in Nepal |
| 3 |
Dr. Sumaiya Khair |
Bangladesh |
Challenges to democratisation:
perspectives of structural malgovernance in Bangladesh |
| 4 |
Mr. Dushyanta Mendis |
Sri Lanka |
Democratization in Sri Lanka |
| 5 |
Dr. Amit Dholakia |
India |
Transforming India's Democracy
through Empowerment of the Civil Society: Potential
and Limits |
| 6 |
Dr. Aureliano Fernandes |
India |
From Democratization to Participatory
Democracy in India
State and Non State Initiatives |
Session II Peace and Security in South Asia
Chair:
Ambassador Eric Gonsalves
| 1 |
Ms. Nausheen Wasi |
Pakistan |
Regional Cooperation in South
Asia |
| 2 |
Mr. Nischal Pandey |
Nepal |
Regional Cooperation in South
Asia: A Nepalese Perspective |
| 3 |
Dr.Khondaker Golam Moazzem |
Bangladesh |
Prospect of Regional Cooperation
for Investment in South Asia |
| 4 |
Mr. Shehan Baranage |
Sri Lanka |
Regional cooperation in South
Asia (Issues, weaknesses, achievements, strengths
and prospects) |
| 5 |
Mr. Pranab Mukhopadhyay |
India |
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose?
Contextualising Hydro-politics in South Asia |
Session III Regional Cooperation
Chair: Prof. Muchkund
Dubey
| 1 |
Ms. Foqia Khan |
Pakistan |
Human Security: A Country
Paper on Pakistan |
| 2 |
Mr. Amresh Singh |
Nepal |
Maoist Movement in Nepal:
Threat to Peace and Security in South Asia |
| 3 |
Mr. Ehsanul Haque |
Bangladesh |
Winning Peace in Weaponized
South Asia:
Conundrums and Promises |
| 4 |
Ms. Amalie Seneviratne |
Sri Lanka |
Peace and Security in South
Asia: Perspective from Sri Lanka |
| 5 |
Dr. Rajesh Basrur |
India |
India: Security Challenges
and Response |
Individual Presentations on the three
themes were followed by separate meetings of the three
working groups on Democratisation, Peace and Regional
Cooperation. Each group was presided by a facilitator
and guided by an advisory committee member. The group
was expected to synthesise the points raised during
individual presentations on the themes, draw upon
comparative experiences and outline a future agenda
in terms of the issues that could be taken up for
further work.
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