08:30–09:00 Coffee
PART 1: HOW CAN SOUTH SUDAN EMERGE FROM POLITICAL CRISIS?
09:00–11:30
Representative from Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Representative of the South Sudanese Government
Leader of South Sudan Peoples Movement – Former Political Detainees (SPLM-FD), Pa’gan Amum
Representative of the National Salvation Front (NAS), Professor Alfred Sebit Lukoji
Representative of South Sudan Peoples Movement – In Opposition, (SPLM – IO), Daniel Wour
Comments from:
Ryan Clem – Security Officer, UN-Juba
Øystein Rolandsen – Peace Research Institute Oslo (Prio)
11:30–12:30 Lunch break
PART 2: HOW CAN SOUTH SUDAN EMERGE FROM HUMANITARIAN CRISIS?
12:30–13:30 The mobilizing power of arts in a time of war
Dr. Ayak Chol Deng – South Sudanese poet, author, activist and founding member of the organisation Ana Taban – invited by Norwegian People’s Aid
Peace and reconciliation efforts by the church
Pio Ding – special advisor, Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
13:30–13:45 Break
13:45–15:15 State of education in a time of crisis
Michael Lopuke – Undersecretary for Education, Government of South Sudan
Simon Namana – Education coordinator South Sudan, ADRA
Nora Ingdal – Education director, Save the Children Norway
Professor Anders Breidlid, HiOA
15:15–15:30 Break
15:30–15:50 Art therapy for children – comments to exhibition YWCA, South Sudan Advisor on psychosocial health Kristin Tønnesen Berg, KFUK/KFUM Global
15:50–16:10 NRC’s evaluation of the refugee situation Carina Vedvik Hansen – Head of Strategy, information and support unit, (NRC)
16:10–16:30 Closing with performance from Dr. Ayak Chol Deng