[child-rights] Conference on Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes (Medan, 28-30 March 2004)

Medan, 19 December 2003

Dear all

Pusat Kajian dan Perlindungan Anak (PKPA)/Center for Study and Child
Protection will held a Southeast Conference on Trafficking in Children for
Sexual Purposes in Medan, North Sumatera on  28 to 30 March 2004. The
conference will be attended by about 350 participants from within and
outside Indonesia, especially from Southeast Asian countries.

The goals of the Conference include identifying the forms, leading factors
and magnitude of problem of the trafficking in children in Southeast Asian
countries, sharing best practices conducted by NGOs, GOs and other related
parties in combating trafficking in children for sexual purposes in
Southeast Asia, identifying regional potencies which can be used to combat
the trafficking in children in Southeast Asia and formulating possible
forms of partnership cooperation to be taken by NGOs and GOs in Southeast
Asian countries in combating the trafficking in children for the period of
five years following the conference.

For the purpose of the conference we would like to invite you to
participate in the Conference. If you apply to be one of speakers, please
indicate which of the following topics of your interest:
1.      Existing legal systems on trafficking in children for prostitution
and their implementation in ASEAN countries
2.      What has been done by the governments and NGOs in ten ASEAN countries
3.      Campaign, Advocacy and Rehabilitation Programs
4.      Personnel and institutional capacity building in dealing with
issues of trafficking in children for prostitution
5.      Child participation to combat child trafficking

The Committee provides scholarship for selected speakers from Southeast
Asia. This includes round-trip tickets to Indonesia, accommodation during
the Conference, and the Conference kits. For this purpose, a would-be
speaker is required to write an abstract of the paper to be presented.

The abstract shall be in English, one page only, single space, with times
new roman font, size 12. The deadline of the abstract is 30 January 2004,
and the announcement of selected funded speakers will be made before 16
February 2004.

Speakers with good papers but cannot be funded for the limited available
resource will be encouraged to present their papers in the conference. If
requested, the Committee will provide formal letters of invitation and
recommendation which the speakers or participants may need in seeking
financial supports for their attendance in the Conference.

An applicant who wishes to participate in the Conference NOT as a speaker
is charged with the following:
1.      Registration fee, IDR 850,000,- or US $ 102,409. This is to cover
papers, bag, pen, block note, T-Shirt, cap, certificate, souvenir, lunch
and snack during the conference.
2.      Participants who choose to stay in Tiara Hotel, the Conference
venue, are charged IDR. 2.350,000,- or US $ 283,432. The charge includes
the registration fee, papers, bag, pen, block note, T-Shirt, cap,
certificate, lunch and three day staying in a superior class single bedroom

The deadline for the letter of confirmation is 15 March 2004 (the letter
may be sent via facs, email or post). For more information on the
Conference, please visit our website www.childconference.org or email us
at: traff_conf@nusa.net.id

It is an honor for us to welcome you at the Conference. We look forward to
hearing from you.


Best regards,

Ahmad Sofian
Steering Committee
Southeast Asia Conference on the Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes
Pusat Kajian dan Perlindungan Anak (PKPA)




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