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CODESRIA
Workshop on
Academic Freedom in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
Kinshasa,
Friday 25 June, 2004
| 09.00
– 10.00: |
Press
Conference on CODESRIA, its Mandate and its Presence in the
Democratic Republic of Congo |
| 10.00 – 11.15: |
Opening Session: Welcoming, Opening and
Keynote Speeches
Chair:
Zenebeworke Tadesse, President of CODESRIA |
| 10.00 – 10.30: |
Workshop
Welcoming Statements:
i)
Zenebeworke Tadesse, President of CODESRIA;
ii)
Adebayo Olukoshi, Executive Secretary of CODESRIA;
iii)
Ndelo-di-Panzu, Rector of the University of Kinshasa |
| 10.30
– 10.45 |
Statement
by the Minister of Higher Education and the University
System to Declare the Workshop Open |
| 10.45 – 11.15 |
Opening Keynote Address
Speaker:
André Mbata Mangu, Member, CODESRIA Executive Committee,
Academic Freedom and the Social Responsibility of
Academics in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| 11.15 – 11.30 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11.30
– 13.00 |
Working
Session 1: Overview of Academic Freedom in the Democratic
Republic of Congo
Chair: Georges Kobou, Member, CODESRIA Executive
Committee
Speakers:
Tshund’Olela E. Shamololo, Towards a
Reconceptualisation of Academic Freedom in the Democratic
Republic of Congo
T.K. Evariste, Ethnicisation
and Academic Freedom during the Congolese Second Republic
Discussant:
Adebayo Olukoshi, CODESRIA Secretariat. General
Debate by Participants |
| 13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch Break |
| 14.00 – 16.30 |
Working
Session 2: Academic Freedom and Higher Education in the
Democratic Republic of Congo: Facing the Challenges of
Renewal
Chair:
Dimonfu Lapika, Director, CERDAS
Speakers: S. Ngondo, The Congolese University at the Crossroads: The Decline
of the Professorial Corps at the University of Kinshasa
Barthélemy
K. Banza, Ignorance of Human Rights and Academic Freedom
as a Factor in the Problem of Intellectual Mediocrity: The
Case of the Students and Teachers of the University of
Kinshasa
Joseph
S. Lusamba, The Politicisation of the Management of Human
Resources in the Congolese Higher Education/University
System
Discussant:
Ebrima Sall, CODESRIA Secretariat
General
Debate by Participant |
| 16.30 – 16.45 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 16.45
– 17.45 |
Working
Session 3: General Debate on an Agenda for Further Research
on Academic Freedom in the DRC
Chair/Rapporteur: Ebrima
Sall, CODESRIA Secretariat |
| 17.45
– 18.15 |
Endnote
Address:
Chair: Jean-Pierre
Tshipamba Dikamba, Director, RECODELAC, Kinshasa, DRC
Speaker:
Jimi Adesina, Member, CODESRIA Executive Committee, Sustaining
the Spirit of the Kampala Declaration on Academic Freedom
and the Social Responsibility of Scholars: The Challenges
and Opportunities |
| 18.15
– 18.30 |
Closing
Statements and Vote of Thanks
i)
Zenebeworke Tadesse, President of CODESRIA;
ii)
Adebayo Olukoshi, Executive Secretary of CODESRIA. |
| 19.00
– 21.00 |
Cocktail
Offered by the CODESRIA in Honour of the Congolese Social
Research Community Based in Kinshasa |
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