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"Civil Society, Political Parties, and the State: Balancing Democratic Development in Asia"
February 15-16, 2002
Bangkok, Thailand
Introduction

Session I: Relations between the State and Civil Society

Session II: Relations Between Political Parties and Civil Society

Session III: Domestic and International Linkages of Civil Society

Session IV: Directions for Reform

Agenda

Participants
Working Conference Participants
CAMBODIA
Kek Galabru, President, Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights
Lao Mong Hay, Executive Director, Khmer Institute of Democracy

INDONESIA
Sandra Moniaga, Executive Director, HuMa (Association for Community and Ecologic-based Legal Reform)
Lily Yuliani, President of the National Executive Board, Indonesia Small Business Exporters Consortium

KOREA
CHO Hee-Yeon, Associate Professor of Sociology, Sung Kong Hoe University
Hyun-ik Hong, Fellow, Sejong Institute
Boo Kyum Kim, Member of the National Assembly
Euiyoung Kim, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Kyung Hee University
Miongsei Kang, Fellow, Sejong Institute
Dae Woo Lee, Fellow, Sejong Institute
Sook-Jong Lee, Senior Fellow, Sejong Institute
Kie-Duck Park, Vice-President, Sejong Institute
SHIN Chul-Young, Secretary General, Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice


PHILIPPINES
Henedina Razon-Abad, Dean of the School of Government, Ateneo de Manila University
Victor Gerardo J. Bulatao, Managing Trustee, Empowering Civic Participation in Governance
Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, Executive Director, Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center, Inc.
Guillermo M. Luz, Executive Director, Makati Business Club


TAIWAN
FAN Yun, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academic Sinica
Cheng-Hsiou Lin, Director of the Bureau of Civil Affairs, Taipei City Government
Taymin S. Liu, President, Asia Foundation in Taiwan


THAILAND
BORWORNSAK Uwanno, Secretary-general, King Prajadhipok's Institute
Jingjai Hanchanlash, Executive Committee Member, King Prajadhipok's Institute
Sanguan Nitayarumphong, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health
Chodchoy Sophonpanich, President, Thai Environmental and Community Development Association, and Member, Senate of Thailand
Amnuaysilpa Suksri, Associate Professor, Khon Kaen University
Suteera Thomson Vichitranonda, President, Gender and Development Research Institute Foundation
Juree Vichit-Vadakan, President and Chair, Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society


UNITED STATES
Gautam Adhikari, Senior Consultant, National Endowment for Democracy
Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Gordon Hein, Vice President, Asia Foundation
James Klein, Representative for Thailand and Laos, Asia Foundation
Irena Lasota, President and Programs Director, Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe
Peter M. Manikas, Regional Director for Asia Programs, National Democratic Institute
Kim Ninh, Assistant Director, Governance, Law, and Civil Society Programs, Asia Foundation
Marc F. Plattner, Codirector, International Forum for Democratic Studies
Thomas W. Skladony, Senior Program Officer, International Forum for Democratic Studies