Thursday , 9 – December, 2010

 

8:30-9:00

Informal meet and greet – Light breakfast served

 

 

9:00-9:45

Stepping into the workshop: Introductions, a snapshot of the history of the collaboration and clarifying expectations and the process for the next two days

 

Welcome and presentations by Heather Doyle of the Open Society Foundation and Annie Hillar of Mama Cash

 

Objectives: Connecting with each other. Revisiting the origins of the collaboration and developments to date. Reviewing the objectives and process of the workshop.

 

 

9:45-10:30

Affirming the collaboration’s overall vision, operating principles and key strategies

 

Presentation by Kim Brice, facilitator, followed by discussion

 

Objectives: Finalizing the vision statement. Gaining consensus on the operating principles and core strategies for the collaboration.

 

 

10:30-10:45

Coffee and Tea Break

 

 

10:45-11:45

 

Creating a picture for what we want to achieve with advocacy (Part 1): defining operating principles for the collaboration’ s advocacy strategy

 

Interview style discussion on the pitfalls and opportunities of donor advocacy followed by discussion in plenary.

 

Objective: Defining criteria for when the donor collaboration should engage in advocacy.

 

 

11:45-12:00

Coffee and Tea Break

 

 

12:00-13:00

 

Creating a picture of what we want to achieve with advocacy (Part 2): exploring the collaboration’s advocacy opportunities

 

Presentation of key advocacy issues at regional and global levels by sex work activists followed by work in plenary

 

Objectives: Understanding the advocacy interests of sex worker activists at regional and global levels. To explore where donor voice would add value.

 

 

13:00-14:00

Lunch break

 

 

14:00-15:30

Creating a picture for what we want with a funding collaboration (Part 1): affirming a vision and outcomes

 

Presentation by Julia Greenberg and Sam Avrett, authors of the Red Umbrella Funding report, followed by group work

 

Objectives: Agreeing on the overall vision and outcomes for a funding collaboration. Recording concerns and agreeing to the form for collaborative funding.

 

 

15:30-15:45

Coffee and tea break

 

 

15:45-17:00

Creating a picture for what we want with a funding collaboration (Part 2): suggesting funding parameters around geographical focus, types of organizations and types of grants

 

Presentation by Heather Doyle and Julia Greenberg and Sam Avrett followed by group work

 

Objective: Providing recommendations for key parameters of a funding collaboration.

 

 

17:00-17:15

Mini-evaluation of the day and looking to tomorrow: what worked, concerns and must haves for Friday

 

 

Meet in lobby of hotel at

17:30 sharp!!

Showing and discussion of the documentary film “A Day in Her Life”

 

Group dinner at Restaurant Wau, Zeedijk 35, Amsterdam

 

 

Friday , 10 – December, 2010

 

 

8:30-9:00

Informal meet and greet

 

 

9:00-9:30

Review of yesterday’s outputs: overall vision, operating principles, overall goal and some funding parameters

 

Presentation by facilitator

 

Objective: To agree to consensus points to date

 

 

9:30-10:30

Should the collaboration pursue a pooled fund or some other alternative? Part 1

 

Presentation by Julia Greenberg and Sam Avrett followed by group discussion.

 

Objective: To create an understanding of a pooled fund model, to share experiences with pooled funds and other models of funding collaborations and to raise concerns and questions.

 

 

10:30-10:45

Coffee and Tea break

 

 

10:45-12:00

Should the collaboration pursue a pooled fund or some other alternative? Part 2

 

Group work and presentations followed by discussions

 

Objective: To decide what form of a funding collaboration should be pursued.

 

 

12:00-13:00

Lunch

 

 

 

13:00-14:30

 

Recommendations for a governance structure and the administration of a funding collaboration

 

Presentation by Julia Greenberg and Sam Avrett followed by group work and presentations

 

Objective: To recommend what the governance structure should look like and criteria for the administration of a funding collaboration

 

 

14:30-14:45

Coffee and tea break

 

 

14:45-15:45

Discussing the communications tool kit

 

Presentation by Daniel Lee of Levis Strauss Foundation followed by plenary discussion on barriers to taking on sex work rights issues and how the tool kit meets or does not meet those needs.

 

Objective: To provide feedback on the contents and utility of the communications toolkit.

 

 

15:45-16:00

Coffee and tea break

 

 

 

16:00-16:45

Final review of last outputs and deciding on next steps for funding collaboration, advocacy and any other issues arising

 

Plenary discussion

 

Objective: Agreeing to next steps ­- who, what, when.

 

 

6:45-17:00

Stepping out of the workshop: evaluation and closing remarks