A Public Lecture on South Africa's Foreign Policy by South African Deputy Minister Hon. Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim

South Africa’s Foreign Policy: A Vision For South–South Cooperation

A Public Lecture by Hon. Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim
(Deputy Minister, Department of International Relations and Cooperation, Republic of South Africa)

25 September 2012 (Tuesday)
10:00–11:30 AM

Department of Political Science Audiovisual Room
3rd Floor, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy Faculty Center
(at the back of Palma Hall Annex)
University of the Philippines-Diliman
Quezon City

Please click here for the playlist of the lecture's video recordings.


PROGRAM

10:00 – 10:05

Welcome Remarks
Maria Ela L. Atienza, PhD
Director
Third World Studies Center and
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman


10:05 – 10:10
Introduction of the Speaker
Hon. Agnes Nyamande-Pitso
Ambassador
Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in the Philippines

10:10 – 10:40
Hon. Ebrahim Ismael Ebrahim
Deputy Minister
Department of International Relations and Cooperation
Republic of South Africa

10:40 – 11:25
Open Forum

11:25 – 11:30
Closing Remarks
Ruth Lusterio-Rico, PhD
Chair and
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman


Moderator
Ronald Molmisa
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman

Organized by the Embassy of South Africa in the Philippines and the UP Third World Studies Center in cooperation with the UP Diliman Department of Political Science.

Please click here for a copy of the Deputy Minister's speech.

Gwardya, Kamera, Aksyon?: Surveillance and Security in the University (A Public Forum)

"Gwardya, Kamera, Aksyon?: Surveillance and Security in the University" is the second forum of the 2012 TWSC Public Forum Series, "Ang Tama ba sa UP, Tama rin sa Bayan?"

September 26, 2012 (Wednesday), 9:00 AM - 12:00 NN

Pulungang Claro M. Recto (Faculty Center Conference Hall), Rizal Hall, College of Arts and Letter, University of the Philippines-Diliman

Please click here for the playlist of video recordings of the forum. 


PROGRAM

9:00 - 9:15
REGISTRATION

9:15 - 9:20
WELCOME REMARKS
Neil Martial Santillan, PhD
Associate Dean for Administration and External Affairs
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman

9:20 - 9:30
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKERS
Filomin C. Gutierrez, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman

9:30 - 9:50
Melania Abad-Flores
Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs
University of the Philippines-Diliman

9:50 - 10:10
Edgardo E. Dagdag 
Chief Security Officer
University of the Philippines-Diliman

10:10 - 10:30
Agerico M. De Villa
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman

10:30 - 11:50
OPEN FORUM

11:50 - 12:00
SYNTHESIS
Filomin C. Gutierrez, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman


ABOUT THE FORUM

The recent string of violence in several UP campuses paved the way for the entry of new forms of anti-crime measures. With the launch of a technology transformation initiative dubbed eUP last March 2012, UP President Alfredo Pascual stated, among other things, that UP is already preparing the deployment of various technology solutions to address security issues in the different campuses. Such preparations involve the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in strategic areas within the constituent units, aside from increasing the number of security guards and watchmen. Some have welcomed the impending installation of CCTV, calling it long overdue in the midst of what the media had portrayed as a near-system-wide crime wave in the last months. Others have deplored it, crying violation of student rights and academic freedom. Some even believe that CCTV cameras will serve as spy cameras to be used by external entities on the assumption that UP serves as a breeding ground for rebels and activists. Moreover, the cynical warn of the private sector's encroachment of the university's public space and the potential emergence of a security industry. This forum thus provides a platform for the debates on CCTV as anti-crime measure, particularly in UP campuses, which have been slow in coming. It seeks to examine UP's delicate balancing act--on how at a click of a camera, UP catches perpetrators in the act and in a zoom, rob its constituencies of their deserved anonymity while in a public space. Will UP think before it clicks and zooms in?

See photos of the forum here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.462156343807265.103267.125780737444829&type=1

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