Provisional Programme of work ARFSD
DAY 1: Wednesday 17 June 2015
| 8.30 a.m. – 9.00 a.m. | Registration of participants |
| 9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m. | Opening of the meeting
Venue: Conference room 2, United Nations Conference Centre Chair: Chair of the Bureau of the ninth session of Committee on Sustainable Development
Master of Ceremony: Ms Fatima Denton, Director, Special Initiatives Division (SID), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Statements:
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - United Nations Environment Programme - United Nations Development Programme
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10.00 am – 10.30 a.m.
| Keynote address on the intergovernmental negotiations on the post 2015 development agenda by H.E. Macharia Kamau, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations, and co-facilitator for the intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda |
| 10.30 am – 10.45 a.m. | Organisational matters and adoption of the Agenda and programme of work |
| 10.45 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. | Tea and coffee break |
| 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Parallel Sessions: |
| Parallel session 1: | Presentations and discussions on strengthening integration, implementation and review: the role of sustainable development bodies after 2015
Venue: Conference room 5, United Nations Conference Centre Chair: Chair of the Bureau of the ninth session of Committee on Sustainable Development |
| 11.00 a.m. – 1p.m. | The role of sustainable development bodies after 2015 at global level by Ms. Isatou Gaye, Chief, Green Economy and Natural Resources Section, SID, ECA The role of sustainable development bodies after 2015 at regional and subregional level by Ms. Mama Keita, Economic Affairs Officer Macroeconomic Policy Division, ECA |
| 1 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. | Lunch break |
| 2.30 pm – 4.pm | The role of sustainable development bodies after 2015 at national and local level by Mr. Xiaoning Gong, African Centre for Statistics, ECA and Representative of the African Union Commission |
| Parallel Session 2: | Presentations and discussions on other topics to be considered by the 2015 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development: Emerging issues and the science policy interface, sustainable consumption and production, and SIDS and other countries in special situations
Venue: Conference room 6, United Nations Conference Centre Chair: One of the Vice-Chairs of the Bureau of the ninth session of Committee on Sustainable Development |
| 11 a.m. – 1p.m. | New and emerging issues and the science-policy interface by Mr. Mactar Seck, Economic Affairs Officer, New Technologies and Innovation Section, SID Sustainable consumption and production: Promoting sustainable consumption and production for inclusive green growth and transformation in Africa by Mr. Yacouba Gnegne, Economic Affairs Officer, Green Economy and Natural Resources Section, SID, ECA |
| 1 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. | Lunch break |
| 2.30 pm – 4.pm | Small island developing States, by Mr. Frank Rutabingwa, Senior Natural Resources Expert, African Climate Policy Centre, SID Least Developed Countries (LDCs), by Ms. Judith Ameso, Economic Affairs Officer, Macroeconomic Policy Division, ECA Land Locked Developing Countries, by Robert Lisinge, Economic Affairs Officer, Regional Integration and Trade Division, ECA |
| 4 p.m. - 4.15 | Tea and coffee break |
| Plenary Session | |
| 4.15 p.m. - 4:45 pm | Reports of the Parallel sessions Venue: Conference room 2, United Nations Conference Centre Chair: Chair of the Bureau of the ninth session of Committee on Sustainable Development |
| 4:45 p.m. - 6 p.m. | Statements by major groups |
| 6.30 p.m. | Reception Venue: Banquet Hall, United Nations Conference Centre |
| DAY 2: Thursday 18 June 2015 | |
| 9 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. | Consideration of messages from the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development to the 2015 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Venue: Conference room 2, United Nations Conference Centre Chair: Chair of the Bureau of the ninth session of Committee on Sustainable Development |
| 10.30 a.m. – 10.45 a.m. | Tea and coffee break |
| 10.45 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Consideration of messages from the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development to the 2015 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development - continued. |
| 1 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. | Lunch break |
| 2.30 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. | Consideration of messages from the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development to the 2015 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development - continued |
| 4.00 p.m. - 4.15 p.m. | Tea and coffee break |
| 4.15 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Consideration and adoption of the report of the ninth session of the Committee of Sustainable Development and the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development |
| 5 p.m. – 5.15 p.m. | Theme, dates and venue of the next Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development |
| 5.15 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. | Other matters |
| 5.30 p.m. – 6 p.m. | Closing of the meeting Statements:
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