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Outline - Panel 06.12.2012 CMI – DAECT – UNDP ART « The territorial approach for sustainable human development » In the context of the Africités Summit Dakar2012 6 December 2012 – 14:30 – 18:30 Room B 06 Conference Center KFP Hotel To the attention of workshops’ participants (Moderators, speakers, panellists, rapporteurs, masters of ceremony) Official Languages: French and English Panel 1 - The added value of the territorial approach for the post-2015 development vision This panel will take place from 2:30 to 3:20 PM (50 min.)

The Official Opening will seek to frame the discussions within the global policy debate on the changing development context. High-level officials will discuss the importance of the territorial approach and the key role of local governments and actors. The discussions will aim to go beyond structural causes of poverty to address inequality and exclusion issues along with the importance of the relationship between local governance, local development and the concept of sustainable human development. Panellists will also discuss the need for policy coherence at the global, national and local levels to effectively promote sustainable human development.

The debate will be based on the specificities of the African context. Its objective is to provide a valuable contribution on the role of the territorial approach to the definition of the post-2015 United Nations Development Agenda.

It will run as follows: -

Introductory communication and presentation of the general topic by the moderator (5 min.); Speeches of 5 different panellists on the various topics addressed by this panel (7 min. Max each); Open discussions and concluding observations (the moderator will take 2-3 questions from the audience and will then summarize the panel's discussions).

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Questions framing the debate  

What are the most significant contributions of the territorial approach to the post-2015 development vision?

What are the strategies at local, national and international levels to mobilize the potential of the territories?

Speakers: 

His Excellency Arame Ndoye, Minister of Regional Planning and Local Communities, Government of Senegal  Mr. Michel Despax, Head of the French Delegation for the External Action of Local Authorities (DAECT), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France  Mr. Mats Karlsson, Director of the Marseille Centre for Mediterranean Integration (CMI)  Mr. Angelo Baglio, Head of Unit, Civil Society and Local Authorities, DG DEVCO, European Commission  Mr. François Albert Amichia, Mayor of Treichville, President of the Cities and Communities Association of Côte d’Ivoire (UVICOCI) - Representative of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Moderator: Ms. Fatoumata Bintou Djibo, UN Resident Coordinator / Resident Representative, UNDP Senegal

Keynote speech - UNDP and the territorial approach in the post-2015 development architecture Presentation by Ms. Najat Rochdi, Deputy Director UNDP Geneva Office from 3:20 to 3:30pm (10 min.)

Ministerial Panel – Africa and the post-2015 Challenges This panel will run from 3:30 to 4:15 (45 min.)

In this dynamic panel, ministers will deal with the questions asked by the moderator on the post2015 challenges for Africa. These high-level speakers will share their views on the building of Africa, starting from its territories.

The debate will constitute an exceptional opportunity to listen to African Ministers detailing their vision of the role and challenges of the territorial development approach in Africa and of its contribution to the definition of the post-2015 development agenda.

The panel will run as follows: 

Introductory communication and presentation of the general topic by the moderator (3 min.);

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4 questions asked by the moderator (one question to each minister)(2 min. max for each question);

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Open discussions and concluding comments (the moderator will take 2-3 questions from the audience and will then summarize the panel's discussions).

Speakers: 

His Excellency Cheikh Bamba Dieye, Mayor of Saint Louis, Minister of Telecommunications, Communications and the numeric Economy, Government of Senegal

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His Excellency Mohamed Ould Boilil, Minister of Home Affairs and Decentralization, Government of Mauritania

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His Excellency Aimé-Popa Ntzoutsi Mouyama, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Home Affairs, Public Security, Immigration and Decentralization, Government of Gabon

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His Excellency Jameleddine Gharbi, Minister of Planning and Regional Development, Government of Tunisia

Moderator Ms. Najat Rochdi, Deputy Director UNDP Geneva Office

Joint Press Conference; DAECT – CMI – UNDP ART Geneva; 4:15 – 4:35pm (20 min.) 

Joint Projects between the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNDP-ART Geneva

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Memorandum of Understanding between UNDP and FOGAR

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Triangular and South-South Cooperation between Morocco, Mauritania and the Municipality of Malaga, Spain

Coffee-break: 4:15 – 4:35pm (20 min.)

Panel 2: – Articulation platforms for Local Governance and Local Economic Development This panel will run from 4:35 – 5:25pm (50 min.)

The panel will provide an opportunity to present concrete experiences of articulation promoted by the ART Initiative and its partners in Africa and the Middle East, as platforms putting into practice the territorial approach to development. National and local government representatives will share their experiences on effective articulation tools of different actors in a common strategy to support sustainable human development.

Particular attention will be given to the promotion of sustainable human development through the improvement of territorial economic development, capturing the African experience in Local Economic Development (LED). The panel will also be a mean to advance an African vision on Local Economic Development Agencies (LEDA) and the institutionalization of LED. In this regard, the participants will discuss the role of local authorities in the governance of local development and present best practices and relevant practical instruments.

The panel will run as follows:  Introductory communication and presentation of the general topic by the moderator (5 min.); 

Speeches of 7 different panellists on the various topics addressed by this panel (7 min. Max each);

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Open discussions and concluding observations (the moderator will take 2-3 questions from the audience and will then summarize the panel's discussions).

Questions framing the debate 

The added-value of the territorial approach for the promotion of sustainable local development

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LED Governance: the role of territorial communities and the local-national articulation

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The potential of South-South and triangular (decentralized) cooperation in the promotion of development and local governance: Experiences from the Africa region.

Speakers:     

Mr. Antonio Zurita, Executive Manager of the Andalusian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity (FAMSI) Ms. Anne Marie Mevel Reingold, Deputy Secretary of the NCCD, DAECT, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France Mr. Paul Carrasco, Prefect of the Province of Azuay, Ecuador, President of the Organization of Regions United ORU/FOGAR, and President of the Latin American Organization of Intermediate Governments (OLAGI) Mr. Amadou Anta Ndiaye, Regional Advisor, Chairman of the Environment and Sustainable Development commission and Representative of the President of the Regional Council Louga Mr. Jean-Paul Bachy, Chairman of Champagne-Ardenne Regional Council, and Chairman of the Committee of International Affairs, Association of French Regions(ARF), France

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Mr. Jose Elija Guamba – National Director of of Rural Development Promotion - Ministry of State Administration, Government of Mozambique Mr. Kodjo Mensah-Abrampa, Policy Advisor – Local Governance, UNDP

Moderator: Ms. Coumba Gadio, UN Resident Coordinator / Resident Representative, UNDP Mauritania

Panel 3: The impact of the use of ICT in the Dialogue between Territories This panel will run from 5:25 - 6:15pm (50 min.)

The dialogue between territories is an innovative approach to development promoting active relationship between countries and communities around issues of common interest such as, among others, migration, health, employment, human security, human rights citizenship, gender, environment and climate change. The panel will present the experience of the ART ISI @ MED Initiative as a concrete example of the dialogue between territories around the theme of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for development.

Representatives of national and local institutions in the North and South who participated in the first phase of the ISI @ MED pilot initiatives will share their views, results and best practices on the use of ICT in capacity building of policy makers and economic actors in planning, implementing and monitoring of public policies for sustainable development at the local level. The discussion will aim to assess the potential to develop and share this experience with other cities and regions of the Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Africa region through South-South and triangular (decentralized) cooperation.

The panel will run as follows:   

Introductory communication and presentation of the general topic by the moderator (5 min.)

Speeches of 7 different panellists on the various topics addressed by this panel (7 min. Max each); Open discussion and concluding comments (the moderator will take 2-3 questions from the audience and will then summarize the panel's discussions).

Questions framing the debate 

South-South cooperation between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Maghreb in the fields of decentralization and local development: Background and prospects for the future.

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ART-ISI @ MED Experience in Morocco and potential for replication.

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What is the added value of South-South and triangular Cooperation at the territorial level?

Speakers: 

Mr. Mohamed Sefiani, Mayor of the Chefchaouen Municipality, Morocco

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Mr. Lamine Sagna, Chairman of the Regional Council of Ziguinchor, Senegal

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Mr. Philippe Cichowlaz, Deputy-Director General in charge International Relations, Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Mr. Arturo Rodriguez, Head of International Relations, Municipality of Málaga, Spain

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Mr. Mohamed Lemine Salihi, Executive Manager Information Technologies and New Technology, Government of Mauritania

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Ms. Nicole Béatrice Moussavou, Director of Local Government, Government of Gabon

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Mr. Abdelouahed Fikrat, Director of the Territorial Planning department, MHUPV, Government of the Kingdom of Morocco

Moderator: Mr. Jean-Michel Despax, Head of the French Delegation for the External Action of Local Authorities (DAECT), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France

For the Moderators: Moderators will be high-level experts who will sit at the main table and participate in the panel. The following tasks will be assigned to them:  Welcome the participants  Remind the theme of the workshop  Moderate the debates  Enforce the speaking time allowed to each speaker  Take notes of the questions asked in order to help out the interviewed speakers  Conclude the panel by giving their general impressions

For the panellists: The panellists will sit at the main table during the panel Speaking time limits: The speaking time of each panellist is 7 minutes. Regarding the content of the intervention, we are kindly asking the panellists to prioritize a synthetic expose and respect time limits. It is neither necessary nor advisable to make an exhaustive presentation nor to use power point documents.

In order to facilitate the work of the rapporteurs and moderators, each response should be written and sent to the moderator and rapporteur (whose contacts will be provided as soon as possible).

For the rapporteurs*: The main tasks of the rapporteurs will be as follows:: Before the sessions The rapporteurs should ensure that: 1. They are familiarised with the panellists, their contact details and positions.

2.They meet before the sessions to define the methodology that they will use to ensure consistency, while covering the discussions.

During the sessions Each rapporteur should ensure that: 1. They take notes of the principal findings/observations, conclusions and recommendations of each intervention/speech, of each panel closing and of working groups.

2. They pay attention to note down information as followed: Approximate number of participants for each panel, gender of participants, appropriate details of people who have asked questions, etc.

3. They note down the questions/remarks of the audience, which could be used for the summary report of the session, as well as the answers given by the panellists.

After the session Each rapporteur should ensure that: 1. They identify recommendations and avenues for future cooperation. The synthesis and the recommendations will be inserted in the general message/Dakar Declaration.

2. They prepare the electronic summary report, including the details of the key declarations and recommendations of the sessions, and the information and issues raised by the participants.

3. They check the summary report of the findings, together with the moderators of each panel, to deliver the final report. * Rapporteurs must prepare a report for all of the different sessions (5, 6 and 7 December).

For the masters of ceremony (MC) The Masters of ceremony will ensure the coordination and presentation of the various steps of the workshop. They will also present speakers and moderators for each panel, based on biographical information that has been collected beforehand.