European Development Days: UN Agenda Overview (d) – debate; (ld) – large debate, (p) – project; (a) – auditorium; (b) – brainstorming. * - UN agency leading the session. ** - other organization leading the session. – high-level UN participation. UNIDO UNEP
FAO UNHCR
ILO JMDI
UNDP UNICEF
UN University UNFPA
WHO UNCDF
WFP UNECE
UN Women UN HABITAT* + H III
UNESCO IOM
ITC UN GP
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY 7 JUNE 2017 09.00 – 11.00 UNESCO 09.00 – 10.00, A1 Investing in creativity, the future is now (se) Edouard Matoko (Assistant DG for the Africa Department, UNESCO), Chris Burns (journalist), Mario Giro (Vice-Minister of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation, Italy), Felwine Sarr (Université Gaston Berger Saint-Louis du Sénégal), Rokia Traoré (Singer), Jean-Louis Ville (DEVCO)
IOM 09.30 – 10.45, D1 Maximising the development potential of legal migration and mobility (d) Eugenio Ambrosi (Regional Director, IOM), Ajay
Kumar Bramdeo (African Union Permanent Mission), Laura Corrado (DG for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship), Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels (University of Kent)
11.00 – 13.00
O P E N I N G C E R E M O N Y
14.00 – 15.30 UNIDO* FAO 14.00 – 15.15, B1 Is Cooling Food Better for the Climate? (b) Manuela Kasper-Claridge (Deutsche Welle)
16.00 – 17.30 WHO* 16.00 – 17.30, A1 Reducing health inequalities through global partnership and collaboration (a) Alaa Murabit ( SDGs Advocate), WHO DG Elect, Ilona Kickbusch (Global Health Centre), Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner for Health and Food Safety), Diane Gashumba (Minister of Health, Rwanda), EDD Young Leader
ILO* UNIDO 14.00 – 15.15, S3 How to create decent jobs in the global supply chains? (p) Michael Elkin (Chief Technical Advisor, ILO), Dan Rees (Director for the Better Work Programme, ILO), Christophe Yvetot (Director of UNIDO Liaison Office to the EU), Valérie Berset Bircher (Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs), Francoise Millecam (DEVCO)
FAO* WFP 16.15 – 17.30, D6 Conflict prevention and sustainable peace: the role of food security and agriculture (d) Dominique Burgeon (Director of Emergencies, FAO), Valerie Guarnieri (Regional Director for E and C Africa), Renée Larivière Interpeace, L eonard Mizzi DEVCO, Dr. Stefanie Babst (NATO)
18.00 – 19.30 UN Women* WFP 18.00 – 19.30, A1 The Smart Investment Empowering Women in the Economy (a) Yannick Glemarec (Deputy Executive Director, UN Women), Elisabeth Rasmusson (Assistant Executive Director, WFP), Claudine Mensah Awute (CARE International), EDD Young Leader
UNESCO + WWAP 18.00 – 19.15, D2 The central role of water for inclusive and sustainable growth and the creation of decent jobs (d) Lucilla Minelli (Programme Officer) & Stefan Uhlenbrook (Coordinator) (World Water Assessment Programme of UNESCO), Eric Beaume, Paolo Ciccarelli (DEVCO), Céline Gilquin (Agence Française de Développement), Osward Chanda Mulenga (African Development Bank)
UNITAR 09.30 – 10.45, B2 Moving towards an Inclusive, Participatory and Representative Implementation of the Agenda 2030 (b) Jan Beyne (Program Manager, UNITAR), Peter Wollaert (Fellow, UNITAR), Sidonie Wetzig (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung), Arnold Kammel (European Network of Politcial Foundations), Senad Šepić (independent politician)
IOM 09.30 – 10.45, D3 Bringing health services to reach migrant mining populations in Southern Africa through multi-stakeholder partnerships (d) Poonam Dhavan (Migration Health Programme Coordinator, IOM), Arthur Alcock (Occupational Hygience Officer Navachab Gold Mine), Olga Guerrero (Humana People to People), Sameer Sah (TB Alert)
UN University + Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung** 14.00 – 15.15, S1 Corruption & Migration: How Women and Girls Pay a Heavy Toll (p) Ortrun Merkle (Research Fellow, UN University), Peter
UNEP* + Climate and Clean Air Coalition + European Investment Bank** 16.15 – 17.30, D5 Financing city waste management for urban economic development and climate mitigation (d)
UNDP + CIRAD + CoR** 14.00 – 15.15, D1 Towards a territorial approach to economic development (d) Johannes Krassnitzer (Intl Coordinator, UNDP), Roberta
UNHCR* ILO 16.15 – 17.30, S1 Innovative and effective approaches to refugee employment (p) Ziad Ayoubi (Head of the Livelihoods Unit, UNHCR), Heidi Christ (Artisan value Chain Expert, UNHCR), Claire Courteille-Mulder (Director of ILO Office for the EU & Benelux), Janet Heisey (Trickle
Bonin, Mike Falke, François Menguelé (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), Marwa Fatafta (Transparency International)
Dall’Olio (European Association of Development Agencies), Franco Iacop (European Committee of the Regions), Stefano Marta (OECD), Marie-Cécile Thirion (Agence Française de Développement), Elodie Valette (Agronomique pour le Développement)
UNEP UNIDO + SWITCH to Green Facility** 18.00 – 19.15, S2 Business switch to green with innovative support services (p)
Alice Kaudia (Government of Kenya), Monica Scatasta (European Investment Bank), Jacob Werksman (DG for Climate Action)
Up), Lorenz Isler (IKEA Switzerland)
FAO + Joint Research Centre** 18.00 – 19.30, B2 Sustainable soil management: the foundation for Africa's future? (b)
UNESCO African Parks** 14.00 – 15.15, D3 Public Private Partnership in conservation as intervention for peace (d) Leila Maziz (Project Officer, UNESCO), Mark Languy (WWF
IOM Wetlands Intl, Red Cross EU Office** 18.00 – 19.15, S1 WATER SHOCKS: Wetlands and human migration in the Sahel Eugenio Ambrosi (Regional Director, IOM)
UNFCCC Africa Greenco** 14.00 – 15.30, D7 De-risking and scaling up sustainable investments in the African power sector the Africa GreenCo model (d) Seyni Nafo (Chair of the African Group of Negotiators at UNFCCC), Chris Clubb
UNESCO European Commission** 18.00 – 19 .15, D6 Working with youth at the fringes of Kenyan society to build a better future (p) Alexander Leicht (Chief of the Section, UNESCO), Mukhtar Abdi
for Nature), Baudouin Michel (African Parks Network), Omer Ntougou Ndoutoume (Réseau des aires protégées d'Afrique Centrale), Philippe Mayaux (DEVCO)
(Convergence), Ana Hajduka (Africa GreenCo), Valérie Levkov (Electricité de France), Saadia Madsbjerg (Rockefeller Foundation), Roberto Ridolfi (DEVCO)
Ogle (Government of Kenya), Yvonne Maingey (Gravitazz Institute for Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management), Amina Gedi (RUSI)
Special event 18.00 - 19.30, A2 Special event with SDGs advocates
DAY 2: THURSDAY 8 JUNE 2017 09.00 – 11.00 ITC* 09.00 – 10.15, D7 Artisans & Migrants: An Opportunity for Job creation and Sustainable Development (d) Arancha Gonzalez (Executive Director, ITC), Stefano
Manservisi (DEVCO), Simone Cipriani (Ethical Fashion Initiative), Carlo D’Amario (CEO, Vivienne Westwood), Andrea Marchesini (Lai-momo), Madi Sakande (New Cold System s.r.l.), Mahamadou Soumbounou (artist)
WHO* UNICEF + World Vision International** 09.00 – 10.15, D6 Mobilizing Partnerships and Investment to End Violence against Children (d) Etienne Krug (Director, Department for Management of NVI, WHO), Jean-Louis Ville (DEVCO), Mary (Young Leader, World Vision South Sudan), Mercedes Garcia Perez (EEAS), Lydia Njjemba Wasulaic (Ugandan Government), Laurance Uwera (ChildFund Guinea)
11.00 – 13.00 UN HABITAT* + H III 10.45 – 12.00, D1 The place where the battle for sustainable development will be won or lost (d) Aisa Kirabo Kacyira (Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary General, UN-Habitat), Dagmar Dehmer
13.30 – 15.30 UNECE*
UNEP
UN GP
13.30 – 14.45 The Emperor's New Clothes (b) Topic: trade and fair globalization
(journalist), Jean-Pierre Elong-Mbassi (United Cities and Local Governments of Africa), Elin Andersdotter Fabre (Nordic Declaration Global Utmaning)
UNDP + Friends of Europe** 10.45 – 12.00, D2 To achieve agenda 2030, give peace a chance (d) Topic: fragility and resilience Olivier Ray (Agence Française de Développement), Shada Islam (Friends of Europe), Maria-Manuela Cabral (DEVCO)
16.00 – 17.30 UNHCR* 15.15 – 16.30, S3 New Means and Partnerships to Address Forced Displacement (p) Ewen Macleod (Senior Advisor on Development, UNHCR),Xavier Devictor (The World Bank Group), Natalia
Alonso (Oxfam EU office), Philippe Ngwala (African Development Bank)
ILO* 13.30 – 14.45, D2 Inequalities and indigenous peoples - Making the SDGs work for indigenous peoples (d) Martin Oelz (Senior Specialist on Equality and Non-Discrimination, ILO), Joan
Carling (Indigenous Peoples Major Group), Eleni Kyrou (European Investment Bank), Hindou Oumaru Ibrahim (Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad), Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura (Government of Bangladesh)
JMDI* IOM 15.15 – 16.30, S2 The role of cities in implementing the migration-related targets of the SDGs (p) Cécile Riallant (Programme Manager, JMDI), Geertrui Lanneau (Senior Specialist on Labour Mobility and Human Development, IOM), Sally
Velasquez Ante Lee (MayoR, Sorsogon, Philippines), Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi (EEAS), Sarah Turine (Deputy Mayor, City of Molenbeek)
16.45 – 18.00
C L O S I N G C E R E M O N Y
UNFPA + International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network** 09.00 – 10.30, A1 Key solutions for development: Youth empowerment and family planning (a) Benoît Kalasa (Director, Technical Division, UNFPA), Slavea Chankova The Economist, EDD Young Leader, Jackson Chekweko (Reproductive Health Uganda), Alexander De Croo (Deputy PM, Minister of Development Cooperation, Belgium)
UNIDO UNCDF + Agence Française de Développement** 09.00 – 10.30, A2 New frontiers in investment for impact (a) Topic: sustainable investment Judith Karl (Executive Secretary, UNCDF), Shada
Islam (Director of Policy, Friends of Europe), EDD Young Leader, Ambroise Fayolle (Vice President, European Investment Bank), Rémy Rioux (Chief Executive Officer, Agence Française de Développement)
UNDP* 11.00 – 12.30, A3 Small businesses giant players in pursuit of SDGs (a) Barbara Pesce Monteiro (Director, UNDP), Jeffrey Sachs (SDG Advocate), Professor Muhammad Yunus (2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate), Viwanou Gnassounou (Assistant Secretary General ACP Secretariat), Marjeta Jager
UN GP 13.30 – 14.45, S3 Working with big data and innovative data sources in Africa (p) Dr. John Quinn (Artificial Intelligence Advisor UN Global Pulse), Paula Hidalgo-Sanchis (Manager Pulse Lab Kampala), William Kibira (Junior Assistant Software Developer, Pulse Lab Kampala), Dr. Christopher Kuner
FAO + European Commission - DG AGRI** 15.15 – 16.30, S4 A Territorial Approach to Food Security and Nutrition Policy (p) Topic: inequalities Rob Vos (Director, Agricultural Development Economics Division, FAO), Mark Cropper (DG
ITC (ILO) + Belgian Development Agency** 10.45 – 12.00. D6 Learning for development: networking and innovation for sustainable results (d) Robin Poppe (ITC), Monica Lisa (ITC), M iguel Exposito
FAO + CNH INDUSTRIAL** 13.30 – 14.45, S2 Improve water mobilisation and irrigation in Tunisia (p)
ILO 15.15 – 16.30, S1 Innovative approaches for more inclusive social protection of informal workers (p) Luis Frota (Senior Social Security Specialist, ILO), Jürgen
(DEVCO), Tasneem Ava (EDD Young Leader), Felix A. Bikpo (African Guarantee Fund)
Verdejo (DEVCO), Jana Repanšek (Center of Excellence in Finance), Mareike Zenker (Global Leadership Academy)
(Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Sarah Murungi (Radio presenter)
Sarantis Michalopoulos (journalist), Hassen Chourabi (Government of Tunisia), Elisabetta Lattanzio (journalist), Daniela Ropolo EMEA Sustainable (CNH INDUSTRIAL), Lars Skjoldager Sorensen (CNH INDUSTRIAL)
for Agricultural and Rural Development), Leonard Mizzi (DEVCO), Joaquim Oliveira Martins (Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation), Stefan Schmitz (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung)
Hohmann (DEVCO), Paul Mundy (Consultant), Laura Alfers (WIEGO), Jacques Charmes (AGRER)
UNDP + World Bank** 09.00 – 10.15, D4 Resilience Debate: What can we do to make recovery resilient? (d) Hiba Qasas (UN WOMEN), Nigel Fisher (former Assistant SG UN), Roberto Ridolfi (DEVCO)
FAO CIRAD** 10.45 – 12.00, B2 There is no sustainable development without shared science (b) Cristina Amaral (Director, FAO Liaison Office with the EU), Catherine Bureau (Fondation Avril), Florence Lasbennes (Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement), 2 EDD Young Leaders, Auxtin Ortiz Etxeberria (World Rural Forum), Sornprach Thanisawanyangkura (Kasetsart University)
IOM European Commission** 11:00 - 12:30, A1 Root causes of migration: New narrative, new purpose and new targets for development funding? Laura Thompson (Deputy Director General, IOM), Elly
Schlein (MEP), George Vella (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Malta), Bogdan Brunon Wenta (MEP), Simon Maxwell (European Think Tanks Group), Muhumed Hussein (NRC), EDD Young Leader, Judith Sargentini (MEP)
European Investment Bank** 13.30 – 14.45, D7 Putting digital into development: connecting people’s potential (d) Professor Muhammad Yunus (SDGs Advocate), Shada Islam
Director of Policy Friends of Europe, Pim Van Ballekom (European Investment Bank), Lisa Bonadonna (Head of GSK-Save the Children Partnership), Michael Darcy (Africa Mobile Networks), Alexander De Croo (Belgium Deputy PM, Minister of Development Cooperation)
Closing Panel of the World Reconstruction Conference
European Commission** 14.30 – 16.00, A3 Leveraging consensus on recovery as a means to implement Sendai and other global frameworks for development and resilience (a) Robert Glasser (SRSG, Disaster Risk Reduction), Viwanou Gnassounou (Assistant SG ACP Secretariat), Neven Mimica (DEVCO), Cyril Muller (The World Bank Group), Wade Warren (USAID), Zainab S. Ahmed (Government of Nigeria), Nigel
UN Women 15:15 – 16.30, B1 Reaching out to women in fragility contexts: Why and how? (b) Marcela Villareal (Director Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development, FAO), Hiba Qasas (Chief of Crisis Prevention, Preparedness and Response, UN WOMEN), Anaïs
Weber (Agence Française de Développement), Marleen Bosmans (Belgian Development Agency), Jane Freedman (Université Paris 8), EDD Young Leader, Ndeye Sow (International Alert)
UN-Habitat European Commission** 14.30 – 16.00, A1 Harnessing opportunities for climate change adaptation and mitigation in cities (a) Aisa Kirabo Kacyira (Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary General, UN-Habitat), Jonathan Taylor (European Investment Bank), Celestine Ketcha Courtes (Mayor, Bangangté), Anya Sitaram (Rockhopper TV), Sam Cheptoris (Minister of Water and Environment, Uganda), EDD Young Leader
Fisher (Former Assistant to UN SG), EDD Young Leader
IOM 13.30 – 14.45 Remittances and Development in the ACP-EU Dialogue (b) Geertrui Lanneau (Senior Specialist, IOM), Mathieu Jacques (Programme Manager, IOM), Geertrui Lanneau (Senior Specialist, IOM), Mauro Martini (IFAD), Leon Isaacs (OFFICER Developing Market Associates)
UNIDO 14.30 – 16.00, A2 Making it happen through jobs and entrepreneurship (a) Hiroshi Kuniyoshi (Director & Deputy to the Director General, UNIDO), Cheikh Ibrahima Diong (Africa Consulting and Trading), Didier Acouetey (AFRICSEARCH), Alexander De Croo (Deputy PM, Minister of Development Cooperation, Belgium), Tony Elumelu (The Tony Elumelu Foundation), EDD Young Leader, Florence Poivey (Mouvement des entreprises de France), Vimal Shah (BIDCO Africa), Marie Chantal Uwitonze (MACH Consulting)
European Commission** 15.15 – 16.30, D2 The role of religions and beliefs in building sustainable communities (d) Alaa Murabit (SDG Advocate), Sandra Melone (Deputy Director Search for Common Ground), Ben Schewel (University of Groningen), Nazila Ghanea (University of Oxford), Hala Alkarib (Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa), Jan Figel (Special Envoy on Freedom of religion)
UNESCO Young Leaders for Development** 15.15 – 16.30, B2 Transforming mindsets: 2030 Youth Agenda for Sustainable Development (b) Dareen Abu Lail (Youth National Project Officer, UNESCO), Vandinika Shukla (EDD Young Leader 2016), Ruben Baumer (EDD Young Leader 2016), Mattias Lundberg (The World Bank Group), Marion Osieyo (EDD Young Leader 2015), Geoff Thompson (Youth Charter), Elsa Zekeng (EDD Young Leader 2016)