Meeting Sessions
Sessions will start at 08:30 to 18:30 with a 2 hour lunch break

Nov 29 Day One
Morning

Opening Ceremony:

Facilitator: Mr. Boniface Chidyausiku

1. Ministry of Commerce (Represented by Dong Hong)
2. Zhejiang Provincial Government
3. Mr. Ravi Rajan, UNDP
4. Mr. Aboutahir-G77 Chair/Deputy Ambassador of Morocco Permanent Mission to UN
5. Tong Jiandong, DG, IC-SHP

Coffee Break

FIRST PLENARY SESSION

Facilitator:

1. Introduction and adoption of the agenda
2. Towards an Innovative and Broad-based Pivotal Partnership for South-South and Triangular Cooperation (Mr. Zhou Yiping)
3. Mr. Wang Xiaolong, Counsellor, Department of International organization and Conference, MOFA of China

Day One (Afternoon)

Theme 1: Experiences, Challenges and Opportunities in South-South and Triangular Cooperation

1. Presentation by China on Establishing China South-South Cooperation Promotion Center and discussions (Mr. Zhao Yongli)
2. Main Speakers - Country Representatives.

Coffee Break

Theme 2: Moving beyond the pivotal-country approach

Presentations by "pivotal institutions":
1. Facilitating South-South trade and investment, especially among SMEs (Sujit Chowdhury, Osvaldo Agatiello and participants interventions)
2. South-South approach to fighting HIV/AIDS (Mr. Joel Rehnstrom)
3. South-South initiatives in science and technology
4. Scaling up South South cooperation through innovative triangular cooperation
5. Financing of inter-regional South South and triangular initiatives for achieving MDGs (ESCAP, South Africa)

Coffee Break

Focused Working Group Discussions:

Focus of WG 1:
The need for stronger government and public sector support for creating the conditions requisite for scaling up South-South and triangular cooperation, especially for ECDC. Such issues as national policy, institutional arrangement and coordination, establishing national S-S networks or national demonstration base, national funding, etc. should be discussed and concrete and actionable recommendations made.

Focus of WG 2:
The need for more active participation of the private sector in scaling up South-South trade and investment flows and technology transfer (especially among indigenous and young entrepreneurs and SMEs) that are likely to contribute to achieving the MDGs on health, food security, education, etc. and make recommendations to move forward.

Focus of WG 3:
The need for systematic mapping (documenting) and marketing (disseminating) Southern Development capacities for addressing MDGs, and mobilizing all pivotal partners to facilitate and support the matching of needs with such capacities, through innovative South-South and triangular cooperation arrangements, and make concrete recommendations for implementation.

Nov. 30 Day Two
Morning

Working Group discussions continue, focusing on consolidating concrete recommendations on joint initiatives and follow-up and implementation strategy for presentation to the Second Plenary.

Post Coffee Break -

Working Group leaders prepare the respective WG's report and share the same with the Rapporteur and his/her Drafting Team, and the Moderator. The Drafting Team prepares the final draft report to be presented to the afternoon plenary session.

Day Two (Afternoon)

SECOND PLENARY SESSION
1. Reporting by the three Working Groups on the discussions, findings and recommendations on possible joint South-South and triangular initiatives and follow-up actions.
2. Presentation by the Rapporteur of the conclusions and recommendations.

Reception by CICETE

DEC. 1 Day Three

Finalizing any documents by Secretariat.
Smaller Meetings SU/TCDC with UN agencies; small groups
1. Sightseeing
2. Departure

Note: This Agenda will be up-dated regularly by SU/TCDC.

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