MDGs in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic: 19-20 July 2007
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Thursday, 19 July 2007
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Registration
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| 09:00-10:00 |
Inaugural Session
Chair: H.E. Sabyrbek A. Moldokulov, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Kyrgyz Republic
Inaugural Speech: H.E. the President/Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Shigeru Mochida, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNESCAP
- Ashrat Malik, Country Director for Kyrgyzstan, ADB
- Kori Udovicki, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS, United Nations Development Programme
- MDG film show
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| 10:00-10:15 |
Coffee Break
Press Conference (media only)
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| 10:15-13:00 |
Plenary Session – I: Development Strategies And Approaches in Reaching the MDGs
Chair: Mr. Turar Koichuev, Director, Centre for Economic and Social Research, Government of Kyrgyzstan
- Presentation: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals and Regional Initiatives
by Ravi Ratnayake, Director, Poverty and Development Division, UNESCAP
- Presentation: MDGs in Europe and the CIS: significance and priorities for actions
by Jacek Curkowski, MDG Advisor, UNDP Regional Centre in Bratislava
- Presentation: Challenges for Achieving the MDGs in Central Asian and the Caucasus
by Armin Bauer, Senior Economist, ADB
Country perspectives on the MDGs
Presenters:
- H.E. Ednan Karabaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic
- H.E. M. Ishaq Nadiri, Senior Economic Advisor to the President, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- H.E. Fan Xiaojian, Vice Minister and Director of the Leading Group on Poverty, People’s Republic of China
- Astgik Minasyan, Head, Social Assistance Department, Minister of Labour and Social Issues of the Republic of Armenia
- Georgia
- Russian Federation
- Kazakhstan
- Azerbaijan
- Tajikistan
- Ministers/Deputy Ministers from other participating countries
Presentations and discussions in this session will focus on country experience as well as specific strategies, programme, policies implemented in achieving the MDGs.
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| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch
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| 14:00-16:15 |
Breakout Sessions
Each breakout session, where Chairs have not been identified, will be chaired by a participant to be chosen by the group and facilitated by a specialist in the respective area.
Introduction:
Chair: Ravi Ratnayake, Director, Poverty and Development Division, UNESCAP
Breakout group 1: Pro-poor growth through regional economic cooperation
- Presentation 1: Pro-poor growth in Central Asia and the Caucasus
by Bahodir Ganiev, Economist, ADB
Breakout group 2: Developing institutions to deliver social services
Facilitator: Tuya Altangerel, Assistant Resident Representative, UNDP, Kyrgyzstan
- Presentation 1: MDGs and Children in Kyrgyzstan and other North and Central Asian countries
by Shahnaz Kianian-Firouzgar, Deputy Regional Director for the Central and Eastern Europe and CIS, UNICEF
- Presentation 2: Creating Community Structures for Improved Social and Municipal Services
by Arpie G. Balian, Country Director, Children of Armenia Fund, Yerevan Office, Armenia
Breakout group 3: Ensuring environmental sustainability with special focus on water, land and energy management
Facilitator: Zharas Takenov, International Senior Programme Officer, UNDP, Kyrgyzstan
- Presentation: Maia Javakhishvili, Head, Division of Strategic Planning, Department of Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources, Georgia
Breakout group 4: MDG data and monitoring
Facilitator: Zarylbek Kudabaev, Professor of Economics, Chair of Economic Department, American University in Central Asia.
- Presentation 1: - Setting national targets and MDG monitoring
by Jacek Curkowski, MDG Advisor, UNDP Regional Centre in Bratislava
- Presentation 2: Adopting MDGs to the national realities: the Xiaokang in the People’s Republic in China
by Leading Group on Poverty, PRC
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| 16:15-17:30 |
Preparation of a draft of Regional Plan of Action
Chairs, facilitators of the breakout groups, secretariat support staff, UNDP focal points, and ADB country representatives will draft a plan of action to be reported to the Plenary session IV to be held on 20 July 2007
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Friday, 20 July 2007
| 8:30 -10:00 |
Plenary Session - II: MDG 8 - Global Partnership and Mobilizing Resource
Presentation: Financing Private Sector Development in Central Asia
by Masaru Homma, Director for Central Asia, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Presenters: Finance ministers/deputies from participating countries, donor agencies and countries (tbd)
Open discussion
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| 10:00-10:15 |
Coffee Break
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| 10:15-13:00 |
Plenary Session - III: Country Stakeholders’ Roundtables: Implementing the Plan of Action
Chair: Minister from one of the participating countries
Diverse stakeholders from each country will deliberate on how to implement the draft regional plan of action in their own country.
Discussion will focus on:
- Articulating the role of stakeholders in implementing the plan of action
- Identifying the key actions that would be relevant to a particular country
- Monitoring mechanisms
- Aligning the national development strategies with the MDGs
- Mobilizing and channelling internal and external resources to reaching the MDG Targets that are relevant to the respective country situation
Each country round table session will be chaired by a representative of the respective government.
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| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch
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| 14:00-15:30 |
Plenary Session - IV: Towards a Plan of Action in North and Central Asia (reports of chairpersons of the breakout sessions and representative from each participating country)
Chair: Minister from one of the participating countries
Open discussion
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| 15:30-15-45 |
Coffee Break
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| 15:45-16:30 |
Closing of the Forum: Way Forward
Chair: UNESCAP
Closing remarks: UNESCAP/UNDP/ADB/Government of Kyrgyzstan
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| 16:30-17-00 |
Press conference
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