| MONDAY, 5 May |
| Conference Room 6 (Thematic Discussion) |
| 15:00 - 17:30 |
Opening Session of the Partnerships Fair and "Partnerships in Practice" interactive discussion on:
Promoting and supporting the role of women in partnerships for Rural Development
Chair: , Senior Sustainable Development Officer, Head of the Partnerships Team, Division for Sustainable Development/ UN DESA
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by , GRATIS Foundation and Ghana Gender and Energy Network
- , Board Member, WOCAN
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by , Women for Water Partnership
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| TUESDAY, 6 May |
| Conference Room 6 (Partnership Presentations) |
| 10:00-10:55 |
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| 11:00-11:55 |
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| 12:00-12:55 |
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| Conference Room 6 (Thematic Discussion) |
| 15:00 - 17:30 |
"Partnerships in Practice" interactive
discussion on: Why partnerships are
critical in addressing desertification and
drought?
Chair: ,
Division for Sustainable Development , UN
DESA
- by
, Senior Advisor, M茅diaterre
and Organisation Internationale de la
Francophonie and the Institut de
l'脡nergie et de l'Environnement de la
Francophonie (IEPF)
- Presentation:
by
, Federation of Evangelical
Churches in Central Germany,
representing Competence Platform on
Energy Crop and Agroforestry Systems for
Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems (COMPETE)
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by
, Director
of Strategic Programmes -The Global
Mechanism of the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- , Senior Research Associate,
UNISF脡RA
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| Neck Area (Partnerships Information Desks) |
| 10:00-18:00 |
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| WEDNESDAY, 7 May |
| Conference Room 6 (Training Session) |
| 10:30 - 13:00 |
"Partnerships in Practice" training session
on: Building effective partnership
programs for sustainability, Sponsor:
Government of the USA
Fundamentals in Design & Operation of
Effective Partnership Programs
(10:00 -- 11:30 am)
,
Partnership Programs Coordinator, National
Center for Environmental Innovation, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Panel Dialogue – Sustainable Development
Partnerships, What Have We Learned?”
(11:30am – 1:00pm)
Jay Benforado (Moderator), U.S. Department
of State
Presentations:
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by Geoffrey
Hamilton, Chief, Cooperation and
Partnerships Section,
United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe
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by
Patricia Solis, Director of Research and
Outreach, Association of American
Geographers, My Community, Our Earth:
Geographic Learning for Sustainable
Development (MyCOE)
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by Stephan D.
Sylvan, Partnership Programs
Coordinator, National Center for
Environmental Innovation, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
by Derek
Vollmer, Associate Program Officer,
Science and Technology for
Sustainability Program, U.S. National
Academy of Sciences
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| Conference Room 6 (Thematic Discussion) |
| 15:00 - 17:30 |
"Partnerships in Practice" interactive
discussion on: Partnership solutions to
Africa’s development challenges: what types
of partnerships and partners may Africa
need?
Chair: Melanie Santizo, Guatemala, Bureau
Member from the Group of Latin American and
Caribbean Countries (GRULAC)
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Chief, Division for Policy, Special United
for South-South Cooperation, UNDP
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by
, Director of Program for
Technical Design, African Wildlife
Foundation (AWF), Congo Basin Forest
Partnership
by , Chief of the
Division for Planning, Ministry of
Territory, Water and Environment, Government
of Morocco
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| Neck Area (Partnerships Information Desks) |
| 10:00-18:00 |
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| THURSDAY, 8 May |
| Conference Room 6 (Partnership Presentations) |
| 10:00-10:55 |
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| 11:00-11:55 |
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| 12:00-12:55 |
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| Conference Room 6 (Thematic Discussion) |
| 15:00 - 17:30 |
"Partnerships in Practice" interactive
discussion on: Developing partnerships
for agricultural innovation: the challenges
Chair: , Senior Economic Affairs
Officer, Energy and Transport Branch, UNDESA
by , Program Director of
HarvestPlus – representing CGIAR
Challenge Program: Biofortified Crops
for Improved Human Nutrition -
by , Land Conservation and
Management Officer - FAO, representing
Globally Important Ingenious
Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
partnership
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by , President, CEO,
ECOAGRICULTURE
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by
Communications Manager –
Rainforest Alliance/ Raising Smallholder
Farmer Income in the Developing World
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| Neck Area (Partnerships Information Desks) |
| 10:00-18:00 |
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| FRIDAY, 9 May |
| Conference Room 6 (Partnership Presentations) |
| 10:00-10:55 |
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| 11:00-11:55 |
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| 12:00-12:55 |
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| Conference Room 2 (Plenary Sessions) |
| 16:30 - 18:00 |
Plenary Session: Dialogue with major
groups and representatives of partnerships initiatives
Chair:
(Serbia), Bureau member
- , President and CEO -
Executive Director, The Resource
Foundation, Latin American Clean Water
Initiative
- , Executive Director,
The SEED Initiative
- , Director of Program for
Technical Design, African Wildlife
Foundation (AWF), Congo Basin Forest
Partnership
Presentation:
- , REEEP Regional Manager for
Southern Africa, Renewable Energy and
Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)
- , Italian Trade
Commission, Global Bioenergy Partnership
(GBEP)
- Peter Holmgren, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural
Development (SARD) Initiative: People
Shaping their Sustainable Futures
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| Neck Area (Partnerships Information Desks) |
| 10:00-18:00 |
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| MONDAY, 12 May |
| Conference Room 6 (Partnership Presentations) |
| 10:00-10:55 |
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| 11:00-11:55 |
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| 12:00-12:55 |
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| Conference Room 6 (Training session) |
| 15:00-18:00 |
"Partnerships in Practice" training session
on: An introduction to evaluating
cross-sector partnerships
Sponsor: The Partnering Initiative,
International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF)
Trainer:
,
Development Director
Presentation:
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| Neck Area (Partnerships Information Desks) |
| 10:00-18:00 |
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| TUESDAY, 13 May |
| Conference Room 6 (Partnership Presentations) |
| 10:00-10:55 |
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| 11:00-11:55 |
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| 12:00-12:55 |
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| Conference Room 6 (Thematic Discussion) |
| 15:00-17:30 |
"Partnerships in Practice" interactive
discussion on:
Creative partnering to enhance
sustainable development and conservation in
SIDS
Chair: , Chief , SIDS Unit,
Division for Sustainable Development, UN
DESA
- by
,
SIDS Partnership: Implementation of New
Technologies for Sustainable Development
- ,Global Island Partnership (GLISPA)
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by
, SIDS Partnership:
Implementation of New Technologies for
Sustainable Development
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| Neck Area (Partnerships Information Desks) |
| 10:00-18:00 |
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