United Nations CDP Committee for Development Policy Committee for Development Policy - 19th plenary session Agenda (V3.7) United Nations Headquarters Conference Room 6 New York, 20 to 24 March 2017 [closed meeting]
9:30 9:50 Arrival Monday, 20 March 2017 10:00-11:00 Introductory and organizational session - Welcome and opening, by José Antonio Ocampo, CDP Chair - Introduction, by Roland Mollerus, Secretary of the CDP - Adoption of the agenda of the Plenary meeting by José Antonio Ocampo, CDP Chair 11:00 11:45 Informational session: the CDP work in context 11:45 12:30 Inaugural session - The Economic and Social Council, themes and role of CDP Briefing by Neil Pierre, Chief, Policy Coordination Branch, OESC/ DESA, ECOSOC Support and Coordination Division, DESA - The 2030 sustainable development agenda, VNRs, HLPF and role of CDP Briefing by Irena Zubcevic, Chief, Small island developing States, Oceans and Climate Branch, Division for Sustainable Development, DESA - Address by ECOSOC Vice-President H.E. Ambassador Cristian Barros, Vice-President of ECOSOC and Permanent Representative of Chile - Address by ASG DESA Lenni Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, DESA 12:30 13:00 Celebrating 70 Years of DESA 5 Decades of CDP - Overview of seven decades of advice on the UN development agenda and 2017 WESS Diana Alarcon, Chief Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Unit & José Antonio Ocampo -Five Decades of CDP, Daniel Gay, CDP Secretariat 13:00-15:00 Lunch break - 1 -
15:00 16:00 Non-Application of LDC category by UN Development System - Mandate and introduction of the report. Teresa Lenzi, CDP Secretariat -Presentation by Susanna Wolf, Senior Programme Officer, Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS) 16:00 17:00 Identification of main messages Non-application LDC category - Presentation of draft messages. Coordinated by Teresa Lenzi 17:00 18:00 Update on Graduation platform - Overview by Daniel Gay, identification of main message, recommendations & inputs into other processes Tuesday, 21 March 2017 10:00 10:30 Promoting productive capacity for sustainable development Lessons learned from LDCs - Introduction of the report Matthias Bruckner, CDP Secretariat on behalf of the subgroup (other subgroup members to complement as necessary) 10:30 10:45 Rationale to develop indicators to measure productive capacities in LDCs: Progress made and preliminary results - Presentation by Paul Akiwumi, Director, Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes, UNCTAD 10:45 11:00 Views and EIF use of the findings in the CDP report - Presentation by Simon Hess, Coordinator Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) Executive Secretariat at the WTO 11:00 12:00 Promoting productive capacity by CDP Members Note: : Non-application : LDC : Productive Capacity : Leaving No One Behind : Financing - 2 -
12:00 13:00 Identification of main messages Productive Capacity - Lessons Learned - Presentation of draft messages. Coordinated by Matthias Bruckner 13:00-15:00 Lunch break Side event: 13:15 14:30 CDP Panel discussion on Developing productive capacity - Lessons learned from LDCs Moderator: Giovanni Andrea Cornia Panelists: Keith Nurse, Tea Petrin, Rashid Hassan, Dzodzi Tsikata Conference room 6 (UN ground pass is required) Webcast on UN TV (http://webtv.un.org/) 15:00 16:15 LDC criteria review - Mandate, procedures and presentation of background note on multi-year programme Overview by Namsuk Kim, CDP Secretariat - Bangladesh s progress towards graduation Overview by Matthias Bruckner, CDP Secretariat 16:15 16:45 Bangladesh towards graduation from the LDC category 16:45 17:30 - Presentation by Bangladesh Identification of main messages LDC criteria review - Presentation of draft messages criteria review. Coordinated by Namsuk Kim 17:30 18:00 Recommendations Non-application of LDC category - Drafting and adoption of recommendations; Inputs into other processes. Coordinated by Teresa Lenzi Note: : Non-application : LDC : Productive Capacity : Leaving No One Behind : Financing - 3 -
Note: Wednesday, 22 March 2017 10:00 11:30 Update on Leaving No One Behind theme - Presentation by subgroup members - Plenary discussion with participation from international organisation entities 11:30 13:00 Next steps Leaving No One Behind - Timing with ECOSOC/HLPF themes; Inputs into other processes; and Publication on LNOB. Coordinated by Namsuk Kim 13:00 15:00 Lunch break Informal lunch-time event (closed meeting): 13:15-14:30 UNCDF meeting CDP Speakers on theme of promoting productive capacity for sustainable development Lessons learned from LDCs in the context of smooth transition Speakers: José Antonio Ocampo, Stephan Klasen, Keith Nurse Conference room DC2 26th floor 15:00 17:00 Reviewing drafts of SG reports on poverty eradication (ECOSOC & HLPF themes) -Introduction of Reports by OESC - Moderated by José Antonio Ocampo - Comments from CDP Discussants (Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Marc Fleurbaey, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Rashid Hassan) and CDP Members from the floor 17:00 17:30 Recommendations Productive Capacity Lessons learned - Drafting and adoption of recommendations; Inputs into other processes. Coordinated by Matthias Bruckner 17:30 18:00 Recommendations LDC criteria review - Drafting and adoption of recommendations. Coordinated by Namsuk Kim : Non-application : LDC : Productive Capacity : Leaving No One Behind : Financing - 4 -
Thursday, 23 March 2017 10:00 11:00 Update on TOSSD - Update on recent developments related to TOSSD. Overview by Jose Antonio Alonso 11:00 11:30 Identification of main messages TOSSD - TOSSD. Coordinated by Jose Antonio Alonso & Namsuk Kim 11:30 13:00 Assessing the role of CDP - Subgroup on challenges of CDP in years to come Overview and proposals by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, CDP Vice-Chair 13:00 15:00 Lunch break Meeting between CDP & ECOSOC Bureaux: (14:00) 15:00 15:30 Recommendations TOSSD 15:30 17:00 Review of all Recommendations with OESC 17:00 18:00 Monitoring of LDCs - Drafting and adoption of recommendations; Inputs into other processes. Coordinated by Namsuk Kim - Review feasibility of Recommendations, with Neil Pierre, OESC - Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Samoa, and Vanuatu. Overview by Daniel Gay and identification of main message - Recommendations & Inputs into other processes Note: : Non-application : LDC : Productive Capacity : Leaving No One Behind : Financing - 5 -
Friday, 24 March 2017 10:00 11:30 CDP agenda, themes and working methods for 2017-2018 - Presentation by Roland Mollerus 11:30 12:00 Timeline CDP Report & Policy Note - Presentation by Roland Mollerus 12:00 13:00 Pending issues, next steps, and closing of plenary session 13:00 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 17:30 Drafting session of CDP report - Secretariat with Chair, Rapporteur and CDP focal points - 6 -