DPI/NGO Annual Orientation
Programme NGO Section

22-23 February 2006
Department of Public Information (DPI)

Wednesday, 22 February 2006, Morning session Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction

Moderator: Paul Hoeffel, Chief, NGO Section, DPI
Raymond Sommereyns, Director, Outreach Division (OD), (DPI)

Cooperation between DPI and NGOs

Association with DPI
Paul Hoeffel, Chief, NGO Section, DPI
www.un.org/dpi/ngosection )

Joan Kirby, Chair NGO/DPI Executive Committee
www.ngodpiexecom.org )

Michaela Walsh, Chair, 59 th Annual DPI/NGO Conference

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Ramu Damodaran , Chief, Civil Society Service (CSS), OD, DPI

Vivian Bernstein, Co-Chief, Group Programme and Community Liaison Unit, CSS, OD, DPI

William Yotive, Project Manager Global teaching and Learning Project (CyberSchoolBus) Unit CSS, OD
(http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org )

UN Works
Carmel Mulvaney, Chief, The UN Works Programme Unit, CSS, OD, DPI (http://www.un.org/works/ )

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Networking and Informal Dialogue (Bring your own lunch)
(11 th Floor, Harding Room, Church Center , corner 44 th Street and 1 st Avenue)
Representatives from NGOs, members of the NGO/DPI Executive Committee and others will be available to discuss ongoing projects

Draft programme as of 14 February 2006 and subject to change.

Wednesday, 22 February 2006 , Afternoon Session Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cooperation between the UN and NGOs

Jackie Shapiro, First Vice President, Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN ( CONGO )
(www. ngocongo.org )

Craig Mokhiber , Deputy to the Director, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
(http://www.un.org/rights/index.html)

Shamina de Gonzaga, Special Adviser on NGO Relations
Office of the 60th Session of the UN General Assembly
(http://www.un.org/ga/president/60/office/index.html )

NGOs and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Hanifa Mezoui , Chief, NGO Section
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo )

United Nations Information Centres
Jadranka Mihalic , Chief, Information Centres Service, Programme Support Section, Strategic Communications Division, DPI (www.un.org/aroundworld/unics/ )

3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Break

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Access to UN Information Materials

UN Web Services Section ( www.un.org )
Ahmad Mahbub , Chief

UN Publications ( www.un.org/Pubs )
Gundega Trumkalne, Sales Officer,
Sales and Marketing Section, DPI

News Services Section ( www.un.org/News )
Alexander Taukatch , Chief, Audio-Visual Services at the UN ( www.un.org/av )

Caroline Petit , Promotion and Distribution Manager Multimedia Resources Unit, News and Media Division, DPI

Draft programme as of 14 February 2006 and subject to change.

Thursday, 23 February 2006 , Morning Session
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cooperation within the UN

Alejandra Pero, Programme Specialist
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Ian Foucher
United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS)
http://www.unsystem.org/ngls )

Phyllis Moore, Inspector Security Section
Department of Safety and Security

Gordon Tapper , Chief
Special Services Section, Office of Central Support Services

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Break

Johan Schölvinck, Director
Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
(http://www.un.org/esa/socdev )

Carolyn Hannan, Director, Divison for the Advancement of Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
(http://www.un.org/esa/women/html )

Joop Theunissen , Chief, Programme on Youth, Division for Social Policy and Development , Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/aboutus.htm )

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch Time

12:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Guided Tour of United Nations Headquarters
(http://www.un.org/tours/ )

Those participants who would like to attend the Guided Tour of UN Headquarters will need to register for it during the morning registration, giving their name and index number on the UN grounds pass. They should meet in front of the Library Auditorium after the end of the morning session and will proceed to the guided tour where they will be divided into several groups.

Draft programme as of 14 February 2006 and subject to change.

Thursday, 23 February 2006, Afternoon Session Dag Hammarskjöld Library (Room L-105) and NOTE: NGO Resource Centre, L-1B-31

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Using the Dag Hammarskjöld Library (DHL)
(www.un.org/Depts/dhl )

Welcome

Lorraine Waitman, Chief
Client Resources Section, Dag Hammarskjöld Library, DPI

UN Information Resources

Benedicte Rodier , Reference Librarian
Dag Hammarskjöld Library, DPI

Guided Tour of the Library

The participants will meet in Room L-105 for the DHL Library presentation at 2:00 p.m. The participants will then be divided into groups for separate, simultaneous tours of the Library after the briefing.

3:30 p.m.- 3:45 p.m.
Break

3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
DPI/NGO Resource Centre: Informal Introduction with Refreshments

Venue: DPI/NGO Resource Centre (Room L-1B-31)

Welcome

Raymond Sommereyns, Director, Outreach Division, DPI

NGO Section staff and NGO/DPI Executive Committee members will be available to answer questions.

Draft programme as of 14 February 2006 and subject to change.

Accreditation
Form 2006

22-23 Feb. 2006 Annual DPI/NGO Orientation
Programme