| 9:00-9:15 |
Opening remarks by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations |
| Session I |
| 9:15-11:00 |
Structural causes of conflict and the role of sustainable development: conflict prevention and peace-building perspectives
(i) Socio- economic development policies and conflict prevention
Speakers:
Ms. Frances Stewart, Director, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford - Socio-economic development policies and conflict prevention
Mr. Andrew Mack, Director, Human Security Centre, University of British Columbia
Mr. Tony Addison, Deputy Director, World Institute for Development Economics Research - The Global Economy, Conflict Prevention, and Post-Conflict Recovery
Lead Discussant: Ms. Neclâ Tschirgi, Acting President, International Peace Academy
Issues Paper: Catalyzing Peace through Development
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| 11:15-12:15 |
Structural causes of conflict and the role of sustainable development: conflict prevention and peace-building perspectives
(ii) Natural resource governance and conflict prevention
Speaker: Ms. Anke Hoeffler, Research Office, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford - Natural resource governance and conflict prevention
Lead Discussant: Ms. Karen Ballentine, Senior Consultant, Fafo Institute - Natural Resources, Governance, Development and Conflict
Issues Paper: Natural resource governance and conflict prevention
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| Session II |
| 1:15-2:45 |
Socio-economic and institutional challenges of post-conflict peace-building and development: a long term perspective
Speakers:
Ms. Susan Brown, Director of Peacebuilding Programs, Pearson Peacekeeping Centre - The Road to Peacebuilding
Mr. Yash Tandon, Director of the Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Initiative
Lead Discussant: Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General, Special Advisor on Africa, United Nations
Issues Paper: Socio-economic and institutional challenges of post-conflict peace-building and development: a long term perspective
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| 2:45-4:15 |
Partnerships and civil society: roles and capabilities in conflict prevention and peace-building
Speakers:
Mr. Paul van Tongeren, Executive Director of the European Centre for Conflict Prevention - The Role of Civil Society in the Prevention of Armed Conflict
Mr. Andrés Serbin, President of the Regional Coordination of Social and Economic Research in Central America, CRIES
Ms. Thelma Ekiyor, Program Director, West Africa Network for Peacebuilding - Presentation of West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)
Lead Discussant: Mr. Peter Woodrow, Co-Director of the Reflecting on Peace Practice Project, Alliance for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Issues Paper: Partnerships and civil society: roles and capabilities in conflict prevention and peace-building
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| Session III |
| 4:30-6:15 |
Institutional approaches and mechanisms for conflict prevention, peace-building and development
Speakers:
Mr. Danilo Turk, Assistant Secretary-General, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations
Ms. Julia Taft, Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Crises
Prevention and Recovery, United Nations Development Programme
Ms. Sarah Cliffe, Coordinator of the LICUS initiative, World Bank
Mr. David Harland, Chief, Peacekeeping Best Practices Unit, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
Lead Discussant: Mr. Edward Luck,
Director of the Center on International Organization of the School of
International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Issues Paper: Institutional approaches and mechanisms
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| 6:15-6:30 |
Concluding remarks by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations |
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