Conf. Room 4

9:00 - 9:45
Opening

• Statement by Mr. Francis Nhema, CSD-16 Chair
• Statement by Mr. SHA Zukang, Under-Secretary General, UN DESA
• Statement by Mr. Cheick Sidi Diarra, Under-Secretary General, OHRLLS
• Introduction of Secretary-General's Report

9:45 - 10:30
General debate on review of Mauritius Strategy of Implementation

10:30 - 12:00
Panel I: Sustainable Land Management, Drought and Desertification

• Sustainable Development and Land Management: Dr. Chelston Brathwaite, IICA
• Desertification, Drought and Invasive Species in SIDS: Dr. Rolph Payet, Seychelles
• Land Policy, Administration and Management: Ms. Jacqueline da Costa, Jamaica
• Customary Land Management and Conflict Resolution: Mr. Tuala Sale Kerslake, Samoa

Conf. Room 2
 

11:30 - 13:00

• Statement by Mr. Francis Nhema, CSD-16 Chair
• Statement by Mr. SHA Zukang, Under-Secretary General, UN DESA
• Statement by Mr. Pasquale Steduto, Chair, UN-Water

• Providing access to safe drinking water and sanitation services
• Building partnerships for capacity building and technology transfer
• Improving sustainability of water utilities
• Engaging stakeholders in implementation process: limitations and constraints

Panelists:

• Ms. Jae So, Global Program Manager, Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)
• Mr. Piers Cross, WSP, Africa
• Mr. Antonio Miranda, Member, UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation
• Mr. Bert Diphoorn, UN HABITAT
• Mr. Roberto Lenton

Conf. Room 4

Panel II: Agriculture, Rural Development

• Agro-tourism: Revitalizing agriculture and rural development: Ms. Ena Harvey, IICA
• Food security: FAO
• Rural livelihoods and community development: Mr. Rex Horoi, Executive Director, Foundations of the People of the South Pacific

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• Preparing IWRM/water efficiency plans
• Enhancing water productivity in different uses
• Strengthening water governance at different levels
• Making interventions in critical areas

Panelists:

• Dr. David Molden, Deputy Director General, IWMI
• Dr. Margaret Catley-Carlson, Member, UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation
• Mr. Mike Muller, Visiting Adjunct Professor, Wits University Graduate School of Public and Development Management, South Africa
• Mr. Loïc Fauchon, World Water Council

Conf. Room 6

Recovery of the Circuit of Four Lakes

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Conf. Room 6

Conf. Room 6

An introduction to evaluating cross-sector partnerships
Sponsor: The Partnering Initiative, International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF)

Trainer: Dr. Darian Stibbe, The Partnering Initiative

Neck Area

• SIDS Partnership: Implementation of New Technologies for Sustainable Development
• Network of European Alimentary Culture (NEAC)
• Recovery of the Circuit of Four Lakes
• The SEED Initiative

Conf. Room B

Sponsor: WOCAN

Conf. Room B

Strategic Environmental Assessment as a tool for Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Management
(partly in Spanish with interpretation)

Sponsor: GTZ

• Water and the rural poor Interventions for improving livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa by Jean-Marc Faurès and Guido Santini, FAO
• Water and the Rural Poor: Interventions for improving livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa (download publication)

Organized by: IFAD/FAO

• Keynote Speech: Mr. Jean - François DONZIER, General Manager, International Office for Water, Permanent Technical Secretary, International Network Of Basin Organizations

Organized by: French Water Partnership, on behalf of France and the European Union

• Financing Sustainable Development in SIDS: Overview of the Experience to Date by Michael Witter
• Conceptualising and Measuring Economic Vulnerability and Resilience by Lino Briguglio, University of Malta
• Towards Sound Planning for Sustainable Development in SIDS by Cletus I. Springer, Director, Department of Sustainable Development, OAS

Organized by: Commonwealth Secretariat

Organized by: World Federation of United Nations Associations

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