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15 May 2008

8:30 - 10:00

ECOSOC Chamber
(closed)

Early-Morning, Closed Ministerial Meeting/Straight Talk: Introductory Session
10:00 - 11:30

Conf. Room 4
(Plenary)

Making a Difference: Interactive Discussions with UN Organizations

Ministers will be invited to engage in an interactive discussion with Heads of UN organizations, including the Regional Commissions, specialized agencies, funds and programmes and IFIs, as well as relevant international and regional organizations, focusing on their role in implementation in relation to the thematic cluster.

11:30 - 13:00

Conf. Room 4
(Plenary)

Making a Difference: Interactive Discussions with Major Groups
15:00 - 18:00

Conf. Room 4
(Plenary)

The Way Forward (cont.)
 
10:00 - 13:00   No activity scheduled
15:00 - 17:30   No activity scheduled
 
10:00 - 13:00

Conf. Room 6

Smallholders Farmers, Agrodiversity and Climate Change

Sponsor: UNU

Conf. Room B

Using International Standards to Enhance the Quality of Agricultural Training and Education for Sustainable Development

Sponsor: CGIAR

 15:00 - 18:00

Conf. Room 6

Business Model for Farmers Marketing, Supply and Credit Cooperatives

Sponsor: USDA

 
13:15 - 14:45 Conf. Room 2 Fighting Drought, Providing Water, Managing Lands, Developing Agriculture with no emissions and little resources

Organized by: Local Governments for Sustainability
Conf. Room 4 Addressing Climate Change Adaptation: Challenges  in the Mediterranean

Organized by: Hellenic Ministry for Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works, MAP/UNEP, WGP-MED, MIO-ESCDE
DHLA* Changing the Way We Develop: Dealing with Disasters and Climate Change

Organized by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

Conf. Room 6  “Life” in the Balance -- Food security and environment in a changing landscape

Organized by: United Nations Environment Programme
18:15 - 19:45 PM Conf. Room B WOCAN approach for women's leadership in agriculture and natural resource management

Organized by: WOCAN, WEDO and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)

Conf. Room 6 Partnerships for Gender Equality and Sustainable Development

Organized by: Millennium Challenge Corporation

*DHLA = Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium

 

Related Events

Daily

North East Gallery, Visitors' Lobby, UNHQ

Hard Rain - Our Headlong Collision with Nature: Photographs illustrating climate change, poverty and the sixth great extinction

Organized by: Still Pictures, UNEP and UNDP

10:00 - 17:00 UNFF Website Webforum on "Reversing the loss of forest cover, preventing forest degradation in all types of forests and combating desertification, including low forest cover countries"

Organized by: UN Forum on Forests Secretariat

10:00 - 17:00

UN Visitors Lobby

Natural World Museum International Art Exhibition: Art, Attitudes & Environment

Organized by: UN DPI, UNEP, Natural World Museum

 
8:00 - 9:00

Conf. Room A

Youth and Children
9:00 - 10:00 Conf. Room A NGOs informational meeting
10:00 - 11:00 Conf. Room A Women
11:00 - 12:00 Conf. Room A Scientific and Technological Community
12:00 - 13:00 Conf. Room A Local Authorities
13:00 - 14:00 Conf. Room A GYAN/Youth
14:00 - 15:00 Conf. Room A African Region
15:00 - 16:00 Conf. Room A Business and Industry
16:00 - 17:00 Conf. Room A Drylands
17:00 - 18:00 Conf. Room A Workers and Trade Unions
18:00- 19:00 Conf. Room A NGOs review strategy meeting
19:00 - 20:00 Conf. Room A