ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review
Regional Preparatory Meeting on Sustainable Urbanization
1-2 June 2008
Manama , Kingdom of Bahrain
PROGRAMME
| Sunday, 1 June 2008 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration |
| Opening Session | |
8:45 am |
Opening of the meeting |
Welcoming remarks: |
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9:00 a.m. |
H.E. Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohamed al Khalifa, Foreign Minister, Kingdom of Bahrain (Chair) |
Keynote address: |
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H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Mubarak al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister, Kingdom of Bahrain |
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Opening remarks: |
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H.E. Mr. Léo Mérorès, President, United Nations Economic and Social Council |
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H.E. Mr. Abdul Rahman bin Hamad al-Attiyah, Secretary-General, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf |
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Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) [presentation] |
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Mr. Bader Omar Al-Dafa, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) |
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Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) |
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| Session I | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Keynote address: H.E. Dr. Fatima al Belooshi, Minister of Social Development, Kingdom of Bahrain |
10:15 a.m. |
Panel 1: Providing urban infrastructure and access to services |
Panelists: |
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| Ms. Mona Serageldin, Vice-President, Institute for International Urban Development, USA [presentation] | |
Ms. Laila Iskandar, Chairperson, Community and Institutional Development, Egypt |
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| Ms. Zahwa Mohamed Al Kuwari, Director, Department of Environmental Planning, Public Commission for the Protection of Marine Resources, Environment and Wildlife, Kingdom of Bahrain | |
Moderator: |
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| Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN-HABITAT | |
| Session II | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Panel 2: Green architecture for sustainable urbanization |
Panelists : |
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Dr. Ali Abd Alraouf, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Bahrain |
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| Mr. Nicholas Bailey, Director Design Studio, WS Atkins and Partners Overseas, Middle East and India Region | |
| Mr. Samuel Keehn, Environmental and Sustainability Manager, Energy Management Services, United Arab Emirates | |
| Mr. Parasuraman R. Ramachandran, Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors, World Green Building Council, and Founder of the Indian Green Building Council/BMTC Dubai | |
Moderator: |
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Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Interagency Affairs, UNDESA |
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| 4:45 p.m. | Break |
| 5:00 p.m. | Panel 3: Financing , including through Islamic banking, and technology transfer for sustainable development |
Panelists: |
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| Mr. Khalid Hamad, Executive Director, Banking Supervision, Central Bank of Bahrain | |
| Dr. Seyfeddin Muaz, Executive Vice-President, Royal Scientific Society, Jordan | |
| Moderator: | |
| Mr. Bader Omar Al-Dafa, Executive Secretary, UNESCWA | |
| 6:15 p.m. | Meeting adjourns |
| Monday, 2 June 2008 | |
| Session III | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Keynote addresses: |
Dr. Badria Al Jeeb, Assistant Undersecretary of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation and Training, Ministry of Social Development, Kingdom of Bahrain |
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9:30 a.m. |
Presentations of best practices and successful partnerships and new initiatives or proposals to promote sustainable urbanization |
Presentations by: |
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Dr. Muhammad Al-Sayrafi, Vice Chairman, Healthy and Sustainably Sound Housing, Qatar Foundation [presentation] |
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| Mr. Ghassan Samman, Head of Media and Foreign Affairs Department, Arab Towns Organization, Kuwait | |
| Mr. Jeff Stephenson, Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Oryx Enterprises, Qatar | |
| Mr. Sayed Aqa, UN Resident Coordinator, UNDP Resident Representative, Kingdom of Bahrain | |
| Dr. Habib N. El-Habr, Director and Regional Representative, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Regional Office for West Asia | |
| Dr. Eduardo López Moreno, Chief, State of the World's Cities Section, Monitoring and Research Division, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) | |
| Mr. Ayman Abu Laban, Gulf Area Representative, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | |
Moderator: |
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Mrs. Axumite Gebre-Egziabher, Director, New York Office, UN-HABITAT |
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| 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| Session IV | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Discussion on key messages to be delivered to the Economic and Social Council and next steps to be taken in the region |
Moderator: |
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| Mr. Nikhil Seth, Director, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) | |
Panelists: |
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| Mrs. Axumite Gebre-Egziabher, Director, New York Office, UN-HABITAT | |
Mr. Samuel Keehn, Environmental and Sustainability Manager, Energy Management Services, United Arab Emirates |
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| Mr. Bader Omar Al-Dafa, Executive Secretary, UNESCWA | |
| Mr. Essam Nada, Executive Director, Arab NGO Network for Environment and Development (RAED), Egypt | |
| Mr. Jeff Stephenson, Vice Chair, United Nations Global Compact GCC States Steering Committee | |
| Closing Session | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Closing statements: |
| H.E. Mr. Léo Mérorès, President, United Nations Economic and Social Council | |
| H.E. Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Meeting adjourns |