Asia-Pacific Regional Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action
in Preparation for the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (UNLDC-5)
30 August - 2 September 2021
UNHQ, Geneva, Switzerland, and virtual via Webex
All times refer to Geneva times
Monday,
30 August 2021
9:00 am - 10:15 am
High-level Opening Session: "From Istanbul to Doha - a journey towards sustainable and resilient development: The Asia Pacific stories for graduation"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Break
10:20 am - 12:15 pm
Session 1: "Ministerial dialogue on lessons learned in the implementation of the IPoA - challenges encountered and the way forward"
Tuesday,
31 August 2021
09:00 am - 11:00 am
Session 2: "Supporting our climate, recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and building a resilient society against future shocks"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Break
11:10 am - 13:15 pm
Session 3: "Supporting sustainable graduation: making graduation irreversible and a steppingstone to achieve the SDGs"
Wednesday,
01 September 2021
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Session 4: "Building trade capacity and effective market access for LDCs with enhanced regional integration for graduating and graduated countries"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Break
11:10 am - 13:15 pm
Session 5: "Structural transformation and resilient infrastructure for sustained economic growth, poverty alleviation and decent work for all"
13:15 pm - 13:25 pm
Break
13:25 pm - 14:30 pm
Special session on harnessing science, technology and innovation to support structural transformation and LDC graduation by the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries | Concept note
Thursday,
02 September 2021
9:00 am - 10:45 am
Session 6: "Social and human development and good governance at all levels"
10:45 am - 10:55 am
Break
10:55 am - 13:00 pm
Session 7: "Road to Doha: an ambitious agenda for the next decade through reinvigorated and innovative financing for development of the Asia-Pacific LDCs"
13:00 pm - 13:10 pm
Break
13:10 pm - 13:45 pm
Adoption of the Ministerial Declaration and Closing of the meeting
Side
Events
Monday, 30 August 2021
15:30 pm - 16:45 pm
High-level webinar on "Productive capacities-induced structural transformation – On the road to “Graduation with Momentum”
Wednesday, 01 September 2021
8:00 am - 9:00 am
"Harnessing the Power of Aid for Trade in the Asia Pacific LDCs" organized by the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)