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MDG Success: Accelerating Action and Partnering for Impact

Overview I Programme I Resources I Media Info I Take Action

Programme

Monday, 23 September 2013


Trusteeship Council, United Nations

 

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10:00 – 10:45

Opening: Matching Ambitions with Results

 

  • The Secretary-General
  • H.E. Mr. Ollanta Humala, President of Peru
  • H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
  • Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank
  • Mr. Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever

 

10:50 – 12:00

Partnering for Impact: Applying lessons to the final stretch to 2015

 

  • Mr. Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO
  • Mr. Kandeh Yumkella, SG’s Special Representative for SEFA
  • Ms. Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO
  • Ms. Barbara Frost, Chief Executive, WaterAid
  • Ms. Joy Phumaphi, Chair, independent Expert Review Group (iERG)

Moderator: Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO

 

12:05 – 13:15

From Global to Local: Translating global aspirations to country-level action

 

  • H.E. Mr. Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa
  • Ms. Helen Clark, Chair, United Nations Development Group
  • Mr. Per Heggenes, CEO, IKEA Foundation
  • Ms. Sheila Oparaocha, ENERGIA International Secretariat 

Moderator: Mr. Ray Chambers, SG’s Special Envoy for Malaria and the Financing of the Health-related MDGs

 

Break

  

15:00 – 16:10

Making Waves: Philanthropy in Africa

 

  • Mr. Tony Elumelu, Founder and Chairman, The Elumelu Foundation
  • Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe, Co-Founder, The Motsepe Foundation
  • Ms. Toyin Ojora Saraki, Founder and President, WellBeing Foundation
  • Dr. Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chairman, The Mo Ibrahim Foundation

Moderator: Ms. Zeinab Badawi, Presenter, BBC

 

16:15 – 17:25

The Next Generation: Leveraging Innovations and Partnerships for Scaled Impact

 

  • H.E. Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway
  • Mr. Bill Gates, Co-Chair, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Ms. Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook
  • Dr. Anne Bouverot, Director General, Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA)

Moderator: Dr. Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation

 

17:30 – 17:45    

 

Summary and the Way Ahead

  • H.E. Mr. John Ashe, President of the General Assembly

 

 

 

 



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