Tuesday, 12 May 2009

10:00am - 1:00pm Dialogue of Ministers with Major Groups

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 56 minutes ]

Opening remarks by the Chairperson of the 17th Session of the CSD
H.E. Mrs. Gerda Verburg, Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
[ Video - English ] 10 minutes

Assistant secretary-General and Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
Ms. Rachel Mayanja
[ Video - English ] 6 minutes

Part I: Presentations from the Nine Major Groups sectors

Chairperson of the 17th Session of the CSD
H.E. Mrs. Gerda Verburg
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Women
Ms. Sabina Mensah
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Children and Youth
Ms. Michaela Hogenboom (Dutch Youth Council)
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Indigenous Peoples
Ms. Lucy Mulenkey (Indigenous Network, Tebtebba)
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

NGOs
Ms. Neth Dano (TWN)
[ Video - English ] 6 minutes

Local Authorities
Mr. Stephen Kabuye (ICLEI Vice President, Mayor, Entebbe, Uganda)
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Workers and Trade Unions
Ms. Lesego Sekano
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Business and Industry
Ms. Louise Kantrow (ICC)
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Scientific and Technological Community
Mr. Barry Grear (WFEO)
[ Video - English ] 5 minutes

Farmers
Mr. Sarala Gopolan (IFAP)
[ Video - English ] 5 minutes

Responses from Ministers and representatives of UN entities

United Nations Environment Programme
Mr. Achim Steiner, Executive Director
[ Video - English ] 8 minutes

Namibia
Minister
[ Video - English ] 5 minutes

IFAD
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

Jordan
Minister
[ Video - English ] 1 minute

United States
[ Video - English ] 5 minutes

UNIDO
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

WMO
[ Video - English ] 1 minute

Part II: Substantive Discussion on Issue Clusters

Farming First
Ms. Sarala Gopolan (Farmer, IFAP)
[ Video - English ] 6 minutes

Rural development
Ms. Meena Bilgi (The Women Sector, WOCAN)
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Urban-Rural Linkages for Food Security and Vibrant Markets
Mr. Thomas Forster (IPSA)
Mr. Goerge Matovu (MDP-ESA)
Mr. Thomas Forster (IPSA)
[ Video - English ] 8 minutes

Secure land tenure and water rights
Ms. Joji Carino (The Indigenous Peoples)
[ Video - English ] 6 minutes

Responses from Ministers and representatives of UN entities

Netherlands
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Namibia
Minister
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Senegal
Minister
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

WMO
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Nigeria
Minister
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

UNIDO
[ Video - English ] 1 minutes

United States
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Czech Republic
On behalf of the European Union
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Workers and Trade Unions
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Business and Industry
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Indigenous Peoples
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Farmers
[ Video - English ] 1 minutes

Scientific and Technological Community
[ Video - English ] 1 minutes

Children and Youth
[ Video - English ] 1 minutes

Local Authorities
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

Women
[ Video - English ] 1 minutes

NGOs
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

United States
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

Brazil
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

Italy
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

Closing remarks by the Chairperson of the 17th Session of the CSD
H.E. Mrs. Gerda Verburg
[ Video - English ] 1 minutes

3:00pm - 5:30pm Dialogue of Ministers with Policy/ Research Community

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 26 minutes ]

Opening remarks by the Chairperson of the 17th Session of the CSD
H.E. Mrs. Gerda Verburg, Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
[ Video - English ] 10 minutes

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General
[ Video - English ] 7 minutes

Organization of work

Chairperson of the 17th Session of the CSD
H.E. Mrs. Gerda Verburg
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Part I: Presentations by sustainable development policy experts

Mr. Steve Bass
Senior Fellow, Natural Resources Group, of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), an independent, nonprofit research institute working in the field of sustainable development.
[ Video - English ] 9 minutes

Mr. Ashok Khosla
Founder and CEO of Development Alternatives. Former director of the United Nations Environment Programme.
Mr. Khosla talked about the future of the sustainable development agenda.
[ Video - English ] 12 minutes

Interactive discussions from Ministers, Representatives of UN entities and Major Groups

Scientific and Technological Community
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Indonesia
[ Video - English ] 1 minutes

Brazil
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Farmers
[ Video - English ] 5 minutes

China
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

IFAP
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Workers and Trade Unions
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

UNIDO
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

NGOs
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

Comments and answers to questions

Mr. Steve Bass
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

Mr. Ashok Khosla
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Mr. Steve Bass
[ Video - English ] 0.5 minutes

Part II: Presentations by sustainable development policy experts

• How can the transfer and diffusion of good agricultural practice and technologies be accelerated to reach all farmers, including small-scale farmers in remote rural areas? What concrete measures should be taken to strengthen the link between farmers and extension services/workers?
• How can major groups and governments work together to promote better integration of small scale farmers into local, national or international markets?
• What are the opportunities and challenges for agriculture and farmers in relation to the climate change negociations and financing mechanisms?

Mr. Calestous Juma
Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project (Kennedy School at Harvard University)
[ Video - English ] 12 minutes

Mr. Youba Sokona
Executive Secretary of the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS)
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Interactive discussions from Ministers, Representatives of UN entities and Major Groups

Netherlands
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

Mr. Gus Speth
University of Vermont
[ Video - English ] 6 minutes

Farmers
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Workers and Trade Unions
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

UNDP
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Sudan
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

Scientific and Technological Community
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

Children and Youth
[ Video - English ] 1 minutes

UNEP
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

NGOs
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

UNIDO
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Local Authorities
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Czech Republic
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Comments and answers to questions

Mr. Calestous Juma
[ Video - English ] 5 minutes

Mr. Youba Sokona
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Closing remarks by the Chairperson of the 17th Session of the CSD
H.E. Mrs. Gerda Verburg
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes