The United Nations, NGOs and Global Governance

Table of Contents

• FOREWARD
• OVERVIEW OF THE CONFERENCE DEBATE
• INTRODUCTION
• THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
• THE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AND COOPERATION, CONFERENCE FOLLOW-UP, AND UN-NGO COLLABORATION
• WHITHER THE UNITED NATIONS?
• NGOS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
• THE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AGENDA AND DEMOCRACY, EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY WORK, AND THE ECOSOC REVIEW ON NGO ARRANGEMENTS
• STRENGTHENING UN-NGO COOPERATION: VIEWS FROM THE UN SYSTEM
• THE UN, NGOS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
• CLOSURE
• Annex I: PROGRAMME
• Annex II: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
• Annex III: LIST OF ACRONYMS

Annex I: PROGRAMME

Monday 30 October

9:00-9:30

• Welcome/Introduction

9:30-11:00

• Panel and Discussion on the International Development Agenda
• Betty Plewes, CCIC, Canada
• John Clark, World Bank
• Magdi Ibrahim, ENDA-Maghreb, Egypt
• Carmen Rosa Balbi, DESCO, Peru
• Mervat Rishmawi, Al Haq, Palestine
• Nelcia Robinson, Committee for the Development of Women, St Vincent and Grenadines

11:00-11:30

• Break

11:30-13:00

• Panel and Discussion (continued)

13:00-14:30

• Lunch

14:30

• Discussion Groups:
  • Linking Work at the International and National Levels and Follow-up to UN World Conferences
  • Responding to the International Agenda and the Crisis in Development Cooperation
  • Strengthening UN-NGO Collaboration for Sustainable, Human-Centred Development

16:30-17:00

• Break

17:00-18:30

• Presentation and discussion of main issues and conclusions arising from the discussion groups

19:00

• Dinner

20:00

• Whither the United Nations?
• Presentations by:
  • Erskine Childers, Foundation for a Friendly Planet, Ireland
  • Martin Khor, Third World Network, Malaysia
  • Angus Archer, UNA Canada
  • Michael Zammit Cutajar, Secretariat for the Climate Change Convention
• Discussion

Tuesday 31 October

10:00-13:00

• Panel and discussion on NGOs and Global Governance
• Mazide N'Diaye, FAVDO, Senegal
• Bob Harris, CONGO, Australia
• Victoria Tauli Corpuz, CWERC, Philippines
• Thierry Lemaresquier, UNDP
• Gregory Kovrishenko, UNA Moscow, Russian Federation
• Harris Gleckman, Benchmark Consulting, USA
• Discussion

13:00-14:30

• Lunch

14:30

• Discussion Groups:
  • Organizing for More Effective Work at the International Level
  • Challenges to NGOs and the UN in Democratizing Global Governance:Update and Discussion on the ECOSOC Review of Arrangements for Consultation with NGOs

16:30-17:00

• Break

17:00-18:30

• Presentation and discussion of main issues and conclusions arising from the discussion groups

19:00

• Reception
• Dinner

Wednesday 1 November

10:00-13:00

• Strengthening UN-NGO cooperation: Views from the UN system
• Patrice Robineau, ECE
• Ross Mountain, UNDP
• Delphine Borione, WFP
• Santiago Romero-Perez, UNHCR
• Discussion

13:00-14:30

• Lunch

14:30-16:30

• The UN, NGOs and Global Governance: Challenges for the 21st Century--Reflections on the Conference Discussions
• Roberto Bissio, Instituto del Tercer Mundo, Uruguay
• Sekai Holland, FAVDO, Zimbabwe
• Michel Faucon, Coordination Sud/CRID, France
• Amitava Mukherjee, ActionAid India
• Maria Onestini, CEDEA, Argentina

16:30

• Closure, Tony Hill, NGLS