The following email has been received from Lotta Tahtinen, Major Groups Programme Coordinator, Division for Sustainable Development, DESA
Dear All,
The April joint session of the intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda and the Financing for Development process will be held from 21-24 April in the Conference Room 1 at UN Headquarters in NYC. The programme of work and list of side events and other relevant documentation can be accessed at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/moiandglobalpartnership.
On Thursday, 23 April, there will be an interactive dialogue with stakeholders from the Post-2015 and Financing for Development processes from 10:00am to 1:00pm in Conference Room 1. Following an open call for applications, the April Stakeholder Steering Committee has selected the following speakers to intervene during the dialogue. The scenario for the interactive dialogue will be finalised by the April Steering Committee together with the selected speakers and made available by Wednesday, 22 April.
Similar to the previous negotiation sessions, a total of 12 seats with microphones will be allocated for the use by stakeholders on a rotational basis in the Conference Room 1. Additional seating for representatives of stakeholders will be available in the balcony area of the Conference Room 1. Please note that seating in the balcony area is very limited and available on a first come first served basis. All meetings will also be webcast at http://webtv.un.org/. We do not yet have confirmation about an overflow room but will keep you updated on this.
Finally, we have reserved daily caucus meeting rooms for the use by stakeholders. Please note it is not the same room for all day; refer to the schedule for daily location. The room is available Monday-Thursday from 8:00 am to 6:00pm. It can be reserved for use through the following link:http://tinyurl.com/Mar-Room-Reserve.
Daily coordination meetings for stakeholders Tuesday-Friday 8:30-9:30am
All stakeholders are welcome to join daily caucusing meetings on Tuesday-Friday from 8:30-9:30 am in Conference Room 6 in the UN Conference Building.
On Tuesday, 21 April, at 9:00 am, Mr. Alex Trepelkov, Director of the UN DESA Financing for Development Office or Ms. Shari Spiegel, Chief of the FFDO Policy Analysis and Development Branch, will brief the group on the FFD process. On Wednesday, 22 April, Mr. Nikhil Seth, Director of the UN DESA Division for Sustainable Development will brief stakeholders on the Post-2015 IGN process.