We have received the following information from UN-NGLS:
On 8-9 April, the President of the UN General Assembly and the co-facilitators of the Financing for Development (FfD3) Conference process, Ambassador George Talbot of Guyana and Ambassador Geir Pedersen of Norway, will host informal interactive hearings between UN Member States and stakeholoders in preparation for the FfD3 Conference. Hearings with the business sector will be held on 8 April and hearings with civil society will be held on 9 April in Trusteeship Council Chamber at UN Headquarters. Each day will feature a high-level opening ceremony with representatives of both business and civil society.
These hearings will provide the first opportunity for a diversity of stakeholders to provide feedback on the zero draft of the outcome document for the FfD3 Conference.
The Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) aims to reinvigorate and strengthen the financing for development framework as well as support the implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda currently being negotiated by Member States.
The draft programme for the 9 April civil society hearings is listed below and available here: http://bit.ly/FfD3-CS-hearings-draft-programme
The concept note is available here: http://bit.ly/FfD3-CSO-hearings-concept-note-final.
The programme for the 8 April business sector hearings can be found here: http://bit.ly/FfD3-CS-hearings-draft-programme.
Provisional Programme
9 April 2015
FfD3 interactive hearings with civil society
10:00-10:30am - Opening Plenary
H.E. Mr. Nicholas Emiliou, Acting President of the UN General Assembly, 69th session
Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN DESA (TBC)
Ms. Tessa Khan, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)
Mr. Nazeem Martin, Managing Director, Business Partners Ltd.
10:30-11:45am - Roundtable Discussion 1
Domestic public resource mobilization, including international tax cooperation
Co-moderated by one of the co-facilitators and Corina Rodriguez Enriquez - National Council of Research (Conicet-Argentina), DAWN
Panelists:
Mr. Sameer Fazal Dossani - ActionAid International
Ms. Tove Maria Ryding - European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad)
Mr. Norhan Sherif Mokhtar - Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights
Mr. Kudakwashe Dube - International Disability and Development Consortium; Africa Disability Alliance
Member State respondents:
Mr. Thulani Nyembe, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of South Africa to the UN
Mr. Anne Poorta, Post-2015 Coordinator, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN
Mr. Andalib Elias, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN
Ms. Michiko Miyano, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN
Ms. Kyla Brooke, Economic Advisor, Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the UN
Lead civil society respondent:
Mr. Nicholas Lusiani - Center for Economic and Social Rights
11:45am-1:00pm - Roundtable Discussion 2
International public finance, including ODA and innovative sources of finance
Co-moderated by one of the co-facilitators and Mr. Emad Adly - Arab Network for Environment and Development (RAED)
Panelists:
Mr. Claudio Guedes Fernandes - ABONG- Brazilian Association of NGOs
Ms. Shantal Munro- Knight - Caribbean Policy Development Centre
Ms. Cristina Diez Saguillo - International Movement ATD Fourth World
Ms. Mbathio Samb - IDEP (African Institute for Economic Development and Planning); CERAG (Centre d'Etude et de Recherche-Action sur la Gouvernance) and DAWN
Member State respondents:
H.E. Ambassador HAHN Choong-hee, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN
Mr. Jens Ole Bach Hansen, Counsellor - Economic Affairs, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN
Mr. Gabriel Normand, Focal point for ECOSOC, macroeconomic issues and Financing for Development, 2nd Committee, Permanent Mission of France to the UN
Lead civil society respondent:
Mr. Rodrigo Gouveia of International Cooperative Alliance
3:00-4:30pm - Roundtable Discussion 3
Systemic issues, including global economic governance and external debt
Co-moderated by one of the co-facilitators and Mr. Aldo Caliari - Center of Concern/CIDSE
Panelists:
Ms. Anne Elisabeth Schoenstein - Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
Ms. Lydinyda Nacpil - Jubilee South - Asia/Pacific Movement on Debt and Development
Ms. Marina Fe B. Durano - Asian Center at University of the Philippines-Diliman and DAWN
Mr. Eric LeCompte - Jubilee USA Network
Member State respondents:
Representative TBC of the Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the UN
Additional Member States to be confirmed
Lead civil society respondent:
Mr. Richard Darko Amparbeng, Public Service Workers Union, Ghana
4:30-5:45pm - Roundtable Discussion 4
International trade and investment, including private finance
Co-moderated by one of the co-facilitators and Mr. Mark Langevin - Public Services International
Panelists:
Mr. Stefano Prato - Society for International Development (SID)
Ms. Maria Del Carmen Gonzalez - Confederacion General Del Trabajo Argentina
Mr. Gyekye Tanoh - Third World Network Africa
Ms. María José Romero - Eurodad
Member State respondents:
Mr. William José Calvo, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the UN
Mr. Salvador De Lara Rangel, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN
Additional Member States to be confirmed
Lead civil society respondent:
Mr. Matti Tapani Kohonen - Christian Aid
5:45-6:00pm - Closing
Co-facilitators: H.E. Mr. George Wilfred Talbot (Guyana) and H.E. Mr. Geir. O. Pedersen (Norway)
For more information about civil society participation in the FfD3 Conference process, please visit: http://bit.ly/FfD3-NGLS
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