GLOBAL SOUTH-SOUTH DEVELOPMENT EXPO 2017
EVENT STRUCTURE

Antalya, Turkey, 27-30 November 2017
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Types of Sessions and Activities:

DAY 1 – Monday 27 November:
9.00am – 10.00am High-level Opening Ceremony (Location: Pacific Hall)
10.00am – 10.30am Inauguration of Exhibition (Location: Exhibition Floor)
10.30am – 11.00am Press Conference (tbc)
10.30am – 10.45am Coffee Break
10.45am – 12.15pm Day 1 Leadership Round Table– Digital Ecosystem for Development
– Public Service Innovations (Location: Pacific Hall)
12.15pm – 1.30pm Lunch Break
1.30pm – 3.00pm Thematic Solution Forum 1:
– Leveraging the Power of Science, Technology and Innovation for Development through South-South Cooperation and Triangular Cooperation (Location: Pacific Hall)
3.00pm – 3.15pm Coffee Break
3.15pm – 4.45pm Thematic Solution Forum 2:
– Using Big Data for Development as a Platform to Facilitate South-South and Triangular Cooperation- Unlocking the Potential of Big Data Solutions (Location: Pacific Hall)
4.45pm – 5.00pm Coffee Break
5.00pm – 6.30pm Thematic Solution Forum 3:
– The role of SSTC in the promotion of Information and Communication Technologies for Rural Development (Location: Pacific Hall)
6.30pm – 8.00pm Welcome Reception and Cultural Performance (Location: Exhibition Floor)

DAY 2 – Tuesday 28 November:
9.00am – 10.30am Day 2 Leadership Round Table– South-South Cooperation for People and Planet
– Youth Empowerment and Launching of Youth Leadership Initiative (Location: Pacific Hall)
10.30am – 10.45am Coffee Break
10.45am – 12.15pm Thematic Solution Forum 4:
– ILO Solution on Skills Development, Youth Employment in the Framework of South-South and Triangular Cooperation (Location: Pacific Hall)
12.15pm – 1.30pm Lunch Break
1.30pm – 3.00pm Thematic Solution Forum 5:
– Women as Benefactors of Development through Social Entrepreneurship (Location: Pacific Hall)
3.00pm – 3.15pm Coffee Break
3.15pm – 4.45pm Thematic Solution Forum 6:
– Good Practices of South-South Cooperation for Implementation of the SDGs: Development through Transformation (Location: Pacific Hall)
4.45pm – 5.00pm Coffee Break
5.00pm – 6.30pm Thematic Solution Forum 7:
– Accelerating country-led progress towards zero hunger (SDG 2) through joint and complementary efforts of the Rome-Based UN Agencies (Location: Pacific Hall)

DAY 3 – Wednesday 29 November:
9.00am – 10.30am Day 3 Leadership Round Table– South-South Cooperation for Peace, Prosperity, and Partnerships
– From Delivering Aid to Ending Need: Advancing the 2030 Agenda in Crisis Contexts (Location: Pacific Hall)
10.30am – 10.45am Coffee Break
10.45am – 12.15pm Thematic Solution Forum 8:
– Southern Solutions for Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace (Location: Pacific Hall)
12.15pm – 1.30pm Lunch Break
1.30pm – 3.00pm Thematic Solution Forum 9:
– Climate Change Partnerships (Location: Pacific Hall)
3.00pm – 3.15pm Coffee Break
3.15pm – 4.45pm Thematic Solution Forum 10:
– Engagement of the Private Sector and Enterprise in Development (Location: Pacific Hall)
4.45pm – 5.00pm Coffee Break
5.00pm – 6.30pm Thematic Solution Forum 11:
– Cooperation among Countries for Health Development (Location: Pacific Hall)
6.30pm – 8.30pm Dinner Event: United Nations Multi-Stakeholders Meeting on South-South and triangular cooperation (Location: Cafe/Restaurant)

DAY 4 – Thursday​, 30 November:
9.00am – 12.45pm High-level Forum of Directors General for Development Cooperation (DG Forum) (Location: Pacific Hall)
Proposed focuses:
– Special session on the BAPA+40 Conference;
– Capacity development in institutional arrangement and management of South-South and triangular cooperation;
– Strengthening regional cooperation through South-South and triangular cooperation for sustainable development;
– Ways to foster the mobilization of resources to further strengthen South-South and triangular cooperation and partnerships.
12.45pm – 1.45pm Lunch Break
1.45pm – 6.00pm DG Forum continued
6.00pm – 7.00pm High-level Closing Ceremony (Location: Pacific Hall)

SIDE EVENTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

Antalya, Turkey, 26-30 November 2017
Sunday 26 November:
9.00am – 6.00pm Scaling up Southern Development Solutions through Advanced Youth Leadership – Third Regional Networking Forum for the Arab States, Europe and the CIS (Location: Akdeniz room)

Monday 27 November:
10.30am – 10.45am India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Fund (Location: Exhibition Stage)
12.30pm – 1.30pm Turkey-UNDP Partnership: South-South Cooperation models in support of the SDGs (Location: Adriatic rooms)
12.30pm – 1.30pm Innovative Finance Solutions for Sustainable Development (Location: Adriatic rooms)
12.30pm – 1.30pm Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Adoption of the Charter of Algiers (Location: Adriatic rooms)

Tuesday 28 November:
12.30pm – 1.30pm WFP’s Approach to South-South Cooperation: Building the Network of Centers of Excellence for South-South Cooperation (Location: Adriatic rooms)
1.30pm – 5.00pm Institutionalization of South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region (Location: Adriatic rooms)

Wednesday 29 November:
10.30am – 10.45am Launch of the INBAR SSiA (Location: Exhibition Stage)
12.30pm – 1.30pm High-level Ministerial Meeting on South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Agricultural Development and Enhanced Food Security in the Arab States, Europe and the CIS (Location: Atlantic rooms)
12.30pm – 1.30pm Brazil-UN Trilateral South-South Cooperation Innovative Practice: a Systemic Approach for Achieving Inclusive Sustainable Development (Location: Adriatic rooms)
12.30pm – 1.30pm Resilience; A Paradigm Shift in Humanitarian – Development Nexus: The Case of Turkey in the Aftermath of Syrian Refugee Crises (Location: Atlantic 1 room)
12.30pm – 1.30pm The Global Partnership Initiative on Effective Triangular Cooperation (Location: Adriatic rooms)

Thursday 30 November:
11.00am – 12.30pm High-Level Roundtable Workshop on City Experiences on SSC in Tourism for Sustainable Development (Location: Atlantic rooms)
11.00am – 1.00pm Showcasing Inter-Governmental Organizations’ Advancement in Fostering Sustainable Development through South-South Cooperation (Location: Adriatic rooms)
12.00pm – 1.00pm DG Forum Side Event – Reporting South-South Cooperation: Global, Regional and National Level (Location: Adriatic rooms)
1.00pm – 3.00pm 1st Steering Committee Meeting for the South-South Global Thinkers: the Global Coalition of Think Tank Networks for SSC (Location: Adriatic rooms)
3.30pm – 4.45pm SSC-Helping Communities Scale up Solutions to Achieve the SDGs (Location: Adriatic rooms)
3.30pm – 5.00pm The Role of NGOs and CSOs in Enhancing and Promoting South-South Cooperation – Road to BAPA+40 and Beyond (Location: Adriatic rooms)