GLOBAL SOUTH-SOUTH DEVELOPMENT EXPO 2018
EVENT STRUCTURE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
New York, 27-30 November 2018
Types of Sessions and Activities:
DAY 0 – Tuesday 27 November
Pre-Expo Discussion and Satellite Side Events
| 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. | Side Event: UNOSSC Independent Annual Comprehensive Report on South-South Cooperation – UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)
Room: Doha Conference Room, UNOSSC, 304 East, 45th Street |
| 9.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. | Side Event: Round Table on Making the Case for a Bigger Role for South-South Cooperation in Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals that Impact Children – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)
Room: Danny Kaye Room, UNICEF House, Ground Floor, 3 United Nations Plaza |
| 10.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. | Side Event: Asia-Pacific Directors General Forum: Review of Regional South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the Context of the BAPA+40 Conference – Government of Indonesia, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), UNOSSC Asia-Pacific
Room: Conference Room 12, United Nations Secretariat |
| 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Side Event: Fifth Regional Networking Forum for the Arab States and the Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States regions – UNOSSC ASECIS
Room: Email GSSD Expo Secretariat for information |
| 1.15 – 2.30 p.m. | Side Event: Implementing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration through South-South Cooperation – International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Room: Conference Room 11, United Nations Secretariat |
| 3.00 – 6.00 p.m. | Side Event: South-South Global Thinkers: The Global Coalition of Think Tank Networks for South- South Cooperation. Second Steering Committee Meeting – UNOSSC, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Room: Doha Conference Room, UNOSSC, 304 East 45th St., 11th floor |
| 3.00 – 6.00 p.m. | Side Event: Inclusive Partnerships for South-South Cooperation: Accelerating the 2030 Agenda through Traditional and Innovative Modes of Development Cooperation – UNDP
Room: Conference Room 11, United Nations Secretariat |
DAY 1 – Wednesday 28 November
| 9.00 – 10.00 a.m. | High-level Opening Ceremony
Room: Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat |
| 10:10 – 11:30 a.m. | Thematic Solution Forum 1: South-South Cooperation in Poverty Eradication and Livelihood Recovery in an Age of Technological Revolution – UNDP
Room: Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat |
| 11:50 a.m. – 1.10 p.m. | Thematic Solution Forum 2: South-South and Triangular Cooperation: Good Practices for Decent Work on ILO Flagship Programmes and Cross-cutting Policy Drivers towards BAPA+40 – ILO
Room: Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat |
| 12.45 – 2.00 p.m. | Lunch Break – Sponsored by the India, Brazil, South Africa Facility for Poverty and Hunger Alleviation
Room: Vienna Café, United Nations Secretariat |
| 1.00 – 2.00 p.m. | Special Event: India, Brazil and South-Africa (IBSA) Fund – 15 year Anniversary Celebration and Report Launch
Room: Conference Room 11, United Nations Secretariat |
| 1.15 – 2.00 p.m. | Side Event: Knowledge Creation and Sharing for South-South and Triangular Cooperation – UNOSSC
Room: Conference Room E, United Nations Secretariat |
| 1.15 – 2.30 p.m. | Side Event: Triangular Cooperation in the Era of the 2030 Agenda: Contributions to the BAPA+40 Conference – Global Partnership Initiative on Effective Triangular Cooperation (GPI)
Room: Conference Room 7, United Nations Secretariat |
| 2.00 – 4.00 p.m. | Side Event: South-South Cooperation-Partnerships Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to Scale Resilience and Renewable Energy Goals for SIDS through the SAMOA Pathway framework – UNDP, Island Resilience Partnership, and GridMarket
Room: Amartya Sen Conference Room, 10th FL, FF-BLD, 304 E 45th Street |
| 2.00 – 3.10 p.m. | Thematic Solution Forum 3: Innovative Financing Mechanisms for South-South and Triangular Cooperation – Permanent Mission of India to the UN, UNOSSC
Room: Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat |
| 3.20 – 4.40 p.m. | Thematic Solution Forum 4: Youth Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development – UNOSSC, UNESCO, UNV
Room: Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat |
| 3.00 – 4.30 p.m. | Side Event: Intergovernmental Organizations on Promoting and Scaling Up Good Governance through South-South Cooperation and Triangular Cooperation – Commonwealth Secretariat, UNOSSC
Room: Conference Room 11, United Nations Secretariat |
| 5.00 – 6.20 p.m. | Thematic Solution Forum 5: Promoting Sustainable Development through Engaging Youth and Women in South-South Cooperation – UN Environment (UNEP)
Room: Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat |
| 6.30 – 8.00 p.m. | Welcome Reception and Talk Show: Launch of Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation Exhibition and Report Volume 2 in 6 UN languages
Room: Vienna Café, United Nations Secretariat |
DAY 2 – Thursday 29 November
| 9.00 – 10:20 a.m. | Thematic Solution Forum 6: South-South and Triangular Cooperation in Sustaining Peace and Promoting Inclusive Development – UNOSSC
Room: Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat |
| 10.40 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. | Thematic Solution Forum 7: From Fragility to Resilience in Rural Settings: The Role of South-South and Triangular Cooperation – FAO, IFAD, WFP
Room: Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat |
| 9.30 a.m. – 6.00 p.m. | Side Event: Regional interactive dialogue of the Latin American and Caribbean countries on the priorities of the region, with a view to the Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation – UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Room: Conference Room 4, United Nations Secretariat |
| 12.00 – 1.30 p.m. | Lunch Break
Room: Vienna Café, United Nations Secretariat |
| 12.00 – 1.30 p.m. | Side Event: Launch of the UNFPA Volume of South-South in Action – United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Room: UNFPA Headquarters, 605 Third avenue, New York, NY 10017 |
| 1.15 – 2.30 p.m. | Side event: Ten Years and 7,000 Projects: Evidence and Instruments of SSC to Achieve the SDGs in the Context of BAPA+40 – Launch of the Book “A Decade of SSC in Ibero-America” – Ibero American General Secretariat (SEGIB) and Ibero-American Programme for the Strengthening of South-South Cooperation (PIFCSS)
Room: Conference Room 8, United Nations Secretariat |
| 1.30 – 2.50 p.m. | Thematic Solution Forum 8: Private-sector Partnerships for Inclusive and Sustainable South-South Cooperation – Asia Foundation, UNOSSC Asia-Pacific, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
Room: Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat |
| 3.00 – 4.20 p.m. | Thematic Solution Forum 9: South-South and Triangular Cooperation in Promoting Green Growth and Sustainable Cities – Sustainable Urban-Industrial Development along the “Belt and Road” – United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), UNOSSC
Room: Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat |
| 3.00 – 4.30 p.m. | Side Event: Alliance of NGOs and CSOs for South-South Cooperation Event on Uniting for Action at BAPA+40 and Beyond – UNOSSC and ASSC
Room: Conference Room 11, United Nations Secretariat |
| 4.40 – 6.00 p.m. | Thematic Solution Forum 10: Leveraging South-South and Triangular Cooperation to Deliver Health Outcomes – Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), UNFPA
Room: Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat |
DAY 3 – Friday 30 November
| 9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m. | High-level Forum of Directors General for Development Cooperation Towards BAPA+40: The Role of Practitioners in Scaling Up the Impact of South-South and Triangular Cooperation for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – UNOSSC, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Room: Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat |
| 9.00 – 10.20 a.m. | Side Event: Francophone stakeholders networking in South-South and tripartite cooperation, on the way to BAPA+40 – International Organization of la Francophonie (OIF),UNOSSC
Room: Conference Room 11, United Nations Secretariat |
| 10:00 – 11:45 a.m. | Side Event: The Republic of Korea (ROK)-UNOSSC Facility: Innovation in Practice, Challenges and Solutions – Government of the Republic of Korea, UNOSSC Asia-Pacific
Room: Conference Room A, United Nations Secretariat |
| 10.30 – 11.50 a.m. | Side Event: Impact Assessments, Monitoring and Evaluation for South-South and Triangular Cooperation Initiatives: A Discussion on Potential Approaches and Methodologies – UNOSSC
Room: Conference Room 11, United Nations Secretariat |
| 12.00 – 1:15 p.m. | Side Event: The Case of South-South Cooperation for Peace and Development – UNOSSC
Room: Conference Room 11, United Nations Secretariat |
| 12:45 – 2.00 p.m. | Lunch break
Room: Vienna Café, United Nations Secretariat |
| 12.45 – 2.00 p.m. | Side Event: Promoting the Ecosystem for South-South Cooperation in Africa – UNDP Regional Service Centre in Africa
Room: Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat |
| 1:40 – 3.00 p.m. | Side Event: Special Introductory Session on the Establishment of the World Green Economy Organization – WGEO
Room: Conference Room 11, United Nations Secretariat |
| 3.00 – 4.30 p.m. | Side Event: Promoting South-South Cooperation in Science and Technology for Sustainable Development – Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), Mustafa Science and Technology Foundation (MSTF), United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing (UN-OHRLLS), UNOSSC
Room: Conference Room 11, United Nations Secretariat |
| 3.00 – 5.00 p.m. | Side Event: Public Service Innovations through South-South Network – Government of Bangladesh, UNOSSC, Astana Civil Service Hub (ACSH)
Room: Conference Room 8, United Nations Secretariat |
| 5.00 – 6.00 p.m. | GSSD Expo 2018 Closing Ceremony
Room: Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat |