STRATEGIC PLANNING
UNESCO Future Forum - Final Programme
The Forum, will be opened by the Director-General of UNESCO, and will include an opening address by Ambassador Olabiyi Babalola Joseph YAÏ, Chairman of the Executive Board of UNESCO, will gather more than 20 international experts and decision-makers on the theme: “The Global Financial and Economic Crisis: What Impact on Multilateralism and UNESCO?”.
The one-day event has three goals:
- Provide the Secretariat, Member States of UNESCO, media, NGOs and the public at large with a better understanding of the potential impact of the global financial and economic crisis on multilateralism and UNESCO
- Contribute to the sharpening of UNESCO’s approaches in a context of lower resource prospects and growing needs
- Underline UNESCO’s role as a laboratory of ideas and to enhance its visibility in this regard.
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PROGRAMME OUTLINE
9:30a.m-10:45a.m: OPENING SESSION
"The Global Financial and Economic Crisis - its Parameters and Potential Impact on Multilateralism"
Introductory Remarks:
- Hans d’ORVILLE, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Strategic Planning
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Opening Speech:
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President of the General Conference of UNESCO
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Keynote Addresses
- Aart de GEUS, Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Former Minister of Social Affairs and Employment of the Netherlands.
Watch the video>>> (best viewed using Windows Media Player) - Abdoulie JANNEH, Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
Watch the video>>> (best viewed using Windows Media Player) - Mohan MUNASINGHE, (by video conference) (best viewed using Windows Media Player) Vice-Chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)and Chairman of the Munasinghe Institute for Development, Sri Lanka.
11:00a.m-12:30p.m : FIRST SESSION
"The Impact of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis on Developing Countries, in particular in Africa, and the Prospects for Attaining the Internationally Agreed Development Goals, including the MDGs"
Moderator
- Alison SMALE, Executive Director, “International Herald Tribune”.
Speakers
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2:30p.m-4:30p.m: SECOND SESSION
"Investing out of the crisis – in Education, Social Services, Science, Culture and Knowledge"
Moderator
- Andrea SANKE, journalist, "France 24"
Speakers
- Nicholas BURNETT, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education.
Watch the video>>> (best viewed using Windows Media Player) - Walter FUST, Director of the Global Humanitarian Forum, Chairperson of the International Programme for the Development and Communication Council and former Director-General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
Watch the video>>> (best viewed using Windows Media Player) - Mohamed H.A HASSAN, Executive Director of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) and Secretary-General of the Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO).
Watch the video>>> (best viewed using Windows Media Player) - Gudmund HERNES, Former Minister of Education and Research and Minister of Health of Norway; researcher at the Fafo Institute in Oslo and Professor at the Norwegian School of Management.
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4:30p.m-5.30p.m: THIRD SESSION
"The Potential Impact of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis on Women and Gender Equality"
Moderator
- Attiya INAYATULLAH, Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and former Minister for Women Development Social Welfare of Pakistan.
Speakers
- Mayra BUVINIC, Director, Gender and Development, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management of the World Bank.
Watch the video>>> (best viewed using Windows Media Player) - Diane ELSON, Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, U.K. and co-director of the Levy Institute's program on Gender Equality and the Economy.
Watch the video >>> (best viewed using Windows Media Player) - Carmen MORENO, Ambassador of Mexico and Director of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW).
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5:30p.m-7.00p.m: FOURTH SESSION
"What Impact of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis on Climate Change and Prospects for Green Economy?"
Moderator
- Eric GLOVER, Chief of Ecology, science and Technology, “The Courrier International”.
Speakers
- Hilary FRENCH,Senior Advisor for Programs at the Worldwatch Institute, special advisor to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Watch the video >>> (best viewed using Windows Media Player) - José GOLDEMBERG, Rector of the University of Sao Paulo, former Secretary for the Environment of the State of São Paulo (2002-2006) and until 1992, Secretary of State for Science and Technology and Minister of State for Education of the Federal Government of Brazil.
Watch the video>>> (best viewed using Windows Media Player) - Yolanda KAKABADSE, General Counsel and former Executive President of the Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano; former Minister of Environment of Ecuador and former President of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Watch the video>>> (best viewed using Windows Media Player) - Anders WIJKMAN, Member of the European Parliament and Vice-President of the Club of Rome; former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Assistant Administrator of United Nations Development Programme (1995-1997).
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- Author(s): BSP/FOR