Global Roundtable
For
The World Summit on Sustainable Development

Vulnerability and Small Island Developing States:
Exploring Mechanisms for Partnerships

Montego Bay, JAMAICA
9-10 May 2002


Provisional Agenda

Day 0: Wednesday, 8 May, 2002
Intended exclusively for Research and Technical Advisory Teams to review work done by the sub-groups and prepare for the technical meeting the following day.
06:00pm Pre-registration begins
Day 1: Thursday, 9 May 2002
09:00 - 09:20 Welcome by Mr. Oscar Serrate, Global Coordinator, Capacity 21
09:20 - 10:00 Providing the Background
  • South - South Cooperation - Mr. Francis Blain, Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries, UNDP
  • Capacity 2015 in the SIDS Context - Mr. Bikenibeu Paeniu and Mr. Jefferson Butuna, Marshall Islands
  • Vulnerabilities - Prof. Al Binger, Director, University of West Indies' Center for Environment and Development
  • Sustainable Development, Millennium Development Goals and the WSSD Process - Mr. Alvaro Umana, Team Leader, Environmentally Sustainable Development Group, UNDP
10:00 - 10:30 Q/A Session
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 1:00 Partners' Working Groups - the Content and the Process
1:00 - 02:00 Lunch
02:00 - 04:00 Partners' Working Groups - Getting Ready for WSSD
04:00 - 05:00 Plenary Discussion (Facilitator: Mr. Alvaro Umana)
05:00 - 07:00 Drafting
07:30 - Social Event
Day 2: Friday, 10 May, 2002
09:30 - 09:45 Protocol
  • Official Welcome - Ms. Gillian Lindsay-Nanton, Resident Representative, UNDP Jamaica
  • Official Welcome - The Honourable Mr. Ben Clare, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica
  • Main Address - Mr. Zéphirin Diabré, Associate Administrator, UNDP
09:45 - 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 10:30
  • Presentation of Recommendations - Prof. Al Binger, Director, UWI's Center for Environment and Development
  • Presentation of Outcomes - Type II - Dr. Carol James (Trinidad & Tobago), Ms. Jacqueline DaCosta (Jamaica), Mr. Oscar Serrate (UNDP/Capacity 21)
  • Facilitator: Mr. Christopher Hackett, Head, Caribbean Division, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNDP
10:30 - 12:45 High Level Roundtable
  • Chair: The Honourable Mr. Ben Clare, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica
  • Facilitator: Mr. Oscar Serrate, Global Coordinator, UNDP/BDP/Capacity 21
12:45 - 02:00 Lunch
02:00 - 03:00 Plenary Discussion
03:00 - 03:30 Montego Bay Declaration
03:30 - 04:30

Formal closing

  • The Honourable Mr. Ben Clare
  • UNDP - Mr. Zéphirin Diabré, Associate Administrator

 

04:30 - 05:00 Press Conference



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