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1 UNV Partnerships Forum 2014 Innovation in Volunteer Action 30 September 1 October 2014, Bonn, Germany Agenda Venue: /Pumpenhaus, World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB), Bonn, Germany Date Time Activity Venue 30 September 8:30 9:30 Registration and welcome coffee Pumpenhaus 9:30 10:00 Opening Ms. Gina Casar, Associate Administrator, UNDP Mr. Richard Dictus, Executive Coordinator, UNV Dr. Peter Failer, Director General for International Development Policy, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany Mr. Reinhard Limbach, Deputy Mayor, City of Bonn, Germany 10:00 11:00 Plenary: UNV achievements and its strategic future direction [Introduction and facilitation by Ms. Amina Said, Communications &

2 Partnerships Specialist, UNV] Presentation by Mr. Richard Dictus, Executive Coordinator, UNV Open dialogue among speaker and participants 11:00 11:30 Group photo & coffee break Pumpenhaus 11:30 13:00 Panel Discussion: Partnering to innovate and promote volunteering for peace and development [Introduction and facilitation by Ms. Rosemary Kalapurakal, Deputy Executive Coordinator, UNV] Panellists: o Ms. Chhaya Kapilashrami, Director, Field Personnel Division, Department of Field Support, United Nations o Ms. Luiza Carvalho, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative, The Philippines o Mr. Hans ten Feld, Representative of UNHCR in Germany o Mr. Juan Carlos Reyes, Director of the Presidential Youth Programme, President Office, Colombia o Mr. Ibrahim Ouédraogo, Regional Coordinator, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Volunteers Programme, Regional Office, Burkina Faso Open dialogue among the speakers and participants 13:00 14:30 Lunch and networking Pumpenhaus

3 14:30 17:00 Blue Room Talks: Meeting UN Volunteers making a difference on the ground [Introduction by Ms. Gina Casar, Associate Administrator, UNDP, and facilitation by Ms. Merjam Wakili, Deutsche Welle] Part I Part II Photo introduction and presentation o Mr. Bip Nandi, Malawi, Surgeon o Ms. Wei Li, China, Environment o Mr. Moses Zangar, Zambia, Post-conflict o Ms. Samar Wahba, Egypt, Education Photo introduction and presentation o Ms. Kirthi Jayakumar, Online Volunteer, School in Nigeria, Legal advocacy via social media, Human rights o Mr. Ioseba Amatriain Losa, Colombia, Youth o Ms. Sathaboramana (Mana) Kheang, Cambodia, Human rights o Mr. Bobbie Baker, Sudan, Basic social services Interaction among the UN Volunteers, Online Volunteer and participants 18:00 20:00 (Buses will drive participants to the Reception at the Old City Hall) Reception and networking Reception hosted by the City of Bonn Old City Hall, Bonn

4 Date Time Activity Venue 1 October 9:00 9:30 Morning coffee Pumpenhaus 9:30 11:00 Panel Discussion: New frontiers of volunteering and civic engagement [Introduction and facilitation by Mr. Richard Dictus, Executive Coordinator, UNV] Speakers: o Ms. Gina Casar, Associate Administrator, UNDP o Dr. Najeeb Al-Zamil, Arab Expert on Social Development and Volunteerism, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia o Mr. Fredéric Kaboré, Secretary General/Vice Minister, Ministry of Youth, Employment and Vocational Training, Burkina Faso Discussants: o Ms. Kathi Dennis, Executive Director, International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) o Ms. Dimity Fifer, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Volunteers International (AVI) o Ms. Geri Lau, Head, Youth Action and Volunteering Development, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Open dialogue among speakers and participants 11:00 11:30 Coffee break Pumpenhaus 11:30 13:00 Ministerial Panel Discussion: Youth volunteering for peace and development [Introduction and facilitation by Ms. Rosemary Kalapurakal, Deputy

5 Executive Coordinator, UNV] o Video presentation on UNV Arab Youth Volunteering for a Better Future o Launch of UNV Publication on Youth Volunteering Panel discussion: o H.E. Ms. Victoire Dogbe, Minister for Community Development, Craft and Youth Employment, Togo o H.E. Mr. Thomas Silberhorn, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany o H.E. Dr. Takahiro Shinyo, Vice-President, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan; and Ms. Ayaka Kurehara, UN University Volunteer, Japan o H.E. Dr. Martial De-Paul Ikounga, Commissioner, The African Union Commission Interaction among the panellists and participants 13:00 13:15 Closing Towards integrating volunteering in peace and development in the post-2015 World [Introduction and facilitation by Ms. Amina Said, Communications & Partnerships Specialist, UNV] H.E. Ambassador Martin Frick, Federal Foreign Office, Germany Ms. Gina Casar, Associate Administrator, UNDP Mr. Richard Dictus, Executive Coordinator, UNV 13:15 14:30 Lunch/Networking Pumpenhaus

6 Special side event Roundtables on UNV Global Programmes (sign-up needed) Date Time Activity Venue 1 October 14:30 17:00 Welcome and introduction to partnerships for UNV Global Programmes by Ms. Rosemary Kalapurakal, Deputy Executive Coordinator, UNV Thematic roundtables: 1) Peacebuilding and Recovery 2) Basic Social Services and Disaster Risk Reduction 3) Knowledge and Innovation 4) Youth Volunteering The Way Forward

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