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ESCAP/ADB/UNDP Sub-Regional Workshop on accelerated achievement of MDGs and the Post-2015 development agenda in South-East Asia

21-23 November 2012,
Bangkok, Thailand

OPENING SESSION

Welcome remarks by Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, United Nations Under-Secretary-General & Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
 

PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS

Session 1: Setting the stage
  - Briefing on the global process on the post-2015 Development agenda,
Ms. Alessandra Casazza, Policy Advisor – Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction, RCB, UNDP
  - Briefing on the regional consultation on the post-2015 development agenda Ms. Susann Roth, Senior Social Development Specialist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB
  - MDGs in Asia and the Pacific region: An Unfinished Agenda Mr. Anisuzzaman Chowdhury, Director, Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division, ESCAP
   
Session 2: Obstacles to meeting MDGs in Asia-Pacific: Lessons from the MDG Acceleration Framework (UNDP)
  - Keynote presentation "Meeting the MDGs in South East Asia: Lessons and Challenges from the MDG Acceleration Framework" by Mr Biplove Choudhary, Programme Specialist, Asia-Pacific Regional Centre (UNDP)
   

Session 3: Building on the MDGs in shaping the post-2015 development agenda: Some regional perspectives (ESCAP)

  - Keynote presentation "Building on the MDGs in shaping the post-2015 development agenda: Some regional perspectives" by Mr Sudip Ranjan Basu, Economic Affairs Officer, Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division (ESCAP)
   
Session 4: Key development issues for the post- 2015 development agenda– Convergence of environmental, social and economic pillars (ADB) Chair: Ms. Susann Roth
  - Keynote presentation "Key Post 2015 Development Issues for Asia and the Pacific" by ADB: Mr Shiladitya Chatterjee, Regional Advisor on the MDGs, ADB
   
Session 5: Key development issues for the post- 2015 development agenda - Resources for delivery of basic services (ESCAP)
  - Keynote presentation "Key development issues for the post- 2015 development agenda - Resources for delivery of basic services" by Mr Sudip Ranjan Basu, Economic Affairs Officer, Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division (ESCAP)
   
Session 6: Key development issues for the post- 2015 development agenda– State capacity, responsiveness and accountability (UNDP)
  - Keynote presentation by Ms Thusitha Pilapitiya, Policy Advisor, Democratic
Governance, UNDP APRC
   
Session 7: Formulating and monitoring the post- 2015 development agenda – Lessons from the MDGs (ESCAP)
  - Keynote Presentation "Monitoring and Evaluation of the MDGs at the Regional Level" by Ms Harumi Shibata, Statistician, Statistics Division ESCAP
   
Session 8: Social protection for the post-2015 development agenda (ADB)
  - Keynote presentation "Social Protection – Think piece in the Post 2015 Development Agenda" by Ms Susann Roth, Senior Social Development Specialist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB
  - Description Session on Social Protection and the Post 2015 Development Agenda "What is the role of South-South Cooperation for capacity development and knowledge exchange on social protection and how can this help to accelerate MDG achievements?"
  - Assessment Based National Dialogue (ABND) approach for the Social Protection Floor by Valerie Schmitt, Social Protection Specialist, ILO
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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