HILTON HOTEL, NAIROBI, KENYA
24-26 FEBRUARY 2015
THEME: GLOBAL JUSTICE
SENIOR OFFICIALS FORUM CHAIR: PROFESSOR WINNIE MITULLAH, DIRECTOR FOR THE INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
24 FEBRUARY 2015 (DAY I)
SENIOR OFFICIALS’ MEETING
TIME / TOPIC/ITEM / FACILITATORS/SPEAKERS / CHAIR/MODERATOR
08:30 - 09:00 / Registration / · Secretariat / Mr. Albert Ingati,
Deputy Secretary General Technical Programmes, KNATCOM
08:45 - 09:00 / Entertainment / · Elimu Choir / Ruth Agesa, MOEST
09:00 - 10:00 / Opening session / · Amb. Prof. George I. Godia, Permanent Delegate / Ambassador, Republic of Kenya to UNESCO
· Amb. Dr. Mary M. Khimulu, Vice-President of MOST IGC, Group Va (Africa)
· Mr. Mohammed Djelid, Director, UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa,
· Africa Union Representative
· Professor Collete Suda, Principal Secretary, State Department of Science and Technology
· Eng. Peter Mangiti, Principal Secretary State Department of Planning
· Chief Guest: Dr. Belio Kipsang, Principal Secretary, State Department of Education / Dr. Evangeline Njoka,
Secretary General, Kenya National Commission for UNESCO
10:00 -10:30 / Break and Photo Session
10:30 -11:00 / MOST in a Global Context / · Mr. John Crowley, Chief of Section, Research, Policy and Foresight, Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO / Senior official Seychelles
11:00 -12:30 / · Exchange of experiences among senior officials, in national policymaking related to justice, in particular inequality and poverty, etc., highlighting concrete activities and policies (5 Minutes per country) / · Senior officials from Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda / Senior official Djibouti
13:00 -14:00 / Lunch
14:00 -14:30 / Experiences from the 10th Forum of Ministers of Social Development from Latin America and the 3rd Forum of Ministers of Social Development ECOWAS Region / · Mr. Ernesto Mirt, Advisor to the Minister of Economic and Social Inclusion, Ecuador
· Mr.Lawrence Ofori Addo, Deputy-Director, Social Protection, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ghana / Ms. Mwanamaka A.Mabruki, Principal Secretary, State Department of Devolution
14:30 -16:00 / Plenary discussion / · Participants / Ms. Mwanamaka A.Mabruki, Principal Secretary, State Department of Devolution
16:00 -16:15 / Break
16:15 -17:00 / Presentation of draft Programme for Ministerial Forum and Draft Ministerial Declaration / · Participants / Professor Winnie Mitullah, Director, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
17:00 -17:30 / Wrap up of Day 1 / · Dr. Jennifer Birech Kosgey, Rapporteur / Professor Winnie Mitullah, Director, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
18:00 - 20:00 / COCKTAIL HOSTED BY GOVERNMENT OF KENYA
25 FEBRUARY, 2015 (DAY II)
MINISTERS’ MEETING
TIME / TOPIC/ITEM / FACILITATORS/SPEAKERS / CHAIR/MODERATOR
08:30 - 09:00 / Registration / · Secretariat / Mr. Albert Ingati,
Deputy Secretary General KNATCOM, Technical Programmes
09:00 - 09:30 / Entertainment / · Elimu Choir / Ruth Agesa
09:30 -10:30 / Official opening / · Amb. Dr. Mary M. Khimulu, Vice-President of MOST IGC, Group Va (Africa)
· Professor Judi Wakhungu, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources/SAC Member, MOST
· H. E. Dr. Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko, AU Commissioner for Social Affairs
· Mr. Getachew Engida, Deputy Director-General, UNESCO
· Ms. Anne Waiguru, OGW, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Devolution and Planning, Kenya
· Professor Jacob T. Kaimenyi, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Government of Kenya,
· Chief Guest: Hon. William Ruto, EGH, Deputy President, Republic of Kenya / Dr. Belio Kipsang, Principal Secretary, State Department of Education
10:30 -11:00 / Break and Photo session
11:00 -11:10 / Election of the Bureau of Ministers of Social Development for Eastern Africa Region / Participants / UNESCO
11:10 -11:30 / Keynote Address / · Mr. Pierre Sané, President and CEO, Imagine Africa Institute / Hon. (Mrs) Marie-Aurore Marie-Joyce Perraud, Minister for Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare, Mauritius
11:30 -13:00 / Sharing of national experiences in policymaking, contributing to justice, in particular, inequality and poverty, etc. (8 minutes per country) / · Ministers in charge of Social Development portfolio in the sub-region: Burundi Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda / Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare, South Sudan
Hon. Awot Deng Achuil
13:00 -14:00 / Lunch
14:00 -14:30 / Sharing of national experiences in policymaking, contributing to justice, in particular, inequality and poverty, etc.
(continued) / · Ministers from Eastern Africa (continued) / H.E. Mr. Kahsai Ghebrehiwet, Minister for Labour & Human Welfare, Eritrea
14:30 -15:00 / Sharing of experience from Ministers from Ecuador and Ghana (Presidents of the 10th Forum of Ministers of Social Development for Latin America and the 3rd Forum of Ministers of Social Development for ECOWAS, respectively and a message to Forum participants on behalf of the President of the MOST IGC / · H. E. Beatriz Tola, Minister of Economic and Social Inclusion, Ecuador
· Hon. Dela Sowah, Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ghana
· Representative of H. E. Alicia Kirchner, President of the Intergovernmental Council of the MOST Programme, Minister of Social Development, Argentina / Professor Jacob T. Kaimenyi, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenya
15:00 -16:00 / Plenary Discussion
16:00 -16:15 / Break
16:15 -17:30 / Panel Discussion: Poverty, Inequalities and Justice in the post 2015 Agenda / · Professor Kabiru Kinyanjui, Chancellor Chuka University
· Mr. John Crowley, Chief, Research, Policy and Foresight, UNESCO
· H. E. Dr. Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko, AU Commissioner for Social Affairs
· Dr. Ebrima Sall, Executive Secretary, CODESRIA,
· Prof Judi Wakhungu, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources/MOST SAC member
· Dr Willy Mutunga, Chief Justice, Republic of Kenya
· Dr Stephen Ouma, Pamoja Trust
· Mr Odenda Lumumba, Kenya Land Alliance / Professor Judith M. Bahemuka, Chancellor Eldoret University, and UNESCO Chair, University of Nairobi
19:00 - 21:00 / DINNER HOSTED BY GOVERNMENT OF KENYA
26 FEBRUARY, 2015 (DAY III)
MINISTERS’ MEETING
TIME / TOPIC/ITEM / FACILITATORS/SPEAKERS / CHAIR/MODERATOR
08:30 - 09.00 / Registration / · Secretariat / Mr. Albert Ingati
Deputy Secretary General Technical Programmes, KNATCOM
09:00 -11.00 / Special Panel: Population, Reproductive Health and Economic Well-Being: Policy Implications of Research from East Africa / Moderator: Dr. Marlene Lee, Population Research Bureau/PopPov Secretariat
Panelists
· Dr. Joseph Babigumira, University of Washington
· Dr. Anna Khasakhala, University of Nairobi, Population Studies Institute
· Dr. Dieudonne Muhoza Ndaruhuye, Applied Statistics Department, University of Rwanda
· Discussion / Mr. Jan Monteverde Haakonsen, Special Adviser, The Research Council of Norway, Vice-President in the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council of the MOST Programme, representing Western Europe and North America
11:00 -11:30 / Break
11:30 -13:00 / Panel Discussion: Youth Employment, Entrepreneurial Promotion and Skills Development / · International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Panel ( Prof. Rosemary Atieno Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi: Dr. Dickson Malunda, Institute of Policy Analysis and Research - Rwanda (IPAR): Dr. Georgina Peter Ole Saibul, Economic and Social Research Foundation: Dr. Edward Bbaale, Centre for Basic Research, Kampala-Uganda)
· Dr. Mildred Nawiri, Director of University Industrial Partnership, Kenyatta University
· Prof. John Simiyu, UNESCO UNEVOC Centre, Eldoret University
· Mr. Jealous Chirove, Chief Technical Advisor, ILO
· Discussion / Professor Winnie V. Mitullah, Director, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
13:00 -14:00 / Lunch
14:00 -15:00 / Presentation on the International Social Science Council’s World Social Science Forum 2015, on Transforming Global Relations for a Just World’’ and the 2016 World Social Science Report, on Justice and Inequalities / · Ms. Françoise Caillods, Senior Adviser, the World Social Science Report 2016
· Dr. Temba Masilela, Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Research, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa
· Commentator: Dr. Ebrima Sall, Executive Secretary, CODESRIA / Mr. John Crowley, Chief, Research, Policy and Foresight, UNESCO
15:00 -16:00 / Presentation and final discussion and adoption of Draft Ministerial Declaration / · Participants / Professor Jacob T. Kaimenyi, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenya
16:00 -16:15 / Break
16:15 -17:00 / Closing Ceremony and Press Conference / · UNESCO
· H. E. Dr. Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko, AU Commissioner for Social Affairs
· Professor Jacob T. Kaimenyi, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenya
· Chief Guest: Ms. Ann Waiguru, OGW, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Devolution and Planning, Kenya / Professor Collete Suda, Principal Secretary, State Department of Science and Technology
END OF THE FORUM AND PRESS BRIEFING
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