10E Conférence Quadriennale Et Statutaire Des Commissions Nationales Pour L UNESCO De La

10th Quadrennial and Statutory Conference
of National Commissions for UNESCO of the Africa Region
Yaoundé 2 to 6 June 2003

Provisional Agenda and Timetable

Monday 2 june

8.30 am Departure for the Conference Hall of Yaounde

9.30 am 1.Official Opening

Address by H. E. Mr. Joseph Owona

Minister for Education

President of the National Commission of the Republic of Cameroon

for UNESCO

Address by Mr. Ahmed Sayyad

Representative of the Director-General of UNESCO

Address by H. E. Mr. Peter Musonge Mafany

Prime Minister and Chief of the Government

11.00 amBack to the Hilton Hotel

11.30 am - 1.00 pm2.Adoption of the Draft Rules of Procedures

3.Election of the Bureau

A- Election of the President

B- Election of the Vice-Presidents

C- Election of the Rapporteur General

D- Election of the Co-Rapporteurs

4.Approval of the Provisional Agenda and Timetable

5.Progress accomplished since the 9th Quadrennial and Statutory Conference (Bamako, 14-19 June 1999)

Presentation by Mrs. Aminata Sall, President of the 9th Conference and Secretary-General of the Mali National Commission for UNESCO

1.00 - 2.30 pm Lunch

2.30 - 4.00 pm6.Mains orientations of UNESCO-NEPAD cooperation

and its relations with the Regional Strategy for Africa 2002-2007

Presentation by Mr. Noureini Tidjani-Serpos

Assistant Director-General of UNESCO for Africa

Results of the Seminar on «UNESCO and NEPAD : from vision to action » (Ouagadougou, 2-5 March 2003)

Presentation by Mr. Barthelemy Mvondo Nyina

Secretary-General of the National Commission of the Republic of Cameroon

4.00 - 4.30 pmBreak

4.30 - 6.00 pmRegional Strategy for Africa and NEPAD (cont’d)

7.00 - 21.30 pmReception hosted by the Representative of the Director-General of UNESCO - Hotel Mont Febe

Tuesday 3 june

9.30 - 11.00 am 8. Draft Programme and Budget for 2004-2005 (32 C/5)

and related Executive Board Decision (166 EX/ Dec. 4.1)

Presentation by Mr. Frederick Russell

Bureau of Strategic Planning

11.00 - 11.30 amBreak

11.30 am - 1.00 pmDraft Programme and Budget for 2004-2005 (32 C/5)

and related Executive Board Decisions (cont’d)

1.00 - 2.30 pm Lunch

2.30 - 4.00 pm9.Preparation of the 32nd Session of the General Conference

Presentation by Mr. Stany Kol

Secretary of the General Conference of UNESCO

4.00 - 4.30 pmBreak

4.30 - 6.00 pm 10.The Participation Programme : Present situation and future perspectives

Presentation by Mr. Malick M’Baye

Chief of the Participation Programme Section, UNESCO

Wednesday 4 June

9.30 - 11.00 am11.UNESCO’s Cooperation with extrabudgetary funding sources :

Policies and procedures

Presentation by Mrs. Birgitte Moller

Director of the Division for Cooperation with Extrabudgetary Funding Sources

Main actors : UNESCO Headquarters, Field Offices and National Commissions
Main partners among the funding sources.
Project preparation

11.00 - 11.30 amBreak

11.30 am - 1.00 pmUNESCO’s Cooperation with extrabudgetary funding sources (cont’d)

Cooperation modalities
Exchange of experience among participants
Case studies

1.00 - 2.30 pmLunch

2.30 - 4.00 pmUNESCO’s Cooperation with extrabudgetary funding sources (cont’d)

Questions and answers

Specific training needs for National Commissions in the area of extrabudgetary funding

4.00 - 4.30 pmBreak

4.30 - 6.00 pm12. Cooperation among National Commissions and Field Offices:

Programme elaboration and execution
Institutional relationships

Moderated by Mr. A Parsuramen

Director, UNESCO/BREDA

Thursday 5 june:

9.30 - 11.00 amParallel Working Groups

Cooperation with private sector partners

(Session in English) (Room Bouma A)

Presentation by Mr. Francis Elandi

Secretary-General of the Cameroon International Chamber of Commerce

Facilitator: Mrs. Mary-Louise Kearney

Director of the Division for Relations with National Commissions

and New Partnerships - UNESCO

Cooperation with Parliamentarians

(Sessions in French) (Room Bete A)

Presentation by Mr. Martin Chungong

Inter-Parliamentary Union

Presentation by Mr. A Parsuramen

Director, UNESCO/BREDA

On the Forum of African Parliamentarians for Education (FAPED)

Facilitator: Mrs. Neda Ferrier

Chief of the Section for National Commissions – UNESCO

11.00 - 11.30 am Break

11.30 am - 1.00 .mParallel Working groups

Cooperation with private sector partners

(session repeated in French) (Room Bete A)

Cooperation with Parlementarians

(session repeated in English) (Room Bouma A)

1.00 - 2.30 pmLunch

2.30 - 4.00 pm 15.Cooperation with NGOs: the role of National Commissions

The statutory framework
The collective mechanisms
The triangular partnership : strength and weaknesses

impact of the decentralization policy

African NGOs and NEPAD

Address by H.E. Mr Michael Abiola Omolewa

President of the NGO Committee of the Executive Board

Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Nigeria to UNESCO

Presentation: Mr Fulgence Koné

Member of the Coordinating Committee

of the NGO Collective Consultation on Education for All

Facilitator: Mrs Fatoumata Marega

Section for Non-Governmental Organizations- UNESCO

4.00 - 4.30 pm Break

4.30 - 6.00 pmCooperation with NGOs (cont’d)

UNESCO Clubs and National Commissions

Discussion with Mr Mamadou Diarra

Vice-President for Africa of the World Federation

of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and associations (WFUCA)

Friday 6 june

9.30 - 10.00 am16.World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

(Geneva 2003 – Tunis 2005)

 WSIS Aims and process

UNESCO and the WSIS : Goals and actions with particular attention to Africa

Presentation by Mr Hezekiel Dlamini

Communication Adviser, UNESCO/Nairobi

 What role for African Civil Society in the Summit ?

Presentation by Mr Olivier Nana Nzepa,

Anaïs, Cameroon Chapter

UNESCO, professional NGOs and the WSIS preparation process

Presentation by Mr Fulgence Koné

for the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee

10.00 - 10.30 amBreak

10.30 am - 1.00 pmWorld Summit on the Information Society (cont’d)

Defining African Challenges for the WSIS
Defining African positions for the WSIS

17. Guidance, Counselling and Youth Development Centre for Africa in Lilongwe, Malawi

Presentation by Pr. Davison Munodawafa

1.00 - 2.30 pm Lunch

2.30 - 4.00 pm18.Approval of the Final Report

4.00 - 4.30 pmBreak

4.30 - 6.00 pm19.Official Closing

Gala evening hosted by the Government of the Republic of Cameroon