Technical Expert Meeting

15 – 16 March 2018

Holiday Inn, Suva, Fiji

PROGRAMME

DAY 1 – 15 March 2018

TIME / SESSION / ITEM / LEAD
08.00 / Registration / Secretariat
08.15 / OPENING & INTRODUCTIONS /
  • Prayer
/ MC
  • Garlanding of Chief Guests

  • Welcome statement
/ John Connor, Executive Director, COP23 Secretariat
08.30 / Official opening by Hon. Inia Seruiratu, high-level champion for global climate action/Minister for Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development, National Disaster Management and Meteorological Services
08.40 / Keynote speaker:
Fiji’s Roving Ambassador – HE RatuTuiCavuilati
08.50 / Overview of meeting agenda, meeting process and targeted objectives / Christine Fung
09.00 / MORNING TEA
Group photo
09.30 / SESSION 1
Participating in the Talanoa Dialogue /
  • Introduction to the Talanoa Dialogue
  • Expectations from the Dialogue
  • Stocktaking of Pre-2020 Actions and theTalanoa Dialogue
  • Efficient and effective Pacific input
  • Responding to the 3 questions of the talanoa dialogue
/ Christine Fung
11.30 / SESSION 2
Reflecting on selected main outcomes from the UNFCCC COP23 /
  • Overview of decisions from the COP23
The Koronivia Plan of Action on Agriculture / TekiniNakidakida
The Gender Action Plan / Raumanu Pranjivan
Open dialogue between Parties and Observer groups / Christine Fung
  • The Ocean Pathway Partnership
/ Taholo Kami
  • The Regional Pacific NDC Hub
/ Wulf Killmann
Q & A
13.00 / LUNCH
14.00 / Session 2 cont’d
Thematic group discussions on inputs from the Pacific / Thematic groups
15.00 / Thematic group presentations
15.30 / AFTERNOON TEA
15.45 / SESSION 3
Pacific participation in the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action /
  • Presentation on the 2018 priorities of the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action (MPGCA)
  • Actions to strengthen Pacific representation
/ Christine Fung
17.00 / Wrap up and end of Day 1

DAY 2 – 16March 2018

TIME / ITEM / LEAD
08.30 / Registration day 2 / Secretariat
08.50 / Welcome day 2
Introduction to Day 2
09:00 / SESSION 4
Contributions to the Technical Expert Meetings during May Session of UN Climate Conference /
  • Presentation on the UNFCCC Technical Examination Process (TEP) and Technical Expert Meetings (TEMs) on Adaptation and Mitigation
  • Topics of the TEMs
Working groups
  • Pacific inputs into the TEPs
  • Strengthening the CAPP TEMs
/ Christine Fung
10.00 / MORNING TEA
10.30 / Continue Session 4
11.30 / Group presentations
12.00 / SESSION 5
Progressing the CAPP Action Plan /
  • Overview of current draft thematic climate action plans
  • Identifying priority actions for the thematic areas and input into 2018 climate action plan
  • Linking to regional and international events

13.00 / LUNCH
14.00 / Continue Session 5
Group work
15.30 / Group presentations
16.00 / AFTERNOON TEA
16.20 / CLOSING SESSION / Participants’ recommendations
Next steps
16.45 / Official closing / Closing remarks
17.00 / END OF CAPP TEM

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