5TH AFRICA REGIONAL PLATFORM FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

 PREVENT RISK: BUILD RESILIENCE 

13 – 16 May 2014, Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja ()

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Accreditation and Registration Sunday, 11 May 10:00 – 18:00 Katsina Room Monday, 12 May 08:00 – 17:00 Katsina Room Tuesday, 13 May 08:00 – 17:00 Katsina Room Wednesday, 14 May 08:00 – 17:00 Katsina Room Thursday, 15 May 08:00 – 17:00 Katsina Room

Pre-Conference Events: Monday 12 May Time Location

Disaster Risk Reduction Mainstreaming and Investment for Resilient 09:00 – 17:00 Plateau & Benue Structural Transformation of Africa Organised by UNDP and UNECA By invitation

DIMSUR Executive Board Meeting 09:00 – 17:00 Kaduna Board Room Organised by UN-HABITAT By invitation

Consultation on DRR legislation 14:00 – 17:00 Enugu & Niger Organised by IFRC

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Day 1: Tuesday 13 May Time Location Preparatory Consultations 09:00 – 12:30  Regional Economic Communities East African Community (EAC) Enugu Economic Community for Central African States (ECCAS) Benue Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) Edo Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Imo Southern African Development Community (SADC) Plateau Union du Maghreb Arabe (UMA) Rivers  Parliamentarians Nasarawa  Local Governments Cross River  Community Practitioners: Civil Society / NGOs / Women / Others Delta  Private Sector Ogun  Scientific, Technical and Academic Community Sokoto  Youth Borno  Media Bauchi Lunch 12:30 – 14:00

Master of Ceremonies Chair: Mr. Muhammad Sani Sidi, Director General, National Emergency 14:00 – 14:30 Congress Hall Management Agency, Federal Republic of Nigeria Plenary: Election of Drafting Committee

Opening Ceremony 15:00 – 17:00 Congress Hall Master of Ceremonies Welcome Remarks . Mr. Muhammad Sani Sidi, Director General, National Emergency Management Agency, Federal Republic of Nigeria . Sen. Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed CON, Minister, Federal Capital Territory Administration of Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria Opening Statement . Dr. Toga Gayewea Mcintosh, Vice-President, Economic Community for West African States Commission (TBC) . H.E. Mr. Ryuichi Shoji, Ambassador of Japan to Nigeria (TBC) . H.E. Saviour Kasukuwere, Minister of Environment, Water and Climate, Zimbabwe (Bureau Chair of African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology) . Ms. Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction (SRSG) . H.E. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, Commission Official Opening . Senator Anyim Pius Anyim (GCON), Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Photo Session 17:15 – 17:30 By the fountain

Press Conference (Closed) 17:30 – 18:00 Bauchi

Reception Hosted by the Government of Federal Republic of Nigeria 18:15 – 20:00 TBC

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Day 2: Wednesday 14 May Time Location

Master of Ceremonies Plenary: Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 and Africa Regional 09:00 – 11:00 Congress Hall Strategy / Programme of Action 2006-2015 Chair: H.E. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission Moderator: SRSG Margareta Wahlström . Achievements and Challenges HFA Celebration - presentation by - Ethiopia: Drought Risk Management - Gabon: Institutional Arrangement - Mozambique: Early Warning System - Senegal: Flood Risk Management

. Presentation: ‘Status Report on the Implementation of the Africa Regional Strategy and Hyogo Framework for Action in Africa’, UNISDR . Presentation: Towards a Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: Outcomes of the Africa Working Group, African Union Commission

Master of Ceremonies Plenary: Managing Risk: Policy and Institutions 11:15 – 13:00 Congress Hall Chair: Hon. Abdou Sané (Senegal)

Moderator: Hon. Rachel Shebesh (Pan-African Parliament) Principal Speaker: Mr. Xavier Agostinho Chavana (Mozambique)

Discussants: Mr. Tadesse Bekele (Ethiopia); Mr. Emmanuel Hindovei Tommy (Sierra Leone Red Cross Society); Mrs. Regina Pritchett (Huairou Commission)

Lunch 13:00 – 14:30

Master of Ceremonies Plenary: Balanced Development: Risk Sensitive Planning 14:30 – 16:00 Congress Hall (Organised by UN-HABITAT and UNISDR) Chair: Hon Jesca Eriyo (EAC) Moderator: Mrs Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick (African Elected Women Network) Principal Speaker: Mr Mohamed Boussraoui (UCLG World Secretariat) Discussants: Mrs. Michelle Krogh (UNOPS); Mr. Hastings Chikoko (C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group); Dr. Tarande Constant Manzila (WHO)

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Parallel Session: Leadership for DRR Mainstreaming 14:30 – 16:00 Benue & Enugu Organised by UNDP and UNECA

Parallel Session: Risk Financing 14:30 – 16:00 Borno & Anambra Chair: Mr. Dominique Kuitsouc (ECCAS) Moderator: Mr. Ken B. Johm (African Development Bank / ClimDev) Principal Speaker: Ms. Julie Dana () Discussants: Ms Fatima Kassam (African Risk Capacity); Ms Fatimata Tenin Dicko (Oxfam/R4)

Parallel Round Table: UN Delivering as One for DRR – Implementing 14:30 – 16:00 Imo & Cross River the UN Plan of Action on DRR for Resilience (Organised by UNISDR) Co-Chairs: SRSG Margareta Wahlström and Mr. Keflemariam Sebhatu

(IGAD) Principal Speaker: Mr. Ignacio Leon-Garcia (UN-OCHA) Discussants: Ms. Rosine Sori-Coulibaly (UNRC Burundi); Dr. Tarande Constant Manzila (WHO); UNRC Nigeria (tbc)

Informal Plenary: Africa Talks 16:15 – 18:00 Congress Hall Co-Chairs: SRSG Margareta Wahlström and African Union Commission

Day 3: Thursday 15 May Time Location

Summary of Discussions 14 May 08:30 – 09:00 Congress Hall Chair: SRSG Margareta Wahlström

Master of Ceremonies Plenary: Integrating DRR and Climate Change Adaptation for 09:15 – 11:00 Congress Hall Resilience

Chair: Mr Adama Alhassane Diallo (ACMAD) Moderator: Prof. Laban Ogallo (IGAD / ICPAC) Principal Speaker: Prof. Oliver C. Ruppel (IPCC) Discussants: Dr Aida Diongue Niang (Senegal); Dr Lumumba IDI-Issa Ibrahim (CILSS); Ms. Katie Peters (CDKN/ODI)

Special Event: Enhancing Coordination: Role of National Platforms 09:15 – 11:00 Benue & Enugu Chair: Mr. James Chiusiwa (SADC) Moderator: Mr. Neil McFarlane (UNISDR) Principal Speaker: Mr. Kofi Portuphy (Ghana) Discussants: Ms. Pamella Komujuni (Uganda); Mr. Dame Gaye (Senegal); Lt. Col. Al-haji Sanneh (The Gambia)

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Special Event: Urban Resilience & Recovery 09:15 – 11:00 Borno & Anambra (Organised by UN-HABITAT)

Master of Ceremonies Plenary: Investment in DRR: The Business Case 11:15 – 13:00 Congress Hall (Organised by UNISDR HQ Private Sector Coordination)

Chair: Mr. Rowan Douglas (Willis Group) Moderator: Hon. Patricia Hajabakiga (East African Legislative Assembly) Principal Speaker: Dangote Group (TBC) Discussants: Mr. Dale Sands (AECOM); H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma (ABZESOLAR S.A); Dr. John O. Isemede (Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines & Agriculture - NACCIMA) TBC

Special Event: Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction 11:15 – 13:00 Benue & Enugu (Organised by IUCN) Moderator: Ms. Wivine Ntamubano (East African Community) Principal Speaker: Mr. Edmund Barrow (IUCN) Discussant: Mr. Jean Marc Garreau (IUCN)

Special Event: Meteorological and climate services to support 11:15 – 13:00 Borno & Anambra disaster risk reduction in a changing climate (Organised by WMO) Moderator: Mr. Filipe Lúcio (WMO) Discussants: H.E. Saviour Kasukuwere, Minister of Environment, Water and Climate, Zimbabwe (Bureau Chair of African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology); Mr. Joseph Alozie (Nigeria Meteorological Agency); Ms. Vivaoliva Uria Shoo (IFRC); Instituto Nacional de Gestão de Calamidades (INGC), Mozambique

Lunch 13:00 – 14:30

Master of Ceremonies Plenary: Stakeholder Consultation Reports 14:30 – 15:30 Congress Hall Co-Chairs: SRSG Margareta Wahlström and Mr Bhupinder Tomar (IFRC) Plenary: Summary Statement of the 5th Africa Regional Platform for 15:30 – 17:00 Congress Hall Disaster Risk Reduction Chair: Federal Republic of Nigeria African Union Commission ECOWAS SRSG Margareta Wahlström Presentation: Chair of the Drafting Committee Closing 17:00 – 17:30 Congress Hall

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Day 4: Friday 16 May Time Location MINISTERIAL SEGMENT High-Level Breakfast Meeting 07:30 – 09:00 Enugu & Benue Open to Ministers (or their designated representatives) and invited representatives of host organisations Opening 09:45 – 10:15 Congress Hall Master of Ceremonies (Observers to be seated by 09:30) Welcome Remarks . Dr. Toga Gayewea Mcintosh, Vice-President, Economic Community for West African States Commission (TBC) . SRSG Margareta Wahlström . African Union Commission Opening Remarks . Ambassador Aminu Wali, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Nigeria Report 10:15 – 10:25 . Outcomes of Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative, Heads of States Summit: Dr Solomon Munyua (IGAD) . Update on Building Resilience in the Sahel Region and : Dr Lumumba IDI-Issa Ibrahim (CILSS)

Report of the Drafting Committee from the Technical Segment 10:25 – 10:35 Statements by AU Ministers / African Ministers 10:45 – 13:00 Lunch 13:00 – 14:00 Presentation 14:15 – 14:30 Draft Declaration on Africa’s Contribution to the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Chair of the Drafting Committee Discussion 14:30 – 15:45 Draft Declaration

Adoption of Declaration on Africa’s Contribution to the Post-2015 16:15 – 16 :30 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Invitation to the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, 16:30 – 16:45 14 – 18 March 2015, Sendai, Japan H.E. Mr. Ryuichi Shoji, Ambassador of Japan to Nigeria (TBC)

Press Conference (Closed) 17:00 – 17:30 Bauchi

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