International Inter-ministerial Conference South-South Cooperation for Population and Development In post-ICPD and MDGs PPD’s 10th International Conference on Population and Development 22-23 October 2013, Beijing, China Partners in Population and Development (PPD) IPH Building, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh Tel: +88 02 9881882-3 Fax: +88 02 8829387, +88 02 9880264 Web: www.partners-popdev.org Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/ppdsecretariat Table of content Message from Executive Director 04 Opening Ceremony 05-11 Session I Theme : Family Planning for Sustainable Development in the context of Cooperation for post- ICPD and MDGs 12-15 Session II Theme: Integrating Population Dynamics into National Development Goals in the context of South-South Cooperation for post-ICPD and MDGs 16-19 Session III Theme: Investing for Demographic Dividend; lessons learned and implications for South-South Cooperation in the context of post- ICPD and MDGs. 20-24 Session IV Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health for all in the context South-South Cooperation for post- ICPD and MDGs. 25-29 Session V Theme : Presentation of PPD Position Paper on South-South Compiled and Edited by PPD Secretariat Cooperation Priorities for post-ICPD and MDGs beyond 2015. 30-36 Year of Publication Session VI 2014 Adoption of the Beijing Declaration 37-39 Design & Print Session VII redline Closing Ceremony Published by Beijing Declaration 40-42 Partners in Population and Development (PPD) IPH Building, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh Tel: +88 02 9881882-3 Annex I: Concept note of the conference 43-46 Fax: +88 02 8829387, +88 02 9880264 Web: www.partners-popdev.org Annex II: Agenda of the conference 47-54 Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/ppdsecretariat Annex III: List of Participants 55-62 © Partners in Population and Development (PPD) Annex-IV: Beijing Consensus 63-68 Conference Report 2013 03 Message from the Executive Director of expertise . Aiming to this mandate, PPD used it as a unique platform of the South-South Cooperation and in this 10th Inter-Ministerial Conference PPD encouraged the debate and discussion on population and development in the light of post ICPD and MDGs. More than 150 participants including Honourable Ministers of the member countries, Member of the Parliaments, Diplomats, High Level the UN agencies, NGO Leaders, Scholars, Government Of�icials, and Representatives of Health, Population and Development were attendedResearchers in the and conference. Academics The in the conference �ield of was centered around South-South Cooperation priorities; structured around It is my great pleasure to avail the the themes of Family planning for opportunity to make a brief statement as the Sustainable Development; Integrating organizing host. On behalf of PPD I would population Dynamics into National like to appreciate the Government of China Development Goals; Investing for for providing immense support to arrange Demographic Dividend - Lessons Learned such an unprecedented event of and Implications for South-south Inter-Ministerial c onference. The theme of Cooperation; Sexual and Reproductive the Conference ‘South-South Cooperation for Health for all. Population and Development In Post-ICPD and MDGs.’ Most of you know that PPD is an Inter-Governmental organization of 26 The outcome of the Inter-ministerial Developing Countries, accounting over 59% conference was captured as the Beijing of the world population. The organization Declaration. The Beijing Declaration was established in the line with the concluded with a request to the global recommendation of the International community and the UN General Assembly to Conference on Population and Development recognize the importance of a (ICPD) Program of Action (PoA), as the community-oriented, people-centered Southern- led Southern-run approach, and of South-South cooperation, Inter-governmental organization in 1994. in taking forward the post 2015 After the inception, PPD contributed as the development agenda. unique ‘voice of south’ through policy advocacy and programs implementation among the high level policy makers, scholar Opening mandate of PPD is to promote reproductive Joe Thomas, PhD healthand academics rights of inthe this people �ield. of One the of global the Executive Director south through policy dialogue and exchange Partners in Population and Development (PPD) CEREMONY 04 Conference Report 2013 been sticking to the principle of understanding population and development, actively disasters to human health are still rampant, on their own endeavors for development by and addressing the issue of population from a engaged in experiences sharing and policy and unmet needs in reproductive health and giving full play to their advantages and strategic height, making active efforts to dialogues with other developing countries family planning still exist. The promotion of continuously improve their policies and explore for an appropriate way of population and providing new techniques in population South-South Cooperation in population and strategies of development. At the same time, Opening Speech of H.E. Li Bin, Minister of the National development that accords with the speci�ic projection. China has signed and been development is an important undertaking the content of South-South Cooperation in Health and Family Planning Commission of China reality in China, implementing the implementing memorandums of but we still have a long way to go. The PPD, population should be broadened and its fundamental state policy of family planning, understanding with the PPD and some as an important force in pushing forward cooperative mechanism should be improved. comprehensively tackling the population developing countries on strengthening South-South Cooperation in the �ield of Special attention should be devoted to resulted from it has since become the guide problems and promoting long-term balanced exchanges and cooperation in the �ields of population, has an immense mission to supporting African countries and the least for international population and development of population. Remarkable population, family planning and accomplish. Therefore, we would like to developed countries. development programs. 2014 will mark the successes have been made in China’s reproductive health, provided training for make the following suggestions: 20th anniversary of implementation of the population program, which are demonstrated reproductive health and family planning Fourthly, Mobilizing resources from all ICPD Program of Action. It is at this crucial in that the trend of excessive population program managers and service providers Firstly, Actively taking part in the discussions sectors and endeavoring to build up an time that the Ministerial Conference on growth has been curbed, pressure of from developing countries, supported on post-2014 agenda, and strengthening the effective global partnership. South-South Cooperation in Population and population on resources and environment has developing countries in expanding and status and role of south-south cooperation in Non-governmental organizations and Development is held here for reviewing the been alleviated, the maternal and infant application of new technologies and international population program. We should private organizations have important and experiences gained in South-South mortality rates and other vital indicators are products for reproductive health and family earnestly review the successes and lessons of indispensable roles to play in the promotion Cooperation in the past 20 years and among the best in developing countries, the planning and donated contraceptive supplies South-South Cooperation in population in the of population and development. Effective exploring new goals and strategic focuses for health and literate quality of population have and reproductive health commodities to past 20 years, explore and develop a strategy integration of governmental and the 20 years beyond 2014. The conference is been continuously improved and the number of some African countries. In both the Fifth for south-south cooperation that can be non-governmental forces should be of important and far-reaching signi�icance. people in poverty has been substantially Ministerial Conference of the Forum on incorporated into the implementation plan of promoted and the most wide-spread global reduced. China is the �irst country to realize the China-Africa Cooperation in July 2012 and the ICPD Program of action after 2014. mobilization should be carried out in order South-South Cooperation, of which the MDG on halving the proportion of people in the China-Africa Ministerial Forum on Meantime, further measures should be to integrate resources of all sectors and form history can be traced back to 1950s in the poverty and it is one of the top ten countries Health Development in August this year, adopted to give full play to the backbone role the most effective global partnership in the H.E. Li Bin, Honorable Vice-Chair of PPD last century, is still gaining momentum after whose human development index sees the China announced a series of practical of the PPD in south-south cooperation in the �ield of population. Board and Minister of the National Health fastest increase, indicating that the welfare of measures for cooperation with African �ield of population. and Family Planning Commission of China development for more than half of a century. In the context that the economic aggregate individuals and families in China has been countries. It