Special meeting of the Sub-committee on Sustainable Development in preparation for the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ACP House, Brussels 4th and 5th October 2016
PROGRAMME
Tuesday 4th October 2016 - DAY 1
OPENING SESSION
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:10 Opening remarks by Dr Patrick I. Gomes Secretary General of ACP Group of States
09:10 – 09:20 Welcoming remarks by H.E. Dr Dylan G. Vernon Ambassador of Belize
09:20 – 09:30 Speech by H.E. Mr Aziz Mekouar (TBC) Ambassador for multilateral negotiations COP22, Kingdom of Morocco
09:30 – 09:40 Key note address by H.E. Mr. Manasvi Srisodapol Special Representative of the Chair of the Group of 77 and China for Climate Change TOWARDS MARRAKESH Moderator: H.E. Dr Dylan G. Vernon, Ambassador of Belize Mr Hernan Carlino 09:40 – 10:00 Expert Overview of Key issues for COP22 Mrs Elina Bardram 10:00 – 10:30 Head of Unit, DG CLIMA/A/1 – International and Inter-institutional relations Directorate General for Climate Action, European Commission
Mr Vicente Paolo Yu 10:30 – 10:50 Head of Administration and Coordinator Global Governance for Development Programme, The South Centre
10:50 – 11:10 H.E. Fatumanava-O-Upolu III Dr Pa’olelei Luteru Ambassador of Samoa and ACP SIDS FORUM Coordinator
11:10 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 11:45 Questions and Answers
Ms Barbara Pesce Monteiro 11:45 – 12:00 Director, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ms Merlyn Van Voore 12:00 – 12:15 Senior Advisor Post Paris COP Implementation United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Ms Manuela Chiapparino 12:15 – 12:30 Team Leader, ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Programme and European Donors Relations, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction & Recovery (GFDRR)
12:30 – 13:00 Questions and Answers
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break
Afternoon Session - DAY 1
JOINT ACTIONS WITH PARTNERS Moderator: H.E. Mr LEUELU Tine, Ambassador of Tuvalu
Mrs Olushola Olayide 14:30 –14:50 Representative of the African Region Head, Division of Environment and Climate Change, African Union (AU) Ms Sharon Lindo 14:50– 15:10 Representative of the Caribbean Region Policy Adviser, Caribbean Climate Change Community Centre (CCCCC) Mr Espen Ronneberg Representative of the Pacific Region 15:10 – 15:30 Climate Change Adviser, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
15:30 – 15:45 Questions and Answers
15:45– 16:00 Coffee Break
Mr Mareer Mohamed Husny 16:00 – 16:20 Assistant to the Chief Negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Mr Tosi Mpanu Mpanu 16:20 –16:40 Chair, Least Developed Countries Group (LDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Mr Kamal Djemouai 16:40 – 17:00 Adviser to the Chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN)
Mr Ousseynou Nakoulima 17:00 – 17:20 Director Country programming Green Climate Fund (GCF)
17:20 – 17:50 Questions & Answers
17:50 – 18:00 Closure of Day 1
Wednesday 5th October 2016 – DAY 2
ACP ISSUES PAPER FOR COP 22 Moderator: H.E. Dr Dylan G. Vernon, Ambassador of Belize
10:00 – 10:30 Discussion on partnerships for COP22 – Introduction by ACP Secretariat
Consideration and approval of Draft ACP Issues Paper - Presentation by Dr Pendo Maro 10:30 – 12:30 Technical Adviser, ACP Secretariat - Exchange of views and approval
12:30 – 12:45 Closure of meeting