Committee for Development Policy - 19th plenary session

Agenda (V3.7)

United Nations Headquarters Conference Room 6

New York, 20 to 24 March 2017[closed meeting]

United Nations

CDPCommittee for Development Policy

Monday, 20 March 2017

- Welcome and opening, by José Antonio Ocampo, CDP Chair- Introduction, by Roland Mollerus, Secretary of the CDP - Adoption of the agenda of the Plenary meeting by José Antonio Ocampo, CDP Chair

- The Economic and Social Council, themes and role of CDP Briefing by Neil Pierre, Chief, Policy Coordination Branch, OESC/ DESA, ECOSOC Support and Coordination Division, DESA- The 2030 sustainable development agenda, VNRs, HLPF and role of CDP Briefing by Irena Zubcevic, Chief, Small island developing States, Oceans and Climate Branch, Division for Sustainable Development, DESA- Discussion

9:30 – 9:50 Arrival

10:00 - 11:00 Introductory and organizational session

11:00 – 11:45 Informational session: the CDP work in context

11:45 – 12:30 Inaugural session

12:30 – 13:00 Celebrating 70 Years of DESA – 5 Decades of CDP

13:00 - 15:00 Lunch break

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- Address by ECOSOC Vice-President H.E. Ambassador Cristian Barros, Vice-President of ECOSOC and Permanent Representative of Chile- Address by ASG DESA Lenni Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, DESA- Discussion

- Overview of seven decades of advice on the UN development agenda and 2017 WESS Diana Alarcon, Chief Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Unit & José Antonio Ocampo-Five Decades of CDP, Daniel Gay, CDP Secretariat

15:00 – 16:00 Non-Application of LDC category by UN Development System

16:00 – 17:00 Identification of main messages–Non-application LDC category

17:00 – 18:00 Update on Graduation platform

- Mandate and introduction of the report. Teresa Lenzi, CDP Secretariat -Presentation by Susanna Wolf, Senior Programme Officer, Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS)- Discussion

- Presentation of draft messages. Coordinated by Teresa Lenzi- Discussion

- Overview by Daniel Gay- Discussion, identification of main message, recommendations & inputs into other processes

Tuesday, 21 March 201710:00 – 10:30 Promoting productive capacity for sustainable development – Lessons learned from LDCs

10:30 – 10:45 Rationale to develop indicators to measure productive capacities in LDCs: Progress made and preliminary results

10:45 – 11:00 Views and EIF use of the findings in the CDP report

11:00 – 12:00 Promoting productive capacity

- Introduction of the report Matthias Bruckner, CDP Secretariat on behalf of the subgroup (other subgroup members to complement as necessary)

- Presentation by Paul Akiwumi, Director, Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes, UNCTAD

- Presentation by Simon Hess, Coordinator Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) Executive Secretariat at the WTO

- Discussion by CDP Members

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- Presentation of draft messages. Coordinated by Matthias Bruckner- Discussion

Side event: 13:15 – 14:30

CDP Panel discussion on Developing productive capacity - Lessons learned from LDCs Moderator: Giovanni Andrea Cornia Panelists: Keith Nurse, Tea Petrin, Rashid Hassan, Dzodzi Tsikata Conference room 6 (UN ground pass is required) Webcast on UN TV (http://webtv.un.org/)

- Mandate, procedures and presentation of background note on multi-year programme Overview by Namsuk Kim, CDP Secretariat- Bangladesh’s progress towards graduation Overview by Matthias Bruckner, CDP Secretariat- Discussion

- Presentation by Bangladesh

- Presentation of draft messages criteria review. Coordinated by Namsuk Kim- Discussion

- Drafting and adoption of recommendations; Inputs into other processes. Coordinated by Teresa Lenzi

12:00 – 13:00 Identification of main messages – Productive Capacity - Lessons Learned

13:00 - 15:00 Lunch break

15:00 – 16:15 LDC criteria review

16:15 – 16:45 Bangladesh – towards graduation from the LDC category

16:45 – 17:30 Identification of main messages – LDC criteria review

17:30 – 18:00 Recommendations – Non-application of LDC category

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: Non-application : LDC : Productive Capacity : Leaving No One Behind : Financing

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Informal lunch-time event (closed meeting): 13:15-14:30

UNCDF meeting CDP Speakers on theme of promoting productive capacity for sustainable development – Lessons learned from LDCs in the context of smooth transition Speakers: José Antonio Ocampo, Stephan Klasen, Keith Nurse Conference room DC2 26th floor

Wednesday, 22 March 201710:00 – 11:30 Update on Leaving No One Behind theme

11:30 – 13:00 Next steps – Leaving No One Behind

13:00 – 15:00 Lunch break

15:00 – 17:00 Reviewing drafts of SG reports on poverty eradication (ECOSOC & HLPF themes)

17:00 – 17:30 Recommendations – Productive Capacity –Lessons learned

17:30 – 18:00 Recommendations – LDC criteria review

- Presentation by subgroup members- Plenary discussion with participation from international organisation entities

- Timing with ECOSOC/HLPF themes; Inputs into other processes; and Publication on LNOB. Coordinated by Namsuk Kim

-Introduction of Reports by OESC- Moderated by José Antonio Ocampo- Comments from CDP Discussants (Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Marc Fleurbaey, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Rashid Hassan) and CDP Members from the floor

- Drafting and adoption of recommendations; Inputs into other processes. Coordinated by Matthias Bruckner

- Drafting and adoption of recommendations. Coordinated by Namsuk Kim

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: Non-application : LDC : Productive Capacity : Leaving No One Behind : Financing : Non-application : LDC : Productive Capacity : Leaving No One Behind : Financing

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Thursday, 23 March 201710:00 – 11:00 Update on TOSSD

11:00 – 11:30 Identification of main messages – TOSSD

11:30 – 13:00 Assessing the role of CDP

13:00 – 15:00 Lunch break

15:00 – 15:30 Recommendations – TOSSD

15:30 – 17:00 Review of all Recommendations with OESC

17:00 – 18:00 Monitoring of LDCs

- Update on recent developments related to TOSSD. Overview by Jose Antonio Alonso- Discussion

- TOSSD. Coordinated by Jose Antonio Alonso & Namsuk Kim

- Subgroup on challenges of CDP in years to come Overview and proposals by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, CDP Vice-Chair- Discussion

Meeting between CDP & ECOSOC Bureaux: (14:00)

- Drafting and adoption of recommendations; Inputs into other processes. Coordinated by Namsuk Kim

- Review feasibility of Recommendations, with Neil Pierre, OESC

- Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Samoa, and Vanuatu. Overview by Daniel Gay- Discussion and identification of main message- Recommendations & Inputs into other processes

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: Non-application : LDC : Productive Capacity : Leaving No One Behind : Financing

Friday, 24 March 201710:00 – 11:30 CDP agenda, themes and working methods for 2017-2018

11:30 – 12:00 Timeline CDP Report & Policy Note

12:00 – 13:00 Pending issues, next steps, and closing of plenary session

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 17:30 Drafting session of CDP report

- Presentation by Roland Mollerus- Discussion

- Presentation by Roland Mollerus

- Secretariat with Chair, Rapporteur and CDP focal points

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: Non-application : LDC : Productive Capacity : Leaving No One Behind : Financing