16th Meeting of Senior Fellowships Officers of the ... - Development

Annex II: Programme of Work
Monday, 6 November 2006:
Morning
9:00 Registration
9:30 Opening Address: Mr. James Michael Kulikowski, Deputy Assistant Director-General
for External Relations and Cooperation, Director of Relations with Member States
and National Commissions, will
address the meeting on behalf of the Director-General of UNESCO.
9:45 South – South Cooperation: Presentation by Honourable Dr. Theo-Ben Gurirab,
Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Namibia, President of the 54th
Session of the UN General Assembly and Former United Nations Fellow
10:00 Organizational Session:
Election of Officers
Adoption of Agenda
10:15 General Introduction by Mr. Furio De Tomassi, Chief of Personnel Service, UN/
DESA, and Secretary for Inter-Agency Fellowship Coordination
10:30 Coffee Break
I. Operational and Substantive Issues
10:45 A. CEB Concept “One United Nations” and How It Can be Applied in Inter-Agency
Training and Fellowships. Presentation by Mr. Alexander Thern-Svanberg.
11:10 B. Report on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the 15th Meeting of
Senior Fellowship Officers as well as on the Work of the Focal Point.
Presentation by Tom Rudi, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
11:30 C. South – South Cooperation:
1. Continuation of discussions.
2. Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries: The Need for a Roster of
Local and Regional Academic and Training Institutions (Dr. Akpa Gbary, Dr. Ali
Hassanabadi, WHO)
12:45 Lunch
Afternoon
14:00 D. Best Practices:
1. UNESCO: A Survey of its Best Practices in Training and Fellowships. Presentation
by Mr. Ali, Zaid, Chief of Fellowships.
2. Development Center for Asia Africa Pacific (DCAAP): Best Practices in Training.