Draft Agenda

Date/Time
Event
     1st November 2006 (Wednesday)
Arrival of Participants
14:00-17:00 Field visit to Chunggye Stream for the early arrived participants
19:00-20:00 Welcome Reception hosted by UNEP and EPLC
     2nd November 2006 (Thursday)
08:00-08:30 Registration
08:30-09:00 Opening of the meeting:
Welcoming remarks by Mr. Surendra Shrestha, Regional Director,
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, UNEP
09:00-09:30 Tour de Table
Election of officers, Adoption of the Agenda and Organization of the work of the meeting
09:30-09:45 Coffee Break
09:45-13:00 Session 1: Presentations and dialogue sessions on key issues for UNEP 24th Governing Council
     - Chemicals Management (Dr. Mahmood A. Khwaja)
     - Water and the Environment (Prof. Joong-Dae Choi)
     - Gender and the Environment (TBC)
     - MDGs and the Environment (Mr. Mahesh Pradhan)
     - Globalization, Ecosystem Services and Human well-being
       (Mr. Gaetano Leone)
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-16:30 Session 2: Working Groups
     - Chemicals Management
     - Water and the Environment
     - Gender and the Environment
     - MDGs and the Environment
     - Globalization, Ecosystem Services and Human well-being
16:30-16:45 Coffee Break
16:45-18:30 Session 3: Report from the working groups and discussion of the regional statement
18:30-20:30 Reception
     3rd November 2006 (Friday)
08:15-10:15 Session 4: Presentations and discussions on the Asia Pacific regional strategic approaches
     - Regional Cooperation
     - Strengthening Environmental Community
     - Emerging Environmental Issues
     - Leadership by Demonstration
10:15-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:30 Session 5: Promoting and Sustaining Civil Society Engagement in the Asia Pacific - Introduction of the UNEP Eco Peace Leadership Centre
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-14:30 Session 6: Finalization of the Asia Pacific regional statement
14:30-15:00 Session 7: Election of representatives for the drafting of the Global CS Statement, the Global Steering Committee and the 8th Global Civil Society Forum
15:00-15:15 Written evaluation of the meeting
15:15-15:30 Closing Ceremony
16:00-18:00 Field Visit to Seoul Forest
     4th November 2006 (Saturday)
Departure of participants