Partnerships Fair .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform

Schedule

MONDAY, 5 May
Conference Room 6 (Thematic Discussion)
15:00 - 17:30	Opening Session of the Partnerships Fair and "Partnerships in Practice" interactive discussion on: Promoting and supporting the role of women in partnerships for Rural Development Chair: Patricia Chaves, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, Head of the Partnerships Team, Division for Sustainable Development/ UN DESA Promoting and Supporting the Role of Women in Partnerships for Rural Development by Sabina Mensah, GRATIS Foundation and Ghana Gender and Energy Network Rebecca Pearl, Board Member, WOCAN Women for Water Partnership: Partners from the margin to the mainstream by Lesha (B.M.) Witmer, Women for Water Partnership
TUESDAY, 6 May
Conference Room 6 (Partnership Presentations)
10:00-10:55	Presentation: First Subregional Meeting of the Andean Initiative: A Significative Step for A More Strategic Approach to Mountain Development in South America International Partnership for Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions (Mountain Partnership)
11:00-11:55	Presentation: International Farmers Suicide Crisis Farmer Relief Project
12:00-12:55	Presentation: EHSA - Envirovet Baltic Ecosystem Health and Sustainable Agriculture (EHSA)
Conference Room 6 (Thematic Discussion)
15:00 - 17:30	"Partnerships in Practice" interactive discussion on: Why partnerships are critical in addressing desertification and drought? Chair: Dirk Pilari, Division for Sustainable Development , UN DESA The Francophonie’s Sustainable Land Management and Desertification Partnership Initiatives by Marc Paquin, Senior Advisor, Médiaterre and Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie and the Institut de l'Énergie et de l'Environnement de la Francophonie (IEPF) Presentation: Partnership lives on common interest Difference of experience and knowledge and the inter-exchange of it by Michael Madjera, Federation of Evangelical Churches in Central Germany, representing Competence Platform on Energy Crop and Agroforestry Systems for Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems (COMPETE) Partnerships for Financing: The Experiences of the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD by Elisabeth Barsk-Rundquist, Director of Strategic Programmes -The Global Mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Friederike Knabe, Senior Research Associate, UNISFÉRA
Neck Area (Partnerships Information Desks)
10:00-18:00	Farmer Relief Project International Partnership for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions
WEDNESDAY, 7 May
Conference Room 6 (Training Session)
10:30 - 13:00	"Partnerships in Practice" training session on: Building effective partnership programs for sustainability, Sponsor: Government of the USA Fundamentals in Design & Operation of Effective Partnership Programs (10:00 -- 11:30 am) Stephan D. Sylvan, Partnership Programs Coordinator, National Center for Environmental Innovation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Panel Dialogue – Sustainable Development Partnerships, What Have We Learned?” (11:30am – 1:00pm) Jay Benforado (Moderator), U.S. Department of State Presentations: Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development by Geoffrey Hamilton, Chief, Cooperation and Partnerships Section, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe My Community, Our Earth Success in Partnerships towards Geographic Learning for Sustainable Development by Patricia Solis, Director of Research and Outreach, Association of American Geographers, My Community, Our Earth: Geographic Learning for Sustainable Development (MyCOE) Building Effective Partnership Programs for Sustainability by Stephan D. Sylvan, Partnership Programs Coordinator, National Center for Environmental Innovation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Partnerships for Sustainability: Examining the Evidence by Derek Vollmer, Associate Program Officer, Science and Technology for Sustainability Program, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Conference Room 6 (Thematic Discussion)
15:00 - 17:30	"Partnerships in Practice" interactive discussion on: Partnership solutions to Africa’s development challenges: what types of partnerships and partners may Africa need? Chair: Melanie Santizo, Guatemala, Bureau Member from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC) Cosmas Gitta, Chief, Division for Policy, Special United for South-South Cooperation, UNDP African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) Partnership for Africa by Kaddu K. Sebunya, Director of Program for Technical Design, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), Congo Basin Forest Partnership Partnership for sustainable development in Morocco by Abdallah Rattal, Chief of the Division for Planning, Ministry of Territory, Water and Environment, Government of Morocco
Neck Area (Partnerships Information Desks)
10:00-18:00	Mediaterre COMPETE - Competence Platform on Energy Crop and Agroforestry Systems for Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems - Africa
THURSDAY, 8 May
Conference Room 6 (Partnership Presentations)
10:00-10:55	International Model Forest Network Presentation: Developing collaborative opportunities for advancing sustainability
11:00-11:55	EcoAgriculture Partners Presentation: Ecoagriculture Partners: Progress towards linking conservation, production and rural livelihoods
12:00-12:55	Congo Basin Forest Partnership Presentation: Congo Basin Forests Partnership (CBFP)
Conference Room 6 (Thematic Discussion)
15:00 - 17:30	"Partnerships in Practice" interactive discussion on: Developing partnerships for agricultural innovation: the challenges Chair: Ralph Wahnschafft, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Energy and Transport Branch, UNDESA Breeding Crops for Better Nutirition by Howarth Bouis, Program Director of HarvestPlus – representing CGIAR Challenge Program: Biofortified Crops for Improved Human Nutrition Conservation and Sustainable Management of Globally Important Ingenious Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) by Sally Bunning, Land Conservation and Management Officer - FAO, representing Globally Important Ingenious Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) partnership Ecoagriculture Partners: Partnerships to integrate agriculture, nature conservation and rural development by Dr. Sara Scherr, President, CEO, ECOAGRICULTURE Rainforest Alliance: Innovative solutions for global conservation by Jennifer Vogel Bass, Communications Manager – Rainforest Alliance/ Raising Smallholder Farmer Income in the Developing World
Neck Area (Partnerships Information Desks)
10:00-18:00	EcoAgriculture Partners Invasive Species Compedium Consortium My Community, Our Earth
FRIDAY, 9 May
Conference Room 6 (Partnership Presentations)
10:00-10:55	Vinyl2010 Presentation: A working example of a Voluntary Commitment partnership for the Sustainable Development of an industry
11:00-11:55	Marrakech Process Task Force "Cooperation with Africa" Presentation:Task Force “Cooperation with Africa”
12:00-12:55	Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Initiative (SARD): Collaborations of Major Groups and Governments to advance SARD Presentation: The Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD) Initiative SARD Initiative Report on the period 2002-2008
Conference Room 2 (Plenary Sessions)
16:30 - 18:00	Plenary Session: Dialogue with major groups and representatives of partnerships initiatives Chair: Sasa Ojdanic (Serbia), Bureau member Loren Finnell, President and CEO - Executive Director, The Resource Foundation, Latin American Clean Water Initiative Dr. Helen Marquard, Executive Director, The SEED Initiative Kaddu Sebunya, Director of Program for Technical Design, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), Congo Basin Forest Partnership Presentation: Comments and Statements to CSD-16 Amanda Luxande, REEEP Regional Manager for Southern Africa, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) Claire Servini, Italian Trade Commission, Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) Peter Holmgren, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD) Initiative: People Shaping their Sustainable Futures
Neck Area (Partnerships Information Desks)
10:00-18:00	CGIAR Challenge Program: Biofortified Crops for Improved Human Nutrition Vinyl2010 Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)
MONDAY, 12 May
Conference Room 6 (Partnership Presentations)
10:00-10:55	Recovery of the circuit of four lakes Presentation: Recovery of the Circuit of Four Lakes in the Peruvian Andes
11:00-11:55	Network of European Alimentary Culture (NEAC) Presentation: NEAC Youth Point
12:00-12:55	LP Gas Rural Energy Challenge Presentation: The LP Gas Rural Energy Challenge
Conference Room 6 (Training session)
15:00-18:00	"Partnerships in Practice" training session on: An introduction to evaluating cross-sector partnerships Sponsor: The Partnering Initiative, International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) Trainer: Dr. Darian Stibbe, Development Director Presentation: Evaluation of Cross-Sector Partnership: An Exploration
Neck Area (Partnerships Information Desks)
10:00-18:00	SIDS Partnership: Implementation of New Technologies for Sustainable Development Network of European Alimentary Culture (NEAC) Recovery of the circuit of four lakes The SEED Initiative
TUESDAY, 13 May
Conference Room 6 (Partnership Presentations)
10:00-10:55	SIDS Partnership: Implementation of New Technologies for Sustainable Development Presentation: Post-larval Capture and Culture (PCC) : an innovative technology for the sustainable use of marine ressources Agricultural Applications For Biomass Pyrolysis
11:00-11:55	Global Water Partnership Presentation: Advancing National Water Resources Management Project
12:00-12:55	The SEED Initiative Presentation: Supporting Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development - Research and Learning
Conference Room 6 (Thematic Discussion)
15:00-17:30	"Partnerships in Practice" interactive discussion on: Creative partnering to enhance sustainable development and conservation in SIDS Chair: Diane Quarless, Chief , SIDS Unit, Division for Sustainable Development, UN DESA Implementing Partnerships for Sustainable Resource Management in Island Nations by Dr. Tom Goreau, SIDS Partnership: Implementation of New Technologies for Sustainable Development Dr. Rolph Payet,Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) PAC RMI Inc.: A Resident Domestic Corporation of the Republic of the Marshall Islands by Erik Hagberg, SIDS Partnership: Implementation of New Technologies for Sustainable Development
Neck Area (Partnerships Information Desks)
10:00-18:00	Global Water Partnership Northern Water Network Partners for Water and Sanitation (PAWS) Water Programme for Environmental Sustainability (WPA II)