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Programme

Moderation: Conny Czymoch
Language: Simultaneous translation will be provided for all speeches and plenary sessions. Workshops will be held in either German or English without translation.

 

Monday, 23 November 2009

Sustainability under Stress
Structural Changes for Long-Term Crises Prevention

 

09.00h

Registration

 

Opening

09.45h

Welcome

Michael Mertes
Deputy Chairperson of the Executive Committee
Development and Peace Foundation (SEF), Bonn
State Secretary for Federal Affairs, Europe and the Media of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf

Jürgen Nimptsch
Mayor of the City of Bonn


10.00h

Opening Speech

Dirk Niebel
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Bonn/Berlin


10.15h

Key Note


Preety Bhandari

Coordinator, Financial and Technical Support Programme,
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn

 

10.30h

Discussion Session


Preety Bhandari
Coordinator, Financial and Technical Support Programme,
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn


Roberto Bissio
Executive Director of The Third World Institute, Montevideo
Coordinator of the International Secretariat of Social Watch


Cécile Molinier
Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Office in Geneva


Cornelia Richter
Director General of the Planning and Development Department
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Eschborn
Member of the Advisory Board of the Development and Peace Foundation (SEF)

 

11.30h

Plenary Discussion

 

12.30h

Lunch

Project Presentations / Side-Events

 

14.00h

Parallel Workshops ”Sustainability under Stress“


Practical experiences:

Implementation under Stress - Strategic Approaches and Challenges

16.00h

Coffee Break

Project Presentations / Side - Events

 

16.45h

Summary of Workshop Results

Interviews with Workshop Rapporteurs

 

 

EVENING EVENT in the Old Town Hall Bonn

After Crises - the Chance for Change:
A New Era in North-South Relations?

- only in English -

!! Registration for the Evening Event is closed !!

 

17.30h

Bus transfer to the Old Town Hall of Bonn

 

18.00h

Welcome by the Mayor of Bonn

18.15h

Discussion Session


Roberto Bissio
Executive Director of The Third World Institute, Montevideo
Coordinator of the International Secretariat of Social Watch


Adolf Kloke-Lesch

Head of the Directorate General 3 “Global and Sectoral Policies”
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Bonn
Member of the Advisory Board of the Development and Peace Foundation (SEF), Bonn


Dr Monika Lüke

General Secretary of Amnesty International Germany, Berlin

 

19.00h

Plenary Discussion

 

19.30h

Reception

 

 

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Changing Mindsets in Society:
Drivers and Constraints of a Sustainable Lifestyle

 

08.30h

Registration

 

09.00h

Key Note


Dr Tariq Banuri

Director of the Division for Sustainable Development
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), New York

 

09.15h

Discussion Session


Dr Tariq Banuri
Director of the Division for Sustainable Development
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), New York

Professor Charles Hopkins
Holder of the UNESCO Chair
York University, Toronto

Ruud Schuthof
Executive and Policy Advisor to the Secretary General of
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, Bonn

Dr Rainer Wend
Managing Director of the
Directorate for Public Policy and Responsibility
Deutsche Post DHL, Bonn

 

10.15h

Plenary Discussion

 

11.00h

Coffee Break

Project Presentations / Side - Events

 

11.30h

Parallel Workshops „Sustainable Lifestyles“


Practical experiences:

Advancing a Comprehensive and Socially Inclusive Rethinking Towards Sustainable Behaviour

 

13.30h

Lunch

Project Presentations / Supporting Program

 

14.45h

Summary of Workshop Results

Interviews with Workshop Rapporteurs

 

 

Bonn Award of Studies for Sustainable Development

15.15h

Award Ceremony by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) and Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg

 

Outlook: After Copenhagen

15.30h

Dr Imme Scholz
Deputy Director of the German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn

 

16.00h

Closing Remarks by the Organizers

 

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The Bonn Symposium provides a platform for the exchange of experiences and know-how in the field of “Sustainable Development”. The Symposium seeks to contribute to the establishment of an improved network of international actors and institutions, and the affirmation of Bonn as a location of expertise on sustainable development.