Conference Programme

08:30

Registration & welcome coffee

09:30

Opening of the 2nd Ministerial Review Conference 

Opening addresses

• Martin Dahinden, State Secretary, Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
  [speech text]
• Helen Clark, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
  incorporating a message from Didier Drogba, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador
  [speech text]

10:15

High-level panel

Armed violence and development: putting people first

The panel will be an opportunity for leaders to assess progress made and challenges encountered in armed violence reduction and prevention since 2008.

Introduction

• Keith Krause, Programme Director, Small Arms Survey
  Armed Violence and Development: Scope, Scale and Solutions

Question-and-Answer Panel

• Latifa Akharbach, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Morocco
• Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator
• Jakob Kellenberger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
• Brian Atwood, Chairperson, OECD-Development Assistance Committee
• Adam Blackwell, Ambassador, Secretary for Multidimensional Security, Organzation of American States (OAS)
• Rubem César Fernandes, Executive Director, Viva Rio - Brazil

Moderator: Zeinab Badawi, journalist, BBC

Official luncheon for heads of delegations   
Lunch break for delegates

12:30

During the break the following side events will take place at CICG

• Promising armed violence reduction and prevention practices (UNDP/GD Secretariat)
  ground floor, conference room 3
• Empowering women for effective armed violence reduction and prevention (Small Arms Survey)
  ground floor, conference room 4
  
  

13:45

Presentation of the final Outcome Document of the 2^nd Ministerial Review Conference

• Dante Martinelli, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations
• Jordan Ryan, UNDP Assistant Administrator and BCPR Director
• Melina Risso, Director of the Instituto Sou da Paz, Brazil, on behalf of civil society organisations
  [speech text]

Followed by statements from delegations

Coffee will be available for delegates outside the plenary room from 15:00 - 17:00

17:45

Endorsement of the Outcome Document

18:00

End of the first day of Conference

19:00 –
20:30

Cocktail reception at the Hotel Intercontinental (for all registered participants)

09:00

Opening Plenary Session

Achieving  effective armed violence reduction : the need for a paradigm change
The panel aims at emphasizing the importance for the actors involved in armed violence reduction.

Introduction

• Sarah Cliffe, Director and Special Representative for the WDR 2011, World Bank
  What is needed for a paradigm change? Key findings of the World Development Report 2011

Question & Answer Panel

• Luis Alberto Otarola Peñaranda, Vice-Minister of the Interior of Peru
• Gettie Sandoval, Undersecretary of the Office of the President for the Peace Process, Philippines
• Jordan Ryan, UNDP Assistant Administrator and BCPR Director
• Sandeep Chawla, Director of the Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, UNODC
• Elaine K. Dezenski, Senior Director and Deputy Head, Risk Response Network, World Economic Forum

Moderator: Andreas Zumach, journalist

11:00

Coffee break

11:30

Parallel thematic sessions (I)

• I. Conflict, armed violence and insecurity as challenges for development
  1st floor, conference room 1
• II. Monitoring and measuring armed violence: making it relevant for programming 
  ground floor, conference room 3
• III. The challenges of armed violence in urban settings
  ground floor, conference room 4
• IV. What is the private sector’s role in armed violence reduction programming?
  3rd floor, conference room 5-6
  
  

13:00

Lunch break

13:30

During the break the following side events will take place at CICG

• Land rights in conflict-affected contexts (Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining)
  2^nd floor, conference room 14
• Armed violence and development:  challenges and opportunities for the Middle East and North Africa (Geneva Declaration Secretariat)
  2^nd floor, conference room 13
• Peace Brokering Experiences in Violence Prevention in the Caribbean (Violence Prevention Alliance Jamaica)
  2^nd floor, conference room 7
• Armed violence assessments in Liberia (Action on Armed Violence and Small Arms Survey)
  2^nd floor, conference room 8
• Implementing the GD: the experience of Guatemala (Mission of Guatemala)
  Level -1, conference room 18

14:30

Parallel thematic sessions (II)

• V. Mayors and local authorities against armed violence
  1st floor, conference room 1
• VI. The tools of armed violence: controlling small arms and light weapons 
  ground floor, conference room 3
• VII. Mainstreaming armed violence prevention and reduction into development strategies
  ground floor, conference room 4
• VIII. Involving youth in armed violence reduction and prevention
  3rd floor, conference room 5
• IX. The importance of crime prevention and justice reform for effective armed violence reduction programming
  3rd floor, conference room 6

16:00

Coffee break

16:30

Plenary session: The Priorities Ahead 

After a summary of the results of the thematic sessions, the Chairpersons of these sessions will outline the main priorities for operationalizing the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development.

17:45

Closing remarks and conclusion of the Conference

• Peter Maurer, State Secretary, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
  [speech text]
• Mimidoo Achakpa, Executive Director of the Women’s Right to Education Programme, Nigeria, on behalf of civil society organisations
  [speech text]
• Jordan Ryan, UNDP Assistant Administrator and BCPR Director
  
  
  

18:00

Conference End