2019 GPEDC Senior-Level Meeting | 14 July 19 ECOSOC CHAMBER - DAY 2

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC) will host its first Senior-Level Meeting on 13-14 July 2019, on the margins of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York. In order to see the full program and event details please check our website here: https://bit.ly/2CNDGD2

SESSION 5 (ECOSOC CHAMBER)
Effective Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Exploring Challenges and Potential for the Future
10:00 am – 11:30 am
Objective: Strategic, policy-driven dialogue, anticipating where effectiveness will further gain in importance given the evolving development landscape. Building on current strategic priorities and the evidence, the session may identify topics which are relevant for the next GPEDC programme of work.

MC: Ms. Julie GICHURU, Kenyan Entrepreneur and Media Personality

Moderator: Ms. Elissa GOLBERG, Assistant Deputy Minister for Strategic Policy, Global Affairs, Canada

Opening Remarks:
Ms. Rebeca GRYNSPAN, General Secretary, Iberoamerican General Secretariat (SEGIB)

Panelists:
• Mr. Robert PIPER, Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Development Coordination Office
• Mr. Adama DIOUF, Vice President Oru Fogar, President of the Departmental Council of Kaffrine, and President of the Association of Departments of Senegal
• Ms. Angela OSPINA DE NICHOLLS, Director-General, Presidential Agency for Development, Colombia
• Ms. Anthea MULAKALA, Senior Director, International Development Co-operation, The Asia Foundation Respondent:
• Amb. Thomas GASS, Assistant Director-General, SDC, Switzerland

CLOSING (ECOSOC CHAMBER)
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Presentation of a Co-Chairs Statement, a Call for Action, Expressions of Action, and a handover ceremony to new Co-Chairs.

The Global Partnership’s Contribution Statement by the Outgoing Co-Chair: H.E. Mr. Adonia AYEBARE, Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations

Presentation Co-Chairs Statement:
Mr. Monowar AHMED, Secretary, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh (on behalf of all GPEDC Co-Chairs)
Hand-Over of Co-Chairmanship

Vision of New Incoming Co-Chairs:
• Amb.Thomas GASS, Assistant Director-General, SDC, Switzerland
• Mr. Daniel MOSANGO, Secretary-General, Ministry of Planning, Democratic Republic of Congo

Informing Global Follow-Up, Review and Action to Achieve the SDGs:
• Mr. Susumu KUWAHARA, Deputy Assistant Minister, International Co-operation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
• Ms. Hyunjoo OH, Director-General of Development Co-operation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea

Expressions of Action:
• Mr. Shreekrishna NEPAL, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Nepal
• Ms. Susanna MOOREHEAD, Chair, Development Assistance Committee, OECD
• Mr. Kgabo Elias MAHOAI, Director-General, Department of International Relations & Co-operation, South Africa*
• Mr. Mahmoud MOHIELDIN, Senior Vice President, World Bank Group
• Ms. Beverly LONGID, Co-Chair, CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness

Closing Remarks on behalf of GPEDC Co-Chairs:
H.E. Mr. Norbert BARTHLE, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economic Co-operation & Development, Germany to the 2019 HLPF and SDG Summit