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March

The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World

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This event is organised by the University of Geneva, the Graduate Institute and the United Nations Development Programme.

14:00 OPENING 
Jean-Dominique Vassalli, Rector of the University of Geneva
Petra Lantz, Director of the UNDP Office in Geneva

14:10 PRESENTATION OF THE 2013 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 
Maurice Kugler, Head, Development Research Team, Human Development Report Office, UNDP

Q&A session

14:45 SESSION 1 | ADVANCING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN A MORE INTEGRATED WORLD
Round table
Chair: Jaya Krishnakumar, Professor, University of Geneva
 
SPEAKERS
H.E. Soline Nyarahabimana, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations in Geneva (tbc)

Margareta Drzeniek-Hanouz, Director, Global Competitiveness Network, World Economic Forum  (tbc)

Raymond Torres, Director of the International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO

Manuel Montes, Senior Advisor on Finance and Development, South Centre

Khalil Hamdani,
South Voice, Board member of CUTS International, Geneva

Sarah Cook, Director, UNRISD

Open discussion

16:30 SESSION 2 | NEW FORMS OF COOPERATION TOWARDS GLOBAL MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC GOODS AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Presentation: Recap of the relevant points from HDR 2012
HDRO/UNDP

ROUND TABLE
Chair: Jean-Louis Arcand, Professor, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies   

SPEAKERS 
Jan Dusik, Acting Director and Regional Representative, UNEP Regional Office for Europe

Olivier Burki, Head of the Global Institutions Division, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Richard Kozul-Wright, Head of Unit - Economic Cooperation and Integration among Developing Countries, UNCTAD

Janos Pasztor, Director, Policy & Science, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Bernard Debarbieux, Professor, University of Geneva

Open discussion

18:15: CONCLUSION
Maurice Kugler, Head, Development Research Team, Human Development Report Office, UNDP

Petra Lantz, Director of the UNDP Office in Geneva
 



Free entrance
Human Rights Room- R380, UNIMAIL, 40, bv. du Pont-d'Arve, 1205 Geneva
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