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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