09:00 – 10:30 Session 1: Opening

• Statement by Mme Lalla Ben Barka, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECA

• Statement by Mr. Mbaya Kankwenda UNDP Representative, Burkina Faso

• Keynote Address by H.E. Ouédraogo Kaboré Désiré, Prime Minister of the Republic of Burkina Faso

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break

11:00 – 13:00 Session 2: Background Reports

• Progress in Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa - UNDP
• Progress in Employment Generation - ILO
• Progress in Social Sectors - UNICEF
• Progress in Governance - ECA

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 – 16:00 Break-out Sessions on Thematic Issues:

• Group A: Progress in Poverty Reduction (Facilitator: UNDP)
• Group B: Progress in Employment Creation (Facilitator: ILO)
• Group C: Progress in Achieving Social Sector Objectives (Facilitators: UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank)
• Group D: Progress in Governance (Facilitators: DESA, ECA and OAU)

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee/Tea Break

16:30 – 18:00 Break-out Groups on Thematic Issues (Continuation):

• Group A:Poverty
• Group B:Employment
• Group C:Social Sectors
• Group D:Governance

09:00 – 10:30 Country Presentations

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break

11:00 – 13:00 Country Presentations

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 – 16:30 Country Presentations

16:30 –17:00 Coffee/Tea Break

17:00 – 18:30 General Discussion on issues raised in the country statements

09:00 – 10:30 Civil Society Forum: Panel Discussion (Panelists to be selected)

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee/Teak Break

11:00 – 12:30 Plenary Session:

• Report of break-out sessions
• General discussions

Discussion on the Summary of deliberations (Burkina Faso, ECA, UNDP, and Civil Society Representative, Donors Representative)

12:30 – 15:30 Extended Lunch Break

15:30 – 17:00 Conference Report

• Presentation
• Discussion

17:00 –17:30 Coffee/Tea Break

17:30 – 18:30 Adoption of Conference Report and Closing