Draft Programme

Monday, 16 June 2008

Morning

9:30 hours Welcome by the Executive Secretary of the ECA ( Office of the Executive Secretary, 9 th floor)

10:30 hours Meeting of Executive Secretaries - Conference Room Four (CR-4, United Nations Conference Centre Addis Ababa (UNCC-AA )

12:30 hours Luncheon

Afternoon

15:00 hours Meeting of the Executive Secretaries …continued - Conference Room Four (CR-4), United Nations Conference Centre Addis Ababa (UNCC-AA)

19:00 hours Cocktail Reception – Informal gathering with Heads of UN Agencies, ECA Directors and other invited guests- Delegates' Lounge, Second Floor, UNCC-AA

20:30 hours Dinner hosted by the ECA Executive Secretary – By invitation only

Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Morning

10:00 hours Panel Discussion with the Diplomatic Corps – Conference Room Two (CR-2), United Nations Conference Centre Addis Ababa (UNCC-AA):

Proposed Theme of the Panel Discussion – “The Role of the Regional Commissions in UN Development Work at the Regional Level”

Panelists – The five Executive Secretaries: ECA, ESCAP, ECLAC, ECE and ESCWA.

13:00 hours Luncheon

Afternoon

14:30-16:30 hours Wrap-Up Session

19:30 hours Dinner/folkloristic dances - Ethiopian Traditional Restaurant