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Third Meeting of the Committee on
Sustainable Development (CSD)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
7-10 October 2003

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME OF WORK

Tuesday, 7 October 2003

08:00 – 10:00 Registration of Participants

10:00 – 10:30 Opening Session (Agenda Item 1)

· Remarks by the Chairperson of the Bureau of CSD
· Statement by the Executive Secretary of ECA or his representative

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee/Tea Break
10:45 – 11:15 Election of Bureau and adoption of Agenda and Programme of Work
11:15 – 11:45 Progress Report on the Implementation of the ECA Work Programme (Presentation by ECA Secretariat)
11:45-13:00 Making Technology Work for the Poor

(i) Presentation by ECA Secretariat
(ii) Lecture by a Distinguished Guest Speaker (UNU/INRA)
(iii) General Discussion

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break

14: 30 – 16:30 Panel 1: Presentation by ECA Secretariat of papers on:

· Raising awareness and building analytical capacity to address nexus issues in Africa;
· Follow-up to major global, regional and international conferences related to food security and sustainable development; and
· Land tenure systems and their implications for food security and sustainable development

Panel 2: Presentation by ECA Secretariat of papers on:
· Small-scale mining and technology challenges;
· Renewable energy technologies (RETS) for poverty alleviation; and
· Science and technology for sustainable development

16:30 – 16:45 Coffee/Tea Break

16:45 – 18:00 Continuation of Panel Presentations

Wednesday, 8 October 2003

9:00 – 11:00 Continuation of Panel Presentations
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee/Tea Break
11:15 – 13:00 Panel discussions
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:45 Plenary presentation of outcomes of panel discussions
16:45 – 17:00 Coffee/Tea Break
17:00 – 18:00 General discussion

Thursday, 9 October 2003

9:00 –9:45 Presentation of SDD’s 2004-2005 work programme
9:45 – 10:30 Mandate of CSD
10:30-10:45 Coffee/Tea
10:45 – 11:15 Theme dates and venue for next meeting of CSD
11:15 – 18:00 Secretariat to work on the final report of CSD

Friday, 10 October 2003

15:00 – 17:00 Presentation and adoption of the Report
17:00 – 17:30 Closure of the meeting