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Agenda as at 28.04.2014
TIME ACTIVITY VENUE REMARKS
MAY 4
Whole day
Arrivals and registration Hotels
MAY 5
Morning Arrivals and registration/ rest
12:00-14:00 Lunch Hotels
14:00:18:00 Facilitators and Rapporteurs Training Hotel where they stay
14:00-18:00 Social Media Fellow Training Hotel where bloggers
stay
14:00-18:00 Pre-training for youth delegates 2 different hotels
18:00-18:30 Departure to Sri Lankan cultural night
19:00-20:00 Sri Lankan cultural night & Dinner Stein Studio - Ratmalana
21:00 Return to Hotels
MAY 6
07:00 Breakfast
07:30 Departure to Hambantota From hotels
11:30-12:30 Opening Ceremony
Welcome speech by Co-Chair, National Steering Committee of WCY 2014
Opening remarks by International Youth Task Force
Special remarks by United Nations Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth
Key note speech by President of General Assembly
Presidential Convocation of the conference by H E President of Sri Lanka
Hambantota MRICC
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12:30-13:30 Lunch host by H.E. the President of Sri Lanka Hambantota MRICC
13:30-14:00 Official Photograph of the Ministers with H.E. the President of Sri Lanka Hambantota MRICC
14:30-16:30 Ministerial Dialogue Hambantota MRICC
14:00-18:00
Sightseeing tours for Youth Delegates Different locations in and
around Hambantota
Dinner in the
bus on the way
back to
Colombo
21:30 Arrival at hotels Hotels in Colombo
MAY 7
08:00-08:30 Departures from hotels to BMICH
Whole Day Parallel Events Exhibition Hall B
09:00-10:30 Main Plenary: Mainstreaming Youth in the Post-2015 Agenda – Looking back
Lloyd Russell-Moyle, VP YFJ
Dr. Sarath Amunugama, Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, Sri Lanka
Subinay Nandy, Resident Coordinator, United Nations Sri Lanka
Chairman, Junior Chamber International
National Statements by Ministers
BMICH Main Hall
10:00-10:30
Coffee/ Tea break Committee Rooms,
Lobby and Marquees
10:30-12:50
Roundtable Plenaries & Breakout sessions: Foundations – Looking back
A - Committee Room A – Achieving Good Governance & Accountability
Hannah Smith, Restless Development
Minister of India
Elodie Beth Seo, UNDP
B – Committee Room B – Inclusive Youth Participation at all levels
Angga Dwi Martha, (Former Youth Delegate), Indonesia
Minister, Bulgaria
Committee Rooms and
Breakout Rooms
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Tasneem Mizra, UNDP
C – Committee Room C – Youth Rights
Andy Roland Nziengui, VP, PYU
Minister of Serbia
Wasantha Senanayake, MP
D - Sirimavo Hall C1 – Globalization/ Inclusive Youth-led Development
Aashish Khullar, MGCY
Minister, Fiji
Nishan de Mel, Head Verite Research, Sri Lanka
E - Sirimavo Hall C2 – Ending Systematic Inequalities
Ricardo Baruch (Mexico, Youth Coalition)
Haren Fernando MP
Una McCauley, Representative, UNICEF Sri Lanka
F - Sirimavo Hall E1 – Gender Equality
Philippa Gardner, WAGGGS
Kishu Gomes, Sri Lanka
Smita Mitra, UN Women
G - Sirimavo Hall E2 – Empowering Marginalized Youth including Most at Risk young people
Aries Valeriano, UNAIDS Asia-Pacific Regional Support Team
Minister, Moldova
United Nations: Anne Hammer, UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Office
12:50-14:00 Lunch Committee Room Lounge
13:30-14:00 Rapporteur meeting Rapporteur meeting
13:00-13:50 Side Events Committee Rooms
14:15-16:45 Roundtable plenaries & Breakout sessions:
Themes – Looking back
Committee Rooms and
Breakout Rooms
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A – Committee Room A – Realizing equal access to quality Education
Cheryl Perera, YAG
Seyed Abdulhamid Ahmadi, Minister, Iran
Antonia Wulff, Education International
B – Committee Room B – Full Employment & Entrepreneurship
Dilith Jayaweera
Minister, China
Mattieu Cognac, ILO
C – Committee Room C – Poverty Eradication & Food Security
Afou Bengaly, IMCS - Pax Romana Pan-African Coordinator Minister, Tonga Dr P B Jayasundara, Secretary to the Treasury of Sri Lanka D - Sirimavo Hall C1 – Promoting Healthy lives & access to Health
Pedro Miranda, IFMSA
Dr. Palitha Maheepala, Director General Health Services, Ministry of Health Sri Lanka, 47CPD member
Anindit Roy Chowdhury, Director,IPPF Regional Office
E - Sirimavo Hall C2 – Environmental protection, Emergency preparedness & Youth centered
Urbanization
Voshitha Wijenayake
Minister,Maldives
Doug Ragan UN HABITAT
Sabrina Marquant, UNFCCC YOUNGO
F - Sirimavo Hall E1 – Realizing Peace, Reconciliation & ending Violence
Sandy Tesch Wilkins, Red Cross Red Crescent Youth
Nalaka Gunawardene
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John Loughton
G - Sirimavo Hall E2 – Ensuring inclusive Recreation, Sports & Cultures
Nevena Vukasinovic, ENGSO
Minister, Yemen
Hon.M. Hisbullah, Minister Sri Lanka 16:45-19:00 Facilitators/Rapporteurs Meeting Rapporteur Room
16:45-17:05 Coffee/ Tea break Committee Rooms,
Lobby and Marquees
17:05-18:15 6 Regional meetings Committee Rooms
18:30-20:00 Side Events Committee Rooms
19:00-20:00 Boulevard of Outcomes Entrance to Committee
Rooms
18:30-20:00 Official Discussions (Outcome Negotiations) Committee Room A
20:00-21:30 Dinner Committee Room Lounge
21:30
Departure to Hotels/ Evening Events/
Evening Negotiations
Committee Room A
MAY 8
08:00-08:30 Departures from hotels to BMICH
Whole Day Parallel Events Exhibition Hall B
09:00-10:00 Main Plenary: Mainstreaming Youth in the Post-2015 Agenda – What we want
Saba Loftus, UN Major Group Children and Youth
Lalith Weeratunge, Secretary to the President, Sri Lanka
Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, Deputy Executive Director & Assistant Secretary General, UN HABITAT
BMICH Main Hall
10:00-10:30 Coffee/ Tea break, BMICH Committee
Rooms, Lobby and
Marquees
10:30-12:50 Roundtable plenaries & Breakout sessions: Committee Rooms &
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Foundations – What we want
A – Committee Room A – Achieving Good Governance & Accountability
Ahmed Adamu, Chairperson, Commonwealth Youth Council National Youth Services Council, Singapore Amelia Whitworth - Plan International
B – Committee Room B – Inclusive Youth Participation at all levels
Luiz Carlos Guedes YAG
Minister, Egypt
Allen Jennings, Chief Development Programming Section, UNV HQ
C – Committee Room C – Youth Rights
Ishitha Chaudhry, Founder YP Foundation India Minister, Kiribati
Matthieu Cognac, ILO
D - Sirimavo Hall C1 – Globalization/ Inclusive Youth-led Development
Waruguru Wanjau, MGCY
Shehan Semasinghe, MP, Sri Lanka
Prof. Indralal, demographer, University of Colombo
E - Sirimavo Hall C2 – Ending Systematic Inequalities
Surya Karki, Maya Universe Academy
Lane Robinson, Commonwealth Youth Programme
Ramanathan Balakrishnan Deputy Regional Director, UN Women
F - Sirimavo Hall E1 – Gender Equality
Samuel Kissi, Curious Minds, Ghana (Youth Coalition)
Upeksha Swarnamali MP
Dhanashri Brahme, Programme Speacialist , Gender, UNFPA India
G - Sirimavo Hall E2 – Empowering Marginalized Youth including Most at Risk young people
Breakout rooms
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Ashura Michael , Lenoard Cheshire Kenya
Sathya Baashi UN YAP SL
Minister, Dominican Republic
Dr. Shanta Abeysingha, Open University, Sri Lanka
12:50-14:00 Lunch Committee Room Lounge
13:30-14:00 Facilitators/ Rapporteurs Meeting Rapporteurs Room
13:00-13:50 Side Events Committee Rooms
14:15-16:45 Roundtable plenaries & Breakout sessions:
Themes – What we want
A – Committee Room A – Realizing equal access to quality Education
Postica Doina, WOSM
Anna Surasenco YAG
Minister, Bangladesh
Louise Mvono, Deputy Representative, UNICEF Bangladesh
B – Committee Room B – Full Employment & Entrepreneurship
Felipe Ignacio Jeldres Cerda, President, IUSY
Thilanga Sumathipala, MP, Sri Lanka
Reiko Tsushima, ILO
Dr. Sukesh Zamwar, International Cooperative Alliance
C – Committee Room C – Poverty Eradication & Food Security
Anushka Wijesinha, Institute for Policy Studies, Sri Lanka Minister, Myanmar Eshter Eshiet, Bridge Leadership Foundation
D –- Sirimavo Hall C1 Promoting Healthy lives & access to Health
Josko Mise, President IFMSA
Minister, Cuba
Dr Marc Derveeuw, UNFPA Representative, Cambodia
Committee Rooms and
Marquees
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E - Sirimavo Hall C2 – Environmental protection, Emergency preparedness & Youth centered
Urbanization
David Collste, Global Coordinator
Patali Champika Ranawake Minister of Science and Technology, Sri Lanka
Nhathan Nguyen, UNEP MGCY OP
Helene Opsal, UN-Habitat
F - Sirimavo Hall E1– Realizing Peace, Reconciliation & ending Violence
Anna Matilda Fleming, UNOY
Minister of Nepal
Asanga Abeygunasekera, Executive Director, Lakshman Kadiragamar Institute
G - Sirimavo Hall E2 – Ensuring inclusive Recreation, Sports & Cultures Thiveegabalan Chanthirakumar (Chanthuru), UNYAP Sri Lanka/ Sri Lanka YP
Minister, Zambia
Arjuna Ranatunge, Cricket World Cup winning Captain
16:45-19:00 Facilitators/Rapporteurs Meeting Rapporteur Room
16:45-17:05 Coffee/ Tea break Committee Rooms,
Lobby and Marquees
17:05-18:15 6 Regional meetings Committee Rooms
18:30-20:00 Side Events Committee Rooms
19:00-20:00 Boulevard of Outcomes Entrance to Committee
Rooms
18:30-20:00 Official Meetings (Outcome negotiations) Committee Room A
20:00-21:30 Dinner Committee Room Lounge
21:30
Departure to Hotels/ Evening Events/
Evening Negotiations
Committee Room A
MAY 9
08:00-08:30 Departures from hotels to BMICH
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Whole Day Parallel Events Exhibition Hall B
09:00-10:00 Main Plenary: Mainstreaming Youth in the Post-2015 Agenda – Taking Action
Chernor Bah, Chairperson, Global Education First Initiative
Dr. Palitha Kohona, PR of Sri Lanka Mission to UN, NYC
Nobuko Norike, Asia-Pacific Regional Director, UNFPA
BMICH Main Hall
10:00-10:30
Coffee/ Tea break BMICH Committee
Rooms, Lobby and
Marquees
10:30-11:00
Roundtable plenaries & Breakout sessions:
Foundations – Taking Action
A – Committee Room A – Achieving Good Governance & Accountability
Mahinda Samarasinghe – H.E President’s Special Envoy on Human Rights
Katherine Ellis Director Youth Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat
Senior Official, Microsoft (TBC)
Sonali Dayaratne, UNDP
B – Committee Room B – Inclusive Youth Participation at all levels
Paulo Pinheiro, Chair of the CoE Advisory Council on Youth Bruno Vanhoni, Foreign Affairs Adviser at the National Youth Secretariat, Brazil
Doug Ragen, UN HABITAT
Narendra Mishra, UNV
C – Committee Room C – Youth Rights
Miguel Alvarado Blancas Alvarado, President, EIJ
Sergio Lopez (Paraguay)
Minister, Namibia
Gamini Wanasekara Assistant Representative UNFPA Sri Lanka
Committee Rooms and
Marquees
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D - Sirimavo Hall C1 – Globalization/ Inclusive Youth-led Development
Natasha Ardiani, NYD and UN Youth Delegate Indonesia
Minister, Tanzania
Tharanath Basnayake MP
E - Sirimavo Hall C2 – Ending Systematic Inequalities
Jeffrey Accaba, researcher and Philippines Youth Activist /Youth LEAD
Eric Weerawardhana, MP, Sri Lanka
Stephen Adkisson Deputy Regional Director, UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia
F - Sirimavo Hall E1 – Gender Equality
Sabha Clara Delshad, UNESCO Minister, Pakistan David Crone, YAG member
G - Sirimavo Hall E2 – Empowering Marginalized Youth including Most at Risk young people
Robert Ssewaggaudde, VP, WFDYS
Ruwan Wijewardene, MP, Sri Lanka
Mikaela Hildebrand, UNAIDS HQ
12:50-14:00 Lunch Committee Lounge
13:30-14:00 Facilitators/ Rapporteurs Meeting Rapporteurs Room
13:00-13:50 Side Events Committee Rooms Details
14:15-17:45 Official Meetings (Outcome Negotiations) Committee Room A
16:45-17:00 Coffee/ Tea break Committee Rooms,
Lobby and Marquees
14:15-16:45 Cinema Hall – Realizing equal access to quality Education
Sumaya Saluja, UNGEI Gene Osagi, The World at School Initiative Morgan Strecker, Education Specialist, UNICEF HQ
B – Committee Room B – Full Employment & Entrepreneurship
BMICH Main Hall
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Anjhula Singh Bias, Bias-Selvanathan Foundation
Minister, Republic of GUINEA
Gianni Rosas, ILO
C – Committee Room C – Poverty Eradication & Food Security
Isabel Sloman, FAO Focal Point for Youth
Minister, Uganda
Beth Crawford FAO Representative in Sri Lanka
D - Sirimavo Hall C1 – Promoting Healthy lives & access to Health
Rinaldi Ridwan (Indonesia Youth Coalition)
Dr. Ramesh Pathirane, MP Sri Lanka
Alain Sibenaler, Representative, UNFPA Sri Lanka
E - Sirimavo Hall C2– Environmental protection, Emergency preparedness & Youth centered
Urbanization
Krishneil Narayan Minister,Vanuatu
Ananda Mallawatantri, UNDP
F - Sirimavo Hall E1 – Realizing Peace, Reconciliation & ending Violence
Shobana, Sri Lanka Youth Parliament
Minister, Somalia
Gita Sabrawhal, UNDP
G - Sirimavo Hall E2 – Ensuring inclusive Recreation, Sports & Cultures
Carly Walker Dawson - IFMSEI
Uditha Lokubandara, MP Sri Lanka
Ms. Himali Jinadasa, UNESCO
Sara Visa Coumans (Dance4life)
17:00-17:45 Side Events Committee Rooms
18:00-19:00 Boulevard of Outcomes Entrance to Committee
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Rooms
20:00 Dinner And Evening Get together Racecourse Ground
MAY 10
09:00-10:30 Closing Plenary of WCY 2014
Mr. Ravi Karkara: Global Advisor to the World Conference on Youth 2014
Director General: Mexico Youth Institute
Hon. Rajadurai, Sri Lanka
BMICH Main Hall
ICMYO Meeting Committee Room B
MGCY/Rio+ 20s Annual General Meeting Committee Room B
Whole Day Departures