Tuesday 12 October - Opening Session - 10.30-12.00
 
 

Welcoming Speech
Address
Address	By Max NG’ANDWE, President of IULA
Address
Address	By Jocelline BAZILE-FINLEY, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System
Address	By Tidjane THIAM, Minister for Planning and Development, Coordinator of the Conference
Address	By Klaus TOEPFER, Executive Director, UNCHS (Habitat)
Opening Speech

Monday 11 October - Afternoon

Presentation and perspectives of the Forum
 

Innovative experiences
 

14.50-15.10	Presentation of and discussion on the Project Poverty reduction in Abidjan By the Mayor of Port Bouet Mme H. Aka ANGHUI
15.10-15.30	Presentation of the practices of the Federation of Homeless from India
15.30-15.50	Presentation of “Children Parliament in Latin American Countries: a road to good governance and poverty reduction” . By Yves CABANNES, Regional Co-ordinator Urban Management Programme Latin American/Caribbean Countries
15.50-16.20	Debate
16.20-16.30	Coffee break

Regional perspectives (16.30-19.00)
 
 

16.30-16.50	The Asian forum  By Mary RACELIS, Philippines
16.50-17.10	The Arab States poverty Agenda By Henda GAFSI, UMP Tunisia and Christian ARANDEL, UMP, Cairo.
17.10-17.30	Latin American Community Development Practices to eradicate poverty By Fernando PATINO, CERCA, Central America
17.30-17.50	The African Forum perspective By Mohamed SOUMARE, African Caucus of NGOs
17.50-18.10	Facing poverty and exclusion in Europe By Catherine PARMENTIER, European Federation of Organisations Working with Homeless
18.10-19.00	Debate
19.00	Cocktail and artistic show (offered by the Côte d’Ivoire authorities)

Presentation of the four thematic
 
 

9.00 - 9.20	Security in cities for the urban poor By J. FIORI, DPU, London
9.20-9.40	Urban safety for the Poor and Crime Prevention By Antoinette LOUW, Institute for Security Studies, Republic of South Africa
9.40-10.00	The Informal City and Security of Tenure By Edesio FERNANDES, IRGLUS, University College, London
10.00-10.20	Safety in urban Transport By Geetam TEWARI, Indian Institute of Technology
10.20-10.40	The Safety of Children and Youth in Urban Areas By  Lynette OCHOLA, DFID, East Africa
10.40-11.00	Coffee break
11.00-11.30	Security for the Urban Poor in a regional perspective By Prof. Akin MABOGUNJE, DPC Ibadan (Nigeria)
11.30-12.00	Comments from a regional perspective By Mayors of Dakar, Johannesburg, Casablanca, Hyderabad, Quebec and Tirana
12.00-13.00	Open discussion
13.00-14.30	Lunch

Working groups (14.30-18.00)
 
 
 

14.30-16.00	Working groups (four)
16.00-18.00	Coffee Break
18.00-19.30	Panel on four thematic cross cutting issues
	Moderator: Paul TAYLOR, Head, Urban Development Branch, UNCHS Participants: Michel MARCUS, Délégué-Général, European Forum for Urban Security François Albert AMICHIA, Mayor of Treichville (Côte d’Ivoire) Robert CERVERO, University of California, Berkeley,USA Ximena DE LA BARRA, UNICEF Clarissa FOURIE, Republic of South Africa A. GRIFFIN, World Bank Maria FOSCARINIS, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, Washington D.C. USA
19.30	Dinner

Opening Session
 
 

9.00-9.15	Synthesis of the activities of the previous day  By the Conference Team
9.15-9.45	The Point of View of the Poor By Father Pedro OKEPA (Madagascar)
9.45-13.00	Working Groups on the four thematic
13.00-14.00	Lunch
14.00-16.30	Working groups of regional fora/associations
16.30-16.50	Coffee Break

Plenary Session
 

16.50-17.50	Panel of Mayors on City governance, Social integration and gender
	Moderator:    Huairou Commission Participants: Mayors of cities of: Ibague (Colombia), Bingerville (Côte d’Ivoire) and Cape Town (RSA). Clotilde TASCON of the European forum on Urban Safety, Lajara MANADHAR, Head of LUMANTI Urban Resources Centre, Lalipur, (Nepal) Representative of the Latin American and Caribbean Federation of Municipal Women.
18.00-19.30	Preparation of regional plans of action
19.30	Dinner

Presentation of Plans of Action
 
 

9.00-10.00	Conclusions of the Working Groups and Plan of Action
10.00-10.30	Civic value and city governance towards "Cities for All" By DGIGUIBA CISSE, Iman of Plateau, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
10.30-10.45	Coffee Break
10.45-11.45	Discussion on the Conclusion of the four groups Led by the Conference Team
11.45-12.45	Presentation of the regional plan of action

Closing Ceremony (13.00-13.50)
 
 

13.00-13.15	Synthesis of the conclusions
13.15-13.30	Futures perspectives By Daniel BIAU, Deputy Executive Director (UNCHS, Habitat)
13.30-13.50	Speech By the Premier Minister of  Côte d’Ivoire
13.50-15.00	Lunch
15.00	Departure to Abidjan