CAN Pre COP 17 Workshop DRAFT agenda

Draft
Schedule


CAN
Pre­COP
17
Workshop

19­21
October
2011

Addis
Ababa,
Ethiopia,
East
Africa


The
main
objectives
of
the
program:


1. Provide
space
for
southern
CAN
members
and
other
stakeholders
to
work
on
a
common
and
unified
southern
voice
for

greater
influence
at
Seventeenth
Conference
of
Parties
in
Durban.


2. Strengthen
the
South–South
dialogue
and
discussion
in
order
to
support
the
CAN‐International
policies
to
have
impact

in
the
climate
negotiations
through
broader
understanding
and
knowledge
base.


3. Strengthen
and
reinforce
the
connection
between
the
southern
civil
society
members
to
continue
dialogue
and

strategize
for
future
advocacy
and
actions
in
their
respective
country
and
regions.

4. Have
dialogue
and
interaction
with
African
governments
and/or
the
African
Union.


Day
–
One

Time

Activities

Responsible

Remarks


09:00‐09:15
 Registration
and
arrival
of
participants



09:15‐10:15
 Opening
Session

Gov.
Representative


CAN
–
David

HBF
‐
Patrick

10:15‐10:30
 Introduction
of
the
participants

Raju


10:30‐10:45
 Objectives
and
agenda
review
of
3
days

Facilitator


10:45‐12:15
 Path
to
sustainable
future,
is
low
carbon
development
 Chair‐
Patrick
Berg

Each
participant

the
answer?
:


Panellists‐

speaks
for
10

• Environment,
Climate
Change
and
sustainable


‐
Chandra
Bhushan
‐
India

minutes
and
the

development
‐
how
do
we
live
up
to
the
challenge?

 ‐
Shirley
Atatagi
–
Cook

chair
moderates

• How
secure
does
the
future
look
in
the
context
of

Island

for
discussion
for

present
climate
crisis?


‐
Mohamed
‐
Kenya

additional

• Does
low
carbon
path
give
the
answer
for
the

‐
Jiayi
‐
China

comments
and




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Global
South
and
what
is
means
for
countries
at

different
stages
of
development
(eg.
emerging

economies,
LDC,
island
states)?


12:15:12:30

12:30‐01:30


01:30‐02:30

02:30‐03:00

03:00‐04:00



Note:
Presentation
to
be
followed
by
comments
and
Q&A

Tea/Coffee
Break

Regional
Breakouts
–


1. Identification
of
major
regional
issues,
threats
and

challenges
related
to
climate
change.

2. Prioritise
three
issues.


3. What
are
the
policy
choices
and
how
can
these
be

addressed
from
(regional
and
international)
policy


perspective.


4. How
can
these
be
reflected
to
international
climate

negotiations
(UNFCCC
and
other
forums)
and
what

role
should
CAN
or
boarder
civil
society
play
to

reflect
this?

Lunch
Break

Sharing
the
outputs
from
group
breakouts

Panel
discussion
‐
Adaptation,
Agriculture,
Mitigation

(NAMA),
Finance,
Technology,
REDD/LULUCF
and
legal,

(??)
what’s
on
the
table
and
how
can
these
marry
with

expectation?


Note‐
while
the
panellists
make
their
presentation
on
the

current
positions
they
will
also
link
to
the
outputs
of

previous
regional
breakouts.



04:00‐04:15
 Tea/Coffee
Break

04:15‐05:00
 Q
&
A,
comments
and
closing
of
the
day
with





questions



Facilitator‐
Julie‐
Anne







Chair‐
Rajen
Awotar

Panellists­

Adaptation
–


Agriculture
‐
Harjeet

Mitigation
(NAMA)
‐Lama

Finance
–
Mahlet

Technology‐
Manjeet

REDD/LULUCF
‐
Gaines


Capacity
Building

‐
Mona







Each
participant

speaks
for
7

minutes

moderated
by
the

chair





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Schedule


announcements

05:00‐06:00
 Effort
Sharing
(Mitigation
Actions):



Presenter
–
Sanjay
Vashist

PowerPoint

Sharing
on
outcomes
of
CAN’s
discussion
on
Effort
Sharing
 


presentation
for

followed
by
discussion.


half
hour
followed

Where
do
North
and
South
stand
on
sharing
their
carbon

by
questions
and

mitigation
actions?


comments

Who
needs
to
do
how
much
to
share
the
equitable

burden?


07:30

Welcome
Dinner




Day
–
Two

Time


Activities

Responsible

Remarks

09:00‐09:15
 Review
of
Day
One



09:15‐09:30
 Agenda
review
for
the
day

Facilitator


09:30‐11:00
 Regional
Dynamics
and
synergy
(also
link
to
efforts

Chair
–
Sandra
Guzman
 Each
participants
gets

sharing
discussions):


Panellists
–


10
minutes
analyse
the

• What
roles
can
regional
bodies
like
African
Union,
 AU
–
Habtemariam

regional
dynamics

SAARC,
ASEAN,
etc.
play
for
a
better
outcome?


SAARC
‐
Sanjay

moderated
by
the
chair

• In
the
backdrop
of
the
changing
world
politics,
can
 ASEAN
–
Gurmit


for
comments
and

these
bodies
make
difference
in
the
overall

BASIC
‐
Gaines

questions.

functioning
of
the
G77+China
dynamics?



Pacific
‐
Shirley


• Dynamics
within
G77+China,
what
needs
to
be

G77+C
(overall)
‐

done
in
order
to
be
more
effective?


Mohamed


Note
–
There
will
be
a
short
presentation
followed
by
Q
&

A

11:00:11:15
 Tea/Coffee
Break



11:15‐01:00
 South­South
Experience
Sharing:


Chair
–
Harjeet
Singh

This
session
will
not

• Learning
from
other
countries/regions
and
what


Panellists
–


have
panellists




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Schedule




01:00‐02:00

02:00‐03:00


03:00‐03:45

03:45‐04:00

04:00‐05:00





can
be
replicated?


What
has
been
the
experience
of
facilitating
a

regional
network
–
what
went
well
what
didn’t
(an

experience
from
the
Southern
Voice
Program
of

CAN
or
other
networks)?



Note
–
sharing
success/failure
case
stories,
policy

influence,
networking
and
mobilization
for
positive

change,
etc.
flowed
by
interactions
and
discussions
(how

about
a
small
group
breakouts?)

Lunch
Break

Thematic
Issue
breakouts:


• Adaptation,
Finance,
Technology,
REDD/LULUCF,

Low
carbon
development
path,
effort
sharing,

Agriculture.


• What
does
this
mean
to
Global
South
and
how
to

move
ahead?


• How
can
CAN
be
more
influential?


Note
–
group
breakouts
are
done
to
discuss
and
identify

the
crunch
issue
for
the
participants.
What
do
they
think

about
particular
issues
and
what
are
their
expectations?

Sharing
the
outcomes
of
the
breakouts.
Other
participants

to
comment
and
suggest
for
necessary
changes.

Tea/Coffee
Break

Presentation
from
the
outcomes
of
Africa
Climate

Policy
Centre
(ACPC)
meeting
held
in
Addis
Ababa

from
October
17­19,
2011:


‐ 



1.
2.
3.
4.

Sammuel
‐
Ghana

Manjeet
‐
Nepal

Pelenise
‐
Kiribati

Patrick
Adams
‐

Philippines

5. Sandra
‐
Mexico

6. David

Sacramento
‐

Mozambique

7. Jiayi
‐
China


presenting
rather
the

chair
will
moderate
the

entire
session
with

questions
and

comments
for
them

followed
by
additional

comments
and

questions
form
the

floor








Facilitator
‐
Ranga





Presenter
‐
ACPC

Representative

Facilitator
–
Geoffrey






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05:00‐06:00
 Preparation
for
the
African
Union
dialogue:


‐ NGO
considers
the
upcoming
COP
as
an
African

COP,


‐ Civil
Society
expectations
(CAN)

‐ Solidarity
and
full
support
for
Africa
from
Southern

civil
society
for
an
ambitious
outcome
in
Durban


7:30

Socialising
Dinner



Day
–
Three

Time

Activities

09:00‐09:15
 Review
of
Day
One

09:15‐09:30
 Agenda
review
for
the
day

09:30‐11:00
 Durban
(COP
17)
Expectation­
CAN’s
position:

• What
are
the
expectations
from
Durban?
And
will

these
expectations
be
met?


• What
are
the
possible
outcome
scenarios
from

Durban?


• What
do
the
Southern
NGOs
think
on
CAN’s

expectations?


Note‐
Brief
presentation
to
be
followed
by
comments
and

interactions
and
Q&A

11:00‐11:15
 Tea/Coffee
Break

11:15‐12:30
 Regional
strategy
towards
COP
17
and
beyond

(including
Rio
+20):

Regional
Group
breakouts
to

prepare
strategy
and
action
plan
towards
COP
17
and

beyond.


1. How
do
we
share
the
outcome
generated
from
the




Facilitator
–
David









Responsible


Remarks



Facilitator

Presenter
–
Julie‐Anne


Additional
Comments
–

Mohamed,
Harjeet,

Shirley,
Sandra





PowerPoint

presentation
for
half

hour
followed
by

questions
and

comments



Facilitator
‐
Sanjay








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workshop
with
boarder
stakeholders
in
respective

country/region

2. What
do
we
plan
from
here
to
Durban?

3. What
next
beyond
Durban?

4. Any
thinking/planning
from
the
respective
regions

towards
Rio
+20
?
How
can
we
influence?


12:30‐01:00

01:00‐02:00

02:00‐04:00


04:00‐04:30

04:30‐04:45

04:45:05:00

7:30



Note
–
Participants
will
break
out
into
their
respective

regional
groups
to
engage
and
share
the
workshop

outcomes
with
wider
civil
society
organisations
and

stakeholders
back
home/region
and
plan
for
future

activities.

Report
back
from
the
regional
breakouts

Lunch
Break

African
Union
Dialogue:
Interaction
with
the

representatives
of
African
Union


Note‐
Participants
to
join
the
representative
of
African

Union
presentation
and
interactions.

Reflection
on
the
African
Union
Dialogue

Evaluation

Closing
and
thanks

Good
Bye
Dinner


Same
Facilitator


Facilitator
‐
David






Same
Facilitator


Raju

Supporters
and
CAN












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