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03/12/05 – Saturday
   
09:00-18:00
National and International Pre-Summit Events
   
20:00
Official Opening Ceremony
20:30 Cultural Presentation
21:30 Opening Ceremony Cocktail
  Venue: Theather Tobias Barreto (Transportation hotel-venue-hotel will be provided)
   
04/12/05 – Sunday
   
These sessions are dedicated to Regional presentations of Success Stories on the implementation of Social Public Policies on the Family and MDGs-based priorities.
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09:00-11:00 Success Stories - Field participation on the Program Pro-Woman... Pro-Family, More Health... More Life... - Latin American Region
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Success Stories from Tunisia and Jordan - The Arab Region
14:30-15:30 Success Stories from Angola and Ghana - The African Region
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:00 Success Stories from Vietnam and Thailand - The Asia-Pacific Region
17:00-18:00 Success Stories from Albania and USA - European Region and North America Region
   
  Social Program
   
19:00 Inauguration of a Monument: in honor of Inacio Barbosa. Lawyer, born in Rio de Janeiro em 1823, Inacio Barbosa was nominated President of Sergipe Province in 1853 by the Brazilian Emperor D. Pedro II. In 1855 transferred the Capital of Sergipe Province from Sao Cristovao to Aracaju.
   
20:00 Inauguration of the Nations’ Woods: in honor of the World Family Summit +1, delegations will participate in a Tree Planting Ceremony on the Atalaia Seashore.
Each delegation will plant a tree which will be identified with the name of the country and delegation.
   
21:00 Official Dinner: the Governor of Sergipe, by invitation, will offer a dinner at the Summer Palace.
   
05/12/05 – Monday
   
08:30-09:00 Opening Plenary Session
  Governor of Sergipe - H.E. Mr. João Alves Filho
UNDESA - DPADM - H.E. Mr. Guido Bertucci
World Family Organization - Dr. Deisi Kusztra
Pan-African Parliament - H.E. Mme. Saida Agrebi
Brazilian Federal Senate - H.E. Mrs. Maria do Carmo Alves
UNDESA - NGO-IRENE - Mrs. Najet Karaborni

Organization of the Works
     
Session I    
09:00-10:00 Title: Achieving the MDGs at the Local Level and in the Family - The Political Will
  Objectives:
This Session will be dedicated to Delegates' statements on the political will of their countries to develop Family-focused strategies bold enough to meet the MDGs at the Local Level and in the Family.
  Methodology: Statements by Heads of Delegations
   
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
   
Session II  
10:30-12:00 Plenary Session on the MDGs I and VIII
  Title: Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger: Forging partnerships for achievements.
Objectives: This Session will discuss the impact of poverty and hunger on local communities, the actions to reduce them and approach proposals on how successful partnerships can be forged involving the Local Level and the Family.
  Introduction: H.E. Senator Maria do Carmo Alves - Brazil.
  Keynote Speaker: H.E. Mr. Guido Bertucci - Director - Division of Public Administration and Development Management - UN New York - Italy.
  Keynote Speaker: Mr. Jean-Marie Anglade - Coordinator of the Steering Committee of ATD Fourth World - France.
  Keynote Speaker on MDG VIII: Eng. Cassio Taniguchi - Special Fellow for United Nations
Institute for Training and Research - UNITAR, Specialist on Local Authorities and Partnerships.
  Discussion  
  Conclusion  
 
12:00-14:00 Lunch
 
Session III  
14:00-15:30 Plenary Session on the MDG II and VIII
  Title: Achieving universal primary education: The political will to tranform partnerships at the Local Level in a successful endeavour.
  Objectives: This Session will discuss the access, quality and investments in primary schools and the fast-track initiatives to accelerate progress towards the achievement of universal primary education completion through communitary partnerships.
  Introduction: Prof. Ada Augusta Celestino Bezerra - Brazil.
  Keynote Speaker: Dr. Haifa R. Jamal Al Lail, Ph.D - Dean of Effat College - Saudi Arabia.
  Keynote Speaker: Mr. Nivaldo Tadeu Marcusso, Manager of Educational Technology Department - Bradesco Foundation - Brazil.
  Keynote Speaker on MDG VIII: Eng. Cassio Taniguchi - Special Fellow for United Nations
Institute for Training and Research - UNITAR, Specialist on Local Authorities and Partnerships.
  Discussion  
  Conclusion  
   
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
   
Session IV  
16:00-17:30 Plenary Session on the MDG III and VIII
  Title: Promote gender equality and empower women: Partnerships for gender equality.
  Objectives: This Session will discuss strategies to increase the commitments to women's rights to education, reproductive health, property ownership, secure tenure, labor force and political participation.
  Introduction: H.E. Senator Maria do Carmo Alves - Brazil.
  Keynote Speaker: Dr. Gilda Alarcon Glasinovich - Director of Public Health and
Research Development of New York City and Special Advisor on Immigrant Populations to the United Nations. Peru.
  Keynote Speaker: Mrs. Yolanda Iluminada Antonia González Disla - Coordinator of the Women and Family Program of the Supreme Court of Justice - Dominican Republic.
  Keynote Speaker on MDG VIII: Eng. Cassio Taniguchi - Special Fellow for United Nations Institute for Training and Research - UNITAR, Specialist on Local Authorities and Partnerships.
  Discussion  
  Conclusion .
   
21:00 Official Dinner: the World Family Organization, by invitation, will offer a dinner at a typical Brazilian northeast restaurant.
   
06/12/05 – Tuesday
   
Session V  
08:30-10:00 Plenary Session on the MDG IV, V, VI and VIII
  Title: Reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases: Successful partnership with the local community.
  Objectives: This Session will discuss the approach to convince policy makers and service deliverers of the necessary changes to upgrade local health systems, including the sector's financing, the necessary involvement and partnerships with the Local Actors to achieve these goals.
  Introduction: Mrs. Maria José Evangelista - Sergipe State Under Secretary of Health - Brazil.
  Keynote Speaker: Dr. Giovanni Camilleri - Coordinator of the ART/GOLD Program at UNDP - Italy.
  Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jose Almir Santana - Coordinator of Sergipe State Program on HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases - Brazil.
  Keynote Speaker on MDG VIII: Eng. Cassio Taniguchi - Special Fellow for United Nations Institute for Training and Research - UNITAR, Specialist on Local Authorities and Partnerships.
  Discussion  
  Conclusion  
   
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
   
Session VI  
10:30-12:00 Plenary Session on the MDG VII and VIII
  Title: Ensure environmental sustainability: Global and Local partnerships for sustainability.
  Objectives: This Session will discuss the steps to be taken to reduce the accelerating degradation of biological systems upon which life depends and identify appropriate policy measures that will reverse the present situation.
  Introduction: Mr. Sérgio Oliveira da Silva - Sergipe State Secretary of Environment - Brazil.
  Keynote Speaker: Mr. Sidi Cherif - Executive President of World for World
Organization - Italy.
  Keynote Speaker: Mr. Frantz-Gerard S. Verret - Consultant for Habitat Economic - Haiti.
  Keynote Speaker on MDG VIII: Eng. Cassio Taniguchi - Special Fellow for United Nations Institute for Training and Research - UNITAR, Specialist on Local Authorities and Partnerships.
  Discussion  
  Conclusion  
   
12:00-14:00 Lunch 
   
Session VII  
14:00-15:30 Plenary Session on ICT and Media
  Title: The contribution of the ICT and Media to the MDGs.
  Objectives: This Session will offer a forum to develop a shared vision on how ICT and Media can empower societies and benefit people, as well as the achievement of the MDGs.
  Introduction: Dr. Ronaldo Linhares - Professor of Social Communication of
Tiradentes University - Brazil.
  Keynote Speaker: Mr. Valter Ravara - Advertising and Marketing Executive - Brazil.
  Keynote Speaker: Hon. Mme. Saida Agrebi - General Reporter for Civil Society on World Summit on the Information Society - Tunisia.
  Discussion  
  Conclusion  
   
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
   
Session VIII  
16:00-17:30 Plenary Session - Governments, Parliaments, Academia, Business Community and Civil Society
  Title: Participatory Governance - challenges and prospects.
  Objectives: This Session will discuss how all sectors of society can interact to contribute to the implementations of the Millennium Development Goals at the Local Level and in the Family.
  For Governments: H.E. Mr. João Alves Filho - Sergipe State Governor - Brazil.
For Parliaments: Hon. Martha Luleka - Speaker for Pan-Africa Parliament - Tanzania.
For Academia: To be confirmed.
For Business Community: Mrs Marina Taniguchi - Businesswoman, Member of
Superior Council of the Paraná Federation of Industries.
For Civil Society: Mrs. Najet Karaborni - UN Interregional Senior Advisor,
Coordinator of UN-NGO-IRENE Project - USA.
   
21:00 Official Dinner: the UNDESA/NGO-Section/IRENE, by invitation, will offer a dinner at a typical Brazilian northeast restaurant.
   
07/12/05 – Wednesday
   
  Field Visits
09:00-10:30 Technical visits: delegations will participate of a technical visit to a project on “Eradication of mud houses” in Aracaju city neighborhood. Transportation will be
provided.
   
11:00-12:00 Technical visit: delegations will participate of a technical visit to the Atalaia Art
and Culture Center. Transportation will be provided.
   
  Afternoon and evening free.
   
08/12/05 – Thursday
   
Session IX  
08:30-10:00 Presentation and Approval of the Plan of Action
  Presentation and Approval of the Practical Plan of Action 2006-2015 to implement the Millennium Development Goals at the Local Level and in the Family.
  Dr. Deisi Kusztra, President of the World Family Organization.
Hon. Mme. Saida Agrebi, Vice President for Communication and Public Relations of WFO.
Mrs. Lara Hussein, Secretary General of National Council for Family Affairs - Jordan.
Hon. Maria do Carmo Alves, Brazilian Federal Senator.
   
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
   
10:30-12:00 Closing and Annual Awarding Ceremony
   
 
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