Appendix 2

Programme


Thursday, November 5th

8h30 REGISTRATION

9h30 FIRST PLENARY SESSION
Implementing the Copenhagen Agreements: Progress and Prospects

Chair: Marjaliisa Kauppinen
European Regional President, International Council on Social Welfare

Speakers: Poul Nielson, Minister for Development Co-operation, Denmark
Julian Disney, President, International Council on Social Welfare

  Discussion

10h30 BREAK

11h00 SECOND PLENARY SESSION
Implementing the Copenhagen Agreements: Priorities for Action

Chair: Hans Van Ewijk, Deputy Director, Netherlands Institute of Care & Welfare

Panel: Giampiero Alhadeff, Executive Director, Solidar
Greetje Lubbi, Director, Novib
Marie-Françoise Wilkinson, Executive Director, European Anti-Poverty Network

  Discussion

12h30 LUNCH

14h00 FIRST PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSIONS

1. Poverty and the Copenhagen Agreements
Co- chairs: Fintan Farrell, President, European Anti-Poverty Network
Michelle Greuter, International Council on Social Welfare, Coordinator, Geneva

  2. An Enabling Environment and the Copenhagen Agreements
Co-chairs: Carola Donner-Reichle, Chair, German NGO Forum WSSD
Nigel Tarling, European Officer, National Council for Voluntary Organisations

15h30 BREAK

16h00 THIRD PLENARY SESSION
Implementing the Copenhagen Agreements: Preparing for the Special UN Review

Chair: Simon Stocker, Director, Eurostep

Speakers: Koos Richelle, Director, Department of International Co-operation, The Netherlands
Ingar Brueggemann, Secretary General, International Planned Parenthood Federation Derek Osborn, Chair, United Nations Environment & Development UK Committee (UNED-UK)
Denise Fuchs, President, European Women’s Lobby


Friday, November 6th

9h30 SECOND PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSIONS


1. Unemployment and the Copenhagen Agreements
Co-chairs: James Howard, Senior Economist, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
Catherine Kobrin, International Council on Social Welfare, Special Representative, Geneva


2. Social Exclusion and the Copenhagen Agreements
Co-chairs: Hugues Feltesse, General Manager, Unir les Associations pour Développer les Solidarités (UNIOPSS)
Ronald Penton, President, The Swedish National Committee of the International Council on Social Welfare

10h30 BREAK

11h00 FOURTH PLENARY SESSION
Implementing the Copenhagen Agreements: Governance and Rights

Chair: Francine Fournier, Assistant Director-General, Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO

Speakers: Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Former Prime Minister, Portugal
Bob Deacon, Director, Globalism and Social Policy Programme, Finland/UK

12h30 LUNCH

14h00 THIRD PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Recommendations for Priority Action

15h30 BREAK

16h00 FINAL PLENARY SESSION
Implementing the Copenhagen Agreements: Priorities for Future Action

Chair: Dirk Jarré, Head, International Department, German Association for Public and Private Welfare

Commentator: Olivier Giscard d’Estaing, President, Business Association for the World Social Summit (BUSCO)

Discussion

Closing Remarks


ICSW 70th Anniversary Reception

La Maison de la Chimie, Paris
Thursday, November 5th 1998
17h30 - 19h00
Salle de Réception, Ground Floor

17h30 REFRESHMENTS

18h00 WELCOME
Julian Disney, President, International Council on Social Welfare

18h15 PRESENTATION OF RENÉ SAND AWARD
Ibrahim Osman, Under Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies
Julian Disney, President, International Council on Social Welfare

18h20 SPEECH
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Director, Human Development Report Office, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
on behalf of:

The Human Development Report
(Recipient of René Sand Award)

18h30 CLOSURE AND REFRESHMENTS