Day 1: 3^rd September 2019

Ministerial Session:  PPD Member States’ Commitments towards promoting South-South Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) as key accelerator for achieving ICPD PoA and SDGs 2030 Agenda

• Presentation by H.E. Ms. Benny Namugwanya Bugembe, Minister of State for Kampala Capital City Authority, Government of Uganda
• Presentation by H.E. Dr. Hasto Wardoyo, SpOG(K), Hon. Chairperson, NPFPB-BKKBN, Government of Indonesia 

Technical Session 01: Centers of Excellence as South-South cooperation Partnership Modality: Structure, Commitments, Opportunities and Challenges

• Keynote Speacker – Dr. Rafla Tej Dellagi, Honorable Treasurer of PPD Board and President Director General, National Board of Family and Population, Tunisia
• “UNFPA perspective on CoEs” – Mr. Yanming Lin, Chief, Inter-Country Cooperation Office, UNFPA
• “Centre of Excellence as a South-South Partnership Modality” – Prof. Tomas Hellstrom, Centre of Excellence, Lund University, Sweden
• “China’s South-South cooperation on population and development: the work through PDSSC” – Dr. Liu Hongyan, Deputy Director General, (South-South Cooperation Centre of Excellence), CPDRC, Government of China
• “North West University’s post-graduate programme in Population Policy Analysis” – Dr. Karabo Mhele, Faculty, Population Studies and Demography, North West University, South Africa
• “Center of Excellence: Pathways for enhancing and improving RH and FP services in developing countries: Lessons from BKKBN” – Dr Hasto Wardoyo, Chairperson of BKKBN, Indonesia

Technical Session 02: South-South cooperation for Improving Universal Access to Reproductive Health and Family Planning Services for achieving the ICPD PoA and the SDGs

• Keynote Speaker – Mr. John Skibiak, Executive Director, Reproductive Health Supply Coalition
• “Experience from Tunisia in improving universal access to RH/FP services” – Dr. Rafla Tej Dellagi, Honorable Treasurer of PPD Board and President Director General, National Board of Family and Population, Tunisia
• “Experience from Bangladesh in meeting unmet needs for RH/FP” – Mr. Supriya Kumar Kundu, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh
• “Egypt experience to reduce unmet needs for Family Planning” – Dr. Osama Refaat, International Consultant
• “Experience from Vietnam in improving universal access to RH/FP services”  – Dr. Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan, Deputy Director General of General Office for Population-Family Planning (GOPFP), Government of Vietnam

Technical Session 03: South-South cooperation for addressing gender-based violence through sharing of best practices

• Keynote Speaker – Ms. Nomathemba Nompumelelo Malvern, Head of National Gender Based Violence Command Centre, South Africa
• “Experience from India on reducing gender-based violence: SSC a key to achieving ICPD and SDGs” – Dr. S. K. Sikdar, MBBS; Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

 

Day 2: 4^th September 2019

Technical Session 04:  South-South cooperation for harnessing demographic dividend for achieving the ICPD PoA and the SDGs

• Keynote Speaker – Dr. Elya Zulu, Executive Director, AFIDEP, Kenya
• “Demographic challenges to achieve ICPD and SDGs in developing countries” – Dr. Bob Gillespie, President of Gillespie Foundation
• “Take advantage of demographic dividend opportunities to Achieve Health Poverty Reduction Goal in  China” – Prof. Lu Jiehua, Peking University, China
• “Demography and Population Ageing: strengthening regional and international collaboration” – Professor Tengku Aizan Binti Tengku Abdul Hamid, Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing, University Putra Malaysia
• “Demographic dividend: challenges and opportunity in the context of Iran” – Dr. Leila Joudane, UNFPA Representative, Iran
• “Bangladesh’s experience in harnessing the demographic dividend for achieving the ICPD and SDGs” – Dr. Ubaidur Rob, Country Director, Population Council, Bangladesh
• “Demographic dividend in achieving the ICPD and the SDGs: South-South perspective” – Dr. Cheikh Mbacke, Senior Fellow of CREFAT, Senegal

Technical Session 05: South-South cooperation in Preventing Maternal Death in Developing Countries

• Keynote Speaker – Ms. Stella Kigozi, Director of Communication, National Council of Population, Government of Uganda
• “Gambia’s experience in Preventing Maternal Death” – Mr. Dawda Ceesay, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health,  Government of  The Gambia
• “Center of excellence: enhance the depth and breadth of SSC in improving MCH and RH in developing countries” – Dr. Ms. Panpimol Wipulakorn, Director-General, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, The Royal Thai Government
• “Nigerian experiences in Preventing Maternal Mortality Rate: The Role of South-South cooperation” – Dr. Sanjo Faniran, Deputy Director, International Cooperation Dept. Ministry of Budget and National Planning and PCC, Nigeria
• “Experience from Senegal in preventing mortality” – Dr. Oumar Sarr, Director of Mother and Child health Care, Ministry of Health, Senegal