0830-0900 Opening Ceremony
a. ASEAN Secretary General and Mr. Mark Baird, WB Country Director for
b. Keynote Speech (Keynote Speaker – Minister Kwik Kian Gie - to be confirmed)
Photo Session with Keynote Speaker
0930-1000 Tea break
1000-1010 a. Introduction to the overall project [ASEAN Secretariat and World Bank]
1010-1025 b. ASEAN Mandates on Social Development Cooperation [ASEAN Secretariat]
1025-1040 c. Social Development in the ASEAN Region: Current Situation, Challenges and
Implications for Social Policy (Ms Lim Kim Lan, Chief, ESCAP Social
Development Division)
1040-1100 Q&A discussion
1100-1300 Session II: The Last Five Years: Stocktaking of National Social
Development: Achievements and Shortfalls
Country paper presentations from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.
1300-1400 Lunch Break
1400 – 1530 Session III: Panel Discussion: Experiences and Lessons Learnt in the Context of
Financial and Economic Crisis of 1997-98: Lessons for Mainstreaming Social Development in the ASEAN region
[Panelists: Mr. Scott Guggenheim (WB); Ms.
(UNIFEM); Ms. Lim Kim Lan (ESCAP); Dr. Aurora Javate de Dios
(NCRFW); Dr. Fadil Azim Abbas (FAA Research and Consultancy Services,
1530-1545 Tea Break
1545 – 1715 Session IV: Break Out Groups (focusing on key social development challenges/
shortfalls and lessons learnt in mainstreaming social development into the national
development agenda. What has been country and sectoral experiences?)
§ Poverty alleviation/ social protection/safety nets for vulnerable groups
§ Labour and employment
§ Health issues
§ Gender mainstreaming
1715-1800 Session V: Presentation of group discussions
1800 End of Day 1 Discussions
Evening Welcome Dinner hosted by the Secretary-General of ASEAN
0900-1015 Session VI : New Challenges for Social Policy and National Planning :
Globalization, Market Challenges and the Economic Imperatives
a. What we have learned from the Asian economic and financial crisis of 1997/98 (Dr. Farooq Iqbal, WB, via video-conference)
b. Social Safety Nets, Social Protection and Risk Management (Dr. Robert Holzmann, WB, via video-conference)
c. Integrating Poverty Eradication into the National Planning Agenda in
d. Integration of health issues: challenges from the HIV/AIDS prevention and control experience (Dr. Werasit Sittitrai, UNAIDS)
e. From the Margins to the Mainstream: Making Government Work for Gender Equality (Dr. Aurora Javate de Dios, Chair, National Commission for the Role of Filipino Women)
1015-1045 Q&A discussion.
1045 – 1115 Tea break
1115-1240 Session VII: Equity, Participation and Empowerment: The New Social
Development Agenda
a. Decentralization and impact on the planning and implementation of social development policy: The case of
b. NGOs and Civil Society – The
c. The Role of Business and the Private Sector in Social Development: Lessons from the ASEAN Region (Dr. Anthony Pramualratana,
d. The Community Participation Experience in
e. Empowerment, Participation and Equity: New Paradigm of Development (Prof. Kunugi,
1240-1300 Q&A discussion.
1300 - 1400 Lunch
1400 – 1600 Session VIII : The Regional Work Program
1400 – 1430 Introduction on Preparation of the Regional Work Program (ASEAN Secretariat/World
Bank Project Consultant)
1430 – 1600 Breakout Group Discussions (objective: to review the summary of first break out
discussions on key social development challenges and lessons learnt in mainstreaming social development and to provide recommendations for follow-up by national development planning agencies)
§ Poverty Alleviation/ Social Protection/ safety nets for vulnerable groups
§ Labour and Employment
§ Health Issues
§ Gender Mainstreaming
1600-1615 Tea Break
1615-1700 Presentation of Break Out Group Recommendations
Presentation of recommendations by the break out groups in plenary; a panel group to lead in providing feedback.
1700 End of Day 2 Discussions
0830-1000 Session IX : Panel Discussion on Developing a Regional Plan of Action and the
Social Development Learning Needs Program
a. WB: The ASEAN Social Development Learning/ Technical Needs Program [World Bank, via video-conference]
b. ASEAN: Framework for a
1025-1125 Statement by H.E.Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of
Conference participants are kindly requested to proceed to the Main Conference Room
on the Mezzanine Floor.
1130 – 1330 Lunch
1330-1530 Continuation of Session IX.
1530-1600 Concluding/Closing Comments
Evening Farewell Dinner (venue to be announced).
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