What do we want future societies to be like? How should concepts such as inclusion, cohesion, sustainable growth and social development be included in the agendas that will shape the world in the next decades? What role should democracy and leadership play? The answers to these questions will be discussed in the next days in different forums in Washington and New York and the Club de Madrid will be involved in all of them to foster its “shared societies” perspective for the post-2015 development agenda, which argues that the inclusion of all segments of society, especially marginalized identity groups should serve as a foundation for the new global development goals.
Club de Madrid Washington Agenda
February 7th
10-11.30 “Promoting Shared Societies: Inclusion in the Post-2015 Development Agenda” Joint event with the Brookings Institute
Club de Madrid Members, Wim Kok (former PM of the Netherlands), Kim Campbell (former President of Canada) and Cassam Uteem (former President of Mauritius). They will be joined by Santiago Levy (Inter-American Development Bank); John Podesta, a former member of the High-level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, and Senior Fellow Homi Kharas who will moderate the discussion. This panel is convened by the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings and it is aimed to discuss how social inclusion should fit into the post-2015 development agenda.
Please register at https://bit.ly/1g4USR to watch the event via live webcast and join the conversation on Twitter at #SharedSocieties.
4.30 PM. Meeting with the International Monetary Fund about
Club de Madrid Members: Wim Kok, Kim Campbell, Cassam Uteem
IMF representative: Zhu Min, Deputy Managing Director. Club de Madrid Agenda in New York. UN Commission on Social Development
Club de Madrid Agenda in New York. UN
6th of February
1.15-2.30 pm “The importance of social inclusion and participation of minority groups for the Post2015 Agenda”. Side event at Open Working Group on Joint Position Paper of Institute for Economics and Peace and Shared Societies Project
Club de Madrid Member: Cassam Uteem,
3.00 pm Presentation at key note session Open Working Group: “Conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding and promotion of durable peace, rule of law and governance”
Club de Madrid Member: Cassam Uteem,
10th of February
8.30 Net-Working Breakfast with Latinamerican Ambassadors
Club de Madrid Member: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
11.30-1230 UNAOC, “Social Inclusion and Migration: Developments for the Post-2015 Agenda”
Club de Madrid Member: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
UN High Representative of the Alliance of Civilizations: Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
2pm- 4.30pm
Panel Discussion: “Promoting gender empowerment in the post- 2015 framework” Plenary meeting of Civil Society Forum
Club de Madrid Member: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Key- note opening- Phumzile Mlambo- Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women
Patricia Brownell, Chair, Sub-Committee on Older Women
Noelene Nabulivou, Executive Committee member, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era
Moderator: Michele Auga, Executive Director, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, New York Office
11th of February
Panel on Priority Theme
Participants
H. E. Mrs. Bakang Mbock, Minister of Social Affairs, Cameroon
Ms. Susanna Huovinen, Minister of Health and Social Services, Finland
Mr. Carlos Rafael Urquilla Bonilla, Deputy Secretary of Social Inclusion of El Salvador
Dr. John Gaventa, Director, Coady International Institute, VP international DevelopmentMr. Fabio Palacio, International Movement ATD Fourth World
Moderator:
Danilo Türk, former President of Slovenia (2007-2012), Club de Madrid
12th of February
Side Event; The Post-2015 World – Implications for Social Development
Club de Madrid Members: Abdul-Kareem Al-Eryani and Danilo Türk, Club de Madrid
Participants
Wu Hongbo Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs
Sarah Cook (UNRISD)
Amina Mohammed (Special Advisor to Secretary General on Post-2015 Development Planning)
