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Programme |
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| June 6th, Wednesday | |
| 19:00 | Cocktail reception |
| June 7th, Thursday | |
| 8:30-10:15 | Opening Session |
| Chair: Mr. Vusi Madonsela, Director-General of Social Development, South Africa Mr. Zola Skweyiya, Minister of Social Development, South Africa Ms Scholastica Kimaryo, UNDP Resident Representative and Resident Coordinator UN System, South Africa Mr. Terry McKinley, Director, International Poverty Centre, Brasilia |
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| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-12:30 | Mexico |
| Chair: Mr. Selwyn Jehoma, Head of Social Security, Department of Social Development, South Africa Mrs. Mercedes González de la Rocha, Researcher, Research and Graduate Centre on Social Anthropology, Mexico |
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| Discussion | |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-16:00 | Chile |
Chair: Mr. Vusi Gumede, Chief Policy Analyst, Presidency’s Policy Unit, South Africa |
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| Discussion | |
| 16:00-16:15 | Break |
| 16:15-18:15 | Argentina |
| Chair: Mr. Anver Saloojee, Advisor to Minister in the Presidency, South Africa Mr. Daniel Fernando Arroyo, Secretary, Secretariat of Social Policies and Human Development, Ministry of Social Development, Argentina |
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| Discussion | |
| 20:00 | Gala event: Key note speaker Hon. Minister of Finance in South Africa, Mr. Trevor Manuel |
| June 8th, Friday | |
| 8:00-10:00 | Brazil |
| Chair: Mrs. Kefiloe Masiteng, Head of Social Statistics, Statistics South Africa Mr. Marcelo Medeiros, Senior Researcher, International Poverty Centre, Brasilia Mr. Roberto Wagner da Silva Rodrigues, Secretary of Evaluation, Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger, Brazil |
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| Discussion | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-12:30 | Southern Africa |
| Chair: Mr. Eduardo Zepeda, Senior Researcher, International Poverty Centre, Brasilia Mr. Edwell Kaseke, Professor, School of Social Work, University of Zimbabwe Mr. Haroon Bhorat, Director, Development Policy Research Unit, South Africa |
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| Discussion | |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:45 | Southern Africa |
| Chair: Mr. Udo Utukudo, Deputy Chief, UNDP Regional Service Centre for Eastern and Southern Africa, Johannesburg Mrs. Sarah Ssewanyana, Senior Research Fellow, Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda |
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| 15:45-16:15 | Break |
| 16:15-18:00 | Round Table: Lessons and Challenges in social protection and poverty reduction in Southern Africa and Latin America: Reaching the poor |
| Chair: Mr. Fezile Makiwane, Head, Social Security Agency, South Africa Mr. Fabio Veras Soares, Researcher, International Poverty Centre, Brasilia Mr. Roberto Wagner da Silva Rodrigues, Secretary of Evaluation, Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger, Brazil Mr. Sergei Soares, Researcher, Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil Mr. Wiseman Magasela, Head of Social Policy, Department of Social Development, South Africa |
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| 18:00 | Closing |
| June 9th, Saturday | |
| 8:00- 9:00 | Opening Session |
| Chair:
Ms Jean Swanson-Jacobs, Deputy Minister of Social Development, South Africa Mrs. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa |
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| 9:00-10:45 | Social Protection and Poverty Reduction in Southern Africa |
| Chair: Mrs. Viviene Taylor, Professor, Social Development Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa Mr. Marius Olivier, Director, Centre for International and Comparative Labour and Social Security Law, South Africa Ms. Sophia Simba, Minister of Community Development, Gender and Children, Tanzania Mr. Alan Hirsch, Deputy Head of Presidency’s Policy Unit, South Africa |
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10:45-11:15 |
Break |
| 11:15-13:00 | Round Table: South-South Cooperation for Poverty Reduction |
| Chair: Mr. Thami Mseleku, Director-General, Department of Health, South Africa Mr. Aziz Pahad, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Africa Mr. Raul Campos e Castro, Minister, Brazilian Embassy, representing Ambassador Luiz Henrique Pereira da Fonseca, Director, Brazilian Cooperation Agency, Ministry of External Relations Mr. Terry Mckinley, Director, International Poverty Centre, Brasilia Mr. Carlos Vergara, representative of Mr. José Luis Machinea, ECLAC Executive Director, Santiago de Chile Mr. Vusi Madonsela, Director-General of Social Development, South Africa |
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| 13:00-13:15 | Closing Remarks |
Ms. Jean Swanson-Jacobs, Deputy Minister of Social Development, South Africa |
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| 13:15 | Lunch |
Supported by: UK Department for International Development