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Regional Social Protection in an Insecure Era: A South-South Exchange on Alternative Social Policies Responses to Globalization
Inter-Regional Workshop, February 27th - March 1st, 2001, Beirut

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Day One: February 27th, 2001

8:30 - 9:30    Registration

9:30-10:30    Opening Session                     

Welcome:
Mr. Salim Nasr General Director, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Lebanon

Speakers:
Mr. Francis Blain Officer-in-Charge, Special Unit for Technical, Cooperation among Developing Countries, United Nations Development Programme
Mr. Yves de San UN Resident Coordinator , Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme, Lebanon
H. E. Ms. Mervat Tallawy Executive Secretary, Economic and Social , Commission for Western Asia
H. E. Dr. Assaad Diab Minister of Social Affairs, Lebanon

10h30-11h00   Coffee Break

11:00-12:00   Introduction: Objectives and Expected Outcome of the Workshop

Ms. Heba El-Kholy Senior Regional Officer, Special Unit for Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries, United Nations Development Programme
Mr. Salim Nasr General Director, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Lebanon

12h00-13h30   First Session: Discourses on Social Policies and Globalization: Northern and Southern Perspectives

Chairperson:
Ms. Salwa Gomaa Director, Public Administration Research & Consultation, Center, and Professor of Public Policy, Cairo University

Panel Discussion:
Mr. Bob Deacon SU/TCDC, UNDP Consultant , Director, Globalism & Social Policies Programme and Professor of Social Policies, University of Sheffield
Ms. Sonia Maria Rodriguez da Rocha Senior Economist, Institute of Applied Economics, Research, Ministry of Planning, Brazil
Mr. Yao Graham Coordinator of the Third World Network, Africa Secretariat, Ghana
Mr. Filomeno Sta. Ana III Coordinator, Action for Economic Reforms, and Member of Social Watch Asia, Philippines

Discussion

13:30-15:00    Lunch Break

15:00-16:30    Session 2: Regional Overviews on the Status and Challenges of Social Protection Policies

Chairperson:
Ms. Roxana Víquez Salazar President, Costa Rican Institute of Social Aid, Costa Rica

Presentations:
A Perspective from Southern Africa   
Ms. Vivienne Taylor Special Advisor to the Minister of Social Development, University of CapeTown, South Africa

A Perspective from Latin America   
Mr. Enrique Vasquez Coordinator, Latin American Programme on Social Policies, Peru

A Perspective from the Arab World   
Mr. Salim Nasr General Director, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Lebanon

A Perspective from Asia    
Ms. Sarah Cook Institute for Development Studies-Sussex and Program Officer, Governance and Public Policy, The Ford Foundation, China 

16:30-17:00   Coffee Break

17:00-18:00    Session 2 (continued):

Discussion

20:30      Dinner Hosted by The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies

Day Two: February 28th, 2001

9:00-11:30    Session 3: Pension Policies and Social Security Reforms

Chairperson: Mr. Manuel Riesco Larraín Director, Centro de Estudios Nacionales de Desarrollo Alternativo , Director of the School of Economics, University Arcis, Chile

Presentations:
Ms. Roxana Víquez Salazar President, Costa Rican Institute of Social Aid, Costa Rica
Mr. Fouad Benseddik Director of Studies, National Social Security Fund, Morocco
Mr. Soonil Bark Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Korea
Mr. Maurice Abu Nader Chairman of the Board, National Social Security Fund, Lebanon

Discussion

11:30-12:00    Coffee Break

12:00-14:30    Session 4: Extending Social Protection Entitlements to Excluded Groups: Alternative Approaches

Chairperson:
Mr. Soonil Bark Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Korea

Presentations:
Ms. Namratta Bali Director of Self Employed Women’s Association academy and Secretary of Self Employed Women’s Association, India
Ms. Iman Bibars Chairperson, Association for the Development and Empowerment of Women, Cairo
Mr. Yan Zhongxing Deputy Division Chief, Research Division, Social Insurance Administration, Ministry of Labor and Social Security, China
Ms. Sonia Maria Rodriguez da Rocha Senior Economist, Institute of Applied Economics, Research, Ministry of Planning, Brazil
Mr. Musa Shteiwi Director, Jordan Centre for Social Research, Jordan

Discussion

14:30-16:00   Lunch Break

16:00-17:00   Session 5: UN Initiatives on Social Protection Policies

Chairperson:
Mr. Yves de San UN Resident Coordinator , Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme, Lebanon

Presentations:
Mr. José B. de Figueiredo Senior Economist, In-Focus Programme on Social , Economic Security, International Labor Organization
Mr. Sergei Zelenev Chief, Social Analysis and Policy Unit, Division for Social Policy and Development, United Nations Secretariat
Mr. George Kosseifi Senior Social Affairs Officer, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

Discussion

19:30    Reception  Hosted by
The Special Unit for Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries, United Nations Development Programme
And by The United Nations Development Programme in Lebanon

Day Three: March 1st, 2001

9:00-11:30     Session 6: Formulating a Framework for an inter-regional Programme

Breakaway Discussion Groups:

1.       South-South Policy Dialogue

2.       South-South Comparative Policy Research and Documentation of

a.       “Good Practices” and “Innovations”

3.      Bi-lateral Exchanges and “Twinning Arrangements”

11h30-12h00    Coffee Break

12h00-13h30    Session 7: Plenary: Report and General Discussion

Chairperson:
Mr. Mustapha Kamel Al-Sayyid Director, Center for the Study of Developing Countries, Faculty of Economics and Political Studies, Cairo University

13:30-14:00   Closing Session

Mr. Yves  de San, UN Resident Coordinator Resident Representative , United Nations Development Programme
Mr. Salim Nasr General Director, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Lebanon

14:00     Closing Lunch

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