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Session Moderators: Alexa Johns (APA) and Sai Racherla (ARROW)
Welcome address by 7th APPC CSO Steering Committee Members
Opening Remarks
Introductions
Sharing Reflections from 6th APPC and the Midterm Review of the APMD (CSO leaders)
Presentation on the 6th APPC and the 2013 Asia Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development (APMD) and the Midterm Review, key outcomes and ICPD linkages including the APMD indicator framework. In addition, CSO leaders who attended 6th APPC will share their reflections on the APPC process. (30 min)
This will be followed by sharing of experiences by the participants on their engagement in the process and follow up at country level, by sub-regional grouping. (45 minutes)
Session Moderator: Gessen Rocas (IPPF ESEAOR)
Panelists
Processes thus far ahead of 7th APPC- Outcomes from the 4 CSO Stakeholder Consultations
Presentation on CSO stakeholder consultation outcomes and key emerging issues with 2 slides per consultation on issues and recommendations. (15 minutes)
This will be followed by sub-regional group discussions and sharing in the plenary. (20 minutes)
Participants will identify sub-regional lead anchors who will briefly present key discussions at the plenary. (10 minutes).
Session Moderator: Sonal Mehta (IPPF SARO)
Session facilitators and presenters
Panel presentations by national CSO partners with at least 4 presentations discussing policy and implementation gains around APMD priority actions. (30 minutes)
This will be followed by discussion and reflections from participants grouped sub-regionally on their account of best practices in the region around APPC APMD. (45 minutes)
Session Moderator: Sita Shahi (International Community of Women Living with HIV Asia Pacific)
Session Presenters
Moderator: Tomoko Fukuda (IPPF ESEAOR)
Panel presentations by national CSO partners (at least 4-5 presentations discussing policy and implementation gains around APMD priority actions) 30 minutes This will be followed by discussion and reflections from participants grouped sub-regionally on their account of challenges in the region around APPC APMD (45 minutes)
Session presenters
Moderators: Sangay Gyanzo, Lady Lisondra, Fura Sherpa, Sangeet Kayastha, Palden and Chimmi
ICPD and the SDG Agenda: The Power and potential of Young People
Presentation - Dr. Aleksandar Sasha Bodiroza, Deputy Regional Director, UNFPA Asia and Pacific Regional Office
Asia-Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development (APMD) - presentation on youth participation and priorities in the APMD, snapshots of the APMD voluntary review survey results, and ways forward.
Sharing of youth initiatives that can join in regional level and national level activities after the 7th APPC
Sharing of ICPD30 Youth Member on what ICPD30 Regional Group is and how they had been contributing to ICPD Agenda
Sharing from Member of Y-PEER AP/YouthLEAD on other Regional Initiatives linking ICPD and Youth Agenda
Youth Panel: Sharing of Youth initiatives that contribute to the ICPD agenda and the SDGs
Selecting key priorities of Young People linking ICPD agenda and small group discussions on the nine issues based on the 2018 ICPD+25 consultation and two topics per group
Discussing the youth recommendations and finalizing the Youth Call to Action & Key Advocacy Message
The draft call to action will be shared on Day 2
Session Moderators: Alexa Johns (APA), Sai Racherla (ARROW), Rey Asis (APMM), Bing Parcon (WGNRR)
Sub-regional groups will discuss the draft call to action, and note any recommendations that were missed out.
Session Moderators: Alexa Johns (APA), Sai Racherla (ARROW), Rey Asis (APMM), Bing Parcon (WGNRR)
Report back (5 minutes per sub-region@ 25 minutes) presentation of the Draft Call to Action in the plenary (30 minutes)
Collective approval and acceptance of the 7th APPC Call to Action with inputs incorporated (10 minutes)
Moderator: Sangeet (YPEER Asia Pacific Center) Alexa (APA), and Sai (ARROW)
Presentations and discussion amongst multi stakeholders
Discussion
Moderator: Sangeet (YPEER Asia Pacific Center), Alexa (APA), and Sai (ARROW)
Discussion
Moderator: Alexa and Sai
The session will focus on the 7th APPC communications, advocacy, CSO statements and related preparations and Comms planning.
(a) Opening ceremony
Opening remarks by:
(b) Election of officers
(c) Adoption of the agenda
Group photo
Review of progress made towards the implementation of the Asian and Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development, as well as of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the key actions for its further implementation in Asia and the Pacific.
Video presentation
High-level panel discussion
Moderator: Mr. Pio Smith, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, UNFPA
Panellists:
Country Statements (members and associate members, observers (4 minutes))
Side event - Harvesting the demographic dividend to achieve the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development: Experiences from China since 1994
Side event - Understanding the challenges, opportunities and best practices for the SRHR of women and LGBTIQ+ forcibly displaced persons and other people on the move in transition countries in Asia
Side event - Population and development outlooks and challenges in South East Asia
Review of progress made towards the implementation of the Asian and Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development, as well as of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the key actions for its further implementation in Asia and the Pacific.
Statements members and associate members, observers (4 minutes), IGOs, UN entities, CSOs (3 minutes)
Thematic discussion on achievements, challenges, gaps and emerging issues in the implementation of the Asian and Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development, as well as of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the key actions for its further implementation in Asia and the Pacific.
(a) Population dynamics, sustainable development and climate change
Moderator: Mr. Stuart Gietel-Basten, Professor of Social Science, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates
Panellists:
Open discussion with member States and other participants
(b) Health, including sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights
Moderator: Ms. Fingani A. Mphande-Nyasulu, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand
Panellists:
Open discussion with member States and other participants
Side event - Solomon Islands and Maldives at the crossroads to achieving sustainable socioeconomic development as Small Islands Developing States (SIDS)
Side event - The changing realities of population in Asia and the Pacific: Low-fertility and population ageing in the post-COVID era
Side event - Contraceptive policy atlas for Asia and the Pacific region 2023
Thematic discussion on achievements, challenges, gaps and emerging issues in the implementation of the Asian and Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development, as well as of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the key actions for its further implementation in Asia and the Pacific.
(c) Inequalities and social exclusion, and rights
Moderator: Ms. Alia El-Yassir, Regional Director, UN Women, Asia-Pacific Regional Office
Panellists:
Open discussion with member States and other participants
(d) Partnerships and regional cooperation
Moderator: Mr. Srinivas Tata, Director, Social Development Division, ESCAP
Panellists:
Open discussion with member States and other participants
Side event - Leaving no one behind: Don’t forget deaf women! Importance of reproductive rights of deaf women and sign language-based communication
Side event - Migrants and refugees as actors of development: Bringing and amplifying migrants and refugees’ voice in the population and development discourse
Side event - Rights-based approaches as the foundation to achieving just and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific
Side event - Harnessing lessons learned in the region to accelerate reduction in maternal morbidity and mortality: experiences from Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
Side event - Getting everyone in the picture: Investing in children
Side event - Scaling up humanitarian financing for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and family planning (FP) in emergencies in Asia and the Pacific
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