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Organised by the South African Institute of International Affairs and the International Development Law Unit in the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria.
To facilitate a frank dialogue, this workshop will take place under the Chatham House Rule, a morally binding convention which allows all or part of a meeting to be held ‘off the record’. In addition ‘Information gleaned under the Chatham House Rule may be reported [if so agreed], but the identity or affiliations of speakers must not be disclosed.’
PROGRAMME
09h00-09h30: Registration
09h30-09h45: Welcome
Daniel Bradlow, IDLU, University of Pretoria
Catherine Grant, South African Institute of International Affairs
09h45-11h00: Panel 1: Post-Seoul Evaluation
The purpose of this panel is to provide a general overview of the proceedings at the Seoul Summit and evaluate the success of the Summit. This will also involve an evaluation of how the French agenda fits in with the issues raised at Seoul, whether there is any likely continuity or an interruption of the gains achieved at the Summit, particularly with regard to the development agenda.
Moderator: Daniel Bradlow, UP
Speakers:
Mmakgoshi Phetla-Lekhethe, Treasury (invited),
HE Mr Han-Soo Kim, South Korean Ambassador - Download Presentation [.pdf],
HE Mr Jacques Lapouge, French Ambassador
11h00-11h30: Tea
11h30-13h00: Panel 2: The G20 Development Agenda – Reviewing the G20’s ‘value proposition’
The purpose of this panel is to provide a general assessment of the issues presented by the Working Group on Development at the Seoul Summit. The agenda will be assessed in terms of how it can be related to African countries and their development needs and priorities. This panel will also consider the role and implications of having South Africa and Korea, as developing countries, chairing the Working Group on Development and how, if at all, this has impacted on the development agenda that they crafted. Lastly, there will be an assessment of the G20 development agenda going forward.
Moderator: Simi Siwisa, Business Unity South Africa
Speakers: Alan Hirsch, Presidency - Download Presentation [.pdf]
Discussants: Glenn Farred, Global Call to Action Against Poverty, Catherine Grant, South African Institute of International Affairs
13h00-14h00: Lunch |
