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International Conference on Gender, Science and Technology for Sustainable Development: Looking Ahead to the Next 10 Years Agenda UNESCO Room XIV, 1 rue Miollis December 12 9:30 - 10:00 Introduction and Welcome on behalf of the Gender Advisory Board and UNESCO Farkhonda Hassan and Shirley Malcom, GAB Mustafa El-Tayeb, UNESCO 10:00 - 10:15 Purpose of the Meeting, Presentation of Agenda 10:15 - 10:45 Presentation: Review of UN and other international policy, conferences and agreements pertaining to gender, S&T for sustainable development Shirley Malcom 10:45 - 11:30 Presentation on GAB activities History/background/ transformative action areas: Geoffrey Oldham GAB Activities and Accomplishments: Irene Muloni Overview and current activity in TAAs: Sophia Huyer Questions and comments 11:30 - 12:00 Coffee 12:00 - 1:30 Tour de Table Chair: Geoffrey Oldham Participants will introduce themselves and their organisations, and outline for the group: Assessments of successes, strengths and weaknesses Lessons learned from past programmes and experience Planned activities Presentations: Regional Secretariat for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (RESGEST) in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Wati Hermawati, Regional Coordinator GAB Americas, Sophia Huyer Brazilian Committee of the Gender Advisory Board - GAB Brasil, Alice Abreu, Regional Coordinator for Latin America, ICSU Report from M.S. Swaminathan Foundation, Sudha Nair, Programme Director, Biodiversity (Note: Very large file) Gender Equity In Science and Technology in Lesotho, Masoqebela Williams, Acting Director, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Lesotho, and Vice Chair (Africa), Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) Activities of the Working Group on Women in Physics, IUPAP, and Overview of Gender, Science and Technology Work in China since 2000, Ling-An Wu, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Summary of Recent Gender, Science, and Technology Activities, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Andrea Johnson, Program Officer World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), Tahani Lefebure, Executive Director 1:30 - 3:00 Lunch 3:00 - 4:30 Discussion: Assessment of the Gender Advisory Board Transformative Action Areas Chair: Farkhonda Hassan Report from Naples conference on GST: Geoffrey Oldham Are they still the key issues for national and international policy? Are there issues which need to be added? Are some of these issues of higher priority? Are some issues no longer relevant? Have we made more progress on some than others? Are there new instruments/infrastructure that need to be factored into strategies? Are these issues correctly articulated for the current global situation? 4:30 - 5:00 Coffee 5:00 - 6:00 Assessment of Tranformative Action Areas (continued) December 13 9:00 - 11:00 Moving Forward: Key Issues, Venues, Targets and Collaborations for the Future Chair: Irene Muloni What are options and extensions beyond national engagement to move forward with transformative actions? How best to develop partnerships, as appropriate, with other UN agencies, NGOs, regional bodies, etc. that might benefit from the expertise of the GAB in gender, S&T and development? What new groups and sectors do we need to reach out to for collaboration and analysis? How do we broaden the base of those involved in these efforts to include younger scholars, persons from all parts of the world and greater numbers of men? How can the arguments and issues be reframed, how can new collaborations be formed and a joint plan of action articulated to readjust the trajectory of current initiatives? 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee 11:30 - 1:00 Moving Forward (cont.) Chair: Tanveer Naim 1:00 - 2:30 Lunch 2:30 - 4:30 Action Plan and Agenda for the Future Chair: Shirley Malcom Where are there opportunities for moving forward? New actors? New programs? What are the opportunities for collaboration among existing initiatives? What should be the balance between targeted and mainstreamed strategies? How to find and develop new partnerships with new actors?