Policy Roundtable with Faith-Based Organizations
Strengthening Partnerships for Population and Development
UNFPA RMS CONFERENCE ROOM
(19th floor)
August 3-4, 2009
AGENDA
Objectives:
1. Update on respective developments since Istanbul launch of Interfaith
Network on Population and Development (Oct. 2008);
2. Discuss and Prioritize key recommendations for action;
3. Identify and agree on key joint activities and modalities of engagement
2010-2015.
DAY 1: Monday, 3 August, 2009
08:45 - 09:00
Registration
09:00 - 09:15
Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA
“UNFPA’s Legacy and Commitment to FBO Engagement: The
Journey thus far, the Vision Ahead”
09:15- 11:15 FBO-UN Partnerships: Comparative Legacies
Co-Moderators: Mr. Werner Haug, UNFPA and Rev. Chris
Ferguson, WCC
 UNFPA, Ms. Aminata Toure – “FBO Recommendations &
UNFPA Actions since Istanbul Forum”
 World Bank, Mr.Quentin Wodon
 WHO, Rev. Ted Karpft
 World Vision, Mr.Paul Mikov
 Humanitarian Forum, Dr. Hanny El-Banna
 Alliance of Religions and Conservation, Ms. Elizabeth
Idienumah
11:15 - 11:30
COFFEE/TEA BREAK
11:30 - 13:15
HIV/AIDS: Concrete Activities Undertaken and Policy
Implications for Partnership
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Co-Moderators: UNESCO (Rochelle Roca-Hachem) and ICNA
Relief (Ayub Badat)
 UNAIDS Strategic framework for engaging FBOs on
HIV&AIDS, Mr. Eric Sawyer
 INERELA+, Ms. Clare Mead
 EAA, Mr. Thabo Sephuma
 The Religious Institute, Rev. Debra Haffner, USA
 Rev. James Matarazzo, “Insights from bridging Religion and
PLWH”
DISCUSSION
13:15 - 14:30
LUNCH
14:30 - 16:00 Women’s Empowerment & Violence Against Women:
Concrete
Activities Undertaken and Policy Implications for Partnership
Co-Moderators: Aminata Toure-UNFPA and Mari-Claude Julsaint YWCA
 Catholics for Choice, Ms. Gladys Melo-Pinzon
 Art of Living Foundation, Swami Sukhchaitanya
 Bahai International Community, Ms.Bani Dugal
 ASMA Society, Ms. Daisy Khan
 Justitie et Pax, Netherlands, Ms. Annemiek van Voorst
[Coffee/Tea to be served]
16:00 – 17:30
Maternal Health: Concrete Activities Undertaken and
Policy Implications for Partnership
Moderator: Dr. Laura Laski - UNFPA and Rev. Ann Tiemeyer National Council of Churches
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Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Ms. Francis
Kissling
Women, Faith and Development Alliance/Religions for
Peace, Women’s Mobilization Programme, Ms. Jacqueline
Moturi
Islamic Society of North America, Mr. Ahmed
Haddad/Ms.Ingrid Mattson
DISCUSSION
18:30 Reception at the UN Delegates Lounge (First Avenue and 44th street)
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DAY 2: Tuesday, 4 August, 2009
09:15 - 11:00
Humanitarian Relief and Migration Issues: Concrete
Activities
Undertaken and Policy Implications
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Co-Moderators: Mr. Pamela DeLargy - UNFPA, and Maj.
Victoria Edmonds - the Salvation Army
Islamic Relief USA, Mr. Yousaf Abdallah
Episcopal Relief and Development, Ms. Abigail Nelson
Adventist Development and Relief Agency, Mr. Charles
Sandefur
ICNA Relief, Mr. Ayub Badat
DISCUSSION
11:00 - 11:30
COFFEE/TEA BREAK
11:30 -16:45 Developing Common Priorities for Action & Policy
11:30 – 13:00
Advocacy and Media –
Co-Moderators: Mr. Thomas Uthup - AoC and Ms. Elizabeth
Idienumah - ARC
13:15 - 14:15
LUNCH
14:15 - 15:30
Capacity Building/Technical Assistance
Co-Moderators: Mr. Pierre Martinot-Lagarde - ILO, and Ms. Emily
Davila - Lutheran World Federation
15:30 – 16:45
Knowledge Building and Information Sharing
Co-Moderators: Ms. Katherine Marshall - Georgetown Berkeley
Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, and Ms. Sarah Day Center for Interfaith Action
COFFEE/TEA served in room
16:45 – 17:30
Commitments
Consensus on Priority Actions & Concluding
Moderator: Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director - UNFPA
 Mr. William Vendley, Religions for Peace
 Ms. Mari-Claude Julsaint, YWCA
 Ms. Audrey Kitagawa, Parliament of World Religions
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