13th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
5 October- 16 October 2015, Geneva, Palais des Nations, conference room XXI
Draft Programme of Work (as of 22 September2015)

Time  Monday
 5 October2015 Tuesday
6 October 2015 Wednesday
7 October 2015 Thursday
8 October 2015 Friday
9 October 2015

morning: session: from 10:00 to 13:00

 
Item 1: Opening of the session

Item 2: Election of the Chairperson-Rapporteur
Item 3: Adoption of the programme of work 
Item 4: General Statement by States and Regional groups 
- Statement by Civil Society Organizations
Item 5: Discussion on the implementation of the Programme of Activities of the International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD) 

Presentation by:
Mr. Celeste Ugochukwu
President of African Diaspora Council of Switzerland and member of the Swiss Federal Commission Against Racism

 
Item 5: (cont’d)
Discussion 
Item  6 (cont’d) or Item 7:
Discussion on conclusions and recommendations on item 5 and 6
 
Item 7(cont’d) 
Item 7 (cont’d)


afternoon session: from 15:00 to 18:00
 
Item 5: (cont’d)

Presentation by:

Ms. Carole Boyce Davis
Professor of Africana Studies at Cornell University, New York 


-	Mr. Yury Boychenko (2)
Chief, Anti-Racial Discrimination Section

Discussion
 

 

Item 6
Preparation of the 15th Anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and PoA (DDPA)

Discussion Item 7 (cont’d)
Discussion on conclusions and recommendations on item 5 and 6 Item 7 (cont’d) Item 7 (cont’d)

13th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of  the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
5 October- 16 October 2015, Geneva, Palais des Nations, conference room XXI
Draft Programme of Work (as of 22 September 2015)

Time  Monday
12 Octoberv 2015 Tuesday
13 October 2015
 Wednesday
14 October 2015 Thursday
15 October 2015
 Friday 
16 October 2015

morning: session: from 10:00 to 13:00
 Item 8
Discussion on Racism and Poverty
Presentation by:

Mr. David Woodward, Senior Advisor, UNCTAD
Mr. Marcelo Jorge De Paula Paixao (Brazil)
Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, at Austin University- Texas
Ms. Jotaka Eaddy
Advisor on government and regulatory affairs for Silicon Valley based companies (Washington DC)

Discussion  Item 8 (cont’d)
Item 9
Discussion on conclusions and recommendations on item 8 Item 9 (cont’d)
 Item 9 (cont’d) Preparation of the report

afternoon session: from 15:00 to 18:00
 Item 8 (cont’d)
Mr. Carlos Augusto Viáfara López  Associate Professor in Economics Department at the Universidad del Valle, (Cali - Colombia. )
Video conference with Ms. Gay Mc Dougall (CERD)
Discussion

 Item 9 (cont’d) Item 9 (cont’d) Preparation of the report Adoption of the report