Provisional calendar of key dates January-December 2015

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1 Provisional calendar of key dates January-December 2015 January 2015 Dates Event Organizers Venue Jan High-Level Symposium on Sustainable Cities: Connecting People, Environment and Technology DSD/ Toyota City Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture 16 Jan 10:00-13:00 Briefing on Migrants in Crisis Situations IOM Permanent Missions of the Philippines and the US Trusteeship Council Chamber UN HQ 16 Jan Stakeholder Preparatory Forum for the Post-2015 Negotiations Jan Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post DSD UN-NGLS 20 January half day Planning Session for the Second Annual Mayoral Forum on Mobility, Migration and Development UNITAR Jan Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) WEF Davos 22 Jan 13:00-14:00 WEF Side Event: Escaping from Poverty (What is the right response to economic migration?) WEF/ Swiss Television Davos 18:30-20:00 WEF Open Forum: Open Borders: Unavoidable or Unnecessary? WEF 23 Jan 12:30-14:00 WEF Open Forum: Employment Mind the Gap WEF Davos Jan Launch of the International European Migration Forum EU Commission/ Economic and Social Committee Brussels Jan First Drafting Session: Financing for Development (FfD) Conference Outcome Document 29 Jan 10:00-11:30 Gva. Briefing on Protecting Forced Migrants: A State of the Art Report of Concepts, Challenges and Ways Forward OHCHR Professor Roger Zetter, Oxford 1

2 29 Jan 09:30-11:30 Wash. DC GMG Working Level Meeting (WLM) 1 GMG Washington D.C. & other locations Jan Second UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education UNESCO Paris 30 Jan Second session of Dialogue on the Longer Term Positioning of the UN Development System Jan 24th Summit of the African Union: "Women's Empowerment Year and Africa Development for the Concretisation of Agenda 2063" February Feb Youth Forum: Youth Engagement in the Transition from MDGs to SDGs - What Will it Take? 4 Feb 3rd Preparatory Meetings of Turkey Chairmanship Troika Steering Group Friends of the Forum 5 Feb Thematic Meeting 1: Updating position on Post-2015 Development African Union Addis Ababa 6 Feb 1st Preparatory Meetings of Government RT Teams 4-13 Feb 53rd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSD): Rethinking and Strengthening Social Development in the Contemporary World CSD 5-7 Feb 15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit Energy Resources Institute New Delhi 8-13 Feb Climate Change Conference UNFCCC 9-10 Feb High-level Thematic Debate on Means of Implementation for a Transformative Post Feb Climate Change and Poverty Conference World Bank Washington D.C Feb 2 nd Eastern Partnership Youth Forum (mobility, partnership programs, cross-sectional cooperation to increase employability and employment of Youth) Presidency of the Council of the EU Latvia Riga Feb GMG Working Level Retreat GMG Feb High-level Forum on Women's Health and Development RASIT UN Operations 2

3 11-13 Feb Fragility Forum: Redefining Fragility to End Poverty World Bank Washington D.C Feb 13 th Coordination Meeting on International Migration /Pop. Division Feb Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post Feb Special Meeting on Partnerships in the Post Era 24 Feb High-level General Assembly Thematic Debate on Integrating Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in the Post th Session of the Human Rights Council OHCHR th Session of the UN Statistical Commission UN Statistical Commission 4-5 IMO Inter-Agency Heads Meeting on Protection at Sea in the 21 st Century 4-5 Informal Interactive Hearings with Civil Society and the Business Sector Preparatory Process of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development 6 High-level Thematic Debate on Advancing Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in the Post-2015 IMO London th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW): Implementing the Beijing Platform for Action CSW UN Women th Annual Women's Empowerment Principles Event: Unlimited Potential - Business Partners for Gender Equality UN Global Compact rd Session of the ILO Governing Body ILO World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction UNISDR Sendai Financing the Future: Fresh Perspectives on Global Development ODI and a global coalition of Accra 3

4 partners, including UNDP, CEPEI, ACET, CABRI, ESRF, DFI and the Brookings Institution Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post April Integration Segment: Achieving Sustainable Development through Employment Creation and Decent Work for All April April UN Development Co-operation Forum (DCF) High-Level Symposium: Development Cooperation for People and Planet - What will it take? DCF Republic of Korea Incheon April 7 th Summit of the Americas OAS Panama City April Doha 13 th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice April 48th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD): Realizing the Future we Want - Integrating Population Issues into Sustainable Development, including the Post-2015 Development Agenda UNODC CPD Doha April Second Drafting Session: Financing for Development (FfD) Conference Outcome Document April Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) WB IMF Washington D.C April Rm. 11 Palais des Nations 22nd Session of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families OHCHR April Special High-level Meeting of with WB, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD 21 April 10:30-12:00 Wash. DC GMG Working Level Meeting (WLM) 2 GMG Washington D.C. & other locations April High-Level Thematic Debate on Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation 4

5 22-23 April Global Dialogue Forum on Employment Relationships in Retail Commerce: Their Impact on Decent Work and Competitiveness ILO April Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post April Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit ASEAN Kuala Lumpur 28 April 4th Preparatory Meetings of Turkey Chairmanship Troika Steering Group Friends of the Forum 29 April Thematic Meeting 2: The Role of Communications in Promoting Widespread Recognition of the Benefits of Migration, Improving Public Perceptions of Migrants and Combating Xenophobic Reactions 30 April 2nd Preparatory Meetings of Government RT Teams May May High-Level Thematic Debate on Strengthening Cooperation between the UN and regional and subregional organizations May Ad hoc Thematic Meeting on: Strengthening the role of Business in International Migration May Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post-2015 Turkey Istanbul May 68th Session of the WHO World Health Assembly WHO 21 May IASC Principals Meeting IASC TBD May International Conference on Harnessing Migration, Remittances and Diaspora Contributions for Financing Sustainable Development GMG 28 May Forum on Partnership June June Bonn Climate Change Conference UNFCCC Bonn 1-13 June 104th Session of the International Labour Conference ILO 3 June G20--GMG Joint Event G20,, GMG İzmir, Turkey 13 June 324th Session of the ILO Governing Body ILO 5

6 7-8 June G7 Leaders Summit German Presidency G7 Bavaria June Third Drafting Session: Financing for Development (FfD) Conference Outcome Document June Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post June 09:30-11:00 Wash. DC GMG Working Level Meeting (WLM) 3 GMG Washington D.C. & other locations 29 June High-Level Event on Climate Change July June- 8 July High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development: "Strengthening Integration, Implementation and Review - The HLPF after 2015." 1 July side event on "Migration and Human Mobility in the Context of the Post-2015 " held on the margins of the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) Troika IOM 6-8 July Annual Ministerial Segments 5-8 July Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayors Forum Brisbane City Council 9-10 July Seventh BRICS Summit Russian Federation BRICS Brisbane Ufa July Third International Conference on Financing for Development ECOSCOC Addis Ababa 14 July 15:30-18:00 GMG and OECD Development Centre side event on "Leveraging Migration, Remittances and Diaspora Contributions for Financing Sustainable Development" on the margins of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa GMG OECD Development Centre Addis Ababa Jupiter Hotel, Conference Hall July Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post July Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post-2015 August

7 September Sept 09:30-11:30 Wash. DC GMG Working Level Meeting (WLM) 4 GMG Washington D.C. & other locations 7 Sept 5th Preparatory Meetings of Turkey Chairmanship Troika Steering Group Friends of the Forum 8 Sept Thematic Meeting 3: Recognizing the Contributions of Women Migrants to Economic and Social Development in Countries of Origin and Destination and Addressing their Specific Needs 9 Sept Final Preparatory Meetings of Government RT Teams Sept 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly Sept United Nations Summit to adopt the Post Sept United Nations Private Sector Forum UN Global Compact 28 Sept Commencement of the 70 th General Debate 30 Sept 15:00-17:30 High level side event: Strengthening Cooperation on Migration and Refugee Movements under the New UN SG C.R. 4 UNHQ October Oct 197th Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO UNESCO Paris 9-11 Oct Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund World Bank Lima Oct Civil Society Days Istanbul Oct 8th Summit Istanbul Oct Global Consultation: World Humanitarian Summit 2016 OCHA Oct 42nd Session of the Committee on World Food Security FAO Rome Oct Fifth Global Meeting of Chairs and Secretariats of Regional Consultative Processes on Migration (RCPs) League of Arab States General Secretariat Cairo 7

8 26-27 Oct Ministerial Conference on Migrants and Cities IOM Oct Second meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG- SDGs) UN Statistics Division Bangkok 29 Oct - 12 Nov 325th Session of the ILO Governing Body ILO November Nov Second Annual Mayoral Forum on Mobility, Migration and Development City of Quito UNITAR Quito Nov G20 Leaders Summit Turkish Presidency G20 Antalya Nov Law, Justice and Development Week World Bank Washington D.C Nov Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit: Building Inclusive Economies, Building a Better World, Nov 2 nd Regular Session, United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) Government of the Philippines APEC CEB Secretariat Manila 20 Nov GMG Principals Meeting GMG Nov IOM Regular Council Session IOM December Nov - 11 Dec 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties and the 11th Session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol UNFCCC Secretariat Paris 7-8 Dec Caring for Climate Business Forum UN Global Compact Paris 11 Dec IASC Principals Meeting IASC Dec UNHCR High Commissioner s Dialogue on Protection Challenges: Understanding and Addressing Root Causes of Displacement 18 Dec International Migrants Day Also marks the 25th anniversary of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families UNHCR GMG / New York 8