Agenda NEW PARADIGMS FOR PEACEBUILDING: Sustainable peace through shared societies and social services for children 17 March 2015 Crowne Plaza – Le Palace, Brussels, Belgium. Day 2: Tuesday, 17 March 2015 9.30 to 9.35 Welcome from UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Yoka Brandt Moderator, Nisha Pillai, former BBC World News anchor with over 20 years of experience as a BBC presenter and journalist. 9.35 to 9.50 “TED-like” Talk  Ebrahim Rasool, former Premier of Western Cape in South Africa, recently completed his assignment as South African Ambassador to USA, and Member of the Club de Madrid’s NetPLUSS 9.50 to 11.00 Panel Discussion 1: Rethinking peacebuilding responses to social divisions and violent conflict  Shared societies’ as a priority for government leaders. o Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva,Former President of Kyrgyzstan and Member of the Club de Madrid  Equitable delivery of education and social services crucial to building peace and resilience. o Christian Salazar, UNICEF Deputy Director of Programmes    Stabilizing fragile contexts as a donor priority o Joost Andriessen, Director, Peacebuilding and Stabilization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Netherlands EU contributions to reconstruction and reconciliation o Marcus Cornaro, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General, International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) Q&A/Discussion 11.00 to 11.15 Coffee Break 1 11.15 to 11.30 Presentation: Lack of social services as a driver of instability and violent conflict  Son Excellence Maker Mwangu Famba, Ministre de l’Enseignement Primaire, Secondaire et Professionnel et de l’Initiation à la Nouvelle Citoyenneté, Democratic Republic of Congo (Minister of Education, DRC)  Q&A/Discussion 11.30 to 12.45 Panel Discussion 2: Impact and Evidence - Opportunities and challenges in innovative peacebuilding programming  Key outcomes and lessons learned from Shared Societies o Ebrahim Rasool, former Premier of Western Cape in South Africa, recently completed his assignment as South African Ambassador to USA, and Member of the Club de Madrid’s NetPLUSS  Evidence of what works and what does not work in education and peacebuilding o Professor Alan Smith, UNESCO Chair in Education for Pluralism, Human Rights and Democracy at the University of Ulster  View from the ground o Jonathan Veitch, UNICEF South Sudan Representative (and former Kyrgyzstan Rep)  Measuring impact and sharing evidence o Lakshitha Sajindra Prelis, Director, Children & Youth Programmes, Search for Common Ground  Q&A/Discussion 12.45 to 13.45 Lunch 13.45 to 14.00 “TED-like” Talk  Mari Malek, former refugee from South Sudan, now model and activist 14:00 to 15:15 Panel Discussion 3: Promoting social services for peacebuilding: Bridging and influencing the humanitarian, stability and development agendas  Influencing policy and gaining political support, nationally and internationally o Kinga Göncz, former Foreign Minister of Hungary and member of the Club de Madrid’s NetPLUSS  Demonstrating benefits and overcoming doubts o Karen Schroh, head of the Brussels office, Global Partnership for Education  Bridging the humanitarian and development agenda o Michele Cervone d'Urso, European Union Special Envoy to Somalia and Head of EU Delegation to Somalia  Where do we go from here? 2 o  Henk-Jan Brinkman, Chief of Policy, Planning and Application United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office Q&A/Discussion 15:15 to 15:30 Coffee Break 15:30 to 16:30 Wrap up, recommendations and discussion  Son Excellence Maker Mwangu Famba, Ministre de l’Enseignement Primaire, Secondaire et Professionnel et de l’Initiation à la Nouvelle Citoyenneté, Democratic Republic of Congo (Minister of Education, DRC)  Olav Hereid Seim, Policy Director Education, Section for Global Initiatives, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Q&A/Discussion 3