09:00-10:30

Opening ceremony

·         Opening statements
İbrahim Çiftçi, General Director, General Directorate of Forestry
Thomas Hofer, Interim Coordinator, Mountain Partnership Secretariat
Eduardo Rojas-Briales, Assistant Director-General for Forestry, Food and Agriculture Organization
Ahmet Küçükler, Mayor of Erzurum
Nurettin Akman, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs
Ahmet Altiparmak, Governor of Erzurum
         

·         Key note speeches

-          Why mountains matter

Bruno Messerli - University of Bern

-          Reconciling conservation, development and community benefits in mountain ecosystems

Sam Kanyamibwa - Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS)

Plenary Hall/Erzen

Chair:

Mahir Küçük

Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, Turkey

10.30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-13:00

Formal introduction and approval of the agenda

Formal session 1: The new Mountain Partnership Strategy and Governance

·         Explaining the process and presentation of the Strategy and Governance document

Thomas Hofer, Interim Coordinator, Mountain Partnership Secretariat

·         Approval of the document

Plenary Hall/Erzen

Chair:

Eduardo Rojas

Forestry Department, Food and Agriculture Organization

13:00-14:30

Lunch

14:30-16:00

Partnership fair 1

·         Short presentations from members of on-going and planned activities in the context of the Mountain Partnership

Plenary Hall/Erzen

16:00-16.30

Coffee break

16:30-18:00

Parallel regional meetings

·         North & Central America and the Caribbean

·         South America

·         Europe

·         Asia and Pacific

·         Sub-Saharan Africa

·         Middle East and North Africa

Rooms:

Private

Astrila

Kalikala

Erzen

Sports
Karin

18:00-19:00

Parallel side events

UNESCO, UNEP, FAO and ICIMOD

Findings of regional workshops

Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, Turkey

Anatolian approach for mountain development

FSDA, Altai, Aigine and UCA

Cultural values of mountains

Sports Meeting Room

Astrila Meeting Room

Kalikala Meeting Room

09:00-10:30

Discussion on mountains in Rio+20 and the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals

Presentation of the process and next key steps

UNEP

MPS

Plenary Hall/Erzen

Chair:

André Wehrli

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:00

Knowledge platform for sustainable mountain development

Miguel Saravia - Consortium for Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN)

Plenary Hall/Erzen
Chair:

Musonda Mumba, UNEP

12:00-13:00

Regional coordination mechanisms: Sharing experiences from Europe and the Himalayas

Euromontana, Alpine Convention, Carpathian Convention, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Plenary Hall/Erzen
Chair:

Musonda Mumba, UNEP

13:00-14:30

13:30-14:30

Lunch

Parallel side events

CDE – FDDM
Walk the talk! Actions of sustainable mountain development at sub-national level – examples from Canton Valais, Switzerland

Tunisia et al

Regional initiative for mountains for the MENA region

Prakriti Group and CEE Himalaya
Adaptation and mitigation in increasing disasters in the mountains

Rooms:

Karin

Sports

Kalikala

Private

14:30-16:00

Partnership fair 2

·         Short presentations from members of on-going and planned activities in the context of the Mountain Partnership

Plenary Hall/Erzen

16:00-16:30

Coffee break

16:30-18:00

Working groups: Putting the Mountain Partnership into practice

·         Advocacy

·         Joint action

·         Knowledge management and communication

·         Capacity development and technology transfer

·         Innovation

·         Resource mobilization

Karin

Astrila

Erzen

Kalikala

Sports

Private

18:00-19:00

Parallel side events

SDC – ADA – CDE
Knowledge management on sustainable mountain development areas

Mab-6
Scientific network in the Caucasus mountain region

UCA and Central Asia members
Mountain livelihood and transformational role of women

ARCOS et al
MP Africa: Progress in sustainable mountain development

Rooms:

Kalikala

Karin

Astrila

Sports

09:00-11:00

Working groups: Putting the Mountain Partnership into practice

Karin

Astrila

Erzen

Kalikala

Sports

Private

11:00-11:30

Coffee break

11:30-13:00

Reports of the working groups

Next steps 1: Roadmap and workplan

Plenary Hall/Erzen Chair: Baldomero Casillo, Argentina 

13:00-14:30

13:30-14:30

Lunch

Parallel side events

CDE – SDC
Mountains, our life, our future: Launch of the Global Synthesis Report

BIND, CONDESAN, Pan Himalayan Grassroots Development Foundation

Tropical mountain forest conservation

Fundacion Ecohabitats
The role of women in access to land and adaptation to climate change

Rooms:

Sports

Kalikala

Astrila

Karin

14:30-16:00

Next steps 2: Roadmap and workplan

Plenary Hall/Erzen Chair: Eklabya Sharma, ICIMOD

16:00-16:30

Coffee break

16:30-18:00

Formal session 2: Selection of the Steering Committee members

Plenary Hall/Erzen Chair: Alfredo Guillet

Italian Cooperation – Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Rooms:

Sports
Kalikala
Karin
Astrila
Erzen
Private

18:00-18:30

Closing ceremony

Plenary Hall/Erzen Chair: Alfredo Guillet

Italian Cooperation – Ministry of Foreign Affairs

18:30-20:00

First Formal Meeting of the Mountain Partnership Steering Committee

(closed meeting)

Karin Meeting Room

08:30-18:00

Field trip – Uzundere, Ulubağ plateau and waterfall