First Session, Bangkok, 28-29 September 2004
Twelve eminent scholars and experts together with representatives of various UN agencies provided guidance to the project and review the concept note and outline of the second Regional MDG Report and associated technical background papers in a two-day meeting held at the United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand from 28 to 29 September 2004.
| I. Meeting Documents | Download |
| Concept Paper and Outline of the Second Regional MDG Report |  |
| A Background Paper on the Conceptual Framework of the Second Regional MDG Report | |
| Outline of the MDG Technical Background Papers (TBPs) | |
| Tentative Programme and Provisional List of Participants | |
| Provisional list of participants with detailed address and contact numbers | |
| II. Opening Statements | Download |
| Mr Kim Hak-Su, Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Secretary, UNESCAP | |
| Mr Hafiz Pasha, UN Assistant Secretary-General, UNDP Assistant Administrator & Regional Director, Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific |  |
| III. Project Overview Presentations | Download |
Overview of the UNESCAP/UNDP project on Supporting the achievement of MDGs in Asia and the Pacific (Phase II) |  |
| Overview of the UNSIAP/UNDP project on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Initiative in Asia and the Pacific (Building Data/Statistical Capability Component Mr Tomas Africa, Director, United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific | |
| IV. Concept note of the 2nd Regional MDG Report, including dissemination strategy and key issue | Download |
| Overview of the 2nd Regional MDG Report concept note and dissemination strategy Mr Raj Kumar, Chief, Poverty and Development Division, UNESCAP and Team Leader, MDG (Phase II) project | |
| Institutional change and MDGs: suggested areas of focus, possible key issues and case studies Mr Amarakoon Bandara, Economic Affairs Officer, Poverty and Development Division, UNESCAP | |
| V. Technical Background Papers (TBPs) | Download |
| Approaches to assessing achievements of MDGs in Asia and the Pacific: methodology, data sources and key issues Mr Aynul Hasan, Chief, MDG Centre, UNESCAP | |
| PRSPs-role of institutions & MDGs Mr Aynul Hasan, Chief, MDG Centre, UNESCAP | |
| Institutional change for good governance in support of achieving the MDGs Mr Yap Kioe Sheng, Chief, Poverty Reduction Section, Poverty and Development Division, UNESCAP | |
| Enabling institutions for promoting and upscaling micro initiatives to achieve the MDGs Jorge Carillo-Rodriguez, Human Settlements Officer, Poverty Reduction Section, Poverty and Development Division, UNESCAP | |
| Gender and institutional change Ms Tone Bleie, Chief, Gender and Development Section, Emerging Social Issues Division, UNESCAP | |
| Water, sanitation and health: institutional issues Mr A.P. Kadushkin, Scientific Affairs Officer, Water Resources Section, Environment and Sustainable Development Division, UNESCAP | |
| Implications of the Doha Development Agenda for the achievement of MDGs in Asia and the Pacific: institutional dimensions Ms Tiziana Bonapace, Chief, Trade Policy Section, Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP | |
| VI. Closing statement | Download |
| Mr Kim Hak-Su, Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Secretary, UNESCAP | |
