Monday 28^th  September, 2015

09:00-09:30

Registration of participants and coffee

09:30-09:50

Welcome and opening remarks
(20 mins)

Chair: Mette Wilkie, Director, Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (DEPI), UNEP

09:50-10:10

Introduction of ProEcoServ
(20 mins)

Pushpam Kumar, Chief, Ecosystem Services Economics (ESE) Unit, DEPI, UNEP

10:10-10:50

Keynote address

Chair: Juliette Biao, Director, Regional Office of Africa (ROA), UNEP

Mainstreaming of natural capital for inclusive green economy (30 mins)

Anil Markandya, Director Basque Centre for Climate Change, Spain

Questions and answers (10 mins)

10:50-11:10

Group photo and coffee break

11:10-12:10

ProEcoServ Panel I
Chair: Niklas Hagelberg, Coordinator, Ecosystem Management Sub-programme

Findings from countries: Vietnam and Trinidad and Tobago
(20 mins per presenter)

Nguyen The Chinh, Acting Director General of Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Viet Nam

John Agard, Professor, University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

Discussion (20mins)

12:10-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:30

ProEcoServ Panel II
Chair: Konrad Paulsen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Chile

Findings from countries: Chile and South Africa
(20 mins per presenter)

Luthando Dziba, Competence Area Manager, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa

Discussion (20mins)

14:30-16:00

Evidences on mainstreaming: accounting and valuation
Chair: Kiruben Naicker, Director National Department of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Environment, South Africa

The contribution of forest ecosystems in the Zambia economy (20 mins)

H.E. Christabel Ngimbu, Minister, Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Zambia

The contribution of forest ecosystems in the Tanzanian economy (20 mins)

Gladness Mkamba, Acting Director, Forestry and Beekeeping Division, Tanzania, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania

Economic and cultural values of the Sudd Marsh in South Sudan (20 mins)

John Gowdy, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

Discussion (30 mins)

16:00-16:20

Coffee break

16:20-17:00

Round Table

Chair: H.E. Christabel Ngimbu, Minister, Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Zambia

Lesson learned and priority setting
(10 mins per presenter)

Discussion (10 mins)

17:00-17:10

Closing of the day

Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, ProEcoServ Global Coordinator, DEPI, UNEP

17:10-20:30

Welcome cocktail and dinner

Tuesday 29^th September, 2015

8:30-9:00

Coffee

9:00-9:45

Keynote address II

Chair: Pushpam Kumar, Chief, ESE Unit, DEPI, UNEP

Debriefing of Day 1 (5 mins)

Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, ProEcoServ Global Coordinator, DEPI, UNEP

Ecosystems restoration: Success stories
(30 mins)

R.C. Babu, National Professor and ex-Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi,  India

Questions and answers (10 mins)

9:45-10:55

Mainstreaming ecosystem services: voices from the private and financial sectors

Chair:

(15 mins per presenter)

Nguyen Thi Dieu Trinh, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Viet Nam

Justine Ram, Caribbean Development Bank

Amadou Bamba Diop, Africa Development Bank

Pushpam Kumar, Chief, ESE Unit, DEPI, UNEP

Discussion (10 mins)

10:55-11:25

Coffee break

11:25-12:35

Mainstreaming ecosystem services: voices from the private and financial sectors (cont.)
Chair: John Gowdy, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

 (15 mins per presenter)

Salman Hussain, TEEB, UNEP

Tim Christophersen, UN-REDD, UNEP

Mark Schauer, GIZ

Isabell Kempf,  PEI-UNEP/UNDP

Discussion (10 mins)

12:35-14:00

Lunch

14:00-16:00

ProEcoServ and looking forward: Priority areas for follow-up

Chair: Pushpam Kumar, Chief, ESE Unit, DEPI, UNEP

(15 mins per presenter)

H.E. Christabel Ngimbu, Minister, Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Zambia

Nguyen Thi Dieu Trinh, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Viet Nam

Justine Ram, Caribbean Development Bank

Amadou Bamba Diop, Africa Development Bank

Philip Osano, Stockholm Environmental Institute

Ersin Esen, GEF Biodiversity Task Manager, UNEP

Mark Thomas Zimsky, GEF Secretariat (Video Conferencing)

Session feedback (30 min)

16:00-16:10

Closing remarks

Pushpam Kumar, Chief, ESE Unit, DEPI, UNEP

16:10-16:30

Coffee break

16:30-

Closing