The document provides the agenda for a two-day conference on development partnership and civil society in BRICS countries. Day 1 includes inaugural sessions, plenary sessions on development partnership and civil society, and parallel breakout sessions on topics such as quality of economic growth, global governance, and inclusive multilateralism. Day 2 continues with parallel sessions on sustainable urbanization, climate change, and science-society dialogue, and concludes with a plenary on institutionalizing mechanisms for civil society engagement in BRICS. The agenda outlines the themes, chairs, speakers and panels scheduled for each session.

1. 1
AGENDA
DAY I: Monday, 3rd October 2016
09:00 – 10:00 Registration and Tea
10:00 – 11:00
Inaugural Session
Venue: Stein Auditorium
Welcome Address:
 Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director-General, Research and Information
System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India
 Prof. Anuradha Chenoy, Professor, School of International Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University; Chairperson, FIDC, New Delhi, India
Chair:
 Ambassador Shyam Saran, Chairman, Research and Information System
for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India
Remarks by:
 Ms. Alice de Moraes Amorim Vogas, Climate Change and Development
Associate, GIP; CEO, Associação Saúde Criança Responder, Brazil
 Dr. Victoria Panova, Chief Advisor of National Committee on BRICS
Research; Director, FEFU Oriental Institute, School of Regional and
International Studies, Russia
 Amb. Xie Bohua, Member of Executive Board, United Nations Association
of China; Former Ambassador of China to the Republic of Vanuatu
 Rev. Malcolm Damon, Executive Director, Economic Justice Network (EJN)
of FOCCISA, South Africa
 Amb. H.H.S. Viswanathan, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research
Foundation
Special Remarks by:
 Mr. Amar Sinha, Secretary (ER), Ministry of External Affairs, Government
of India
Inaugural Address:
 Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Hon'ble Member of Parliament and Chairman,
Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs
11:00 – 11:15 Inauguration of the Exhibition at Silver Oak Lawn
Tea at Silver Oak Patio, Silver Oak Foyer and The Theatre )

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11:15 – 12:30
Plenary Session I: Development Partnership and Civil Society
Venue: Stein Auditorium
Key Issues:
 Widening and
deepening of South-
South Cooperation
 Realisation of SDGs
 Monitoring and
evaluation frameworks
 Successful experiences
and valuable lessons
Chair: Dr. Rajesh Tandon, President, Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA),
India ;Member, FIDC Board
Key Note Speaker:
 Mr. Alok A. Dimri, Joint Secretary (MER), Ministry of External Affairs,
Government of India
Panellists:
 Ms. Meagan Fallone, CEO, Barefoot College International, India
 Prof. Loussia P. Musse Felix, Professor, School of Law, University of
Brasília, Brazil
 Dr. Victoria Panova, Chief Advisor of National Committee on BRICS
Research; Director, FEFU Oriental Institute, School of Regional and
International Studies, Russia
 Mr. Huang He, Deputy Director General, United Nations Association of
China, China
 Mr. Simon Vilakazi, Programme Coordinator, Food and Climate Justice,
Economic Justice Network (EJN) of FOCCISA, South Africa
Open Discussion
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch at Silver Oak Patio, Silver Oak Foyer and The Theatre
13:30 – 15:00 Parallel Session I
Parallel Session I (a):
Quality of Economic Growth
Venue: Silver Oak
Parallel Session I (b):
Global Governance and
Development Finance
Venue: Stein Auditorium
Parallel Session I (c):
Inclusive Multilateralism
Venue: The Theatre
Key Issues:
 People-centric pathways
 Balanced and inclusive growth
 Socially inclusive policies including
women’s empowerment
 Strategies for quality of economic
growth
Key Issues:
 Fair and balanced
international financial and tax
architecture
 Illicit financial flows
 Role of BRICS
Key Issues:
 Rule based and inclusive
multilateral system for
 Effective implementation of SDGs
 Early conclusion of the Doha
Development Round
 Resilient international economic
order
Co-Chair: Dr. Pulin B. Nayak,
Former Professor, Delhi School of
Economics (DSE), University of Delhi,
India
Co-Chair: Mr. Happy Khambule,
Project90by2030, South Africa
Panellists:
 Dr. Himanshu, Associate
Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, India.
 Dr.Gerardo Enrique Cerdas
Vega, Policy Advisor, ActionAid
Brazil, Brazil
 Mr. Igor Lavrovski, Chairman ,
Financial Markets Committee, &
Delovaia Rossia (NGO), Russia
Co-Chair: Dr. Nisha Agrawal,
Chief Executive Officer, OXFAM
India ;Member, FIDC Board
Co-Chair: Ms. Alena Soloveva,
Projects Coordinator,
International Chamber of
Commerce, Russia
Panellists:
 Prof. Ram Kumar Mishra,
Director, Institute of Public
Enterprises, India
 Mr. Mazher Hussain,
Executive Director, COVA,
India
 Mr. Caio de Souza Borges,
Conectas Human Rights,
Brazil
Co-Chair: Prof. Gulshan
Sachdeva, Professor, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, India; Member,
FIDC Board
Co-Chair: Mr. Ka Wing May,
Oxfam Hong Kong, China
Panellists:
 Prof. Ram Upendra Das,
RIS, New Delhi
 Prof. Loussia P. Musse
Felix, Professor, School of
Law, University of Brasília,
Brazil
 Mr. Stepan Kanakin, Project
Manager, Coordinator of
Civic BRICS 2015 Secretariat,
AIDS Infoshare Foundation,
Russia

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 Mr. Xingzui Wang, Executive
Vice President, China Foundation
for Poverty Alleviation, China
 Ms. Sabatini Motloung, Gender
Community Activist, Women
Affected by Mining United in
Action (WAMUA), South Africa
 Ms. Rukia Cornelius, Gender
Lead, Southern Africa Region,
Oxfam South Africa
Open Discussion
 Ms. Tian Huifang, Deputy
Director, Global Governance
Department, Institute of
World Economics and
politics, Chinese Academy of
Social Science, China
 Mr. Simon Vilakazi,
Programme Coordinator,
Food and Climate Justice,
Economic Justice Network
(EJN) of FOCCISA, South
Africa
Open Discussion
 Ms. Sun Jingying, Economic
Development
Department,Institute of World
Economics and
Politics, Chinese Academy of
Social Science, China
 Rev. Malcolm Damon,
Executive Director, Economic
Justice Network (EJN) of
FOCCISA, South Africa
Open Discussion
15:00 – 15:30 Tea at Silver Oak Patio, Silver Oak Foyer and The Theatre
15:30 – 17:00 Parallel Session II
Parallel Session II (a):
Health and Malnutrition
Venue: Stein Auditorium
Parallel Session II (b):
Youth Livelihood, Skills and
Quality Education
Venue: Silver Oak
Parallel Session II (c):
Human Security, Peace and
Justice
Venue: The Theatre
Key Issues:
 Access to affordable medicine
 Provision of nutritive food,
clean drinking water
 Community empowerment
 Shared concerns for
preventive health care
 Access and innovations for
integrated and holistic food
systems
Key Issues:
 Increasing job
opportunities through
quality education
 Skill enhancement of
youth with equal
opportunity
 Informal sector and
labour welfare
 Access to relevant skills
and job creation
Key Issues:
 Human security
 Gender equality and
human development
 Peace and justice
Co-Chair: Prof. T.C. James, Visiting
Fellow, RIS, New Delhi
Co-Chair: Ms. Laura trajber
Waisbich, Brazilian Centre for
Analysis and Planning (Cebrap);
South-South Cooperation Research
and Policy Center, Brazil
Panellists:
 Ms. Shailly Gupta, Deputy Head
(India), MSF Access Campaign,
India
 Ms. Irina Kostetskaya, Deputy
Director, Head of Civic BRICS
2015 Secretariat, AIDS Infoshare
Foundation, Russia
 Mr. Tang Kun, Associate
Professor, Department of Global
Health, Peking University, China
 Ms. Fatima Shabodien, Country
Director, ActionAid South Africa
Co-Chair: Dr. Kaustuv Kanti
Bandyopadhyay, PRIA, Member,
FIDC Board
Co-Chair: Mrs. Mathama Florah
Maswanganyi, Woman Small
Scale Farmer, East and Southern
Africa Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF),
South Africa
Panellists:
 Mr. Ranajit Bhattacharyya,
Pratham Education
Foundation, India.
 Ms. Larisa Zelentsova,
President, International
Alliance of BRICS Strategic
Projects, Russia
 Ms. Svetlana Afanaseva,
Administrative Director,
Russian National Committee
on BRICS Research, Russia
 Ms. Tian Huifang, Deputy
Director, Global Governance
Department, Institute of World
Economics and
politics, Chinese Academy of
Social Science, China
Chair: Mr. Harsh Jaitli, VANI,
Member, FIDC Board
Panellists:
 Dr. Ruchita Beri, Senior
Research Associate, Institute
for Defence Studies and
Analyses, New Delhi, India
;Member, FIDC Board
 Dr. Alexei Fenenko, Faculty
of World Politics, Moscow
State University, Russia
 Mr. Huang He, Deputy
Director General, United
Nations Association of China,
China
 Mrs. Corlett Letlojoane,
Executive Director, Human
Rights Institute of South
Africa (HURISA), South
Africa

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Open Discussion
 Ms. Linda Dywili, Project
Coordinator, South African
Network on Inequality (SANI),
Economic Justice Network of
FOCCISA, South Africa
Open Discussion
Open Discussion
18:00 – l9:00
Briefing for Students on BRICS Process by RIS in Partnership with Jindal School
of International Affairs
Venue: Silver Oak
Moderator
 Ms. Karin Costa Vazquez, Assistant Professor of Diplomatic Practice;
Assistant Dean (Global Engagement and Student Experience), Jindal School
of International Affairs, Sonepat, India
Speakers:
 Mr. Alok A. Dimri, Joint Secretary (MER), Ministry of External Affairs,
Government of India
 Ms. Claudia Vieira Santos, Deputy Chief of Mission, Brazilian Embassy,
New Delhi
 Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director-General, Research and Information
System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India
19:30
Special Session with Conference Dinner
Venue: Silver Oak
Chair: Ambassador Shyam Saran, Chairman, Research and Information System for
Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India
Welcome Remarks:
 Mr. Harsh Jaitli, VANI, India, Member, FIDC Board
Dinner Talk by:
 Mr. Kiran Karnik, Chairperson, Oxfam India; former President,
NASSCOM, India

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DAY II, Tuesday, 4th
October 2016
09:30 – 09:45
Brief Plenary: Discussion on Key Recommendations of Day I
Venue: Stein Auditorium
Welcome Address:
Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director-General, Research and Information System for
Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India
Chair: Dr. Nisha Agrawal, Chief Executive Officer, OXFAM India ;Member, FIDC
Board
Remarks by:
 Mr. Igor Lavrovski, Chairman , Financial Markets Committee, &
Delovaia Rossia (NGO), Russia
 Ms. Alice de Moraes Amorim Vogas, Climate Change and Development
Associate, GIP; CEO, Associação Saúde Criança Responder, Brazil
 Rev. Malcolm Damon, Executive Director, Economic Justice Network
(EJN) of FOCCISA, South Africa
 Amb. Xie Bohua, Member of Executive Board, United Nations Association
of China; Former Ambassador of China to the Republic of Vanuatu, China
09:45 – 11:15 Parallel Session III
Parallel Session III (a):
Sustainable Urbanization
Venue: Silver Oak
Parallel Session III (b):
Climate Change and
Vulnerabilities
Venue: Stein Auditorium
Parallel Session III (c):
Sustainability and Science-
Society Dialogue
Venue: The Theatre
Key Issues:
 New pressures on
urbanisation like poverty,
inequality, social harmony
and above all climate change
and pollution
 Resource needs for
sustainable urbanisation
 Empower city administrations
and municipal corporations
 Role of MDBs and RDBs
Key Issues:
 Threats to vulnerable
sections due to Climate
Change
 Collaborations across
BRICS
 Implementation of
COP21 commitments
Key Issues:
 Connecting science &
society
 Open Innovation
 BRICS cooperation for
advancement of science
 Developing scientific
temper
Co-Chair: Ms. Sheela Patel,
Director, Society for the Promotion of
Area Resource Centers (SPARC),
India
Co-Chair: Mr. Igor Lavrovski,
Chairman , Financial Markets
Committee; Delovaia Rossia (NGO),
Russia
Panellists:
 Prof. Amitabh Kundu, Former
Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, India.
 Dr. Gerardo Enrique Cerdas
Vega, Policy Advisor, ActionAid
Brazil, Brazil
 Ms. Sun Jingying, Economic
Development Department,Institute
of World Economics and
Politics, Chinese Academy of
Social Science, China
Chair: Dr Ashok Khosla,
Development Alternatives, India
Panellists:
 Prof. Suresh Kumar,
Head, Department of
African Studies, University
of Delhi, India
 Ms. Alice de Moraes
Amorim Vogas, Climate
Change and Development
Associate, GIP; CEO,
Associação Saúde Criança
Responder, Brazil
Co-Chair: Dinesh C Sharma,
Journalist and Author, New
Delhi, India
Co-Chair: Prof. E. Haribabu,
Former Pro Vice-Chancellor,
University of Hyderabad, India
Panellists:
 Dr. Nomesh Bolia, Associate
Professor, Indian Institute of
Technology, Delhi, India
 Dr. Anup Kumar Das,
Centre for Studies in Science
Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, India

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 Ms. Matshidiso Motsoeneng,
Junior Researcher, Studies in
Poverty and Inequality Institute (
SPII), South Africa
Open Discussion
 Ms. Alena Soloveva,
Projects Coordinator,
International Chamber of
Commerce, Russia
 Ms. Tian Huifang, Deputy
Director, Global
Governance Department,
Institute of World
Economics and
politics, Chinese Academy
of Social Science, China
 Mrs. Mathama Florah
Maswanganyi, Woman
Small Scale Farmer, East
and Southern Africa
Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF),
South Africa
Open Discussion
 Ms. Laura trajber
Waisbich, Brazilian Centre
for Analysis and Planning
(Cebrap); South-South
Cooperation Research and
Policy Center, Brazil
 Mr. Wang Zhenyu,
Director, China National
Committee for Pacific
Economic Cooperation
(CNCPEC), China
 Mr. Happy Khambule,
Project90by2030, South
Africa
Open Discussion
11:15 – 11:30 Tea Break ( Silver Oak Patio/ Silver Oak Foyer/ The Theatre )
11:30 – 13:00
Plenary Session III: Institutionalising Mechanisms for Civil Society
Engagement
Venue: Silver Oak
The closing plenary
session will explore and
analyse the possibility
for institutionalising the
BRICS CSO Forum for
deeper collaboration
and exchange of
information and
experiences. Moreover,
the focus would be on
actions to synergise with
other BRICS Forums
and actions to be taken
for subsequent Summits.
Welcome Address:
 Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director-General, Research and Information
System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India
Chair: Ambassador V. S. Seshadri, , Vice-Chairman, Research and Information
System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India
Conference Report by:
 Dr. Nisha Agrawal, Chief Executive Officer, OXFAM India ;Member,
FIDC Board
Remarks by:
 Rev. Malcolm Damon, Executive Director, Economic Justice Network
(EJN) of FOCCISA, South Africa
 Ms. Alice de Moraes Amorim Vogas, Climate Change and Development
Associate, GIP; CEO, Associação Saúde Criança Responder, Brazil
 Mr. Igor Lavrovski, Chairman , Financial Markets Committee, &
Delovaia Rossia (NGO), Russia
Key Priorities by Next Presidency:
 Amb. Xie Bohua, Member of Executive Board, United Nations Association
of China; Former Ambassador of China to the Republic of Vanuatu, China
Valedictory Address:
 Mr. Alok A. Dimri, Joint Secretary (MER), Ministry of External Affairs,
Government of India
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch at Silver Oak Patio, Silver Oak Foyer and The Theatre