SWA Partnership meeting agenda

1. SWA Partnership Meeting Agenda
11- 13 November 2013, Crowne Plaza, Geneva, Switzerland
Day One - Monday
Time
Agenda Item
9:00 – 11:00
Participant Registration
11:00 – 12:30
Session 1: Welcome, Introductions, Agenda – facilitated by John Sibi-Okumu
Short animated video: “Sanitation and Water for All Explained”
Welcome and opening remarks by Darren Saywell, Vice Chair of SWA and François Münger,
Head of the Global Program Water Initiative at the Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation
Interactive introductions and discussion of meeting purpose
Introduction to SWA: What, Where, How, and Why of SWA – presentation by Darren Saywell
Questions and Answers
12:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:00 – 18:00
Session 2: Taking Stock of the Partnership – facilitated by Amanda Marlin
14:00 – 15:00
Progress update on 2012 HLM commitments – Presentation by Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF
SWA’s added value - Short presentations by selected partners
Plenary Q&A
15:00 – 15:30
Break
15:30 – 18:00
Facilitated discussion on the added value of SWA: seated at tables by constituency,
participants will discuss three questions with the support of a moderator
Feed-back in plenary: Participants will share their reflections on the added value of partnership
through a “walk around”
Wrap up of stock-taking
18:00
End of day
19:30
Dinner hosted by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) at
Restaurant L'Attique, on the top floor of the World Meterological Organisation building
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2. Day Two - Tuesday
Time
Agenda Item
8:30
Opening of Day Two – Facilitated by David Schaub-Jones
8:30 – 9:00
SWA Review Inception Report – presentation by Leda Scott and Ken Caplan, consultants,
followed by question and answer
9:00 – 12:00
Session 3 - Building a Common Vision for the Future – facilitated by David SchaubJones
9:00 – 9:30
Steering Committee visioning exercise: presentation and discussion on progress made in
May 2013
9:30 - 10:30
Visioning exercise: what SWA should look like in 5 years time, in terms of structure and
governance, scope of activities and partenrs/constituencies. Group discussion by
constituency.
10:30 –11:00
Break
11:00 – 12:00
Strategic steps to reach the vision: group report back and plenary discussion on key actions
needed for SWA to realize its 5 year vision
12:00 – 17:00
Session 4 - Addressing Key Strategic Issues for SWA
12:00 -13:00
Strategic issue No. 1: SWA's role in improving aid-effectiveness - focus on accountability –
facilitated by Henry Northover, WaterAid, on behalf of the Country Processes Task Team
(CPTT)
13:00 -14:00
14:00 – 15:00
15:00 -15:30
15:30 -17:00
17:00 – 17:45
 Presentation
 Panel debate
 Group discussions
Lunch
Address by Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe
drinking water and sanitation
Strategic issue No. 2: SWA's role in the post-2015 agenda – facilitated by WHO and UNICEF
– Bruce Gordon and Sanjay Wijesekera
 Presentation
 Panel debate
 Discussion
Break
Strategic Issue No. 3: Learning from other sectors’ global partnerships and increasing SWA’s
influence in other sectors
 Keynote address by Dr David Nabarro, Coordinator of Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) and
UN Special Representative on Food Security and Nutrition
 Panel debate with
Dr Phyllida Travis, Co-ordinator in the Core Team of the International Health
Partnership
Ms Tara O’Connell - Senior Education Specialist at the Global Partnership for Education
Mr Marc Van Ameringen, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Ms Leda Stott, Global Partnership Expert
 Questions and Discussion
Session 5 – Pulling It Together – facilitated by David Schaub-Jones
Partners work in constituency groups to reflect on all the inputs of the day and develop
presentations on their recommendations for SWA way forward
17:45
End of day
Free evening for Networking, Group Discussions and Open Space Partner Forum for exchange of partner experience
Light refreshments served from 6:00 to 7:00 pm
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3. Day Three - Wednesday
Time
Agenda Item
8:30
Opening of Day Three by John Sibi-Okumu
8:30 – 10:30
Session 6: Recommendations from Constituencies – facilitated by John Sibi-Okumu
Finalizing of presentations by each constituency
Presentations and facilitated discussion in plenary
10:30 – 11:15
Session 7: Wrap Up of Actions and Way Forward – facilitated by David Schaub-Jones
Plenary discussion
Conclusions by Darren Saywell
11:15 – 11:45
Break
11:45 – 18:00
Session 8 – High Level Commitments Dialogue and the High Level Meeting –
facilitated by David Schaub-Jones
11:45 – 12:45
Short Film: “The Sanitation and Water for All 2012 High Level Meeting”
Part 1: Overview of the key milestones to the HLM in 2014
Meetings, Dates and Themes – Presentation by Darren Saywell
The Preparatory Process for Donors and Developing Countries – Presentation by Fiorella
Polo and Piers Cross, SWA Secretariat
Discussion
12:45 – 13:45
Lunch
13:45 – 15:30
Part 2: Conducting the sector-level dialogue – focus on developing new commitments
What makes a good commitment? – Presentation by Fiorella Polo
How to analyze progress, determine bottlenecks and set priorities
– What tools are available? How can the tools be used to determine priorities?
– How can HLM commitments be aligned with other international commitments?
Discussion
Using the results from GLAAS to develop commitments - Practical exercise facilitated by
Fiorella Polo, SWA Secretariat and Fiona Gore, WHO
15:30-16:00
Break
16:00 – 16:30
Part 3: Engaging at a High Level – Ministers, Parliamentarians and Heads of State
Advocacy campaigns around the HLCD –Presentation by Ceridwen Johnson, SWA
Secretariat
Discussion
Parallel Sessions
Donor Group
Other participants
Discussion of preparatory
process for HLM
16:30-17:15
Engaging at a High Level (cont’d) Focusing on the
Minister of Finance
Presentation on Outcomes of a Meeting of Senior
Finance Ministry Officials – Clarissa Brocklehurst, SWA
Secretariat
Commentary and Discussion
Part 4: Developing Outline Workplans
17:15-17:45
Participants discuss the steps to develop action plans to
be further elaborated back home
17:45 – 18:00
Closing Remarks by Darren Saywell
18:00
Closing
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