Thursday, April the 5th 2007 :

• Arrival of the delegations.
• Transfer and settlement in Rabat.
• Registry of the delegations.
Places:
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation – Entry Hall (18h00 – 22h00).
• Sites of accomodation (until 22H00).

Friday, April the 6th 2007 :

08H30 – 09H30
• Arrival of the delegations at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
• Registry of the delegations, including the registry for the participation in the panels.

Place: Entry Hall.
09H40 : Settlement of the members of the delegations in the BALAFREJ Conference Room.
10H00 : Oppening ceremony.

• Reading of the Royal Message.
• Address by Mr. Kemal DERVIS, UNDP Administrator.
• Presentation of the development of the work sessions by the host country.

11H00 : Plenary session (BALAFREJ Conference Room).

• Adoption of the agenda.
• Election of the Conference bureau (President, two vice Presidents and one Rapporteur).
• Appointment of the Presidents and Facilitators of the panels.
• Presentation of 3 national African experiences.
• Address by the representatives of International and Regional Organizations.

13H00 – 14H30 : Lunch offered by the host country.

Place : Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

15H00 – 18H00 : Work session of the panels.

Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

Panel 1 : MDG and Local Developement. BENHIMA Conference Room.

Panel 2 : Gender Equality. Room n° 8.

Panel 3 : Governance. Room n° 7.

Framework of the work session of the panels:

• Report on the introductory note by the facilitator.
• Presentation of national experiences.
• Interractive debate.
20H00 : Official Diner offered by His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the honor of the Heads of delegations, the Ministers and the Ambassadors accredited in Morocco.
Place : Dar Diafa.
Diner offered to the delegates by His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
Place : Tour Hassan Hotel.

Saterday, April the 7th 2007 :

Morning
• Drawing up of the recommandations of the panels.
• Finalization of the general report of the Conference.
• Finalization of the “Rabat Declaration”.

11H00 : Closing Session

• Presentation of the syntheses of the panels.
• Presentation of the general report of the Conference.
• Adoption of the Rabat Declaration.
• Addresses :
  o A representative of the participating countries.
  o A representative of the International and Regional Organizations.
  o A representative of the observant countries and NGOs.
• Closing speech by the host country.
End of work.
13H30 : Lunch offered by the host country.
Place : Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.