Kindly note that keeping in mind health safety concerns, our responsibilities, and the objectives behind bringing together global invitees for the GPD, the eight co-sponsoring organisations have taken the decision to postpone the Global Policy Dialogue from 19-20 January 2022 to 1-2 March 2022.
As an initiative of the Global Governance and Innovation Network, the Stimson Center, Academic Council on the UN System, Plataforma CIPÓ, Leiden University, Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, Global Challenges Foundation, the Institute for Economics & Peace, and Club de Madrid are proud to convene the Global Policy Dialogue on Global Governance Innovation: Beyond UN75 & Our Common Agenda, from 1-2 March 2022 at the Stimson Center and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
This tab is now an archive of a previous Global policy Dialogue that took place March 2022. To see information on our current June GPD in conjunction with the ACUNS Annual Meeting please see the June GPD 2022 tab.
Virtual participants can attend the 3-day event using this recurring link for all sessions: https://bit.ly/GPDMarch2022
Meeting ID: 81744211461
Password: 105707
Please find below the detailed agenda for each day. To view the PDF version of the MARCH 2022 GPD, click here.
Pre-GPD: 28 February at the Beacon Hotel & Ala Restaurant
Beacon Hotel, 1615 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036
Ala Restaurant, 1320 19th St NW, Washington, DC 20036
Before 6:00 pm: Check-in at Beacon Hotel
- Participant packet, COVID-19 test kit, and N-95 mask will be available upon check-in.
6:00 pm: Guests escorted to Ala Restaurant in groups (five-minutes walk) for a Welcome Reception (6-7:00 pm) and Dinner (7:00-8:30 pm)
- 6:00 pm (Group 1 departs from the Beacon Hotel lobby)
- 6:30 pm (Group 2 departs from the Beacon Hotel lobby)
- 6:50 pm (Group 3 departs from the Beacon Hotel lobby)
7:00 pm Welcome Reception and Dinner at nearby Ala Restaurant (1320 19th St NW, Washington, DC 20036)
Day I: 1 March at the Stimson Center
Stimson Center, 1211 Connecticut Ave NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20036
7:30 am: Breakfast at the Beacon Hotel
8:30 am: First group escorted to the Stimson Center
8:40 am: Second and final group escorted to the Stimson Center
8:45 am: Check-in at the Stimson Center (tea/coffee will be served)
9:00 am: Opening Session“Our Common Agenda & the Road to 2023”
- Lead-off remarks:
- H.E. Amb. (Prof.) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN)
- H.E. Danilo Türk (President of the Club de Madrid and Former President of Slovenia (2007-2012) Ambassador of Slovenia to the United Nations, UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs)
- H.E. Amb. Alya Al-Thani (Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the UN)
- H.E. Amb. Magnus Lennartsson (Deputy Permanent Representative of Sweden to the UN)
- H.E. Amb. Cho Hyun (Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN)
- H.E. Amb. Agustin Santos Maraver (Permanent Representative of Spain to the UN)
- Moderator: Dr. Richard Ponzio (Director, Global Governance, Justice & Security Program, Stimson Center)
10:30 am: Group Photo (for virtual/in-person participants) and Brief Tea/Coffee Break
10:45 am: Breakthrough Groups Session 1: Building consensus around a shared understanding of a particular global problem-set
- Four groups: Climate Action and Governing the Environment and Global Commons, Conflict Prevention and Management, COVID-19 Response and Human Rights Promotion: Forging a New Social Contract, and Collaborative Economy and Promoting Global Public Goods.
12:15 pm: Hot Lunch
12:45 pm: Special Luncheon Discussion on furthering recommendations across thematic areas of the High-Level Advisory Board on Global Public Goods
- Speakers:
- Dr. David Passarelli (Executive Director, Centre for Policy Research, UN University)
- Dr. Adam Day (Director of Programmes, Centre for Policy Research, UN University and Co-Lead in supporting the UN High-Level Advisory Board on Global Public Goods)
- Lead Discussants:
- Nandini Harihar (Research Analyst, Council on Energy, Environment, and Water)
- Anja Olin-Pape (Head of UN Strategy at the Global Challenges Foundation)
- Nudhara Yusuf (Global Governance Innovation Network Facilitator and Coalition for the UN We Need Global Youth Coordinator)
- Moderator: Jens Orback (Executive-Director, Global Challenges Foundation)
1:45 pm: Short Break and Proceed to Afternoon Breakthrough Sessions
2:00 pm: Breakthrough Groups Session 2: Analyzing and critiquing the status-quo: Strengths and weaknesses of current global governance responses to a particular global problem-set
- Four groups: Climate Action and Governing the Environment and Global Commons, Conflict Prevention and Management, COVID-19 Response and Human Rights Promotion: Forging a New Social Contract, and Collaborative Economy and Promoting Global Public Goods.
3:30 pm: Brief Tea/Coffee break
3:50 pm: Introduction on a Systems Approach to Global Governance & Peacebuilding
- Speaker: Steve Killelea (Founder and Executive Chairman, Institute of Economics & Peace and founder of the technology company Integrated Research Ltd)
- Moderator: Michael Collins (Executive Director Americas, Institute for Economics and Peace)
4:10 pm: Plenary Session 1
This session will feature 3-4 minutes overviews per breakthrough group on the shared understanding and analysis/critique of the status-quo global governance response to a particular global problem-set; after a group’s members have added any additional points, we will welcome 15-20 min. discussion with the full plenary, before proceeding to the next breakthrough group.
- Co-Moderators: Dr. Adriana Abdenur (Executive-Director and Co-Founder, Plataforma CIPO), Noemi Becerra (Senior Program Officer, Club de Madrid), and Michael Collins (Executive Director Americas, Institute for Economics and Peace)
5:20 pm: Conclude and take shuttle bus to Reception and Dinner at United States Institute of Peace (2301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20037)
6:00 pm: Evening Reception and Dinner at United States Institute of Peace (co-sponsored with the Missions of the Republic of Korea, Spain, and Nigeria to the United Nations, as well as the Embassy of the State of Qatar to the United States)
6:30 pm: Welcome and brief remarks from Lise Grande (President and CEO, U.S. Institute of Peace), H.E. Amb. (Prof.) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (President of the 74th Session of the General Assembly and Permanent Representative of the Nigerian Mission to the UN), H.E. Amb. Cho Hyun (Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN), H.E. Amb. Agustin Santos Maraver (Permanent Representative of Spain to the UN), and Alexandre Stutzmann (Special Adviser to the President of the UN General Assembly).
6:45 pm: Dinner Served
7:30 – 8:30 pm: Moderated dialogue on“Beyond UN75 & Our Common Agenda” This concluding session will consist of a 25-30 minutes moderated dialogue, followed by 30-35 mins Q&A and discussion with the audience.
- Speakers:
- H.E. Mary Robinson (Chair of The Elders; former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)
- H.E. María Fernanda Espinosa (President of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly)
- H.E. Laura Chinchilla (Vice-President of the Club de Madrid and President of Costa Rica (2010-2014))
- H.E. Chido Mpemba (African Union Youth Envoy)
- H.E Amb. Jeffrey Prescott (Deputy to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations)
- Moderators: Lise Grande (President and CEO, U.S. Institute of Peace) and Brian Finlay (President and CEO, Stimson Center)
8:30 pm: Program concludes and Shuttle back to the Beacon Hotel
8:40 pm: Shuttle back to the Beacon Hotel
Day II: 2 March at Georgetown University
Mortara Center for International Studies, 3600 N Street NW, 36th St NW, Washington, DC 20007
7:30 am: Breakfast at the Beacon Hotel
8:10 am: Shuttle departs for Georgetown University (Mortara Center for International Studies)
9:00 am: Special Keynote on Taking Forward the UN75 Vision and Commitments
- Speaker: H.E. Abdulla Shahid (President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly) (video)
- Panelist (Q&A and discussion): Alexandre Stutzmann (Special Adviser to the President of the UN General Assembly)
- Reflections by H.E. Amb. Cho Hyun (Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN) and H.E. Amb. Agustin Santos Maraver (Permanent Representative of Spain to the UN)
- Moderator: Henry Alt-Haaker (Senior Vice-President, Robert Bosch Stiftung)
10:00 am: Brief Tea/Coffee Break and Proceed to Morning Breakthrough Rooms
10:15 am: Breakthrough Groups Session 3: Debate and elaborate on a select number of relevant Our Common Agenda reform proposals in response to particular global problem-sets (and related gaps in global governance) – whether of an institutional, legal, policy, normative, or operational nature.
- Four groups: Climate Action and Governing the Environment and Global Commons, Conflict Prevention and Management, COVID-19 Response and Human Rights Promotion: Forging a New Social Contract, and Collaborative Economy and Promoting Global Public Goods.
11:45 am: Pick-up Lunch Boxes
12:30 pm: Special Session “From COP-26 to Stockholm +50 to the 2023 Summit of the Future: New Directions for Climate Governance”
- Lead-off remarks:
- Maja Groff, Esq (Convenor, Climate Governance Commission)
- Dr. Arunabha Ghosh (CEO and Founder, Council on Energy, Environment, and Water)
- Dr. Adriana Abdenur (Executive-Director and Co-Founder, Plataforma CIPO)
- Sue Biniaz (Deputy to the Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry, U.S. Department of State)
- H.E. Chido Mpemba (African Union Youth Envoy)
- Moderator: Dr. Magnus Jiborn (Director of Research, Global Challenges Foundation)
- Welcome: Professor Lise Howard (President, Academic Council on the UN System and Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University)
1:45 pm: Short break and Proceed to Afternoon Breakthrough Rooms
2:00 pm: Breakthrough Groups Session 4: Beyond (or complementary to) the Our Common Agenda ideas discussed in the morning breakthrough session, debate and refine innovative reform proposals in response to particular global problem-sets (and related gaps in global governance) – whether of an institutional, legal, policy, normative, or operational nature.
- Four groups: Climate Action and Governing the Environment and Global Commons, Conflict Prevention and Management, COVID-19 Response and Human Rights Promotion: Forging a New Social Contract, and Collaborative Economy and Promoting Global Public Goods.
3:15 pm: Short Tea/Coffee Break and Proceed to Special Forum
3:30 pm: Special Forum on the 2023 Summit of the Future (Held in Gaston Hall within Healy Hall)
- Speakers:
- H.E. Mary Robinson (Chair of The Elders; former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)
- H.E. Amb. (Prof.) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (President of the 74th Session of the General Assembly and Permanent Representative of the Nigerian Mission to the UN)
- H.E. María Fernanda Espinosa (President of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly)
- H.E. Laura Chinchilla (Vice-President of the Club de Madrid and former President of Costa Rica)
- Nudhara Yusuf (Global Governance Innovation Network Facilitator and Coalition for the UN We Need Global Youth Coordinator)
- Moderator: Dean Joel Hellman (Dean, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University)
- Welcome: Professor Lise Howard (President, Academic Council on the UN System and Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University)
4:30 pm: Short Tea/Coffee Break and Proceed to Concluding Session
4:45 pm: Concluding GPD Session: Shaping the September 2023 Summit of the Future Final report-backs from four breakthrough groups + Georgetown students group (4-5 mins per group elaborating on select Our Common Agenda and related global governance innovation proposals to more effectively address a global problem-set; after a group’s members have added additional points, we will welcome 8-10 min. discussion with the full plenary, before proceeding to the next breakthrough group). Held in the Riggs Library, 3rd floor, Healy Hall South Tower at Georgetown University
- Co-Moderators:
- Professor Lise Howard (President, Academic Council on the UN System and Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University)
- Professor Joris Larik (Professor of International Law, Leiden University, and Senior Adviser, Global Governance, Justice & Security Program, Stimson Center)
- Dr. Richard Ponzio (Director, Global Governance, Justice & Security Program, Stimson Center)
6:00 pm: Vote of Thanks and Reception (Held in the President’s Room, next door to Riggs Library)
7:00 pm: Program Concludes and Shuttle back to the Beacon Hotel
Day III: 3 March at the Stimson Center (9:00 AM – 12:30 PM)
Stimson Center, 1211 Connecticut Ave NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20036
For more information on this session, please see the program here.
For leaders from the Global Governance Innovation Network, Climate Governance Commission, Coalition for the UN We Need, and Together First, this follow-on, half-day strategy session will be convened back at the Stimson Center. The goal is for these civil society-led efforts to come together to advance a shared vision and mobilize political pressure—in parallel to related intergovernmental initiatives—in charting a common (or at least complementary) action program for 2022 and beyond on global governance inclusion and renewal.
7:30 am: Breakfast at the Beacon Hotel
8:30 am: Participants escorted to the Stimson Center
8:45 am: Check-in at the Stimson Center
9:00 am – 12:30 pm: The Countdown to 2023 Strategy Session
- Opening Remarks by Natalie Samarasinghe (Global Director of Advocacy, Open Society Foundations and former Chief of Strategy, UN@75 Office)
- Co-Moderators:
- Enyseh Teimory (Together First)
- Dan Perell (Coalition for the UN We Need)
- Closing Reflections on the Way Forward by Fergus Watt (Coordinator, Coalition for the UN We Need)
12:30 pm: Light Farewell Lunch Served (feel free to organize lunch meetings in D.C.)