Item 1: Opening of Conference
Welcoming address by host government.
Opening statement by the representative of UNEP

Keynote speech by Former President Fidel V. Ramos.

Item 2: Organisation of the Conference: co-chairs, rapporteurs and moderators. Discussions in English only and all documentation is issued in English alone. Adoption of the Agenda and Programme

Item 3: Introduction of relevant documents for Conference

Item 4: Introduction to the Conference: output of Conference and contribution to the IGR-3; introductory presentation outlining overall purpose of Conference, which is: To review policy and implementation management frameworks addressing key marine and coastal issues and emerging solutions ensuring that those frameworks are: (a) Contributing effectively to the development of strengthened and resilient marine and
coastal ecosystems serving coastal and upstream communities; and (b) In so doing helping to meet the new environmental resource management challenges which the international community is facing in developing a more resource efficient and lower carbon economy based on sustainable food, energy and water security and quality.

11.00 - 15.00

(Lunch Break 13.00-14.00)

Item 6: Break out groups. These parallel sessions will pursue ‘an issues based focus on a green economy in a blue world':

UNEP/GPA/IGR.3/INF/6

UNEP/GPA/IGR.3/INF/9

Coastal Ecosystems – the value of the ecosystem services which mangroves, sea-grasses and coral reefs provide, including their contribution to climate change adaptation and CO2 storage and sequestration.

Coastal Ecosystems – Services and Values (Jerker Tamelander)

Protecting Valuable Coastal Ecosystem Services (Tundi Agardy)

Coastal Blue Carbon (Linwood Pendleton)

Coastal ecosystems- flagships for integrated management (Richard Kenchington)

UNEP/GPA/WG.1/2

UNEP/GPA/IGR.3/INF/5

Wastewater - collaborative approaches to accelerate global efforts to address wastewater issues.

UNEP/GPA/IGR.3/INF/8

Sick Water

Deltas – managing the unique interface between freshwater and coasts.

Item 1: Moderated plenary session to consider the reports from the break out groups and the morning session with a view to reaching overall consensus on conclusions and recommendations consistent with the 1st day’s work. Co-chairs reflect on Day 1 and set out emerging thoughts and conclusions from Day 1 for short plenary discussion.

Item 2: Chair introduces the main theme for the Day around which work will be organised: ‘Current coastal policy development – trends and achievements on a global scale - Marine and coastal management mechanisms at the national, regional and global levels and their contribution to sustainable development’. To instigate and develop initial thoughts and conclusions, a moderated plenary discussion will focus on policy and management frameworks for coastal management on a national, regional and global scale. The discussion will cover different approaches including the Green Economy, financial mechanisms, and the emerging challenges in developing integrated and ecosystem approaches to coastal and marine management

Item 3: A Key note presentation addressing the following theme:
‘A green economy in a blue world – the contribution of marine and coastal ecosystems and management to move towards higher use efficiency, sustainable food, and water security, and improved water quality’.

Keynote speaker: Dr. Andrew Farmer,
Moderator: Dr. Linwood Pendleton, Director of Ocean and Coastal Policy, Duke's Nicholas Institute, Senior Economic Advisor, NOAA

Towards a GREEN economy-
Pathways to Sustainable
Development and Poverty
Eradication. A Synthesis
for Policy Makers

.45 – 11.15

11.15 - 15.15

(Lunch Break 13.00-14.00)

Regional Seas management and co-operation around the world, including the role of the Regional Seas Programme and the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans, and the development of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) protocols.

Regional Seas: Adressing emerging issues and challenges - (Lucien Chabason)

Marine Litter: Global threat – Global Challenge – Regional Partnerships (Ellik Adler)

Experiences in Partnerships for Nutrients Management (Christopher Corbin)

GPA implementation under the a Regional Seas Programme in the Western Indian Ocean. Partnership building for the WIO-LAB Project (Dixon Waruinge)

UNEP/GPA/IGR/3/INF/11/Rev.1

UNEP/GPA/IGR/3/INF/3/Rev.1

The role of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and UN agencies in delivering transformative integrated water and coastal zone strategies and levering resources through partnerships.

GEF International Waters (IW) Support for the GPA. (Al Duda)

UN-Water Progress update and look into the future (Bert Diphoorn)

UN-OCEANS An interagency coordination mechanism on oceans and coastal issues within the UN System (Jacqueline Alder)

IWRM: forging an agenda between upstream and down-stream management – linking IWRM with the coastal zone.

Linking IWRM with the Coastal Zones: Forging an agenda between upstream and downstream management

Linking Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) with the Coastal Zone in Caribbean SIDS (Vincent Sweeney)

Living Water Exchange: Promoting Nutrient Reduction Best Practices in the CEE

Integrated Water Resources Management Alliance for Upstream Downstream (Gordon Young)

UNEP/GPA/WG.1/4

The Benefits and the Challenges of
Linked Coastal and River Basin Management
Case Studies

Ecosystem-based coastal planning and management – steps to making it operational and influencing the policy drivers in countries.

Incremental steps to EBM (Takehiro Nakamura)

(Richard Kenchington)

EBM (Tundy Agardi)

Trade Offs (Eugene Nixon)

Effective governance frameworks to implement ecosystem-based management: ecological connectivity through institutional connectivity (Peter Jones)

Taking steps toward marine and coastal ecosystem
based management - An introductory guide