Agenda

08:30 – 10:00

Registration - via di Campo Marzio, 78

10:00 – 11:00

 

Opening Session

Welcoming remarks

Laura Boldrini, President of the Chamber of Deputies

Benedetto Della Vedova, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Wu Hongbo, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs

With the participation of Filippo Grandi,
United Nations High Commissioner-elect for Refugees

Testimonials

Antonio Vigilante, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for peace consolidation – UNMIL, United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Liberia

Chiara Scaraggi, Associate Expert, Agro-Industries Technology Unit, Regional Office of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Ethiopia

 

11:00 – 12.00

  Session I - The JPO Programme as an investment in the United Nations System

Moderator: Renato Coen, Journalist, Sky TG 24

 

Presentation of the outcome of the analysis  – 40 years of the Italian JPO Programme

Luca Zelioli, Head, Office II, Directorate General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Respondents

Pilar Cortés, Head, Talent Deployment and Career Management, World Food Programme (WFP)

Firmin Edouard Matoko, Director, Africa Department, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Open debate

 

12:00 – 13:15

  Session II - Italian civil servants in the UN: Italian human capital serving the international community

Moderator: Giampaolo Cantini, Director General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Furio De Tomassi, President, Association of Italian Civil Servants in International Organizations (UFIOI) and Head, Capacity Development Office, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA)

Fernanda Guerrieri, Assistant Director-General, Corporate Services, Human Resources and Finance Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Giuseppe Casale, Deputy Director, International Training Centre, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Alfredo Nunzi, Secretary of the Management Board, European Police Office (Europol)

Open debate

 

 

13:15

 

 

 

Address by Giorgio Napolitano, President Emeritus of the Republic

 

 

Lunch break - Queen's Hall

15:15 – 16:30

  Session III - The JPO experience as a professional springboard

Moderator:Renato Coen, Journalist, Sky TG 24

Cristiana Falcone-Sorrell, Adviser to the Chairman, World Economic Forum

Roberto Barbieri, Director General, OXFAM Italia

Eduardo Missoni, Management of International Institutions and NGOs, Bocconi University and Geneva School of Diplomacy

Antonella Tajani, Director Research Services, National Institute of Nuclear Physics

Open debate

 

16:30 – 18:00

  Session IV - The international civil servants of the future: challenges and prospects

Moderator: Pierfrancesco Sacco, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations organisations in Rome

Lakshmi Menon, Associate Vice President, Corporate Services Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Jafar Javan, Director, United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)

Remo Lalli, CEB Office in Geneva and Secretary of the High Level Committee on Management (HLCM)

Open debate

 

18:00 – 18:15

 

Closing remarks

Gherardo Casini, Head, Office in Rome, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA)

 

 

 

Following the closing remarks, participants are invited to visit the exhibition "1955-2015. Italy in the UN", hosted by the Library of the Chamber of Deputies

 

 

14 December 2015 - Aula dei gruppi parlamentari - Chamber of Deputies of Italy - Rome