Agenda Topics

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Agenda Topics

• Logistics and objectives of Beijing meeting and
  linkages with UNESCO HL meeting
• Co-chairs issue paper
• UNGEI gender review
• Fragile States paper
• Harmonization Working Group lead

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Invitations

• 15 countries based on following mix criteria
• Regional
• Countries with endorsed sector plans (old and
  new)
• Countries planning appraisal/endorsement in
  near future
• Civil Society invite the same as HL meeting

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Co-Chairs Issues Paper

• Main Comments
• Careful to maintain a country-led and
  demand-driven approach
• Avoid return to categorizing countries as in or
  out and inviting
• Add the issue of integration within country-wide
  processes
• Seek partner country input
• On fragile states, take care not safeguard
  performance-based approach all are at a
  different stage
• Improve forward and backward linkages between HQ
  and field staff
• Strengthen integration/links with international
  for a
• Next Steps Revise and circulate

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Papers

• Fragile States Paper
• Rather than categorizing countries, maintain
  principle that all countries may receive support
  depending on their specific needs
• Capture experience and successes and failures
• Gender Focus recommendations on
• how assessment guidelines and indicative
  framework can be revised
• How to work at country level and role of UNGEI in
  supporting country level dialogue