2ND GHANA YOUTH CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (GYCCC-SD) PROGRAM OUTLINE DAY1 Opening Plenary Time 08:30 – 09:00 09:00 – 09:05 09:05 - 09:15 09:15 – 09:25 09:25 – 09:30 09:30 – 09:45 09:45 – 10:15

Activity Registration Welcome Address Message from the UN Residence Coordinator in Ghana Message from the Minister of Environment, Science Technology and Innovation (MESTI) Cultural display Group Photo and media interviews Coffee Break / Group Picture

Facilitator (s) GII UN MESTI GII Club Moderator -

Plenary on SDGS 10:15 –10: 20 10:20 – 10:35

Short video on (SDGs) Message from former UN Envoy on SDGs

10:35 – 10:55 10:55 – 11:15 11:15 – 11:35 11:35 – 12:15 12:15 – 13:15

Presentation on SDGs SDGs in Ghanaian Contest Role of Youth in Achieving SDGs Q&A Lunch Break

His Excellency John Dramani Mahama UNDP NDPC (Dr. Felix) YES Ghana Moderator -

Plenary On Climate Change 13:15 – 13:20 13:20 – 13:30 13:30 – 13:50

Short video on (Climate Change) Message from UN Envoy on Climate Change Background and Evidence of Climate Change in Ghana

13:50– 14:10 14:10 – 14:30 14:20 – 15:00

*Action on Climate Change in Ghana (NDCs) Role of Youth in Addressing climate change Q&A

15:00 -15:30

Former president Kufour Mr. Antwi Bosiako (EPA) Mr. Peter Dery (MESTI) Chiebeze Ezekiel (SYN)

Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:00

Simulation Exercise *Insight into the Global Climate Change Negotiations

Mr. Seth Osafo

16:00 – 18:20

Simulation Exercise (Model UNFCCC)

Mr. Seth Osafo/ Mr. Paolo

Dinner and Networking

DAY2 Thematic Session A Time

Activity

Facilitator (s)

09:00 – 09:05

Welcome and Ice breaker

GII

09:05 – 09:25

Sustainable Production, Consumption, and Food security

Blue Skies

09:25 – 09:45

Youth Employment and Decent Work

John Armah

09:45 – 10:05

Gender, Social Equality, and Equity

1

Consult Gender specialist

at UNDP 10:05 – 10:45

Q&A

10:45

Moderator Coffee Break Thematic Session B

11:15 – 11:35

Forests, Oceans, and Biodiversity

GWS / Arocha Ghana

11:35 – 11:55

Water, Health, and Sanitation

2

11:55 – 12:15

Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction

3

12:15 – 12:35

Energy and Infrastructural Development

Burro (Koforidua)

12:35 – 13:30

Q&A

Moderator

13:30 – 14:30

Plastic bottle Recyclers Stephen

Lunch Breakout Session

14:30 – 16:30

Breakout sessions (8 groups based on thematic areas)

Moderator& Rapporteur

Group Presentations (Project Ideas) 16:30 – 17:30

Presentations from breakout session (3 groups to report back) Dinner and Networking

Rapporteurs

DAY3 Group Presentations (Project Ideas) Time 09:00 – 10:00

Activity Presentations from the breakout sessions

Facilitator (s) Moderator & Rapporteurs

(3 groups to report back) 10:00 – 10:30

Coffee Break (Media Interviews)

10:30 – 11:15

Presentations from the breakout sessions

11:15 – 11:30

(2 remaining groups to report back) Open voting for the best project Idea

Media

GII

Closing Plenary

11:30 – 12:00 12:00 – 12:15

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Launch of Youth Position paper (Declaration ) Launch of “Ghana National Youth Alliance on Agenda 2030” Conference Evaluation

12:15 – 13:15

GII/UNDP/MESTI GII

Lunch and Interviews Field Trip

13:30 – 17:30

Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP)

ACARP Contact

Glefe (Planting of mangrove seedlings)

Glefe Contact

Blue skies

Blue skies Contact

Plastic bottles recycling point

Contact