09:00-09:15 Opening Session                                                     News     Summary of the Seminar

 Moderator: YE Qing,  Assistant President, SIIS, Shanghai, China

Welcome Speech by Dr. CHEN Dongxiao, President, SIIS, Shanghai, China

Welcome Speech by Catrina SCHLÄGER, Resident Director, FES Shanghai

Speech by ZHANG Dan, Counsellor, Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of PRC

 09:15-12:00 Session I: Taking Stock of Current Debates – How to Achieve a New Global Partnership?

 Moderator: Catrina SCHLÄGER, Resident Director, FES Shanghai

 Issues to be discussed:

- Convergence of the post-MDG and SDG-processes

- China Position Paper on the Development Agenda beyond 2015

- Proposals on the table (HLP-Report and Action Agenda of Sustainable Development Solutions Network)

- Outcomes of the Special Event towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals

- Assessing the political will to reach a substantial policy document by 2015

25+10  A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and transform Economies through Sustainable Development and China’s Position

LIU Hua, Deputy Director-General, U.N. Association of China

25+10 An Action Agenda for Sustainable Development

XUE Lan, Cheun Kong Chair Professor and Dean, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University (tbc)

10:30-11:00 Group Photo and Tea/coffee break

25+5 Roadmap towards a Post 2015 Development Agenda

ZHU Juwang, Chief, Small Islands Developing States, Oceans and Climate Change Branch, United Nations Division for Sustainable Development, New York

30 General discussion

13:30-16:00 Session II: The Role of BRICS – Ambitions and Constraints in a New Global Partnership

Moderator: Dr. ZHANG Haibing, Executive Director of the institute for World Economy Studies, SIIS, Shanghai, China

 Issues to be discussed:

- How do the BRICS-countries regard their role in the post 2015 process?

- BRICS as part of the developing world, only as provider of south-south cooperation with no further commitments, or as part of a universal agenda?

- Country-level debates on a post 2015 global development agenda

- Is there a common understanding among the BRICS towards a New Global Partnership?

15+5 Dr. Carlos Roberto SANCHEZ MILANI, Research Fellow, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil

15+5 Dr. Vladislav INOZEMTSEV, Director Centre for Post-Industrial Studies, Russia

15+5 Dr. Ummu Salva BAVA, Director Europe Area Studies Programme, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

14:30-15:00 Tea/Coffee Break

15+5 LI Xiaoyun, Professor, China Agriculture University, Beijing, China

15+5 Dr. Siphamandla ZONDI, Director, Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa

20 General discussion

16:00-17:30 Session III: Expectations towards BRICS in a Post-2015 Development Agenda

Moderator: Zhang Guihong, Professor, Fudan University; Secretary General, Shanghai UN Research Association

 Issues to be discussed:

- What are expectations from the developing world towards BRICS?

- What kind of commitment do the “old donors” expect?

- What are the views of civil society actors with respect to BRICS and their role in a post-2015 development agenda?

15+5 Dr. Fahmida KHATUN, Research Director, Center for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh 

15+5 Dr. Hildegard LINGNAU, Senior Counsellor, Development Cooperation Directorate, OECD, France

15+5 Roberto BISSIO, Executive Director, Social Watch, Uruguay

10 Zhang Chun, Deputy Director, Center for West-Asian & African Studies, SIIS

General discussion

Friday, 29 November 2013 – Day Two

09:00-11:00 Session IV(An Open Panel Discussion Session): Finding Common Ground in the Interest of Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development

Moderator: Hubert SCHILLINGER, Co-ordinator, Dialogue on Globalization

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

 Issues to be discussed:

- “Common but differentiated responsibilities” is a key component in the whole debate – how to respect this principle without relativizing the goals?

- How could a “single framework and set of goals that are universal in nature and applicable in all countries” look like?

- Which political and financial commitment do the BRICS expect from industrialized countries and vice versa?

- Means of implementation (financial, institutional, technological)

15+5 Dr. Thomas FUES, Head of Training Department, German Development Institute, Germany

15+5 Dr. Chee Yoke LING, Director, Third World Network, Malaysia

 Panel Discussion with participants of BRICS countries followed by General Discussion among representatives from the BRIS countries and German Consulate General in Shanghai and the participants.

11:00-11:30 Tea/Coffee Break

11:30-12:00 Closing Session

 Moderator: Dr. YE Jiang, Executive Director of the Institute for Global Governance Studies, SIIS, Shanghai, China

Closing remarks by FES

Catrina SCHLÄGER, Resident Director, FES Shanghai

Closing remarks by SIIS 

Dr. Yang Jian, Vice President of SIIS, Shanghai, China