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The Millennium Development Goals beyond 2015 Eveline Herfkens Thursday 26 May 2011, at 10:00 Aula degli Organi Collegiali (University Campus, Palazzo del Rettorato) Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma

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The "Kapuscinski Lectures" project is an initiative of the European Commission, implemented jointly with UNDP and partner institutions. The lecture in Rome is hosted by the SAPIENZA University of Rome. The project is funded by the European Commission.

The first Italian “Kapuscinki Letcure” is part of the Course of Higher Learning on Sustainable Development and the Millennium Development Goals, organised by the Urban Research Centre for the Developing Countries (Centro PVS) at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, millennio@uniroma1.it http://w3.uniroma1.it/sapienzamillenniumcourse/ in collaboration with UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME (UN-HABITAT) and with SPES – Development Studies, Research Centre at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. spes@uniroma1.it http://w3.uniroma1.it/spes The Rettore of the University of Rome La Sapienza Ufficio Cerimoniale della Sapienza T (+39) 06 4991 0541-0385-0291 e-mail cerimoniale@uniroma1.it

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Introduction

The series “Kapuscinski lectures”, from the name of

Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish reporter and writer covering

developing countries, are organized jointly by the

European Commission, United Nations Development

Programme and partner universities. Within the framework

of this project, best experts from around the world deliver

lectures on development and development cooperation at

universities of the European Union countries.

The series of lectures offer students and experts from

Member States of the European Union an unprecedented

opportunity to learn and discuss development and issues

related to development cooperation.

Lectures are followed by roundtables with national

development expert and policy-makers. Also, the lectures

form part of preparations for and promotion of the

European Development Days, worldwide biggest event on

development, organized by the European Commission.

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The lectures hold the name of Kapuscinski, Polish

journalist and writer, who died in 2007. Kapuscinski,

whose books were translated into tens of languages, was

often named the “Third World chronicler” or the “Voice of

the poor” for his famous reportages and books describing

developing countries on all continents. He was appointed

by the Polish Press Agency (PAP) as its only foreign

correspondent in 1964, and since 1965 he travelled

around developing countries where he witnessed events

such as wars, revolutions and coups. Kapuscinski is best

known for his reporting from African countries in the 1960s

and 1970s where he had the first-hand experience of the

end of the European colonial empires. Throughout his

professional career of reporter he witnessed twenty-seven

revolutions and coups and was jailed 40 times. He

survived four death sentences. Kapuscinski was famous

for his books, of which most notable are “The Emperor” on

Ethiopia, “Shah of Shahs” about Iran, “The Shadow of the

Sun” about Africa, “Another Day of Life” about Angola,

“Imperium” about the last days of the Soviet Union.

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Programme

10:00 – 10:15 Registration of participants

10:15 – 10:45 Opening remarks:

Luigi Frati, Rettore SAPIENZA University of Rome

Elisabetta Belloni, Head of International Cooperation – Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (to be confirmed)

Elena Montani. European Commission Representation in Italy

Daniel Hanspach, UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre

Antonella Cammisa. Head of International Division at SAPIENZA University of Rome

10:45 – 11:45 Kapuscinski Lecture

The Millennium Development Goals Beyond 2015

Eveline Herfkens, Founder of the UN Millennium Campaign

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11:45 – 12:45 Expert discussion “International Cooperation, Development and the MDGs”.

Moderators:

Antonello Biagini, Vice Rector for Cooperation and International

Relations

Claudio Cecchi, Development Studies Research Centre, Sapienza

University of Roma

Marina Ponti, Regional Director for Europe, UN Millennium

Campaign

Participants: Francesca Felicani Robles, UN Food and Agriculture Organization

(FAO)

Paul Larsen, UN World Food Programme (WFP)

Carlo Marzocchi, European Union Parliament Office in Italy

Mattia Prayer Galletti, UN International Fund for Agricultural

Development (IFAD)

Enrico Todisco, Millennium Project Italian Node

Closing remarks: Raimondo Cagiano de Azevedo, Deputy Rector for International

Institutional Relations

Pietro G. Garau, Development Countries Research Centre at

SAPIENZA University of Rome

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Eveline Herfkens, Founder of the UN Millennium Campaign UN Secretary General Kofi Annan

appointed Ms Herfkens Executive

Coordinator for the Millennium Development Goals

Campaign in 2002, a position she held until 2008.

She continued to be involved with the Campaign on a

volunteer basis as its Founder until 2010.

Prior to this appointment, Ms Herfkens was the

Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation from

1998 to 2002. Before becoming a Minister, Ms. Herfkens

served as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the

Netherlands, in Geneva (1996-1998) and was a member

of the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank

Group in Washington, D.C. (1990-1996).

She was a Member of Parliament in the Netherlands from

1981 to 1990 and worked in the Ministry for Development

Cooperation from 1976 to 1980.

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Over her long career, Ms Herfkens has been a member of

various international advisory and coordinating groups

focused on development such as the ILO World

Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization

global level and the UN Commission on HIV/AIDS and

Governance in Africa.

Ms Herfkens has also authored many articles and op-eds

on aid, trade and development.

Currently Ms Herfkens participates in the work of several

INGOs and international organizations with a focus on

economic and social development. She is Vice Chair of

the Governing Board of the International Center for Trade

and Sustainable Development (Geneva, Switzerland);

member of the Governing Board of the African Centre for

Economic Transformation (Accra, Ghana), the Governing

Board of the International Partnership for Microbicides

(Washington D.C., USA) and .the ILO/WHO Social

Protection Floor Advisory Group (Geneva), as well as

consultant to the World Bank and the OECD/DAC,

She is a graduate of the University of Leiden, the

Netherlands with a degree in Law (1975).