United      Nations Office of the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System’s Operational Activities for Development in Malawi VISIT OF NORDIC MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO MALAWI 7TH –  14TH JANUARY 2006 DRAFT PROGRAMME FOR COMMENTS
TIME ACTIVITY PLACE/ REMARKS SUN 7TH JAN WELCOME TO MALAWI 12.20 Arrival at the Kamuzu Intl Airport 11.00 Check-in the hotel tbc 14:00 Lunch with the UN hosts – Q&As 4 Seasons OR 18:00 Dinner with the UN hosts – Q&As 4 Seasons MON 8TH JAN COUNTRY BRIEFINGS AND THE PARLIAMENT 9:00 Country briefing at Ministry of Economic Planning & Development (MEP&D) – an introduction to the development challenges in Malawi – Q&As, discussion Capital Hill 11:00 Meeting with the RC and the Heads of UNDP, UNFPA, WFP (N.B.: Gender briefing may be included in this session) UNDP 12:00 Lunch (possibly with MEP&D and UN colleagues) tbc 13:30 Visit to a session of the Malawi Parliament – How the MDGs can be used as a policy tool? New State House ~15:30 Meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament 16:00 Briefing with DAGG/UN Gender Group - Gender and MDGs (see 11:00) UNFPA 19:00 Dinner hosted by the Norwegian Ambassador, H.E. Gunnar Føreland Residence Area 10 TUE 9TH JAN FOOD SECURITY AND GENDER 6:00 Departure from Lilongwe 7:00 Visit to Dzaleka Camp (UNHCR & WFP) –  UN working together on refugees Dowa District OR 7:00 Visit to a Nutrition Rehabilitation Unit (UNICEF & WFP) - UN Coordination through Flash Appeal Dowa District 10:00 Visit to a community programme on maternal mortality (UNFPA) Mchinji Sistrict 11:30 Depart for Zomba ~13:30 Packed lunch ‘on the road’ or at the Dedza Pottery Café Dedza (tbc) 15:00 Check in at the Ku Chawe Inn hotel Zomba Plateau 16:00 National Statistical Office (NSO) in Zomba – Malawi Socio-Economic Database (MASEDA) as a national MDG monitoring tool Zomba 18:00 Dinner with Scandinavian staff members of the National Statistics Office/MEP&D Zomba WED 10TH JAN PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT 7:00 Depart for Blantyre 8:00 Check in the hotel Blantyre 8:30 Meeting with Global Compact – The UN working with the private sector for equitable and inclusive globalisation Hotel 11:00 Meeting with the Malawi Institute of Journalism MIJ 13:00 Lunch tbc
14:00 Visit to the Carlsberg Brewery - A successful large- scale Scandinavian investment in Malawi Blantyre 16:00 A brief visit/meeting to a UNFPA or other UN programme site (optional) Blantyre district 19:00 Dinner (Civil Society or NGO representatives to be invited?) tbc THU 10TH JAN HIV&AIDS AND EDUCATION 6:00 Depart for Lilongwe 10:30 Check in the hotel Lilongwe 11:30 Meeting with the UNAIDS Country Coordination – Dimensions of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Malawi and UN team response (lunch served during the meeting) UNAIDS 13:00 Visit to Lighthouse – ARV scale-up in practice Lilongwe 14:30 Meeting with UNICEF UNICEF 16:00 A visit to Functional Literacy Programme and/or school feeding project (UNICEF & WFP) (optional) Lilongwe District FRI 12TH JAN PUBLIC FINANCE AND THE PRESIDENT N.B. The programme will change depending on the time of the possible meeting with the President. Exact time is usually announced on the previous day. 8:00 Meeting with the H.E. President Bingu wa Mutharika New State House OR 8:30 Visit to Malawi Economic Justice Network - Civil Society and economic governance MEJN 10:00 Visit to the Chronicle or other national Newspaper Chronicle 12:00 Lunch (possibly with Chronicle journalists) tbc 13:30 Meeting with the Minister of Finance, Goodall Gondwe and his colleagues Capital Hill 19:00 Reception hosted by the Resident Coordinator Residence Area 10 SAT 13TH JAN DEBRIEFING WITH THE UN 8:30 De-briefing breakfast with the UN hosts (optional) Hotel 10:00 Depart for the Kamuzu Intl Airport 12:50 Depart for Nairobi