Draft Program for Mayors
6-8 of April 2003

Preparations for Roots Meeting 2004

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April 6th The National Museum of Kenya
13.00 Lunch for Mayor's, Commissioners, Chiefs and specially invited guests

14.00 Welcome!
Mr. Augustine Lomon'gin, Ag. Director General, National Museums of Kenya

14.15 Roots Meeting - Our Uniting Home for the Children's Future 2004
Ms. Kajsa Dahlström
President Globetree

15.15 Our Common Future
Rights of the Child and Sustainable Development

Chair: Mayor Stephen Kabuye Entebbe, Uganda
Speakers:
Mayor Cllr. C.O. Karan, Kisumu, Kenya (suggested)
Mr. Hans Lindgren, Municipal Commissioner, Robertsfors, Sweden

15.45 Coffee

16.15 Lake Victoria and the Baltic Sea
in the perspective of Roots Meeting

Chair: Dr. Takuba Kabuye, Deputy Mayor of Kampala
Speakers:
Mayor Mr. Leonard B. Bihondo, Mwanza, Tanzania (suggested)
Mr. Mugeni Michael, Mayor of Busia, Uganda
Mr. Roland Karlsson, Chief Executive Officer, Kalmar, Sweden

17.00 Local actions - inspiration for Roots Meeting
Chair: mr. Johnson Muyanja, Mayor Mukono, Uganda
Speakers:
Mr. Dag Tingsgård, Chief Executive Officer, Strängnäs, Sweden
Ms. Mariann Nordlöf, Municipal Commissioner, Borlänge, Sweden
Chief Francis Kariuki Muigai, Karen Location, Nairobi, Kenya

17.45 Roots Meeting - Our Uniting Home for the Children's Future 2004 Dialogue and discussions
Chair: Ms. Kajsa Dahlström, President Globetree

18.30 Dinner and Evening Program
Together with all other participants, young and old

April 7 United Nations
09.00 Welcome to the United Nations!
Dr. Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director, UNEP

09.15 The UNEP and Habitat Agenda - Today and Tomorrow
Dr. Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director, UNEP
Ms. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, Habitat (suggested)

10.00 Coffee

10.30 Roots Meeting - the Children's Perspectives
Children and youth from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Sweden

11.00 Global Cooperation for the children's future
The Ambassador of Sweden, Mr. Bo Göransson
Speaker to be suggested by UNEP

11.30 Roots Meeting, Nairobi 2004
Lord Mayor of Nairobi, Kenya (Suggested)

12.00 Dialogue and reflections

12.30 Lunch

Children's Meeting Place, United Nations
Together with all other Roots Meeting participants, young and old
13.30 Children's presentation of the Children's Meeting Place

14.20 Welcome to Kenya!
Prof. Wangari Maatai Ass. Minister (Suggested)
Ministry of the Environment, Kenya

14.30 Snacks/Coffee

15.00 Dialogue between children and specially invited persons
Invited:
Mr. Klaus Toepfer, Dir. Gen. UNON
Ms. Anna Tibaijuka, Dir. Gen. Habitat Nairobi
Prof. Wangari Maatai, Ass. Minister of the Environment of Kenya
Mr. Bo Göransson, the Swedish Ambassador of Kenya
Participating Lord Mayors, Mayors, Commissioners and Chiefs

17.00 Dinner and Evening Program at the UN (for all)

April 8 National Museum of Kenya
09.00 Introduction: Our work together for The Roots Meeting 2004

09.15 Workshops for all; Mayors, chiefs and children
- Our work together for the Roots Meeting
- Lake Victoria Program and the Baltic Sea

10.30 Coffee

11.00 Mayor's Conclusions and Recommendations
(Mayors, Commissioners and chiefs)

12.00 Lunch

Children's Garden
14.00 Children's program at the Children's Garden, Kawangware, Nairobi

17.30 Dinner