Official Meetings

Organization of the session

In accordance with its multi-year programme of work (ECOSOC resolution 2016/3), the Commission's two-week session will include the following activities: Informal proposed organization of work.

First week	10 a.m.-1 p.m.	3-6 p.m.
Monday 11 March	Opening of the session Election of officers (Item 1) Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters (Item 2) Introduction of documents (Item 3 as a whole) General discussion(Item 3)(opens) Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly *1 p.m.: deadline for inscription on list of speakers* General Assembly Hall	Ministerial round tables on the priority theme: Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls Topic A: Good practices in the provision of social protection, public services and sustainable infrastructure, including for recognizing and valuing unpaid care and domestic work MRT 1: 3.00 – 4.30 pm MRT 2: 4.30 – 6.00 pm Conference Room 4 *in parallel with:* Topic B: Good practices and policies for the design, and provision and implementation of social protection, public services and sustainable infrastructure, including for the promotion of women’s representation in various sectors and all levels MRT 3: 3.00 – 4.30 pm MRT 4: 4.30 – 6.00 pm Conference Room 1
Tuesday 12 March	(No formal meeting) *	General discussion (Item 3) (continued) General Assembly Hall *in parallel with:* High-level interactive dialogue among Ministers on the priority theme 'Building alliances for social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls' Conference Room 4
Wednesday 13 March	General discussion (Item 3) (continued) General Assembly Hall *in parallel with:* High-level interactive dialogue 'Accelerating implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: Exchange of best practices in preparation for the Beijing+25 review and appraisal' Conference Room 4	General discussion (Item 3) (continued) General Assembly Hall *in parallel with:* Interactive dialogue Review theme 'Women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development' Conference Room 4
Thursday 14 March	General discussion (Item 3) (continued) Conference Room 1 *in parallel with:* Interactive dialogue Review theme 'Women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development' Conference Room 4	Interactive dialogue Focus area 'Women and girls of African descent' Conference Room 1 *in parallel with:* Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations
Friday 15 March	General discussion (Item 3) (continued) Conference Room 1 *in parallel with:* Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations	Interactive expert panel on the priority theme: Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls 'Harnessing synergies and securing financing' Conference Room 1 *in parallel with:* Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations

Second week	10 a.m.-1 p.m.	3-6 p.m.
Monday 18 March	Interactive expert panel on the review theme: Women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development ‘The data challenge – and opportunity: good practices’ Conference Room 4	General discussion (Item 3) (continued) Conference Room 2 *in parallel with:* Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations
Tuesday 19 March	Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations *1 p.m.: deadline for submission of draft proposals*	Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations
Wednesday 20 March	Closed meeting to consider the report of the Working Group on Communications (Item 4) *Followed by:* Follow-up to the Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions (Item 5) - introduction and discussion *Introduction of draft proposals* General discussion (Item 3)(concludes) Conference Room 4	Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations
Thursday 21 March	Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations	Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations
Friday 22 March	Action on draft proposals Action on draft agreed conclusions Action on any other outstanding issues Provisional agenda for the 64^th session of CSW (Item 6) Adoption of the report of the CSW on its 63^rd session (Item 7) Closure of the 63^rd session Opening of 64^th session Election of Bureau Conference Room 4	Continuation of closing meeting

NB: The Bureau recommends that the Ministerial segment conclude on Wednesday, 13 March 2019, at 1:00 pm.

* No formal meeting scheduled in view of the High-level event of the President of the General Assembly

Interactive events

Discussion guide for the ministerial round tables on the priority theme: E/CN.6/2019/5

Ministerial round table 1

'Good practices in the provision of social protection, public services and sustainable infrastructure, including for recognizing and valuing unpaid care and domestic work'

Monday, 11 March 2019, 3.00 - 4.30 pm
Conference Room 4, Conference Building

Ministerial round table 2

'Good practices in the provision of social protection, public services and sustainable infrastructure, including for recognizing and valuing unpaid care and domestic work'

Monday, 11 March 2019, 4.30 - 6.00 pm
Conference Room 4, Conference Building

Ministerial round table 3

'Good practices and policies for the design, and provision and implementation of social protection, public services and sustainable infrastructure, including for the promotion of women’s representation in various sectors and all levels'

Monday, 11 March 2019, 3.00 - 4.30 pm
Conference Room 1, Conference Building

Ministerial round table 4

Monday, 11 March 2019, 4.30 - 6.00 pm
Conference Room 1, Conference Building

High-level interactive dialogue among Ministers on the priority theme

'Building alliances for social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls'

Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 3.00 - 6.00 pm
Conference Room 4, General Assembly Building

High-level interactive dialogue

'Accelerating implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: Exchange of best practices in preparation for the Beijing+25 review and appraisal'

Wednesday, 13 March 2019, 10.00 am - 1.00 pm
Conference Room 4, General Assembly Building

Interactive dialogue

'Women's empowerment and the link to sustainable development'

Wednesday, 13 March 2019, 3.00 - 6.00 pm
Conference Room 4, General Assembly Building

Chair's summary
Guidance note
Voluntary presentation - Italy
Voluntary presentation - Qatar [Video]
Voluntary presentation - Spain
Voluntary presentation - Philippines
Voluntary presentation - Egypt [Presentation 1 | Presentation 2]
Voluntary presentation - Bulgaria [Presentation 1 | Presentation 2]

Interactive dialogue

'Women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development'

Thursday, 14 March 2019, 10.00 am - 1.00 pm
Conference Room 4, General Assembly Building

Chair's summary
Guidance note
Voluntary presentation - Cabo Verde [Synopsis]
Voluntary presentation - Honduras [Video]
Voluntary presentation - Panama [Video 1 | Video 2]
Voluntary presentation - Saudi Arabia
Voluntary presentation - Slovakia
Voluntary presentation - Algeria [Video]

Interactive dialogue

'Women and girls of African descent'

Thursday, 14 March 2019, 3.00 - 6.00 pm
Conference Room 1, Conference Building

Interactive expert panel

'Harnessing synergies and securing financing'

Friday, 15 March 2019, 3.00 - 6.00 pm
Conference Room 1, Conference Building

Chair's summary
Guidance note
Biographies of speakers
Dr. Tara Patricia Cookson, Research Fellow, University of British Columbia
Social protection and public services: tensions and synergies in the age of conditional cash transfers [Paper] [Presentation]
Dr. Fernando Filgueira, Research Fellow, University of British Columbia
Financing social protection, public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls [Paper] [Presentation]
H.E. Ms. Maritza Rosabal, Ministra de Familia e Inclusión Social de la República de Cabo Verde
Linking social protection and public services for in national care systems: the experience of Cabo Verde [Paper]
Ms. Nato Kurshitashvili, Gender Specialist – Transport Global Practice, World Bank
Enhancing women’s mobility through gender-responsive transport systems [Paper]
Dr. Gita Sen, Director of Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health at the Public Health Foundation of India
Universal Health Coverage, Access to Public Services and Sustainable Infrastructure: Women’s Human Rights as the Catalyst [Paper]

Interactive expert panel

'The data challenge – and opportunity: good practices'

Monday, 18 March 2019, 10.00 am - 1.00 pm
Conference Room 4, General Assembly Building

Chair's summary
Guidance note
Biographies of speakers
Ms. Claudia Wells, Director of Data Use, Development Initiatives
Inclusive data to leave no one behind - best practices in data disaggregation and use [Paper]
Mr. Davis Adieno, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
Potentials of using Citizen-Generated Data for addressing gender data gaps: Africa regional perspective [Paper]
Ms. Manal Sweidan, Department of Statistics, Jordan
Addressing key gender data challenges through partnering with UN Women’s “Making Every Woman and Girl Count” programme [Paper]
Ms. Orsolya Bartha, International Disability Alliance
Making the SDGs count for women and girls with disabilities - the data challenge and opportunity [Paper]
Ms. Taiaopo Faumuina, Samoa Bureau of Statistics
Gender policy-data integration: Experiences of Samoa in Piloting Every Policy Is Connected Tool (EPIC) - opportunities and challenges [Paper]