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Wednesday – 13 March 2013

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Session VII:	Planning for Appropriate Response and Relief within the Framework of National Drought Policy Chair: Chen Zhenglin, Disaster Mitigation and Public Services, China
	This session will focus on the emergency relief and response measures that need to put in place for coping with and building resilience to future drought events.
09:00 – 09:30	Response and Relief
	Harvey Hill, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
09:30 -10:00	Discussants Peter Folger, Congressional Research Service, USA Francisco Teixeira, Ministry of National Integration, Brazil Carlo Scaramella, World Food Programme, Italy World Economic Forum, Geneva
10:00 – 10:30	General Discussion
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break
Session VIII:	Constructing a Framework for National Drought Policy: The Way Forward Chair: Vikas Chandhoke, George Mason University, USA
	This session will focus on the way to develop a national drought policy, the formula for success and failure, examples, and methodologies available. Who are the stakeholders? What are the principal impact sectors?
11:00-11:30	Developing and Implementing National Drought Policy Roger Stone, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
11:30-12:00	Discussants Li Maosong, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Ivan Morales, CEPREDENAC, Costa Rica Mohamed Boulahya, CLIMDEV, ECA, Ethiopia
12:00-12:15	General Discussion
12:15-12:30	Discussion on Terms of Reference for Breakout Groups WMO, Switzerland
12:30-14:00	Lunch Break
Session IX:	Constructing a Framework for National Drought Policy: The Way Forward: Breakout groups
14:00-15:30	Group I: Africa Chair: Bai-Mass Taal, AMCOW Rapporteur: FAO
	Group II: Asia Chair: Ines Beernaerts FAO SEC, Turkey
	Group III: North America, Caribbean Chair: Adrian Trotman, Barbados Rapporteur: Mike Hayes, USA
	Group IV: South and Central America Chair: Cesar Morales, Ecuador Rapporteur: Jose Camacho, WMO
	Group V: Southwest Pacific Chair: Penehuro Lafale, New Zealand
	Group VI: Europe Chair: Richard Escadafal, IRD, France Rapporteur: Henny van Lanen, Netherlands
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30	Discussion in breakout groups (contd.)