• Welcoming remarks
  
• Welcoming note: General Abu Bakr Al-Jundi, CAPMAS
  
• Measuring and Fostering Progress of Societies: Prof. Enrico Giovannini, OECD
  
• Measuring Progress in the Arab region: Dr. Luay Shabaneh, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  
• Objectives and expected accomplishments: Ms. Neda Jafar, ESCWA
  
• Discussant: Mr. Ibrahim Gaafar Elsouri, LAS

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

• Links between measuring progress and other initiatives in the region
  
• Chair: Dr. Mehdi Alalak, Director , Iraq COSIT
  
• Links to the National Strategies for the Development of Statistics: Mr. Mohamed El-Heyba Berrou, PARIS21
  
• Links to the MDGs: Dr. Sahar El Tawela, Egypt
  
• Links to the MDGs and the Human Development Report:  Khalid Abu-Ismail, UNDP Regional support Center in Cairo

12:30-14:00 Lunch

• Roundtable on "What does the Arab region see as progress? Towards a framework for the progress of the region"
  
• Chair: Dr. Abdullateef Bello, Islamic Development Bank
  
• Mr. Majdi Abdul Hameed, Arab NGO Network for Development
  
• Adaptation of the MDGs for measuring progress: Dr. Mehdi Alalak, Iraq COSIT
  
• Mr. El Saied Yassin El Said, Al-Ahram, Egypt

15:30-16:30

• Key Messages to take to the Busan World Forum
  
• Prof. Enrico Giovannini, OECD
  
• Dr. Juraj Reican, UNESCWA
  
• Dr. Luay Shabaneh, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics