Fifth Meeting:
Rio de Janeiro,
November 13 - 14, 2002
Working Schedule
Wednesday,
November 13
10:00 –
10:30 OPENING
(Mr. Peter Townsend, Centennial Professor of International Social Policy, LSE
London School of Economics)
10:30 –
13:00 SESSION 1: Nature and Content of the Compendium
(Introduction by IBGE, ECLAC and Dave Gordon)
1. What the
Compendium is and is not about.
2. Conceptual background of the 5 approaches included in the Agenda.
3. Poverty concept; complexity and relation with indicators.
4. Thematic limits of the Compendium.
5. Good practices: characteristics.
6. Politically approved definitions of poverty.
7. Relation of standards with MDGs and other international goals.
8. Dealing with transversal topics: Poverty dynamics, International
strategies, International comparisons, and Strategies for the improvement
of information.
15:00 –
18:00 SESSION 2: Deciding on the Content of Practices of Different
Approaches
1. Absolute
Poverty Lines. Introduction by Brasil, Canada, Mexico, USA, and
ECLAC.
2. Access to Basic Services and Basic Capital Possession. Introduction
by Argentina, Australia (ABS), ECLAC, PAHO, UNICEF, South Africa
and World Bank.
3. Relative Poverty. Introduction by EUROSTAT and UNICEF.
4. Subjective Poverty. Introduction by Dave Gordon.
Thursday, November
14
9:00 –
10:00 Continuation of SESSION 2
1. Social Exclusion,
Social Deprivation, Empowerment, and other Social and Political
Dimensions Associated with Poverty. Introduction by U.K., Chile
and EUROSTAT.
10:00 –
13:00 SESSION 3: Transversal Topics
1. Poverty
Dynamics. Introduction by Canada and France.
2. International Strategies for Poverty Alleviation. Introduction
by UNSD, World Bank, and IBGE.
3. International Comparisons. Introduction by ECLAC, France, World
Bank and UNSD.
4. Strategies for the Improvement of Information. Introduction by
ECLAC, UNSD and Australia (AIHW).
15:00 –
18:00 SESSION 4: Structure of the Compendium and Working Agenda
(General Introduction by IBGE and ECLAC)
1. Identification
of possible Chapters and Sections, including Introduction and Conclusions.
2. Extension of Chapters and Bibliography.
3. Operational Aspects: Calendar, Compromises, Working Relations
with Institutions and Groups.
Friday, November
15
9:30 –
13:00 Discussion of Provisional Report.
Meetings of Working Groups for Agreed Sections or Topics of the
Compendium.
