10:00-12:00

Side Event 1– South Asia Regional Wildlife Enforcement Cooperation – Technical discussion. Hosted by Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation of Nepal (by invitation only). Chaired by Hon. Minister Mr. Deepak Bohara, Presentation and coordination: Shyam Bajimaya, Mahendra Shrestha.

12:00-13:00

Lunch

13:00-18:00

Side Event 2 – Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Global Tiger Forum (by invitation only). Coordinator: S. C. Dey.

18:15-19:30

Opening of the Photo Exhibition on Tigers, followed by the Press-conference hosted by Hon. Minister Suwit Khunkitti, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand and other dignitaries.

Reception hosted by the Global Tiger Initiative. Briefing of Delegates. (Presentation of Workshop agenda, logistics and support; information on side events)

08:45-09:45

Informal Breakfast Meeting – A synthesis of National Input Documents. Mahendra Shrestha, Save The Tiger Fund. (An overview of challenges, actions and gaps coming from a review of the various NIDs)

10:30-12:00

Inaugural Program* – Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, video address by President Robert B. Zoellick of the World Bank, greeting remarks by Hon. Minister Deepak Bohra, Hon. Minister Suwit Khunkitti, keynote speakers and dignitaries (detailed program to be provided separately). *This session in open to press.

12:00-13:00:

Lunch

13:00-13:30

Plenary Session 1 – Chaired by Head of Delegation, India
The impending disaster of extinction and the global response. Speakers: Eric Diner-stein, Chief Scientist, World Wildlife Fund, and Keshav Varma, Program Director, World Bank (Forecast trends & reality check. Presentation of facts & projections and spe-cific cases of tiger disappearance, landscape recovery, illegal trade, infrastructure pressures. What is the Global Tiger Initiative?)

13:30-16:30

Plenary Session 2 – Chaired by Head of Delegation, Thailand
Tiger Range Country challenges, experiences and priorities. (Short summary presenta-tions of challenges and game changing actions underway or needed – 5-10 minutes per country delegation)

16:30-17:00

Coffee Break

17:00-18:00

TRC Sub-group discussions (Setting national and GTI goals for the next 1, 5, 10 years in light of the crisis) – Two or three parallel groups. Coordinators: Jeffrey McNeely and Michael Baltzer

15:00-16:00

Daily Press Briefing 1 (by invitation only): Crisis of Extinction (Message Coordinator: Eric Dinerstein)

09:00-09:15

Leadership Forum – Video address by Hon. Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forests of India – What it takes to integrate nature conservation into the development priorities

09:15-09:45

Recapitulation of Day One. Cordinator: Anand Seth.

10:00-12:00

12:00-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:30

Discussion of Key Cross-Cutting Themes – Parallel Thematic Sessions III-IV (detailed program to be provided separately)

Discussion of Key Cross-Cutting Themes – Parallel Thematic Sessions III-IV
III. Strengthening wildlife enforcement and governance (Detecting & preventing crime of poaching & illegal trade) (Session Leader: John Sellar, CITES Secre-tariat)
IV. Improving Landscape management and capacity development (Session Leaders: John Seidensticker, Smithsonian Institution, and Ullas Karanth, Wildlife Conservation Society)

(Search for best practices and game changing actions which will reverse the current trajectory of extinction)

16:00-18:00

Discussions of Key Cross Cutting Themes – Parallel Thematic Sessions V-VI

V. Changing Attitudes: Suppressing demand for wild tiger parts and enhancing demand for live wild tiger (Session Leader: Steven Broad, TRAFFIC International)
VI. Estimating Conservation resource needs and developing innovative financing mechanisms (Session Leaders: Priya Basu, World Bank, and Joseph Walston, Wildlife Conservation Society)

(Search for best practices and game changing actions which will reverse the current trajectory of extinction)

Daily Press Briefing 2 (by invitation only): National Response to Crisis. (Message Coordinator: Mahendra Shrestha)

19:00-21:00

Dinner hosted by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Dinner Speaker: Haripriya Gundimeda, UNEP – Is society willing to pay for the true ecological and economic value of tiger landscapes?

09:00-09:15

Leadership Forum – Video address by Hon. Yuri Trutnev, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia – Wild tigers as flagships of sustainable development (TBC)

09:15-10:15

Plenary Session 3 – Chaired by Head of Delegation, Russia. Recapitulation of Day Two. Summary of Cross-Cutting Themes. Cordinator: Anand Seth.
(Each Thematic Session Leader to make a 5 minute presentation on best practices, game-changing actions and constraints to be overcome)

10:30-13:00

Integration of Thematic lessons and Practice on the Ground. Two parallel TRC Sub-group Discussions. Subgroup coordinators/facilitators: Jeffrey McNeely and Amanda Nickson
Each TRC group discusses
i. how national strategies may need to be refined based on discussions so far,
ii. what should be the role of the intl. community and GTI in supporting national strategies, and
iii. how the process of strategy refinement and implementation is to be managed

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-16:00

Transboundary Dimensions of Tiger Conservation – TRC Parallel Subgroup Discussions
Subgroup coordinators/facilitators: Michael Baltzer, Elisabeth Bennett, Steven Galster, John Sellar

16:00-18:00

Working session on the draft of the Kathmandu Declaration. Chaired by Head of Delegation, Nepal. (Drafting Team to be comprised by Shiv Raj Bhatta, Dr. Shant Raj Jnawali, Dr. Rinjan Shrestha and Jeffrey McNeely to present and review draft Declaration).

16:00-18:00

Side Event 3 – GTI Conservation & Development Practice Network: Design issues and needs assessment – Hosted by the Smithsonian Institution (by invitation only). Co-ordinator: Charles Lydeard.

16:00-18:00

Side Event 4 – NGO forum: Feedback from NGO community to GTI. Coordinators: Judy Mills and Grace Ge Gabriel.

TRC delegations meet GTI Country Teams to discuss next steps and report out. Coordinators: GTI Country Team Leaders.

Daily Press Briefing 3 (by invitation only): Game Changing Actions (Message Coordinator: John Seidensticker).

Dinner & Cultural Event hosted by the Nepal Tourism Board (program to be provided separately)

09:00-10:30

Plenary Session 5. Chaired by Head of Delegation, China. 3-5 minute reports from TRC Subgroups from Day 3 on Integration of thematic lessons and transboundary issues. Coordinator: Anand Seth.

10:30-12:30

Ministerial Closing* – Chaired by Yuba Raj Bhusal, Secretary, Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation of Nepal
Remarks of Heads of Country Delegations: 3-4 minutes on Key Messages from Kath-mandu and priority Country Actions going forward
Remarks from NGO Forum

Kathmandu Declaration and Adoption – Hon. Minister Deepak Bohra
Summing up Keshav Varma, Program Director, World Bank (Where are we in relation to where we want to be, including next steps)
Thanks – Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation of Nepal

* This session in open to press

12:30-13:00

Concluding Press Conference (Govt of Nepal and GTI), Photo Op and Farewell

13:00-15:00

Lunch and Networking

15:00-17:30

Side Event 5 – Global Tiger Initiative Further Evolution and Options (by invitation only). Coordinator: Andrey Kushlin.

09:00-18:00