• Welcome address and opening speech
  • Ministry of Environment, Nature and Tourism, Mongolia
• Introduction to goals and objectives of the meeting
  • Mr. Sangmin Nam, Secretariat of NEASPEC  

• • Bilateral and multilateral activities on combating desertification in Mongolia and the way forward, National Committee to Combat Desertification, Mongolia
  • Current status and potential areas of collaboration on combating desertification between China and Mongolia, State Forestry Administration, China
  • Activities of Civil Society Organizations on combating desertification in Mongolia, Green Asia Network
  • The work of UN and international organizations on combating desertification in Mongolia, UNDP Mongolia Office

• What are the lessons from the existing bi-/multilateral cooperation?
• What are the potential areas and desirable approaches for scaling up bi-/multilateral cooperation?
• What mechanisms should be required to facilitate effective and efficient subregional cooperation?

• Policy tools, strategies and approaches to combating desertification in China: local, provincial, national levels, Mr. Wang XinPing, Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Mongolian national programmes and strategies on combating desertification, members of Mongolian delegation
• Technical tools and approaches to combating desertification in China, with focus on Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, members of Chinese delegation
• Technical tools and approaches to combating desertification in Mongolia, with focus on Gobi Desert region, members of Mongolian delegation

• Introduction to pilot project activity in Zamyn-Uud
• Discussion of the training programme component

 -      Open discussion