Draft Mission Agenda
Day One:
September 3, Sunday
International participants to arrive
15:00 -16:00 FNJ Press Conference
16:00 Meeting with Speaker of the House of Representatives (Fixed – Parliament House -Singadarbar)
Day Two:
September 4, Monday
(Meetings to take place at Hotel Yak & Yeti, Kathmandu)
Session One
08:00 - 9:30 Meeting between the international participants, FNJ and coordination committee
- to discuss the mission agenda (30 minutes)
- to discuss the mission strategy (60 minutes)
09:30 - 10:00 Breakfast
10:00 – 11:00 Meeting between the international participants sharing the areas of discussion and the role of participants in the mission
11:00 - 11:30 Registration
Session Two
Moderators: Jesper Højberg and Mahendra Bista
11:30 – 12:30 Background paper presentation and discussion
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 16:00 Paper presentation and discussion
(a) Government Media / Institution (20 minutes)
(b) Overall policy (including private print and electronic media – print, Radio, TV, online, women in media: 10 minutes for each issue)
- Rights and safety of working journalists (15 minutes)
16:00 – 16:30 Tea Break
16:00 Meeting with Prime Minister (fixed)
16:30 – 17:00 Form a group of international participants to visit senior government officials and other
(Who is going to visit whom?)
17:30 - 18:30 Meeting with David Johnson, acting head of OHCHR
18:00 – 20:30 Dinner reception by FNJ
Day Three:
September 5, Tuesday
07:30 - 12:30 Meeting with government officials and Political Leaders
7:30 1. UML – Madhav Nepal (Residence, fixed)
10:00 2. Nepali Congress (Democratic) Sher Bahadur Deuba (Residence, fixed)
3. Deputy Prime Minister (Oli)
4. Maoist – Prachanda
Participants will have their lunch depending on the pattern of the appointment schedule
14:30 – 16:30 High Level Media Commission
17:00 – 18:00 High tea meeting with political party spokespersons and media-related leaders
Day Four:
September 6, Wednesday
09:30 - 11:00 Roundtable discussion with FNJ
11:00 - 11:30 Tea break
11:30 - 13:30 Meeting with donors/international community hosted by DanidaHUGOU
14:00 – 16:00 Meeting between international participants for press release
Day Fifth:
September 7, Thursday
08:00 - 09:00 Finalization of press release by international participants
09:00 - 09:30 Tea break
09:30 -11:00 Press Conference by international participants, high tea served
11:00 -11:30 High Tea
11:30 -12:30 Project development meetings with national media communities
12:30 -13:30 Lunch
International participants to depart Kathmandu (September 7 evening and September 8)
