International Conference on Financing for Development
Side Events for 20 March 2002
(All times, rooms and events are provisional)
Provisional as of 19 March 2002
Overview:
20 March 2002, Wednesday - Details:
| Time |
Title of Event / Sponsor |
Location |
08:00 - 13:00
15:00 - 18:00 |
Business forum follow-up. Organised by
the FfD Business Interlocutors. |
Business Area |
| 09:30 - 10:30 |
Financing water infrastructure: lessons from the Bonn
Freshwater Conference. Organised by the Federal Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Development of the German Government. Speakers:
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister
Michel Camdessus, former Managing director of the IMF. |
CR.4 |
| 10:00 - 13:00 |
The Need for Progressive Taxation Measures. Organised
by the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW).
| 10:00-10:15 |
Introduction by Chair: Qazi Faruque Ahmed, ICSW President |
| 10:15-10:35 |
The effects of Tax Havens on Development, the need for international
response: Bruno Gurtner, Swiss Coalition of Development NGOs |
| 10:35-10:55 |
The currency Transaction Tax: Rudy de Meyer, Coalition of the Flemish
North South Movement. |
| 10:55-11:15 |
Latin American Case Studies on Financial Transaction Taxes: Sonia Correa,
DAWN |
| 11:15-13:00 |
Discussion |
|
CR.1 |
| 10:30 - 13:00 |
Mobilizing and Leveraging Domestic Resources.
Sponsored by USAID and the Institute for Liberty and Democracy. Panel and
discussion on effective use of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to tap domestic
resources
Panelists:
Kent Hill, Assistant Administrator, Europe & Eurasia Bureau,
USAID
Hernando de Soto, President, Institute for Liberty & Democracy, Peru
Marek Belka, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance, Poland
J. Andrew Spindler, Executive Directory, Financial Service Volunteer
Corps, New York
Mildred Callear, Chief Operating Officer., Small Enterprise Assistance
Fund, Washington, D.C.
John Hatch, Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA)
 Handout and
Event Plan (PDF)
|
Holiday Inn Acero Room |
| 11:00 - 13:00 |
Mobilizing capital and new partnerships for
development. Co-organised by FES, ICFTU and GTZ. |
CR.4 |
| 11:00 - 13:00 |
Making the Monterrey Commitments a Reality in the
Commonwealth. Organised by the Commonwealth Foundation. |
CR.6 |
| 13:00 -18:00 |
Symposium on: Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) for: Innovative Approaches to Public, Private and Civil Society
Partnerships. Co-organised by the World Association of Former UN Interns and
Fellows, Inc. and DUXX, Graduate School of Business Leadership. Opening:
Chairpersons:
Dr. Hope P. White-Davis, President of WAFUNIF
Dr. Carlos Mendizabal Perez, Director of Special Projects, Executive
Office for Strategic Planning and Regional Development, Office of the President of Mexico
Dr. Sergio Chazaro, President of DUXX Graduate School of Business
Leadership
Mr. Desire Karyabwite, IP Coordinator, E-Strategy Unit, International
Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Rapporteur
Mr. Federico L. Iglesias Ferrara, Adviser to WAFUNIF
Panel Discussion Moderators:
Professor Ghislain T. J. Joseph, Professor and Director, Tax
Managements Programmes, VLEKHO Business School, Brussels, Belgium
Professor Macedonio Alanis, Department of Management Informaiton Systems,
Instituto Tecnologico y Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Dr. Carlo Brumat, Dean of DUXX Graduate School of Business Leadership
Mr. Yehuda Katzman, Managing Director, MultiCenter Ltd.
Mr. Dean W. M. Leslie, J.D., Program Manager and Legal Fellow, WAFUNIF
Secretariat
For more information: www.eGobierno.org |
Auditorium, DUXX Graduate School of Business Leadership, San
Pedro Garza Garcia Note: Bus Departs from CINTERMEX Arcade for Governments and UN
Officials at 12:15. |
| 13:15 - 14:45 |
Investing in health: investing in development.
Co-organised by the Government of Mexico and the World Health Organisation. Chair:
Dr. Julio Frenk, Minister of Health, Mexico
Panel:
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General WHO
Professor Jeff Sachs, Chair Commission on Macroeconomics and Health
Ms. Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Minister of International Cooperation, Norway |
CR.4 |
| 13:15 - 14:45 |
Official Development Assistance (ODA): a key to
global security. Co-organised by InterAction, Bond, CCIC , Coordination Sud,
Coordinadora and Norwegian Forum. A ministerial debate on the implementation
of the Monterrey consensus on aid volumes.
Panelists:
Ms. Kadi Sesey, Minister of Development and Economic Planning,
Sierra Leone
Mr. Andrew Natzios, Director of USAID
Mr. Gus O'Donnell, Deputy Minister, UK Treasury
Ms. Louise Hilditch, Head of EU Policy, ActionAid
Moderated by:
Mr. Alan Beattie, Economics correspondent, Financial Times
Handout (PDF) |
CR.7 |
| 13:15 - 14:45 |
Outcome of the review of the Poverty Reduction
Strategy Papers. Co-organised by the International Monetary Fund and
the World Bank. Co-Chairs
Masood Ahmed, Deputy Director, Policy Review Department, IMF
John Page, Director, Poverty Reduction Group, World Bank
Speakers:
Jacques Trigo, Finance Minister, Bolivia,
Eveline Herfkens, Minister of Development Cooperation, the Netherlands
Alan Whaites, Director of International Policy and Advocacy, World Vision |
CR.10
Centro de las Artes (Museum) |
| 13:15 - 14:45 |
Management and Information Systems (MIS) for Micro
Finance Institutions. Organised by Deutscher Genossenschafts und
Raiffeisenverband e.V. in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry of Economic
Cooperation and Development and GTZ. Speakers:
Mr. Thorsten Giehler (GTZ)
Mr. Helmut Pabst (DGRV). |
CR.5 |
| 13:15 - 14:45 |
Gender Issues of Financing for Development:
Challenges Ahead and at Home. Co-organised by WEDO and UNDP in cooperation
with UNIFEM and the Inter-agency Task Force on Gender and FfD. Panelists
include:
Satu Hassi, Minister of Development Cooperation, Finland
Juanita Amatong, Under Secretary of Finance, Philippines
Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM
Zo Ramdriamaro, GERA/Third World Network, Ghana
Maria Floro, American University/UNIFEM, United States
Saraswathi Menon, UNDP Resident Representative, Mongolia
Jocelyn Dow, WEDO President, Guyana
Handout
(PDF) |
CR.6 |
| 13:15 - 14:45 |
Civil Society and Global Finance: Promises and
Challenges. Co-organised by UNU and the Centre for the Study of
Globalisation and Regionalisation. A debate opened by
Andrew Crockett General Manager of the Bank for International
Settlements, and by
Laura Frade Rubio, Coordinator, FfD Global Forum and Regional
Coordinator, Women´s Eyes on the Multilaterals
Handout
(PDF) |
CR.8
Cineteca I |
| 13:15 - 14:45 |
Capacity for Development: New Solutions to Old
Problems. Launch of book organised by UNDP. Chaired by
Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator, UNDP
Panelists:
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Director, Human Development Report Office, UNDP
(Co-Editor)
Carlos Lopes, Acting Director, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP
(Co-Editor)
Khalid Malik, Director, Evaluation Office, UNDP (Co-Editor)
Frannie Léautier, Vice President, World Bank Institute, The World Bank
(Guest Commentator)
Handout
(PDF) |
CR.9
Cineteca II |
| 15:00 - 17:30 |
Agriculture: Engine of Productivity. Sponsored
by United States Agency for International Development. (USAID) Featuring:
Mali: Supporting privatization of food markets
Bangladesh: From food-deficit to food exporter
Macedonia: The Seal of Quality
Costa Rica: Access to assets & diversification
Co-chaired by:
Andrew Natsios, Administrator, USAID
Dr. Ango Abdullahi, Special Advisor to the President of Nigeriaon Food
Security
Handout and
schedule (PDF) |
Holiday Inn, Acero Room |
| 18:15 - 20:00 |
Final resolution of the NGO Global Forum on financing
the right to sustainable and equitable development. Organised by the Mexican
Steering Committee of the Global Forum. |
CR.8
Cineteca I |
| 18:15 - 20:00 |
Financing development through Corporate Social
Responsibility. Co-organised by ICFTU, FES, WCL, CLC, OMTC. |
CR.9
Cineteca II |
| 18:15 - 20:00 |
Development Effectiveness Report.
Organised by the World Bank. |
CR.10
Centro de las Artes |
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