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UNDESA/OESC

United Nations

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC

AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Preparing for the 2012 Development Cooperation Forum

Luxembourg High-level Symposium

“Working together to

increase the development impact of aid”

18-19 October 2011

Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster, Luxembourg (city)

DRAFT PROGRAMME (as of 13 October 2011)

The landmark Monterrey Consensus on Financing for Development stressed the “importance that ODA

plays, leveraging and sustaining financing for development in developing countries”. The need to meet

ODA commitments has been repeatedly reaffirmed, most recently at the 2010 United Nations MDG

Summit. The Monterrey Consensus also called for intensifying efforts to promote the “use of ODA to

leverage additional financing for development, such as foreign direct investment, trade and domestic

resources”. This message was reiterated in the Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) in 2010, which

stressed that the forum should “strengthen its work to identify best practices in this regard.”

Against this backdrop, the Luxembourg Symposium aims to develop policy recommendations on how

development cooperation can best help countries to enhance the impact of development cooperation

and reduce aid dependency by catalyzing other sources of development finance that have a strong

impact in reducing poverty.

The first day of the Symposium will debate how to ensure that the growing amounts of aid targeted at

mobilizing other sources of development finance (such as tax revenue, inclusive financial sectors,

including microfinance and foreign direct investment) have maximum impact on poverty reduction and

other internationally agreed development goals as well as on sustained inclusive growth. It will analyse

lessons learned from good practices and address key concerns and challenges.

The second day of the Symposium will discuss how programme countries can manage and use different

sources of development finance and different modalities of cooperation in a coherent manner. One

session will also be dedicated to ways of strengthening mutual accountability on aid commitments

among the different development actors.

Policy recommendations from the Luxembourg Symposium will feed into the preparations of the United

Nations Development Cooperation Forum which will be held in June 2012 in New York. They will also

inform the Fourth High-level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in November-December 2011.

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DAY 1 OF SYMPOSIUM : Tuesday, 18 October 2011 (Abbaye Neumünster - Plenary Room José Ensch –

2nd

floor)

7:30 am – 8:45 am

Registration of Participants (Foyer Ensch – 2nd

floor)

8 am – 9 am

Welcome of participants (Coffee/Tea, Croissants) (Restaurant 2 – 2nd

floor)

OPENING OF SYMPOSIUM (Plenary Room José Ensch)

9 am – 9:30 am

Official Opening

Expectations for the 2012 DCF

The DCF in an evolving development

landscape

Marie-Josée JACOBS, Minister for

Development Cooperation and

Humanitarian Affairs, Luxembourg

Lazarous KAPAMBWE, President of the

United Nations Economic and Social

Council

Asha-Rose MIGIRO, Deputy Secretary

General, United Nations

9:30 am – 9:45 am

Keynote Address

“Aiming for an aid free Liberia by 2030”

Augustine K. Ngafuan, Minister of Finance,

Liberia

SESSION 1: (Plenary Room José Ensch)

HOW TO MAXIMIZE THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF AID:

MOBILIZING DEVELOPMENT FINANCE TO ACHIEVE THE MDGs

9:45 am – 11:00 am

Objective: discuss how to (a) effectively use

aid to leverage other sources of development

finance; (b) ensure continued focus of

development cooperation on poverty

reduction and MDG achievement.

Format: three brief presentations followed by

interactive plenary discussion

Moderator: Sigrid KAAG, Assistant

Administrator, United Nations

Development Programme [5’]

Paul LUPUNGA, Chief Economist,

Multilateral, Ministry of Finance and

National Planning, Zambia

Dirk DIJKERMAN, Representative of USAID

at the OECD-DAC [7’]

Nuria MOLINA, Director, European Network

on Debt and Development (Eurodad) [7’]

11:00 am – 11:30 am

Coffee Break (Restaurant 2 – 2nd

floor)

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SESSION 2:

AID TO CATALYZE DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL RESOURCES:

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

PANEL 1: (Plenary Room José Ensch)

BROADENING ACCESS TO INCLUSIVE FINANCIAL SECTORS, INCLUDING MICROFINANCE

11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Objective: debate ways to maximize the

impact of aid on promoting pro-poor inclusive

financial systems and sectors, with particular

impact on micro-credit/savings/insurance.

Format: three short presentations followed by

interactive plenary discussions

Moderator: Axel DE VILLE, Executive

Director, ADA (Appui au développement

autonome) [5’]

Bernd BALKENHOL, Independent Advisor

and Expert, Lecturer (University of Geneva),

former Director, Social Finance Program,

ILO

Amadou DIALLO, Director, Aid Coordination

and Effectiveness, Ministry of Economy and

Finance, Burkina Faso [7’]

Marc BICHLER, Director of Development

Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Luxembourg [7’]

Key messages of this panel:

David MORRISON, Executive Secretary,

United Nations Capital Development Fund

(UNCDF)

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Lunch Buffet (Cloître – Ground Floor)


USING AID TO HELP DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO PROMOTE DOMESTIC REVENUE MOBILIZATION

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Objective: discuss how to increase the impact

of aid by using it to promote domestic

revenues with particular focus on taxation.



Moderator: Roy CULPEPER, Distinguished

Research Fellow and former President of

the North South Institute, Senior Fellow

(University of Ottawa) and Adjunct

Professor (Carleton University) [5’]

Hans WOLLNY, Deputy Head of Division

Governance, Democracy, Rule of Law,

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation,

Germany [7’]

Allen KAGINA, Commissioner General,

Uganda Revenue Authority [7’]

Joanna KERR, Chief Executive, Action Aid

International [7’]


Bryan ROBERTS, Nathans Associates [5’]

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Coffee Break (Restaurant 2)

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USING AID AS A CATALYST FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Objective: assess how to use aid to attract

foreign private flows that support the MDGs

and national development priorities. Discuss

issues related to the role of the private sector

role in development cooperation.



Moderator: Jon LOMOY, Director, OECD

Development Cooperation Directorate [5’]

Bassey Okon AKPANYUNG, Director

International Cooperation Department,

National Planning Commission, Nigeria [7’]

Bernard ZILLER, Senior Economic Adviser,

European Investment Bank [7’]

Olivier CONSOLO, Director, European NGO

Confederation for Relief and Development

(CONCORD) [7’]


Iliana OLIVIE, Senior Analyst, International

Cooperation and Development, Elcano

Royal Institute [5’]

6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Official cocktail reception (with live Jazz

music)

Shuttle Buses will be provided. from the

Conference to the Museum and back to the

Hotels

Musée national d'histoire et d'art, (Etage -

5, Salle préhistoire), Marché-aux-Poissons,

L-2345 Luxembourg

(http://www.mnha.public.lu/)

Time Agenda Speakers

DAY 2 OF SYMPOSIUM : Wednesday, 19 October 2011 (Abbaye Neumünster - Plenary Room José

Ensch – 2nd

floor)

8 am – 9 am

WELCOME of participants (Coffee, Tea, Croissants) (Foyer Ensch & Dune)

SESSION 3: ENHANCING COORDINATION AND MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY AT

COUNTRY LEVEL: HOW CAN ALL ACTORS WORK BETTER TOGETHER?


TOWARDS MORE COHERENT MANAGEMENT AND USE OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCING AT

COUNTRY LEVEL

9 am – 10:30 am

Objective: discuss how programme country

governments can manage and use diverse

development cooperation modalities and

domestic and foreign development finance in

a more coherent manner to enhance results

and bolster aid independence.



Moderator: Talaat ABDEL MALEK, Co-Chair

of the OECD DAC, Working Party on Aid

Effectiveness [5’]

Pius BIGIRIMANA, Permanent Secretary,

Office of the Prime Minister, Uganda [7’]

Elliott HARRIS, Special Representative to

the United Nations, International Monetary

Fund [7’]

Peter MOORS, Director-General for

Development Cooperation, Ministry of

Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and

Development Cooperation, Belgium [7’]

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Coffee Break (Foyer Ensch & Dune)

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TOWARDS MORE INCLUSIVE MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY AT COUNTRY LEVEL

11:00 am– 1:00 pm

Objective: determine how to include relevant

actors in national and sectoral reviews of aid

policies and aid quality targets in order to

hold all to account for their aid commitments

and to enhance the impact of aid at national,

regional and international level.



Moderator: Servacius LIKWELILE, Deputy

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance

and Economic Affairs, Tanzania [5’]

Dédé EKOUE, Minister of Planning and

Development, Togo [7’]

Peter James CRAIG-MCQUAIDE, Head of

Unit, Direction A (Development Policy), DG

DEVCO, European Commission [7’]

Tony TUJAN, International Director, IBON

Foundation and BetterAid [7’]

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm


SESSION 4: KEY MESSAGES FROM THE LUXEMBOURG HIGH-LEVEL SYMPOSIUM

FROM STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS

DCF STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS:

“WORKING TOGETHER TO INCREASE THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF AID”

2 pm – 4 pm

Working Group 1: Developing countries

(IN PLENARY ROOM JOSE ENSCH)

Working Group 2: Donor countries

(IN RESTAURANT)

Working Group 3: Non-Executive

Stakeholders (Parliamentarians, Civil Society,

Local Governments, Private Sector)

(IN ROOM EDMUND DUNE)

Format: discussions in break out groups

Group 1: Chair: Gyan Chandra ACHARYA,

Permanent Representative of Nepal to the

United Nations in New York

Group 2: Chair: Paul SHERLOCK, Senior

Development Specialist, Policy, Planning &

Effectiveness Section, Irish Aid, Department

of Foreign Affairs

Group 3: Chair: Frederick MBAGADHI,

Member of Parliament, Uganda

REPORTING BACK AND KEY MESSAGES FROM CONSULTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS

(Plenary Room José Ensch)

4 pm – 5:30 pm Moderator: Tae-yul CHO, Ambassador for


Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of

Korea [5’]

Reporting back from Group 1:

Jaime Alfredo MIRANDA FLAMENCO, Vice-

minister for Development Cooperation,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador


Lilla MAKKAY, Director General for

International Development Cooperation

and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of

Foreign Affairs, Hungary


Ingrid SRINATH, Secretary-General, CIVICUS

World Alliance for Citizen Participation

CLOSING OF SYMPOSIUM (Plenary Room José Ensch)

5:30 pm – 6 pm

Lazarous KAPAMBWE, President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council

Thomas STELZER, Assistant-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency

Affairs, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations

Marie-Josée JACOBS, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs,

Luxembourg (tbc)

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