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 Agenda

FFD MULTI-STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS ON SYSTEMIC ISSUES

March 29-31, 2005

Nairobi, Kenya

Organized by Civil Society

New Rules for Global Finance Coalition , Friedrich Ebert Stiftung – Kenya, SEATINI - Kenya

Co-Sponsored by

Foreign Ministry of Sweden, Commonwealth Foundation, UN Foundation, UN Financing for Development Office

Nairobi Safari Club

Lillian Towers, Koinange Street

University Way

Nairobi, Kenya

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

4:00 p.m.          PUBLIC FORUM

TOPIC: “Can The Current Global Financial And Trade Architecture Deliver Resources To Make Poverty History”

Speakers:

1.      Hon. P. Anyang’ Nyong’o, M.P., Minister for Planning and National Development, Kenya

2.      Ms Jane Nalunga, Country Director, SEATINI Uganda

3.      Ms Brenda Ndlovu, Gender and Trade Network, Africa (GENTA), Johannesburg

All are invited. Please confirm your attendance with Elisabeth: Tel. (020) 3748338 or 0721-540955

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

9:00 a.m.         Welcome and Introductions

New Rules for Global Finance, SEATINI, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

9:30 a.m.         SESSION 1:  REVIEW OF OFFICIAL STEPS TAKEN TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC ISSUES

A.     Brief Report on Washington and Lima Meetings

Speaker: Frank Schroeder, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, USA

B.     Overview

Speaker: TBA

Moderator: Odour Ongwen, SEATINI--Kenya

10:45 a.m.       Coffee Break

11:00 a.m.       SESSION II: FINANCIAL CRISIS PREVENTION (Section A & B)

A.     Managing External Shocks

Speaker: Hannah Bargawi, Debt Relief International, United Kingdom

Moderator: Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Commonwealth Secretariat, United Kingdom

B.     The Role of Private Investment, TBA

1:00 p.m.         Lunch

3:00 p.m.         SESSION II: FINANCIAL CRISIS PREVENTION (Section C)

C.  Active Policies to Finance the Productive Economy: Role and Options

Speaker: C.P. Chandrasekhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Moderator:  Aldo Caliari, Center of Concern, USA

4:00 p.m.         Coffee Break

4:15 p.m.         SESSION III: CREDIT DURING CRISIS:           

Speaker: Robert Asogwa, African Institute of Applied Economics, Nigeria

Moderator: Randall Dodd, Financial Policy Forum, USA

6:00 p.m.          Reception for Participants

Thursday, March 31, 2005

9:00 a.m.         SESSION IV: GOVERNANCE:  A Panel

                        Moderator: Peter Gakunu, Alternate Executive Director, World Bank

A.     African Approaches to changing Voice on Boards of Bank and Fund

a.       Representatives from the governments of Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania, and Uganda

b.      Cyrus Rustomjee, Centre for Economic Training in Africa (CETA) South Africa

B.     When Governance is understood as Developing Countries’ need to fight corruption. TBA

11:00 a.m.       Coffee Break

11:15 a.m.       SESSION V: MANAGING RISKS:  Commodities (Section A)

A. Commodities: Systemic Issues

Speaker: Irfan ul Haque, Consultant, Pakistan

Moderator: Fritz Kopsieker, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung--Nairobi, Kenya

12:45 p.m.       Lunch

2:30 p.m.         SESSION V: MANAGING RISKS:  Commodities (Section B)

B. Commodity Price Risk Management, TBA

4:00 p.m.         Conclusion

                        Speaker: Frank Schroeder, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung-New York, USA