Graduation Leadership Summit & Global

Learning Event 2015

A rich set of expectations for the event

Katharine McKee, Senior Advisor, CGAP, welcomes attendees to the Graduation Leadership Summit 2015.

Frank DeGiovanni, Director, Financial Assets Unit at the Ford Foundation, kicks-off the day at the Graduation Leadership Summit 2015.

Breakout session: Mariana Escobar, Deputy Director, Department for Social Prosperity at the Government of Colombia

Breakout session: Jo Sanson, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, Trickle Up; Patricia Vieira Da Costa, Director of Institutional Relations and Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger Government of Brazil; Susan Wilder, Policy Adviser, USAID

Breakout session: Elsa Alfai, Advisor, Government of Mozambique; Lucas Mangrasse, Vice Minister, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Action, Government of Mozambique

Breakout session: Berhanu Woldemichael, Director of Food Security from the Government of Ethiopia

Breakout session: Aude De Montesquiou, Financial Sector Specialist, CGAP and Sri Kusumastuti Rahayu, Social Assistance Task Force leader, TPN2K, Government of Indonesia.

Panel discussion (from right to left): Jose Molinas Vega, Minister of Planning for Economic and Social Development, Government of Paraguay; Mariana Escobar, Deputy Director, Department for Social Prosperity at the Government of Colombia; Andi Z.A. Dulung, Director General, Social Security and Protection, Ministry of Social Affairs, Government of Indonesia; Tony Sheldon, Consultant to the Ford Foundation.

Panel discussion (from right to left): Andi Z. A. Dulung, Director General, Social Security and Protection, Ministry of Social Affairs, Government of Indonesia, presents on the panel “Getting Organized for Public Sector Scale-Up: Learning from the Pioneers” and Tony Sheldon, Consultant to the Ford Foundation

Panel discussion (from right to left): Qazi Azmat Isa, CEO, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF), Betsy Lippman, Head of Operational Solutions & Transition Section, Janet Heisey, Director, Technical and Strategic Alliances Trickle Up speak during a panel on “Fostering Successful Livelihoods at Scale: Vision and Practical Ideas” moderated by Frank DeGiovanni, Director of Financial Assets Unit at the Ford Foundation .

Panel discussion: Bishnu C Parida, Chief Operating Officer, Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS), India , speaks on the panel “The Pros and Cons of Linking Graduation to Financial Inclusion” moderated by Kate McKee, Senior Advisor, CGAP.

Carolina Trivelli, Manager Asociación de Bancos del Perú, speaks on the panel “The Pros and Cons of Linking Graduation to Financial Inclusion”

Yves Moury, CEO, Fundación Capital, speaks on the panel “The Pros and Cons of Linking Graduation to Financial Inclusion”

Panel discussion: Patricia Vieira Da Costa, Director of Institutional Relations and Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger Government of Brazil speaks on the panel “Integrating the Graduation Approach into Social Protection Programs: Status and Next Steps” moderated by Edmundo Murrugara, Senior Economist, Social Protection and Labor Global Practice, World Bank.

Breakout session: Asia

Breakout session: Latin America and the Caribbean

Breakout session: Latin America and the Caribbean

Breakout session: Africa

Panel discussion: Graduation "Back to the Future" (left to right): Patricia Vieira Da Costa, Director of Institutional Relations and Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger Government of Brazil; Khalil Baheer, Director of Programs, MISFA; Maryam Uwais, Senior Special Advisor on Social Protection, Office of the Vice President, Government of Nigeria; Betsy Lippman, Head of Operational Solutions & Transition Section, UNHCR; Sri Kusumastuti Rahayu, Social Assistance Task Force leader, TPN2K, Government of Indonesia; John A. Ackon, Deputy Minister, for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Government of Ghana; Wolter Soer, Senior Social Protection Specialist, World Bank, moderated by Aude de Montesquiou, Financial Sector Specialist, CGAP

John A. Ackon, Deputy Minister, for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Government of Ghana shares some comments and views in the session “Back to Future”

Visionaries sharing insights on the session, Graduation "Back to the Future"

Maryam Uwais, Senior Special Advisor on Social Protection, Office of the Vice President, Government of Nigeria, shares some comments and views in the session Graduation "Back to the Future"

The CGAP Graduation team (left to right): Katharine McKee, Syed M. Hashemi , Aude de Montesquiou, Melissa Victor

Thank You!