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.
2
DRAFT PROGRAMME (as of 13 October 2011)
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)
3
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)
PANEL 2: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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’]
Key messages of this panel:
Bryan ROBERTS, Nathans Associates [5’]
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Coffee Break (Restaurant 2)
4
PANEL 3: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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’]
Key messages of this panel:
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?
PANEL 1: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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)
5
PANEL 2: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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
Lunch Buffet (Cloître – Ground Floor)
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
Development Cooperation, Ministry of
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
Reporting back from Group 2:
Lilla MAKKAY, Director General for
International Development Cooperation
and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Hungary
Reporting back from Group 3:
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)
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.
2
DRAFT PROGRAMME (as of 13 October 2011)
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)
3
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)
PANEL 2: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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’]
Key messages of this panel:
Bryan ROBERTS, Nathans Associates [5’]
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Coffee Break (Restaurant 2)
4
PANEL 3: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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’]
Key messages of this panel:
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?
PANEL 1: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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)
5
PANEL 2: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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
Lunch Buffet (Cloître – Ground Floor)
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
Development Cooperation, Ministry of
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
Reporting back from Group 2:
Lilla MAKKAY, Director General for
International Development Cooperation
and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Hungary
Reporting back from Group 3:
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)
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.
2
DRAFT PROGRAMME (as of 13 October 2011)
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)
3
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)
PANEL 2: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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’]
Key messages of this panel:
Bryan ROBERTS, Nathans Associates [5’]
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Coffee Break (Restaurant 2)
4
PANEL 3: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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’]
Key messages of this panel:
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?
PANEL 1: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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)
5
PANEL 2: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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
Lunch Buffet (Cloître – Ground Floor)
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
Development Cooperation, Ministry of
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
Reporting back from Group 2:
Lilla MAKKAY, Director General for
International Development Cooperation
and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Hungary
Reporting back from Group 3:
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)
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.
2
DRAFT PROGRAMME (as of 13 October 2011)
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)
3
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)
PANEL 2: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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’]
Key messages of this panel:
Bryan ROBERTS, Nathans Associates [5’]
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Coffee Break (Restaurant 2)
4
PANEL 3: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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’]
Key messages of this panel:
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?
PANEL 1: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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)
5
PANEL 2: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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
Lunch Buffet (Cloître – Ground Floor)
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
Development Cooperation, Ministry of
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
Reporting back from Group 2:
Lilla MAKKAY, Director General for
International Development Cooperation
and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Hungary
Reporting back from Group 3:
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)
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.
2
DRAFT PROGRAMME (as of 13 October 2011)
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)
3
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)
PANEL 2: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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’]
Key messages of this panel:
Bryan ROBERTS, Nathans Associates [5’]
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Coffee Break (Restaurant 2)
4
PANEL 3: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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’]
Key messages of this panel:
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?
PANEL 1: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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)
5
PANEL 2: (Plenary Room José Ensch)
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.
Format: three short presentations followed by
interactive plenary discussion
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
Lunch Buffet (Cloître – Ground Floor)
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
Development Cooperation, Ministry of
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
Reporting back from Group 2:
Lilla MAKKAY, Director General for
International Development Cooperation
and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Hungary
Reporting back from Group 3:
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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