Linking Development Finance with Results: Achieving the SDGs in the Asia-Pacific Region Consultation for the Second High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation 26-27 October 2016; Bangkok, Thailand Workshop Agenda DAY 1 (October 26) 8:30-9:00 Registration Opening & Introductory session 9:00-9:30 Opening Remarks - Mohammad Mejbahuddin, Senior Secretary, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh; & Chair, AP-DEF Welcome from UNDP - Caitlin Wiesen, Chief, Regional Policy and Programme, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub Read-out and views from the Regional Knowledge Exchange: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Tun Tun Naing, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Planning and Finance, Myanmar Objectives of the consultation: Scene setting, workshop norms, outputs & outcomes of previous regional consultations - Ashley Palmer, Governance and Development Effectiveness Specialist, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub & AP-DEF Secretariat
9:30-10:00 Presentation of the 2016 AP-DEF Regional report: Achieving the SDGs in the Era of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda Progress on integrated national financing frameworks in the Asia-Pacific region 10:00-10:30 Break 10:30-12:00 Tim Strawson, Senior Analyst, Development Initiatives Session 1: Financing the 2030 Agenda in the Asia-Pacific region This session will discuss the challenges of financing the SDGs and the findings of the 2016 AP-DEF Regional report: Achieving the SDGs in the Era of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda: Progress on integrated national financing frameworks in the Asia-Pacific region How can different flows of financing for development be harnessed to support the implementation of the SDGs? What does the data tell us about the current landscape and challenges? Policy and institutional reforms to strengthen the alignment of these flows with national priorities and results Suggest or identify specific domestic reforms in policy and institutions required to link finance with results at country level Moderator: Tom Beloe, Governance, Climate Change Finance and Development Effectiveness Adviser, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub & AP-DEF Secretariat Respondents: - Kathleen J. Virtusio, National Development Office, Investment Programming, NEDA, Philippines - Antonio Tujan, International Director, IBON Foundation - Raymond Prasad, Economic Adviser, Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) - Karin Costa Vazquez, Researcher & Advisor in International Cooperation for Development & Assistant Dean for Global Engagement at O.P Jindal University, School of International Affairs - Tim Strawson, Senior Analyst, Development Initiatives 12:00-13:00 Lunch Break (River Barge dining room) Session 2: Building Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs) and Monitoring Change and Results at the Country Level 13:00-14:15 This session will give space for participants to discuss country level realities and experiences in managing complex finance flows and aligning them with national development priorities and the SDGs. The session will discuss the concept of INFFs, introduced at the Addis Ababa FfD conference with a focus on how Development Finance Assessments (DFAs) and the Global Partnership monitoring process can contribute valuable evidence to efforts by countries to monitor SDG implementation. 2
Sharing country experiences with DFAs lessons, challenges, and opportunities for linking finance with results at country level What does it mean to develop an INFF? Unpacking the building blocks and discussing ways to integrate the SDGs Utilizing the Global Partnership monitoring framework and DFAs to support more comprehensive results monitoring at country level: how to take this forward? 14:15-15:30 Moderator: Emma Morley, Team Leader, Democratic Governance at UNDP Myanmar - Monowar Ahmed, Additional Secretary, Development Effectiveness Wing, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh - Chou Heng, Director, Policy and Development Assistance Coordination, Council for Development of Cambodia, Royal Government of Cambodia - Laxman Aryal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Nepal - Nilesh Prakash, Chief Economic Planning Officer, Ministry of Economy, Fiji Session 3: Building the Narrative Group work This session will use innovative facilitation methods to break down what the major challenges and opportunities are involved in creating an INFF at country level and how we can communicate the narrative of financing the SDGs: - Where are we? - Where do we want to go? - How are we going to get there? Meeting rooms (tbc) (This session is the first half of an exercise which will continue on Day II. Feedback for this session will take place at Day II Opening session.) 15:30-16:00 Break 16:00-17:15 Session 4: Harnessing Private Sector Flows for Country Development and SDG Achievements This session will focus on how private sector flows can be aligned with national results frameworks so that they can effectively contribute to development impact, by discussing: How can we track where private investment is flowing? What are policy options for aligning private sector investment with development goals? Working with ODA how can ODA catalyze the private sector and exhibit development results? Experience sharing on PPPs 3
Moderator: H.E. Helder Lopes, Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance, Timor-Leste - Brooke Avory, Manager, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) - Titon Mitra, Country Director, Philippines UNDP Country Office - Md. Hasan Sarwar, Director, Public Private Partnership Authority, Prime Minister s Office, Bangladesh - Rofyanto Kurniawan, Head of State Revenue and Expenditure Policy, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia 8:45-9:30 9:30-10:30 DAY 2 (October 27) Summary of Day 1 discussions and group work by facilitators & Objectives of Day 2 Facilitated by Tom Beloe, Governance, Climate Change Finance and Development Effectiveness Adviser, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub & AP-DEF Secretariat Presentation of key themes for Day 2: Tim Strawson, Senior Analyst, Development Initiatives Session 5: Presentations on Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation This session will include presentations and facilitated discussion on the Second High-Level Meeting (HLM2) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC), including focus on: HLM2 Agenda and expected outcomes Nairobi HLM2 Outcome document: What does the Asia-Pacific region want to see? Moderator: Monowar Ahmed, Additional Secretary, Development Effectiveness Wing, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh - Caroline Mwena, Economist/Deputy Head Aid Effectiveness Secretariat, National Treasury, Kenya & Rep from HLM2 Host - Maria Theresa Nera-Lauron, Chairperson, Asia Pacific Research Network & Rep from CSO Steering Committee member 10:30-11:00 Break 11:00-12:00 Session 6: What does the Global Partnership monitoring process tell us? 4
This session focuses on discussing what the Global Partnership monitoring results tell us about country-level systems and how the process can link to the development finance and SDG agendas, by exploring: What feedback- both on substantive results and on process- can be solicited from country level experiences in the second monitoring process for the HLM and beyond? How could the monitoring process can contribute to monitoring of the SDGs? How can it be used together with Development Finance Assessments towards a full-picture framework? 1 Beyond the HLM2: the space for redefined monitoring; sharing possible parameters for a refined monitoring framework Moderator: Christophe Bahuet, Country Director, UNDP Indonesia - Yuko Suzuki Naab, Global Policy Adviser, Effective Development Cooperation, UNDP & Rep from UNDP GPEDC Joint Support Team - Tun Tun Naing, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Planning and Finance, Myanmar - Charmina Saili, Regional Planning Adviser, Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) - Urantsooj Gombosuren, Centre for Human Rights and Development, Mongolia; & regional CPDE Asia focal point 12:00-13:00 Lunch Break (River Barge dining room) 13:00- Session 7: Building the Narrative for the HLM2 14:15 What are the key messages the region wants to bring to the HLM2? What should happen after HLM2? What do we want GPEDC to do moving forward? Meeting rooms (tbc) 14:15-14:45 14:45-15:15 Coffee break Groups report back 1 This discussion will refer specifically to the indicators for the SDGs, specifically Indicator 17.16.1: Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the sustainable development goals. 5
15:15-16:30 Reflecting International Support: Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) Session Chair: Kathleen J. Virtusio, National Development Office, Investment Programming, NEDA, Philippines Measuring South-South Cooperation: Network of Southern Think Tanks (NEST) Session Chair: Chou Heng, Director, Policy and Development Assistance Coordination, Council for Development of Cambodia, Royal Government of Cambodia Refining the monitoring of the EDC principles: Draft Refined parameters for monitoring the effective development cooperation (in context of SDG 17.16) Session Chair: Cao Manh Cuong, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam Measuring progress: Monitoring the SDGs Meeting rooms (tbc) Resource Person: Raundi Halvorson-Quevedo Senior Advisor, OECD Resource Person: Karin Costa Vazquez, Researcher & Advisor in International Cooperation for Development Resource Person: Alejandro Guerrero Ruiz, Rep from OECD GPEDC Joint Support Team Resource Person: Arman Bidarbakht Nia, Senior Statistician- ESCAP Statistics Division 16:30-17:15 Session 8: Key messages and closing remarks Feedback from group sessions and synthesizing key messages by AP-DEF Steering Committee members and partners Summary of key messages for HLM2 & Closing remarks: - Joanna Pinkas, Executive Officer, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government - Antonio Tujan, International Director, IBON Foundation - Caitlin Wiesen, Chief, Regional Policy and Programme, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub - Monowar Ahmed, Additional Secretary, Development Effectiveness Wing, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh & [on behalf of] Chair, AP-DEF 6