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Civil Society Policy Forum April 9-12, 2019 Preliminary Schedule Day 2 - Wednesday, April 10, 2019 9:00 am 10:30 am 10:30 am 11:00 am 11:00 am 12:30 pm Investing in Human Capital The Social and Economic Challenges Affecting Female Migrant Workers: Policy Dilemmas and Recommendations Triumphant Hand of Mercy Initiative (THOMI AFRICA) Coffee Break Engaging Communities Responding (or not) to Gender Risks: Examples from IFI Projects in Haiti Gender Action, Accountability Counsel, Bank Information Center Engaging Communities Maximizing the Benefits of Independent Dispute Resolution to Address Community Grievances Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (IFC), Accountability Counsel Mobilizing Private-Sector Investment to Achieve the SDGs International Tax and Investment Center, Public Financial Management-Tax Africa I2-440 Regional CSO Networking: Latin America and the Caribbean (TBC) World Development Report 2020 on Global Value Chains: Trading for Development WDR2020 Team, World Bank Investing in Human Capital Show Me the Money! An Equity Approach to Financing Child Survival Save the Children UK, RESULTS Public Finance Management Reforms as a Driver for Inequality Reduction and Inclusiveness Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) Uganda The IMF Work on Corruption: Update on Recent Developments IMF 12:00 pm 1:15 pm IFC Building: F 11P-500 Lunch Session - A Dialogue with IFC CEO Philippe LeHouerou 1

1:30 pm 3:00 pm Investing in Human Capital Gaming for Development: Using the Power of Games to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture (WANDA) Engaging Communities Assessing Citizen Engagement in World Bank Projects: What is Really Happening? Accountability Research Center, Arab Watch Coalition Building Resilience Re-thinking Crisis Response: How the World Bank and CSOs can Work Better Together via Disaster Risk Financing Start Network, Mercy Corps, Oxfam, Centre for Disaster Protection Building Resilience Sustainable Infrastructure: Aligning with Rights and SDGs Christian Aid, Bretton Woods Project, ITUC, EURODAD, Urgewald, Debt Justice Norway, SID, LATINDADD 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Coffee Break I2-440 Regional CSO Networking: South and East Asia (TBC) 4:00 pm 5:30 pm Investing in Human Capital Overcoming Obstacles to Educating Girls to Reduce Child Marriages and Improve Economic Opportunities for Women Association for Community Empowerment Solutions (ACESWorld) Beyond the Hype: Using Low- Cost Sensors, Satellites and Smartphones to Tackle Real- World Crises AfricanDrone, Code for Africa (CfA), OmniVisTech Building Resilience Improving Access to Electricity and Responding to the Demand for Renewable Energy in WBG Client Countries Tearfund, Big Shift Global, Christian Aid, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, Bank Information Center Europe, Bretton Woods Project, Friends of the Earth US, Urgewald, Oxfam Austerity and the Right to Health: the IMF s Role in Expanding Fiscal Space for Public Spending Wemos Foundation, ActionAid, Bretton Woods Project, CESR, Eurodad, INESC 2

9:00 am 10:30 am Session Descriptions Day 2 - Wednesday, April 10, 2019 The Social and Economic Challenges Affecting Female Migrant Workers: Policy Dilemmas and Recommendations Triumphant Hand of Mercy Initiative (THOMI AFRICA) Migrant workers are more than 'tools' for economic growth, yet they face numerous challenges. The most vulnerable are female migrant workers. This session aims to stimulate the discussion on challenges, the fundamental rights, interventions and practice involving migrant workers. Moderator: Dorcas Tshuma, CEO, Triumphant Hand of Mercy Initiative- THOMI AFRICA Panelist 1: Phillip Molekoa, Human Rights Officer, South African Human Rights Commission Panelist 2: Abigail Hunu, Advocacy Coordinator, Displaced Women Coalition Panelist 3: Sharon R Ndlovu, Programmes Manager, Triumphant Hand of Mercy Initiative- THOMI AFRICA Maximizing the Benefits of Independent Dispute Resolution to Address Community Grievances Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (IFC), Accountability Counsel Dispute resolution processes can help resolve seemingly intractable problems and lead to common-sense solutions for communities and companies involved in development projects financed by MDBs. To get there, it is important that these processes are properly implemented. This session will bring perspectives from civil society, independent accountability mechanisms, private sector, and IFC to consider actual cases and discuss DR principles and methodologies. Moderator: Scott Adams, Senior Dispute Resolution Specialist, Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) Panelist 1: Lani Inverarity, Senior Communities Associate, Accountability Counsel Panelist 2: Luba Bogachevska, External Relations Manager, Goodvalley Panelist 3: Debra Sequeira, Head, Policy Team, Environment, Social and Governance Department, IFC Mobilizing Private-Sector Investment to Achieve the SDGs International Tax and Investment Center, Public Financial Management-Tax Africa 3

11 :0 0 am Discuss linkage between MNEs and FDI to achieve the SDGs: This session is intended to broaden the tax and development discussions to include investment. Linking investment, tax (income and incentives) and development could help create conditions for win-win partnerships to emerge while reducing the conflicts that often arise around taxation. Moderator: Daniel A. Witt, President, International Tax & Investment Center (ITIC) Panelist 1: The Hon. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, United Nations Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Panelist 2: The Hon. Seth Terkper, Founder, Public Management-Tax Africa; former Minister of Finance and Tax Commissioner for the Republic of Ghana Panelist 3: Alexandra Readhead, Technical Advisor, Tax and Extractive Industries, Intergovernmental Forum on Mining (IGF) Panelist 4: Stephen Comstock, Director- Tax & Accounting Policy, American Petroleum Institute (API) Panelist 5: Wilson Del Socorro, Global Director of Government Affairs, Diageo Public Finance Management reforms as a driver for inequality reduction and inclusiveness Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) Uganda To achieve sustainable development, developing countries have pursued Public Finance Management reforms like development of Medium-Term Revenue Strategies, improving efficiency in Public Investment Management and budget implementation. CSBAG session will examine how PFM reforms in domestic revenue mobilization and public investment management can contribute to inequality reduction and inclusive growth. Moderator: Savior Mwambwa, Program Officer for the Fiscal Governance, Open Society Foundation (OSEA) Panelist 1: Kathleen Baer, Chief of Revenue Administration Division II, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF Panelist 2: Steve Rozner, Senior Fiscal Advisor, Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and the Environment, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Panelist 3: Moses Kaggwa, Ag. Director Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development- Uganda Panelist 4: Julius Mukunda, Executive Director, Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) Responding (or not) to Gender Risks: Examples from IFI Projects in Haiti 4

Gender Action, Accountability Counsel, Bank Information Center The Panel will illuminate how (1) the World Bank gender policy and strategy are insufficiently preventing gender risks, resulting in harmful impacts on men, women and sexual minorities; (2) communities sought accountability and remedy for gender impacts of IDB s Caracol Industrial Park, with a grassroots Haitian activist sharing first-hand experiences. Moderator: Elana Berger, Executive Director, Bank Information Center Panelist 1: Elaine Zuckerman, President, Gender Action Panelist 2: Uzma Basim, Senior Operations Officer, World Bank Panelist 3: Lani Inverarity, Senior Communities Associate, Accountability Counsel Panelist 4: Milostene Castin, Coordinator, AREDE (Action for Reforestation and Defense of the Environment) Haiti World Development Report 2020 on Global Value Chains: Trading for Development WDR2020 Team, World Bank Trade is increasingly flowing through global value chains, but technologies are changing and openness can no longer be taken for granted. As such, is there still a development path for countries through GVCs? What are the environmental impacts of GVCs, and how will GVC participation be shaped by climate change? Moderator: Jonathan d Entremont Coony, Senior Private Sector Specialist, World Bank Panelist 1: Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Panelist 2: Nigel Sizer, Chief Program Officer, Rainforest Alliance Panelist 3: Daria Taglioni, Country Economist, World Bank Show Me the Money! An Equity Approach to Financing Child Survival Save the Children UK, RESULTS This session will explore how to put equity at the heart of financing and human capital decisions. Based on Save the Children s countrylevel insights on equity and budgets, we will examine options to build knowledge, participation, and action to prioritise the furthest behind children in health and nutrition financing. Moderator: Gwen Hines, Executive Director, Save the Children UK 5

1:30 pm 3:00 pm 12:00 1:15 pm Panelist 1: Lord Collins, Member of the House of Lords, UK Parliament Panelist 2: Ellen Van De Poel, Senior Health Economist, Global Financing Facility, World Bank Panelist 3: Mickey Chopra, Global Solutions lead for Service Delivery, World Bank Group Panelist 4: Jamillah Mwanjisi, Head of Advocacy, Campaigns, Communications & Media, Save the Children Somalia The IMF Work on Corruption: Update on Recent Developments IMF This town hall type session will provide an opportunity for CSOs to hear about and provide feedback on the role of the Fund in tackling corruption, including the recently published review of the Fund s work on governance/corruption (August 2017), update of the 1997 governance guidelines (April 2018), Fiscal Monitor (April 2019) and the work that has been done at the country level since then. Moderator: Nicolas Mombrial, Civil Society Team lead, IMF Panelist 1: Sebastian Pompe, Senior Counsel, IMF Panelist 2: Mark Heywood, Head of policy and advocacy, Transparency International Lunch Session - A Dialogue with IFC CEO Philippe LeHouerou Please join IFC CEO Philippe LeHouerou for an update on IFC s strategy and a discussion and Q&A session covering issues of interest to civil society. Lunch will be served. Date: Wednesday, April 10 Time : 12-1:15pm Venue: IFC 11P-500 Gaming for Development: Using the Power of Games to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture (WANDA), Gaming Revolution for International Development, WANDA's World Can the power of games and gamification achieve the SDGs from peacebuilding, economic prosperity, nutrition to reproductive health to improve global communities? Studies show that exposure to serious games predicts subsequent prosocial behavior. Games and learning can be effective teaching tools to address the challenges faced by civil society. Moderator: Tambra Raye Stevenson MPH, PhD Student, Founder/CEO, WANDA Panelist 1: Dominic Shattuck, Senior Research Officer, Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health 6

Panelist 2: Benjamin Stokes, Assistant Professor, American University Game Lab Panelist 3: Angel Rich, Founder/CEO, Wealthy Life Factory Panelist 4: Lual Mayen, Founder/CEO, Junub Games Panelist 5: Mariam Nusrat, Education Specialist, World Bank Assessing Citizen Engagement in World Bank Projects: What is Really Happening? Accountability Research Center, Arab Watch Coalition What is the status of citizen engagement (CE) in World Bank operations five years since launching the Strategic Framework for CE? Showcasing evidence from on-the-ground experience and independent assessments, Bank and civil society representatives will frankly discuss what has/has not been achieved and what opportunities and risks lie ahead. Moderator: Jeff Hall, Freelance Consultant, Jeff Hall Consulting Panelist 1: Amy Ekdawi, Management Team Member, Arab Watch Coalition Panelist 2: Rachel Nadelman, Research Fellow, Accountability Research Center Panelist 3: Estelle Raimondo, Evaluation Officer, World Bank Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) Panelist 4: Sarah Keener, Senior Social Development Specialist, World Bank Re-thinking Crisis Response: How the World Bank and CSOs can Work Better Together via Disaster Risk Financing Start Network, Mercy Corps, Oxfam, Centre for Disaster Protection How crises are managed financially can have enormous short and long term impacts. This session will discuss Disaster Risk Finance opportunities and consider how to ensure the best impacts for poor people, where CSOs can add value and work with the Bank, and the potential for IDA19. Moderator: Christian Donaldson, IFI Economic Justice Policy Advisor, Oxfam Panelist 1: Olivier Mahul, Global Lead and Program Manager, Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program, World Bank and GFDRR, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation, World Bank Panelist 2: Emily Montier, Start Labs Manager, Start Network Panelist 3: Daniel Clarke, Director, Centre for Disaster Protection Panelist 4: Beth DeHamel, Chief Financial Officer, Mercy Corps 7

4:00 pm 5:30 pm Sustainable Infrastructure: Aligning with Rights and SDGs Christian Aid, Bretton Woods Project, ITUC, EURODAD, Urgewald, Debt Justice Norway, SID, LATINDADD Sustainable and rights-based infrastructure is needed in order to achieve the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement. The infrastructure gap for SDGs is significant, but so far Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been promoted. A county-focused approach sustainable infrastructure gaps needs linking to economic and social transformation and rights-based approaches. Moderator: Matti Kohonen, Principal Advisor - Private Sector, Christian Aid Panelist 1: David Cruz, Consultant, Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy, Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad Panelist 2: Amal-Lee Amin, Chief of the Climate Change Division, IADB Panelist 3: Cécilia Gondard, Senior Policy and advocacy officer, EURODAD Overcoming Obstacles to Educating Girls to Reduce Child Marriages and Improve Economic Opportunities for Women Association for Community Empowerment Solutions, ACESWorld Pads4Learning and Seeds4Seeds Programs The Interactive Panel Discussion explores early marriage, period poverty, cultural customs and norms, refugee situations, and postconflict communities that restrict girls access to education and strategies to remove the barriers that keep girls out of school to improve girls access to education and break the cycle of vulnerability and dependency. Moderator: Linda Jackson, Founder, CEO, ACESWorld (Association for Community Empowerment Solutions) Panelist 1: Tsehaitu (Tubi) Retta, Senior Associate, Global Girls Alliance, The Obama Foundation Panelist 2: Khanchan Amatya, Founder, Executive Director, UN Women s Global Champion for Women s Economic Empowerment, Sustainable Fish Farming Initiative Panelist 3: Lina Zedriga Waru, Director Women Peace and Security, Regional Associates for Community Initiatives (RACI) Panelist 4: Dave Fils-Aimé, Executive Director, Basketball to Uplift the Youth (Baskètbòl pou Ankadre Lajenès) Beyond the Hype: Using Low-Cost Sensors, Satellites and Smartphones to Tackle Real-World Crises AfricanDrone, Code for Africa (CfA), OmniVisTech 8

New technology only serves a few if it isn t implemented with a broad spectrum of partners and key goals ascertained. Our session will discuss some of these new technological breakthroughs in Africa and beyond. How best can we manage this growth and do so sustainably, while continuing to harness the full potential of the technology that allows for these breakthroughs? Moderator: World Bank representative (TBC) Panelist 1: Frederick Mbuya, Founder, UhuruLabs and Strategic Consultant, Lake Victoria Challenge Panelist 2: Justin Arenstein, CEO, Code for Africa Panelist 3: Johnny Miller, Founder, africandrone Panelist 4: Katherine Clayton, CEO, OmniVisTech Improving Access to Electricity and Responding to the Demand for Renewable Energy in WBG Client Countries Tearfund, Big Shift Global, Christian Aid, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, Bank Information Center Europe, Bretton Woods Project, Friends of the Earth US, Urgewald, Oxfam Demand is growing for low-cost renewables to achieve clean energy for all, and more broadly poverty reduction and inclusive economic growth. We will hear country perspectives on the need for decentralized renewable energy in Africa and discuss how the WBG is supporting and could better support client countries to speed up progress. Moderator: Richard Montgomery, Executive Director for the United Kingdom, World Bank Group Panelist 1: Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, Chief Executive, Christian Aid Panelist 2: Emmanuel Kimbe, Programme Manager, Christian Council of Tanzania (Tearfund partner) Panelist 3: Dana Rysankova, Global Energy Access Lead, World Bank Group Panelist 4: Sas Thilakasiri, Senior Policy Adviser, Oxfam Austerity and the Right to Health: the IMF s Role in Expanding Fiscal Space for Public Spending Wemos Foundation, ActionAid, Bretton Woods Project, Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), Eurodad, Institute for Economic and Social Studies (INESC) In the midst of persistent gaps in funding public services, we discuss incoherencies between IMF induced austerity policies, via loan conditionality and policy advice, and the realization of the right to health. This session assesses how such policies affect enjoyment of the human right to health and discusses policy alternatives. 9

Moderator: Iara Pietricovsky de Oliveira, Co-director, Institute for Economic and Social Studies (INESC) Panelist 1: Dr. Ann Phoya, President, Association of Malawian Midwifes (AMAMI) Panelist 2: Kate Donald, Director of economic and social policy, Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) Panelist 3: Gino Brunswijck, Senior policy officer, Eurodad Panelist 4: David Coady, Division Chief, Expenditure Division, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF 10