Civil Society Policy Forum October 9-12, 2018 World Bank Group / IMF 2018 Annual Meetings Day 2 - Wednesday, October 10, 2018 9:00 am 10:30 am 10:30 am 11:00 am 11:00 am 12:30 pm Jakarta A Scaling Up Renewable Energy Access & Aligning with 2050 Pathways Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G), Tearfund, Christian Aid with Big Shift Global, Bretton Woods Project, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, Climate Action Network, SE4All, Spectrum, BIC Europe Coffee Break Jakarta A Global Lessons from Nam Theun 2 The World Bank s Model Hydropower Project in Laos Inclusive Development International with Bank Information Center Europe Jakarta B Infrastructure Reloaded: Agenda, Human Rights and Financing Modalities from a Civil Society Perspective Society for International Development and International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development with CSO FfD Group, Eurodad, APMDD, Counter-Balance, Third World Network Africa, Latindadd, Observatory for Sustainable Infrastructure, Heinrich Boell Foundation Jakarta B Results for Children: Faith Actors High-Level Advocacy Forum on Investing in Early Childhood Development Arigatou International, Endorsed by Members of the Moral Initiative: The Faith- Bandung CSO perspectives on Operationalising Gender and Income Inequality at the IMF Bretton Woods Project (BWP) Bandung Unexpected leaders? Highlights in Beneficial Ownership Transparency Progress Transparency International Surabaya The Future of Work and the World Bank Public Services International and International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) with Building and Woodworkers International Asia Pacific, UNI Global Union Asia Pacific Regional Organization Surabaya Rethinking IMF Loan Conditionality Eurodad with Bretton Woods Project
Based Action Framework to End Extreme Poverty and Realize the Sustainable Development Goals 12:30 pm 1:30 pm Jakarta A Lunch Session with Moderator of CSO Townhall 1:30 pm 3:00 pm Jakarta A Scaling Up Climate and Clean Energy Ambition - The Need for a Systems Change Environics Trust with Oxfam, NGO Forum on ADB/AIIB, Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development Jakarta B Development in the Context of Obstructed Civic Space: Cases from the Asia Region CIVICUS with Bank Information Center Bandung For History Not to Repeat Itself: Learning from Failed PPPs Latindadd and Asia Pacific Research Network with Eurodad, Heinrich Boell Foundation, Bread for the World, BWP, APMDD, Public Services International, Society for International Development, Counter- Balance, Afrodad, FAHAMU Surabaya Education Equity, Financing and Privatization: Challenges and Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE) 2:00 pm 3:00 pm 3:00 pm 3:30 pm Medan Room, Bali Westin - CSOs meeting with International Finance Corporation CEO, Philippe Le Houerou Coffee Break
3:30 pm 5:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:30 pm Jakarta A Meaningful Social, Environmental and Gender Consent Consideration Needed in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects Climate Watch Thailand with Aksi! for Gender, Social and Ecological Justice Indonesia, Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network - Bangladesh Jakarta B Building Human Capital Through Investing in Children and the SDGs: Charting a Way Forward Save the Children UK Bandung SOGIESC Inclusion in Regional MDBs Taking a Leaf Out of the World Bank s Playbook APCOM Foundation and GAYA NUSANTARA Foundation with Human Rights Campaign, Bank Information Center Europe, Council for Global Equality, VOICE BICC Mangupura Hall CSO Townhall with WBG President Jim Yong Kim and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Followed by a Networking Reception Surabaya Are We Building Back Better? Lessons from South Asia Disaster Report (2016) All India Disaster Mitigation Institute with Duryog Nivaran, Practical Action - Nepal
Session Descriptions Day 2 - Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Scaling Up Renewable Energy Access & Aligning with 2050 Pathways 9:00 am 10:30 am Room: Jakarta A Sponsor: Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G), Tearfund, Christian Aid with Big Shift Global, Bretton Woods Project, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, Climate Action Network, SE4All, Spectrum, BIC Europe Dr. Helena Wright (Senior Policy Advisor, E3G) (Moderator) John Roome (Senior Director, Climate Change, World Bank) Nithi Nesadurai (South East Asia Regional Coordinator, Climate Action Network) Thet Zaw Htwe (Energy and Green Growth Advisor, Spectrum, Myanmar) Cesar Gamboa (Executive Director, Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales - Peru) Sue Willsher (Senior Policy Advisor, Tearfund) This Infrastructure has the potential to support a sustainable, climate-resilient pathway or to lock-in fossil fuel dependence. The World Bank has pledged to support countries with energy access (SDG7) and meeting Paris commitments with renewable energy critical to both. This event presents research and case studies from the Big Shift coalition. Infrastructure Reloaded: Agenda, Human Rights and Financing Modalities from a Civil Society Perspective 9:00 am 10:30 am Room: Jakarta B Sponsor: Society for International Development and International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development with CSO FfD Group, Eurodad, APMDD, Counter- Balance, Third World Network Africa, Latindadd, Observatory for Sustainable Infrastructure, Heinrich Boell Foundation TBC (Co-Moderator) Stefano Prato (Managing Director, Society for International Development) (Co-Moderator) Motoko Aizawa (Coordinator, Observatory for Sustainable Infrastructure) Maria Jose Romero (Policy and Advocacy Manager, Private Finance and DFIs, European Network on Debt and Development)
The session will explore a new infrastructure agenda that would respect and fulfill human rights, tackle inequalities, strengthen domestic economies, counter commodity dependence and respond to ecological challenges. It will also discuss which financing modalities ensure that key infrastructure remains a public good rather than an asset class. CSO perspectives on Operationalising Gender and Income Inequality at the IMF 9:00 am 10:30 am Room: Bandung Leo Baunach (Research Officer, International Trade Union Confederation) Chiara Mariotti (Inequality Policy Manager, Oxfam) Rachel Noble (Senior Policy Specialist, ActionAid) Emma Burgisser (Gender Project Manager, Bretton Woods Project) Kaplana Kochhar (Director, Human Resources Department, International Monetary Fund) Sponsor: Bretton Woods Project (BWP) The IMF recently published guidance notes on 'operationalising gender and economic inequality issues' into its work. Attend this session to hear what lessons have been learned by feminist and economic justice communities to guide the IMF s approach and join our discussion on the IMF's impacts on inequalities. The Future of Work and the World Bank 9:00 am 10:30 am Room: Surabaya Jayasri Priyalal (Director, Finance Sector, UNI Global Union Asia Pacific Regional Organization) (Moderator) Francis Kim (Director, Economic and Social Policy, International Trade Union Confederation-Asia Pacific) Kate Lappin (Asia Pacific Secretary, Public Services International) Edward Miller (Asia Pacific Regional Campaign Officer, Building and Woodworkers International) Max Lawson (Head of Inequality Policy, Oxfam International) Michal Rutkowski (Senior Director, Social Protection and Jobs, World Bank) Sponsor: Public Services International and International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) with Building and Woodworkers International Asia Pacific, UNI Global Union Asia Pacific Regional Organization This panel examines the political economy of the future of work and the role of the World Bank in securing decent work and sustainable development. The policy advice, lending and research of the Bank will be debated. Panelists will present strategies to reduce inequality and promote decent work.
Global Lessons from Nam Theun 2 The World Bank s Model Hydropower Project in Laos 11:00 am 12:30 pm Room: Jakarta A Kate Geary (Co-Director, Bank Information Center Europe) Bruce Shoemaker (Board Member, Inclusive Development International) Kanokwan Manorom (Associate Professor, Ubon Ratchathani University) Sponsor: Inclusive Development International with Bank Information Center Europe Nam Theun 2 has been promoted by the World Bank as a new model hydropower project with wide ranging social and environmental benefits. Recent research suggests NT2 has been much less successful than previously described. This has important implications for the future financing of hydropower and large infrastructure projects. Results for Children: Faith Actors High-Level Advocacy Forum on Investing in Early Childhood Development 11:00 am 12:30 pm Room: Jakarta B Sponsor: Arigatou International, Endorsed by Members of the Moral Initiative: The Faith-Based Action Framework to End Extreme Poverty and Realize the Sustainable Development Goals Edith Jibunoh (Adviser, External and Corporate Relations Stakeholder Engagement Unit, World Bank) Dr. Azza Karam (Senior Advisor of Culture, United Nations Population Fund) Dr. Agnes Abuom (Moderator of the Central Committee, World Council of Churches) Dr. Edi Suharto (Director General of Social Rehabilitation, Ministry of Social Affairs, Indonesia) Dear N.B. Sinandang (Communication & Partnership, Humanitarian Forum of Indonesia/Joint Learning Initiative) Fred Nyabera (Director, End Child Poverty, Arigatou International) A child s early experiences are formative for life outcomes. This faith-led high-level advocacy forum poses the critical questions regarding how best to improve the reach and quality of services for children aged 0-3 by exploring the experiences of faith actors and how these can inspire policy and service innovations and investments.
Unexpected leaders? Highlights in Beneficial Ownership Transparency Progress 11:00 am 12:30 pm Room: Bandung Sponsor: Transparency International Zosia Sztykowski (Project Lead, OpenOwnership) (Moderator) Jessica Ebrard (Project Coordinator, Transparency International) Hon. Pavlo Petrenko (Minister of Justice, Government of Ukraine) Yaroslav Yurchyshyn (Executive Director, Transparency International Ukraine) Mary Awelana Addah (Program Manager, Ghana Integrity Initiative) Lysbeth Atweribea Osae (Esq., State Attorney) Hon. Yanuar Nugroho (Deputy Chief of Staff for Analysis & Oversight of Strategic Issues on Social Cultural & Ecological Affairs, Executive Office of the President, Republic of Indonesia) Dadang Trisasongko (Secretary General, Transparency International Indonesia) Much of the media and policy attention around beneficial ownership transparency has been on progress at the EU level and with British Overseas Territories. Meanwhile, under the radar a number of countries such as Ghana and Ukraine have been taking significant measures of their own. Rethinking IMF Loan Conditionality 11:00 am 12:30 pm Room: Surabaya Sponsor: Eurodad with Bretton Woods Project Miriam Brett (International Development Finance Project Manager, Bretton Woods Project) (Moderator) Petya Koeva Brooks (Assistant Director, International Monetary Fund European Department) Gino Brunswick (Senior Policy Officer, Eurodad) Chiara Mariotti (Inequality Policy Manager, Oxfam GB) Dr. Fanwell Kenala (Executive Director, Afrodad) Francis Kim (Director, Economic and Social Policy, ITUC Asia Pacific) Ten years on from the crash and amid rising global debt and inequality, we ask the IMF to use its conditionality review as an opportunity to reconsider the current approach in favor of one that protects universal human rights and supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Scaling Up Climate and Clean Energy Ambition - The Need for a Systems Change 1:30 pm 3:00 pm Room: Jakarta A Sreedhar Ramamurthi (Managing Trustee, Environics Trust) (Moderator) Rayyan Hassan (Executive, Director, NGO Forum on ADB) Lidy Nacpil (Coordinator, Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development) Lan Mercado (Asia Regional Director, Oxfam International) Melanie Robinson (UK Executive Director, World Bank) Sponsor: Environics Trust with Oxfam, NGO Forum on ADB/AIIB, Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development This panel will discuss how climate vulnerable communities and countries at the forefront of global climate leadership can inform and convince decision makers at the World Bank and other IFIs to this historic responsibility and shift from the old ways of dealing with problems of energy access and local development in the light of the following the wake-up call of the IPCC 1.5 degrees report. Development in the Context of Obstructed Civic Space: Cases from the Asia Region 1:30 pm 3:00 pm Room: Jakarta B Katelyn Gallagher (Civic Engagement Campaign Manager, Bank Information Center) Sukhgerel Dugersuren (Executive Director, Oyu Tolgoi Watch) Anuradha Munshi (Research Coordinator, Centre for Financial Accountability) Carmina Obanil (Asia Regional Coordinator, Coalition for Human Rights in Development) Maninder Gill (Director, Social Development, World Bank) Sponsor: CIVICUS with Bank Information Center Panelists from India and Mongolia will discuss the challenges presented to key development stakeholders in the context of obstructed civic space, and will offer recommendations to the World Bank and other institutions on how to ensure the projects they finance consider and address risks to stakeholders and human rights defenders.
For History Not to Repeat Itself: Learning from Failed PPPs 1:30 pm 3:00 pm Room: Bandung Patricia Miranda (Advocacy Coordinator, Latindadd) (Moderator) María José Romero (Advocacy Manager, Eurodad) Leonida Odongo (Program Officer, FAHAMU Africa) Ivan Phell Enrile (Policy Officer, Asia Pacific Research Network) Sponsor: Latindadd and Asia Pacific Research Network with Eurodad, Heinrich Boell Foundation, Bread for the World, BWP, APMDD, Public Services International, Society for International Development, Counter-Balance, Afrodad, FAHAMU Public-private partnerships (PPPs) continue to gain prominence as key to achieving Sustainable Development Goals. The experience both in the Global North and South shows that many PPPs have failed to deliver in the public interest. This session discusses experiences, lessons, and new approaches to achieve people-centered and people-driven development. Education Equity, Financing and Privatization: Challenges and Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region 1:30 pm 3:00 pm Room: Surabaya Panellists: Katie Malouf Bous (Senior Policy Advisor, Oxfam International) (Moderator) Rene Raya (Lead Policy Analyst, Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education) Zeeshan Siddique (Project Coordinator, Oxfam Pakistan) Abdullah Ubaid (National Coordinator, NEW Indonesia) Cecilia Soriano (Programs Coordinator, Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education) Luis Benveniste (Director, Education Global Practice, World Bank) Sponsor: Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE) Asia-Pacific has the lowest spending on education globally, while facing major challenges in equity and quality. This session will feature voices from Asian countries discussing the impacts of policies that have responded to these challenges by implementing PPPs or other market-based reforms across Asia, including Pakistan, Nepal, Indonesia and Philippines.
Meaningful Social, Environmental and Gender Consent Consideration Needed in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Room: Jakarta A Sponsor: Climate Watch Thailand with Aksi! for Gender, Social and Ecological Justice Indonesia, Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network - Bangladesh Panjit Kaewsawang (Coordinator, Climate and Gender Integrated Actions, Climate Watch Thailand) (Moderator) Titi Soentoro (Executive Director, Aksi! for Gender, Social and Ecological Justice, Indonesia) Hasan Mehedi (Chief Executive, Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network Bangladesh) Wanun Permpibul (Director, Climate Watch Thailand) Renewable energy and energy efficiency will drive energy transition while contributing to 1.5oC temperature limit. Yet, its implementation in many cases lack meaningful consultation, violate community rights, destroy ecological services. Their trade-offs need to be discussed under social, environmental and gender lens if meaningful energy transition is to be achieved. Building Human Capital Through Investing in Children and the SDGs: Charting a Way Forward 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Room: Jakarta B Sponsor: Save the Children UK Panellists: Kevin Watkins (Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children UK) (Moderator) Mahmoud Mohieldin (Senior Vice President, 2030 Development Agenda, UN Relations and Partnerships, World Bank) Dr. Ir. Subandi (Deputy Minister for Human Development, Society and Culture, Indonesian Ministry of National Development) Putri Gayatri (Youth Representative) Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi (Director of Investments, Power of Nutrition) Investing in children is key to building human capital. This time-critical discussion will bring together findings from the World Bank s Human Capital Index, Save the Children s research and practical experience on financing health, education, nutrition and child protection. The interactive discussion will explore pathways to increase quality finance, including for the most deprived and marginalized, to shape a future investment strategy. This includes identifying steps at the national level, at the example of Indonesia s financing efforts for health and nutrition, as well as at the international level to help accelerate progress toward the SDGs on health, nutrition, education and protection.
SOGIESC Inclusion in Regional MDBs Taking a Leaf Out of the World Bank s Playbook 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Room: Bandung Panellists: Dédé Oetomo (Co-founder & Chair, GAYa Nusantara Foundation) (Moderator) Benigno Jose Eco (Executive Director, Babaylanes Philippines) Patricia Imrana Jalal (Member, Inspection Panel, World Bank) Yulia Rostinawati (Chair, Arus Pelangi) Midnight Poonkasetwattana (Executive Director, APCOM Foundation) Sponsor: APCOM Foundation and GAYA NUSANTARA Foundation with Human Rights Campaign, Bank Information Center Europe, Council for Global Equality, VOICE This session will explore the situation of LGBTI communities in Asia - especially Indonesia. Participants will have an opportunity to learn about the World Bank's experience of working on SOGI inclusion, and how these best practices can be replicated in other regional Multilateral development banks. Are We Building Back Better? Lessons from South Asia Disaster Report (2016) 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Room: Surabaya Panellists: Mihir R. Bhatt (Director, All India Disaster Mitigation Institute & Chairperson, Duryog Nivaran) (Moderator) Achyut Luitel (Director, Practical Action and Member, Duryog Nivaran) Sunita Kayastha (Emergency Specialist, UNICEF Nepal) Denis Nkala (Regional Coordinator Asia Pacific, United Nations Office for South South Cooperation) Ram Kishan (Regional Emergency Manager South Asia, Christian Aid) Sponsor: All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) with Duryog Nivaran, Practical Action - Nepal This session concentrates on Build Back Better (BBB), highlighting new, alternative disaster management measures to improve resilience of vulnerable communities. It explores initiatives by citizens, state and development practitioners in South Asia. Proposed session seeks to recognize and contribute to current discourse in Kerala, India and Lombok, Indonesia recovery planning.