Draft Programme

 

 

The Private Sector Forum (PSF) will take place alongside the thematic and high level sessions and side events on the private sector. The purpose of the PSF is to provide an opportunity for governments, business and other stakeholders to engage in in-depth discussions on the role of the private sector in development and aid effectiveness, with particular focus on what is needed to build an enabling policy environment and on lessons learnt from Public-Private Partnerships. Common messages from these discussions shall be agreed in a final session and then reported back to the HLF-4 Plenary Session on Day 3.

 

15H00-15H20 opening Session

 

Welcoming Speech:

• Sung-Hwan Kim, Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Korea
• Chang-soo Huh, Chairman, The Federation of Korean Industries
• Seung-han Lee, President, Global Compact Korea Network

Keynote Speech:

Why does the private sector matter at the 4^th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4)? Why do we need to engage the private sector for development effectiveness?

• Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations
• Angel Gurria, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

 

15H20-15H50 The role of the private sector and pUBLIC-PRIVATE CO-OPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES

 

What are the enabling conditions and bottlenecks for engaging the private sector in, and promoting the public and private co-operation for, development?

 

Chair: Georg Kell, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact

Why is more effective country-level cooperation so important? How could country-level platforms and   initiatives make a difference?

Presentation:

• Tadahiro Asami, Secretary-General, BIAC

Policy environment for private sector-led investment and job creation

·         Daniel Yohannes, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation

How can government create conditions for greater engagement with the private sector? Perspectives from MCC

• Youngkee Kim, Chief Relations Officer and Executive Vice President, LG Electronics

How have the public-private dialogues contributed to the economic growth?

• Esther Mkwizu, Chairperson of the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation

What are the opportunities and challenges in Africa for engaging the private sector and promoting public-private collaboration at a country and regional level?

 

15H50-16H55 catalytic Partnerships to promote investment, employment and growth

 

What are the success stories and challenges of the PPP to promote investment, employment and growth? How can the private sector be a driver of catalytic partnerships? How can other development actors support this?

 

Chair: Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

How could the PPP play a catalytic role for development? (Report from Day1)

Presentation:

• Geoffrey Lamb, Managing Director of Public Policy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Shin-Bae Kim, Executive Vice Chairman, SK
• Paul Hinks, CEO, Symbion Power
• Ingo  Weber, Investment Committee Member, LeapFrog Funds
• Thomas de Man, Non-executive Director and Special Advisor to the CEO on African Projects, Heineken

Discussants:

• Dang Huy Dong, Vice Minister, Ministry of Planning and Investment , Vietnam
• Andrew Kilpatrick, Director, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
• John D. Sullivan, Executive Director, Centre for International Private Enterprise

 

Open Discussion and Q&A

 

16H55-18H00 innovative solutions for development effectiveness

 

What are the success stories and challenges for the private sector to lead innovative solutions for effective development? How can innovative business models and innovative solutions drive inclusive growth and sustainable development? Lessons learned for innovation in technology, business model, market development etc.

 

Chair: Ben Knapen, Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation, Netherlands

What are best practices to unlock innovation?(Report from Day1)

Presentation

• Ian B. Clyne, CEO, Bank South Pacific Ltd.
• Younghoon David Kim, Chairman and CEO, Daesung Group
• Karin Ruiz, CEO, Peepoople
• Aly-Raza Nazerali, Senior Advisor, Aga Khan Development Network

·         Noha Mesack, CEO, Noha Nyamedjo Company, Cameroon, Business Call to Action

Discussants:

·         John Rwangombwa, Minister, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda (tbc)

• Seth Berkley, CEO, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization

Model case for governance structure of public-private partnership

·         Gundrun Timm, Head of Department for Economics and Development Policy, DEG

 

Open Discussion and Q&A

 

18H00-19H00 Post-busan: public-private Co-operation to drive inclusive growth and sustainable development

 

What are the new ideas to strengthen private sector engagement as both an economic and development agent and PPP for inclusive and sustainable development? How should we organize ourselves to move forward toward successful business by driving development effectiveness?

 

Chair: Sigrid Kaag, Assistant Administrator, United Nations Development Programme

 

Panel Discussion:

• Kosei Maniba Ngai, Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, South Sudan
• Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden
• Brian Atwood, DAC Chair
• Lars Thunell, CEO, International Finance Corporation
• Reema Nanavaty, Director of Economic and Rural Development, Self Employed Women`s Association
• Peter Bakker, Future President of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, and Former CEO of TNT
• Debrework Zewdie, Deputy Executive Director, Global Funds to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

 

Open Discussion and Q&A

 

19H00-19H10 CLOSING

 

Closing Remarks:

• Rajiv Shah, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development

 

19H10-21H00 WelcomE DINNER

Welcoming Remarks:

• Byung-chul Jung, Vice Chairman & CEO, The Federation of Korean Industries