Annual Conference

of

The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank

(PNoWB)

 

March 15-18, 2007

Cape town, South Africa

 

Annotated Conference Program

 

(Draft - as of January 29, 2007)

 

Thursday, march 15

3:00pm Pre-session on the PNoWB’s activities

5:30pm             Regional Sessions where Parliamentarians meet in six separate breakout groups by region for informal discussions on regional cooperation

7:30-10:00pm Opening cocktail and dinner featuring a keynote speaker on:

                        “Legislature-Executive Relationships: How to Make them More Effective”

           

friday, march 16

9-10:45am       First series of parallel workshops on parliamentarians’ role in…:

§         …Creditors’ responsibility for illegitimate debt:  the moral case for following Norway’s precedent?

§         ..Transparent management and monitoring of natural resources revenues: Making the dividends work for poverty reduction

§         … Creating a business climate conducive to growth: the need for reform

§         …The effective oversight of International Financial Institutions and the collaboration of CSOs and Unions

 

10:45am           Welcoming address:

§         Honorable Baleka Mbete, Speaker, Parliament of South Africa

§         H.E. Trevor Manuel, Minister of Finance, South Africa

Text Box: ROUNDTABLE ON AFRICA § Paul D. Wolfowitz, President, World Bank § Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank § Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund § H.E. Trevor Manuel, Minister of Finance, South Africa Followed by Q&A

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: QUESTION TIME WITH THE HEADS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 14:30-15:30 Paul Wolfowitz, President, World Bank 15:30-16:30 Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director, IMF 16:30-17:00 Coffee Break 17:00-18:00 Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank 12:30-2:15pm  Lunch hosted by Parliament of South Africa

 

7:30 pm            Reception and Dinner

 

Saturday, March 17

7:45-8:45am     Parallel Breakfast Meetings at the Hotel (informative sessions on various topics)

 

9:15-10:30am   Second series of parallel workshops on parliamentarians’ role in…:

§         …Health

§         …Fighting rural poverty through agriculture

§         …Climate change

 

11:30-12:15     Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach*, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor, Germany and Personal Representative of the Federal Chancellor for the World Economic Summit (Sherpa)

 

12:00-1:00pm  Plenary discussion: Good governance and anti-corruption

 

1:00-2:30pm    Lunch

 

2:30-4:00         Plenary discussion: Aid effectiveness, harmonization and conditionality: what role for legislators in monitoring results?

 

 

4:00-4:45pm    Keynote Address: H.E. Thabo Mbeki* President, Republic of South Africa

 

 

 

5pm                 End of conference

 

Sunday, March 18

                        Side events

 


* To be confirmed