CONFERENCE DES PARTENARIATS 2017

Agenda

African Development Bank Group Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement

2017 PARTNERSHIPS CONFERENCE

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" Scaling Up Partnerships and Leveraging Resources For Africa’s Transformation "

Welcome cocktail

Registration08H30 - 09H00

09H00 - 09H10

09H10 - 09H25

09H25 - 09H40

09H40 -10H05

10H05 -10H15

10H15 - 10H30

18h30H - 20H00

Session I: Partnering around the High 5s

Opening RemarksMr. Charles Boamah, Vice President - Finance

AfDB Group Strategic Directions and Priorities for Africa’s Transformation

Strategic Priority: Light Up and Power AfricaChair: Mr. Amadou Hott, Vice President - Power, Energy, Climate Change & Green Growth

Presentation: Mr. Kapil Kapoor, Director - Strategy and Operational Policies

Presentation: Ms. Astrid Manroth, Director - Transformative Energy Partnerships

Questions and Answers

Coffee Break

Strategic Priority: Feed Africa

Chair: Mr. Osward Chanda, Ag. Director - Water Development and Sanitation

Chair: Mr. Osward Chanda, Ag. Director - Water Development and SanitationPresentation: Mr. Benedict Kanu, Coordinator Partnerships - Agriculture & Agro-Industry

10H30 - 11H00 Questions and Answers

11H00 - 11H15 Operational Priority: Jobs for Youth

Presentation: Ms. Sunita Pitamber, Ag Director - Human and Social Development

11H15 - 11H45

11H45 - 12H00

12H00 - 12H30

Questions and Answers

Strategic Priority: Industrialize AfricaChair: Mr. Pierre Guislain, Vice President - Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization Presentation: Mr. Alhassane Haidara, Chief Investment Officer - Private Sector Development

Questions and Answers

12H30 - 14H00 Lunch CCIA Building

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Hotel TIAMA

CCIA Building Abidjan, Plateau Avenue Jean Paul II

CCIA Auditorium

DAY 1 Thursday, 06 April, 2017 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Boulevard de la République, Abidjan Plateau | Tel: (+225) 2031 3333

Wednesday, 05 April, 2017 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Session II: Partnering around Contries in Transition

Session III: Partnering with Sovereign & Non-Sovereign entities

14H15 - 14H45

14H45 -15H00

15H00 -17H45

15H45 - 16H30

15H00 - 15H45

14H00 - 14H15

16H30 - 17H15

17H15 - 17H45

15H00 - 15H15

15H00 - 17H45

15H15 - 16H00

Operational Priority: Accelerating delivery of the High 5s in fragile situations Chair: Mr. Yero Baldeh, Manager - Transition States

Questions and Answers

Coffee Break

SESSION A – BILATERAL & MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS

Key issues / Questions

- What the AfDB Group brings to the table- What our partners bring to the table - Examples of what we can accomplish together- Challenges and opportunities

Trust Funds/Technical Cooperation Funds at the AfDB

Co-financing with AfDB

Technical Cooperation with UN Specialised Agencies

Conclusions

SESSION B – NON-SOVEREIGN ENTITIES

Presentation on How the AfDB works with Non-Sovereign Entities

Feedback from the NSEs on their expectations from the AfDB

16H00 - 17H00

17H00 - 17H30

19H00

18H30

Questions and Answers on Opportunities for NSEs in Africa

Conclusions

Dinner Venue: Maquis du Val (Cocody)

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Chair:

Mr. Alex Mubiru, Manager - Division 1

Chair: Ms. Valerie Dabady Liverani, Manager - Division 2

CCIA Auditorium

Buses will be available to transport participants from CCIA to Maquis du VAL.

Room 1H CCIA

Departure from CCIA to Dinner Venue

CCIA Room 1G

Why Partner with us ?

Resource Mobilization & Partnerships Department

Resource Mobilization & Partnerships Department

DAY 2 Friday, 07 April, 2017 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

8H00 - 9H00

9H00 - 10H00

14H00 - 17H00

Session IV: Plenary Session

Feedback from Sessions I to IIIChair : Mr. Désiré Vencatachellum, Director

Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Department

Effectiveness and Efficiency in the AfDB Trust Fund Management: Policies, Practices, Challenges

Joint Presentation:

- Financial Control Department - Mr. Abayomi Ayodabo, Chief Financial Accountant

Presentation: NEPAD - Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF)

Discussion: Other facilities

10H00 - 10H15 Coffee Break

10H15 - 11H15 Questions and Answers

11H15 - 12H15 Project Preparation Facilities

12H15 - 12H30 Closing RemarksMr. Charles Boamah, Vice President - Finance

12H30 - 14H00 LunchVenue: CCIA Building

Bilateral meetings

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CCIA Auditorium

- Legal Services Department – Mr. Brendon Moyo, Chief Legal Counsel

- Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Department