EIF Global Workshop for Focal Points, Geneva, 8-10 July 2009

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DAY 1 (8 July 2009): EIF Rationale, Objectives, and Funding

Welcome and Introduction - Objectives of the Workshop; Links Between Trade, Growth and Poverty Reduction

·            H.E. Dr. Mothae A. Maruping, Chairperson of the IF Board

·            Signing of Partnership Agreements UNOPS with ITC and UNCTAD

·            Ms. Patricia Francis, Director (ITC)

·            H.E. Mia Horn af Rantzien (SIDA)

·            Hon. Felix Mutati, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia, An IF country example on trade mainstreaming at a policy and institutional levels: How is it done?

Module 1.  The EIF––introduction and preparations (objectives; underlying principles;  salient point of its process; a programmatic approach to the EIF implementation)

·         An IF Board LDC Member (Mr. Mbaye Ndiaye, Senegal): From the IF to the EIF: principles and objectives the same, important reforms for local and global governance, level of resources, programmatic approach /medium term implementation plan.

·         An IF Board Donor Member (Mr. Edward Brown, UK) and discussant) and Donor Facilitator (Oskar Kass, Finland, DF Zambia): The Role of the donors, in particular Donor Facilitators and criteria for the selection of DFs

·         Focal Point Yemen (Mr. Adel Alghaberi, Yemen): EIF medium term implementation plan: an example from a country that is already developing its medium term implementation plan (overview of how are they doing this, what elements are they including; presentation also to touch upon the EIF in-country structure, trade mainstreaming and Action Matrix implementation.)

Module 2.  EIF Trade Mainstreaming–mainstreaming at policy, institutional and donor relations levels: How to do; country example – Build on the AfT Review's session on mainstreaming

·            UNDP (Ms. Luisa Bernal), UNCTAD (Mr. Charles Gore) and World Bank (Mr. Bernard M. Hoekman): trade mainstreaming at a policy and institutional levels: What is it (PRSP/NDP, sectoral strategies; CAS, UNDAF), how to do it, how to do it better. How the IF elements can be used for it: DTIS; coordination mechanism; how to get the right players on board (link to NIA session); practical examples.

      Further documentation:

      UNCTAD, The Least Developed Countries Report 2004

                   Part Two, Chapter 1: Trade and Poverty from a Development Perspective

                   Part Two, Chapter 7: Improving the Trade-Poverty Relationship Through National
                                          Development Strategies

Lunch break – keynote speaker Ms. Meg Jones (ITC) on Gender and EIF

Module 3:  EIF National Implementation Arrangements – FP, NIU, DF, NSC/ interministerial coordination

·             Coordinator Central African Republic (Mr. Dieudonné Ouefio): Criteria for selecting FP, country experience in establishing  National Implementation Unit (NIU); experience with inter-ministerial coordination.

·            Donor Facilitator Cambodia (Mr. Jo Scheuer): Donor experience in servicing as a DF – What has worked and what have been the challenges? How to achieve coordination? How to help funding priorities?

·            Private Sector Representative from Zambia (Mr. Ajesh Patel): Experience in being part of the IF in country community? Role of the NSC. 

Group photo

Module 4:  What could be the role of the EIF in regional integration

·             Mr. Mark Pearson: Possible entry points for the EIF in the context of the North-South Corridor

·             Focal Point Guinea (Mr. Mohamed Fofana): emerging regional projects in West Africa, what does it take to prepare projects? critical factors? what possible role for the EIF?

·             World Bank (Mr. Bernard M. Hoekman): Regional aspect of trade facilitation and emerging demand for regional support through the TFF

Reception hosted by UK;  launch of UNDP study on ''Commodity Development Strategies in the Integrated Framework''

       UNDP Commodity study

       Chapters

DAY 2 (July 9): Programme Implementation and M&E

 Module 5:  EIF Project and Programme Implementation

·             Executive Secretariat (Ms. Christiane Kraus) and UNOPS (Mr. Jairo Morales-Nieto):  Support from the EIF ES and TFM  for project and programme implementation

·             A country experience in project development (Focal Point Cambodia, Mr. Pan Sorasak): How to identify, develop and implement an EIF TF project?

·             A country experience in setting up a Trade SWAp (Mr. Seth van Doorn, EC)

Module 6:  Financing of IF Action Matrix and beyond - Build on the AfT Review's deliberations on funding

·            Focal Point and Donor Facilitator from Lao PDR (Ms. Khemmani Pholsena (and Speaking Notes), Lao PDR and Ms. Raine Dixon, AusAID)): Support from bilateral in-country donors, including locally managed trade basket funds and direct budget support

·            Ms. Manuela Tortora (UNCTAD): The Role of the Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity for DTIS Action Matrix implementation

      Other documentation: UNDP CEB Inter-Agency Cluster EIF

Lunch break – The challenge of implementation (kick-off by the IF Coordinator Mali, Mr. Mohamed Sidibé, Mali)

Module 7:  EIF Monitoring and Evaluation

·             Ms. Julia Betts, PARC: The role of Monitoring and Evaluation in development programmes

·             Executive Director/IF Executive Secretariat (Ms. Dorothy Tembo): The EIF Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

·             Country  views on the M&E (Ms. Peggy Mlewa, Zambia, and Mr. Maybin Nsupila, Zambia): What is in it for the countries? How to ensure usage of existing country monitoring structures? How are we implementing monitoring?

Module 8: Break out sessions with groups of countries to address-specific EIF Implementation Issues, including ''How to prepare a Tier 1 project'', ''How to complete the log-frame'' ''Filling in the M&E questionnaire''; ''How to start the EIF process for new-comers'', ''What are the fiduciary aspects of Tier 1 projects'' (groups according to the state of their EIF implementation); one break-out for DFs. 

·         Facilitation by: Ms. Julia Betts, Mr. Sven Callebaut, Mr. Jean-François Delteil, Ms. Christiane Kraus, Mr. Kennedy Mbekeani, Mr. Oskar Kass

DAY 3 (July 10): Assistance for DTIS Action Matrix Implementation, Evaluation and Wrap-up

Module 9: Agency presentations on how and in what areas they can support DTIS Action Matrix implementation; moderated by Mr. Mark Gawn (Canada)

·         ITC (Mr. Willem Van Der Geest)

·         UNCTAD (Ms. Masoumeh Sahami)

·         Q&A

·         UNDP (Mr. David Luke)

·         UNIDO (Mr. Bernardo Calzadilla)

·         Q&A

·         World Bank (Mr. Richard Newfarmer)

·         WTO/STDF (Mr. Panos Antonakakis)

·         Q&A

Lunch break – The role of the EIF and regional trade in post-conflict countries (Focal Point Liberia, Mr. Amin Modad)

Module 10: Break-out sessions to determine the way forward for in-country EIF implementation

After a short plenary, 8 groups of 5-6 countries will break out to discuss what (i) their next steps in EIF implementation will be when they get home after the workshop (ii) what possible problems or obstacles for EIF implementation might arise, and (iii) how they can be helped to address these problems and obstacles, and by whom; each country fills a form on these three issues. 

·        Facilitated by Board members (Mr. Darius Kurek, Mr. Nagib Hamin, Mr. Edouard Bizumuremyi, Ms. Annet Blank, Mr. Jairo Morales-Nieto, Mr. Richard Newfarmer, Ms. Mahsoumeh Sahami, Mr. David Luke)

Module 11: Plenary on the way forward for in-country EIF implementation

·         Mr. Nagib Hamin presents the consolidated report of break-out session

Wrap up and next steps

·         Executive Director/IF Executive Secretariat (Ms. Dorothy Tembo)

Report on the EIF Global Workshop

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