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2011/SOM3/EC/WKSP/001

Agenda

Submitted by: United States

/ Workshop on Approaches to Assessing Progress on Structural Reform San Francisco, United States
19-20 September 2011

APEC Workshop: Approaches to Assessing Progress on Structural Reform

September 19-20, 2011

Hyatt Regency

San Francisco, California

Agenda

Day 1
8:30 am – 9:00 am / Arrival/Registration
9:00 am – 9:30 am / Welcoming remarks, overview of the ANSSR program, and workshop introduction
Mr. Ben Shepherd, Workshop Facilitator
9:30 am – 10:00 am / Using indicators to assess progress on structural reform: strengths, weaknesses and the OECD’s Going for Growth approach
Mr. Romain Duval, Head of the Structural Surveillance Division, Economics Department, OECD
This session will explore what each type of measure is and the strengths/benefits and weaknesses/challenges of each. The OECD will share its experience with these indicators, drawing in particular on the indicators constructed and monitored in the context of Going for Growth.
10:00 am – 10:30 am / Open Discussion
10:30 am -11:00 am / Coffee Break
11:00 am –11:30 am / A Framework for Developing and Using Performance Measures
Dr. Bruce Bolnick, Chief Economist, International Group, Nathan Associates Inc.
This session would provide a basic framework that economies might consider usingand/or adapt to help develop performance measures to use in their ANSSR plan.
11:30 am -12:00 pm / Open Discussion
12:00 pm –1:30 pm / Lunch
1:30 pm – 1:50 pm / Regional-level efforts on tracking structural reform progress
Dr. Philippa Dee, Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
This session will explore experience at a regional level in tracking progress on structural reform.
1:50 pm – 2:10 pm / Open Discussion
2:10 pm – 2:30 pm / Assessing progress on structural policies in Japan
Mr. Tadashi Yokoyama, Counselor, Japan's Cabinet Office
Presentation will cover several methodologies for measuring progress and will provide examples based of assessments on the progress of structural policies in Japan. It also will explore assessments done by international organizations.
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm / Open Discussion
2:50 pm – 3:15 pm / Coffee break
3:15 pm – 3:40 pm / Panel Presentation: Economy case studies in developing and using progress measures
Mr. Manuel Almazán, Regulatory Impact Assessment General Coordinator at the Regulatory Improvement Federal Commission (COFEMER), Mexico
Ms. Huda Bahweres, Assistant Deputy for Regional Economic Cooperation and Financing, Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs of Indonesia
Economies will present on how they identified and developed their measures/indicators of progress.
3: 40 pm – 4:00 pm / Open Discussion
4:00 pm – 4:35 pm / Overview of ANSSR Leaders Week Template and Brief Early Mover Panel Presentations
Australia, Mexico, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, and the United States will share how they adapted their draft plans to the Leaders' Week template
4:35 pm – 5:00 pm / Open Discussion
5:00 pm – 5:15 pm / Wrap- up for Day 1
Mr. Ben Shepherd, Workshop Facilitator
Day 2
8:30 am – 9:00 am / Arrival/Registration
9:00 am – 9:10 am / Introduction for Day 2
Mr. Ben Shepherd, Workshop Facilitator
9:10 am – 10:30 am / Small group breakout sessions
Economies will share the process of identifying qualitative and quantitative indicators of progress for their ANSSR plans with facilitator experts and peers; all participants to offer feedback and suggestions based on own experiences.
10:30 am – 11:00 am / Coffee Break
11:00 am – 12:30 pm / Small group breakout sessions continue
Economies will share the process of identifying qualitative and quantitative indicators of progress for their ANSSR plans with facilitator experts and peers; all participants to offer feedback and suggestions based on own experiences.
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm / Lunch
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm / Small group breakout sessions continued
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm / Developing indicators and measure from the ground up: USAID BizCLIR experience
Mr. Mark Walter, Principal Associate, International Group, Nathan Associates Inc
This session will share experience on how USAID BizCLIR project has worked with select economies to develop appropriate quantitative and qualitative indicators of progress on reform programs relating to the business enabling environment.
3:20 pm – 3:35 pm / Open Discussion
3: 35 pm –4:00pm / Coffee Break
4:00 pm – 4:25 pm / Plenary reconvenes for summary reports from small group discussions
4:25 pm – 4:50pm / Open Discussion
4:50 pm – 5:00 pm / Wrap-up
Mr. Ben Shepherd, Workshop Facilitator