Seventh Plenary meeting

of the Leading Group on Innovative Financing for Development

AGENDA

Santiago, January 28 and 29, 2010.

Place: Edificio José Miguel Carrera

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile

(27/01/10)

Thursday, January 28, 2010

08:15 hrs. Registration

09:00 hrs. Inauguration.

Statement by the President of the Republic of Chile, H.E. Michelle Bachelet

09:40 hrs. Adoption of the Agenda

Account by the Permanent Secretariat of the Leading Group, Mr. Christian Masset

10:00 hrs. Coffee break.

10:30 hrs. First working session: MORE MONEY FOR HEALTH

Speakers: Dr. Jorge Bermúdez, Executive Director of UNITAID;Millenium Foundation (Massive Good);WHO; GAVI/IFF; World Bank.

  1. Access to medicine: UNITAID and new voluntary contributions (Massive Good)
  2. Scaling up of immunization: IFFIm (International finance facility for immunisation)
  3. Research and development: Advanced Market Commitments (AMC)
  4. Open discussion

12:15 hrs. Second working session: Remittances and the link to Innovative Financing for Development.

Speakers: Italy, Morocco

1. Latest trends in remittances

2. Access to micro-finance and reduction of costs

3. Open discussion

13:15 hrs. Lunch

15:00 hrs. Third working session: Financial Integrity and Economic Development

Speakers : Norway, Global Financial Integrity, Chile, Spain, EC, Germany.

1. Report by Task Force.

2. Bank secrecy and tax evasion: Progress made

3. Open discussion

17:00 hrs. Coffee break

17:15 hrs. Fourth working session:

InternationalFinancial Transactions and Development

Speakers : Account by France, Member of Expert Group; Director of Fiscal Department, IMF; Stamp Out Poverty;Japan; EC; Norway; Belgium.

  1. Keynote on the ongoing process
  2. Progress report by the Expert Committee

3.Open discussion

18:30 hrs. Fifth working session: HUNGER AND POVERTY.

Speakers : Ministry of Health of Chile, Brazil,

  1. Nutrition mother/child
  2. Open discussion

19:30 hrs. Cocktail offered by Mr. Mariano Fernández, Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Friday, January 29, 2010

09:00 hrs. Sixth working session: Climate Change and innovative financing for development

Speakers : France, Germany, Algeria, Japan

1. Keynote on the side event in Copenhagen

2. Climate Change and Innovative Financing for Development: Auctioning, voluntary contributions

  1. Open discussion

10:15 hrs. Seventh working session: Other progress toward Monterrey Consensus/Doha and Innovative Financing for Development

Speakers: Mexico, Chile, World Bank/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

  1. SDRs and counter-cyclical mechanisms
  2. How to scale up successful financial innovations
  3. Open discussion

11:30 hrs. Coffee break

11:45 hrs. Eighth working session: Looking ahead

  1. Education and innovative financing : UNICEF
  2. MDGs UN Summit: Chile; Permanent Secretariat

3. Open Discussion

12:30 hrs. Summary by the Presidency

Closing remarks by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mariano Fernández.

13:00 hrs.End of Plenary

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