Events
NR EventFFD Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on Systemic Issues (Lima, Peru)
Date: February 17-18, 2005
Venue: Andean Community Facilities / Comunidad Andina, Cuadra 4 Av. Andrés Aramburú, esquina Paseo de la República 3895, Lima, Peru (ingreso por patio de Honor).
Organized by: Civil Society: New Rules for Global Finance and Asociacion Latinoamericana de Organismos para Promocion de Desarrollo
Co-Sponsored by: Foreign Ministry of Sweden, UN Foundation, DESCO, Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Agenda
February 16, 2005 7:00 p.m.
OPEN FORUM: The Future of Development Financing : Challenges and Strategic Choices
Thursday, February 17, 2005
9:00 a.m. Session I. Introduction:
Welcome: Jorge Balbis, Executive Secretary, ALOP
Overarching Concern of Middle Income Countries: Negative Net Flows of Capital: Eduardo Ballon, DESCO
9:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. Session II. Evaluating Official Reform Agenda for the International Financial Architecture
Summary of the First Meeting of this Multi-Stakeholder Consultation, held November 2004 in Washington: Jo Marie Griesgraber, Chair, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition
10:15 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. Session III. Mechanisms for Crisis Prevention
A proposal for a new International Debt Framework (IDF) for the prevention and resolution of debt crisis in middle-income countries
Kathrin Berensmann, German Development Institute
Moderator: Francisco Sagasti, Agenda: Peru
12:30 p.m. Lunch
Financing MDGs
Speaker: Martin Santiago, UNDP Representative in Peru
2:00 p.m. Session IV. Provision of Credit in Times of Crisis
Innovative Forms of Finance, with special reference to elements of the “Action Against Hunger and Poverty” or “Lula Initiative”
Chandra Hardy, Senior Research Associate, G-24 Secretariat
Moderator: Ambassador Arne Rodin, Embassy of Sweden
3:30p.m. Coffee Break
3:45 p.m. Session V. Reforming Governance of Global Institutions
Review of the full range of possibilities, with focused discussion on Regional Development Banks
Bessma Momani, Center for International Governance Innovation & University of Waterloo, Cananda
Moderator: Aldo Caliari, Center of Concern
6:00 p.m. Reception at Hotel Jose Antonio
Friday, February 18, 2005
9:00 a.m. Session VI. Management of Capital Flows and Risk Exposure —will have 2 sections
A. Prudential Market Regulation and Counter-Cyclical Policies
Luisa Maria Chiappe, President, Chamber of Commerce for Colombia and Venezuela*
Moderator: Reverend Seamus Finn, OMI, Director, Washington Office of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate Office of Justice, Peace/Integrity of Creation, and Chair, Interfaith Committee on Corporate Responsibility
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. Session VI. Management of Capital Flows and Risk Exposure
B. Foreign Borrowing in Local Currency Denominated Debt
Randall Dodd, Director, Financial Policy Forum
Moderator: Humberto Campodonico, DESCO
12:45 p.m. Lunch
Imbalances in the Global Economy (spanish) / Slides (spanish)
Speaker: Javier Silva Ruete, Executive Director for Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay, International Monetary Fund
Moderator: Jan Kregel, United Nations – DESA
3:00 p.m. Session VII. Conclusion:
Frank Schroeder, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, New York Office
*To be confirmed.
Simultaneous Translation (English-Spanish) throughout the conference