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GIZ Symposium 2016 on ‘Economic and Social Development, Employment’

Preliminary Programme (as of 4 September 2016)

5 – 9 September 2016

Dorint Parkhotel – Bad Neuenahr

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Overview of the week

Monday 5

September 2016

I. Retreat on Private Sector Development, Economic Policy and

Cooperation with the Private Sector – ‘Develop, Perform, Achieve:

Innovative Approaches to the Sustainable Development Goals

(SDGs)’…………………………..................................................…p. 2

II. Retreat on Financial Systems Development and Insurance –

‘Partnering for Sustainable Development’………………...……..…p. 5

Tuesday 6

September 2016

I. Retreat on Private Sector Development, Economic Policy and

Cooperation with the Private Sector – ‘Develop, Perform, Achieve:

Innovative Approaches to the Sustainable Development Goals

(SDGs)’…………………………………………………...…………....p. 3

II. Retreat on Financial Systems Development and Insurance –

‘Partnering for Sustainable Development’……………..………...…p. 6

Wednesday 7

September 2016 III. Joint Day on SDG No. 10: ‘Reduced Inequalities - Challenges

and Perspectives’…....………………………………...………...……p. 8

Thursday 8

September 2016

IV. Retreat on Health, Social Protection and Inclusion – ‘Care,

Share, Protect: Essentials of Social Development’………….......p. 10

V. Retreat on Education, TVET and Labour Markets – ‘The World we

want to live in – the new Sustainable Development Goals’…......p. 13

Friday 9

September 2016

IV. Retreat on Health, Social Protection and Inclusion – ‘Care,

Share, Protect: Essentials of Social Development’..................…p. 11

V. Retreat on Education, TVET and Labour Markets – ‘The World we

want to live in – the new Sustainable Development Goals’…......p. 14

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I. Retreat on Private Sector Development, Economic Policy and Cooperation with the Private Sector – ‘Develop, Perform, Achieve: Innovative Approaches to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’

Monday 5 September 2016

08:30 – 19:00

Congress lobby Conference secretariat (registration 08:30 – 10:00)

10:00 – 10:15

Congress hall, sections B+C

Welcome and introductions

Ulrich Höcker (GIZ), Sonja Kurz (GIZ), Bernd Lunkenheimer (GIZ)

10:15 – 10:25

Keynote: Why SDGs matter

Andreas Beckermann, Senior Policy Officer, Cooperation with the private sector; Sustainable economic policy, BMZ

10:25 – 10:40 Orientation and Transfer-in

Natasha Walker, Moderator

10:40 – 11:00

Keynote – SDGs and its implementation in Germany

Niels Breyer, Head of Division, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, reducing poverty and inequality, BMZ

11:00 – 12:30

Plenary discussion: Germany’s role in implementing the SDGs in Germany and internationally

Andreas Beckermann, Senior Policy Officer, Cooperation with the private sector; Sustainable economic policy, BMZ

Niels Breyer, Head of Division, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, reducing poverty and inequality, BMZ

Christian Engel, Head of Unit Development Policy and International City Bonn, State Chancellery North Rhine - Westphalia

Kerstin Nagels, Head of Division, Economic and Social Development, Employment, GIZ

Philipp Neub, Co-founder & COO, awamo GmbH, Social Impact Entrepreneur

Laura Schneider, Advisor, econsense - Forum for Sustainable Development of German Business e. V.

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 15:30

Parallel breakout sessions I.1

BO I.1.1 Local Products – Going Global Venue: Rhein

BO I.1.2 Measuring. weighing. counting: Is quality infrastructure (QI) the prerequisite for economic, environmental & social sustainability? Venue: Congress hall, section C

BO I.1.3 SME business training and coaching loop – inclusive employment

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promotion that works Venue: Congress hall, section B

BO I.1.4 New partnerships for sustainable trade facilitation Venue: Mosel

BO I.1.5 Analyzing labour markets to increase employment impact – Experiences from MENA Venue: Foyer hall (2nd floor)

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break + networking

16:00 – 17:30

Parallel breakout Sessions I.2

BO I.2.1 Promoting sustainable infrastructure in emerging economies: linking think tanks, financial institutions and multinational corporations to achieve global impact Venue: Rhein

BO. I.2.2 Faster.higher.further - does the digital transformation foster the economy in our partner countries? Venue: Congress hall, section C

BO I.2.3 Challenges and successful approaches to private sector development in fragile and conflict affected situations Venue: Congress hall, section B

BO I.2.4 Advancing progress of regional economic integration: How to further deepen results in programs supporting regional economic communities? Venue: Mosel

BO I.2.5 Women’s economic empowerment and decent work Venue: Foyer hall (2nd floor)

17:30 – 19:00

Congress lobby Marketplace

19:00 Get together

Tuesday 6 September 2016

08:30 – 18:30 Conference secretariat / registration

09:00 – 10:30


BO I.3.1 Adaption to Climate Change: a vital topic for businesses and climate-resilient economic development Venue: Rhein

BO. I.3.2 Decision. making. strategy – How effective are policy strategies for the SDGs? Venue: Congress hall, section C

BO I.3.3 Leveraging inclusive business models – growing social impact in value chains

Venue: Congress hall, section B

BO I.3.4 Tapping extra-regional trade and investment initiatives: Opportunities for regional economic communities, developing countries and development partners Venue: Mosel

BO I.3.5 Value for money, employment effects and the cost-per-job – aiming for more efficient employment Venue: Foyer hall (2nd floor)

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10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break + networking

11:00 – 12:30


BO I.4.1 Closing the loop between consumption and production

Venue: Rhein

BO. I.4.2 Innovate. collaborate. capacitate - how do we drive economic prosperity? Venue: Congress hall, section C

BO I.4.3 Promoting migrants and refugees potential in the context of private sector development – a contribution to the SDGs

Venue: Congress hall, section B

BO I.4.4 Brexit: Implications for trade related development cooperation Venue: Mosel

BO I.4.5 Employment promotion done differently - Working with international companies and chambers of crafts to bring more people into jobs in Africa

Venue: Foyer hall (2nd floor)


14:00 – 16:00

Congress hall, sections B+C

Plenary discussion: The Post 2015 Agenda is not Business as Usual for any of us – No Agenda 2030 without new forms of partnerships

Shawn Cunningham, Partner & Consultant, Mesopartner

Arne Klempert, Senior Vice President & Partner, Head of Digital & Social, FleishmanHillard Germany GmbH

Wiebke König, Program Leader, Global Leadership Academy, GIZ

And participants

16:00 – 16:45 Closing remarks

Ulrich Höcker (GIZ), Sonja Kurz (GIZ), Bernd Lunkenheimer (GIZ)

19:00

Bar Zeitsprung Get togehter

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II. Retreat on Financial Systems Development and Insurance – ‘Partnering for Sustainable Development’

Sunday 4 September 2016

11:00 – 18:30

Congress lobby Conference secretariat / registration

15:00 – 18:00

Rhein

Meeting ‘Network for Economic Development for Africa – Financial System Development’

14:00 – 17:00

Mosel

Meeting ‘Sustainable Economic Development in the MENA Region – Financial System Development’

12:00 – 17:00

Ruwer-Saar

Meeting ‘Sector Network for Sustainable Economic Development in Asia / Assets for Asia - Financial Sector Development’

Monday 5 September 2016

08:30 – 19:00


10:00 – 10:30

Congress hall, section A

Welcome remarks

Roland Gross, Head of Competence Centre Financial Systems Development, GIZ

10:30 – 12:30

Panel discussion

Moderated by Klaus Maurer

Panel 1: FSD is dead – long live FSD

Natascha Beinker, Deputy Head , Division Cooperation with the Private Sector; Sustainable Economic Policy, BMZ

Wolfgang Bücker, Head of FSD Sector Program, GIZ

Thorsten Giehler, Head of Strategy and Policy, GIZ

Dirk Steinwand, Head of AGRUFIN Program, GIZ Uganda Panel 2: What is new about “new” partnerships?

Catherine Burger, Head of Growth Market Networks, Swiss Re

Christopher Flensborg, Head of Sustainable Products and Product Development, Fixed Income and DCM; SEB

Selwyn Moon, Deputy Director of the Department for Sustainable Economic Development, DGIS

Carsten Schmitz-Hoffmann, Head of Division, Economic and Social Development, GIZ


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14:00 – 16:45

Parallel breakout sessions

BO II.1.1 Agricultural and disaster risk insurance Venue: Congress hall, section A

BO II.1.2 Behavioral economics and responsible finance Venue: Bonn

BO II.1.3 Digital finance ‘Future perspectives on digital financial services’ Venue: Köln

BO II.1.4 Green finance ‘Different shades of green (finance)’ Subgroup 1: Developing green bond markets Venue: Ruwer-Saar Subgroup 2: Building a project pipeline of Renewable Energy projects ready for financing Venue: Room 391/393 (3rd floor)

16:45 – 17:15


Wrap-up session


17:15 – 19:00

Mezzanine foyer (1st floor)

Marketplace

Tuesday 6 September 2016 (GIZ staff only)

08:30 – 18:30

Congress lobby Conference secretariat / registration

09:00 – 09:30


Opening: Recap of day 1 and introduction to day 2


09:30 – 10:00 Discussion with Kerstin Nagels, Head of Division, Economic and Social Development, Employment, GIZ

10:00 – 10:30

Introduction to knowledge management

Saliya Kanathigoda, Advisor, Competence Center Financial Systems Development and Insurance, GIZ

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 13:00

Parallel breakout sessions

BO II.2.1 Agricultural finance ‘Farmer meets banker’ Venue: Congress hall, section A & Room 391/393 (3rd floor)

BO II.2.2 Climate adaptation finance ‘Demystifying climate adaptation finance’ Venue: Ruwer

BO II.2.3 Inclusive insurance ‘The future of (micro) insurance in GIZ – a cross-cutting instrument?’ Venue: Köln

BO II.2.4 Financial sector stability ‘Financial sector development in a conflict environment – technical assistance on macro and micro level’

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Venue: Saar

BO II.2.5 SME finance and employment Venue: Bonn


14:30 – 17:00

Venue 1: Rhein

Venue 2: Mosel

Venue 3: Köln

Venue 4: Bonn

Knowledge café

17:00 – 17:45


Wrap-up session and closing remarks

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III. Joint Day on SDG No. 10: ‘Reduced Inequalities - Challenges and Perspectives’

Wednesday 7 September 2016

08:00 – 18:30


08:45 – 10:00

Congress hall

Welcome and opening (Moderated by Natasha Walker)

Christoph Beier, Vice-Chair of the Management Board, GIZ

Thomas Silberhorn, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

10:00 – 10:30

Keynote address by Richard Wilkinson, Emeritus Professor of Public Health, University of Nottingham & Co-Author of ‘The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better’


10:50 – 12:30

Congress hall

Panel discussion: Trends, challenges and perspectives of reducing inequalities

Paola Bustamante, Former Minister of Social Affairs, Peru

Stefan Empter, Senior Director, Program Shaping Sustainable Economies, Bertelsmann Stiftung

Sabine Müller, Director General, Sectoral Department, GIZ

Mario Negre, Senior Economist, World Bank Development Research Group

Ananya Raihan, Co-Founder & CEO, Dnet, Bangladesh

Katherine Trebeck, Senior Researcher, Oxfam


14:00 – 16:00

Venue on page 9

Parallel breakout sessions on the topics:

Understanding inequalities

Global trends

Facing inequality and its effects

Policies, tools and lessons learned


16:30 – 17:30

Congress hall

Inspirational talk: Examples of innovative approaches addressing

different dimensions of inequalities

Andreas Rickert, CEO, PHINEO AG, Germany

Su Kahumbu Stephanou, Founder and Creative Director, Green

Dreams Ltd. and Green Dreams Tech Ltd., Kenya

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17:30 – 18:00

Concluding dialogue

Kerstin Nagels, Head of Division, Economic and Social Development,

Employment, GIZ

Carsten Schmitz-Hoffmann, Head of Division, Economic and Social

Development, GIZ

19:00 Get together

Additional information on the breakout sessions: BO III.1 Tackling inequalities – employment promotion of health workers

Venue: Kreuzberg (Steigenberger Hotel)

BO III.2 No eXcuses – countering common excuses for corrupt behaviour Venue: Family lounge

BO III.3 Promoting economic linkages and employment in and around natural resource-based industries Venue: Ruwer

BO II.4 Tackling inequality – how to support the scaling up of inclusive business models – practical and innovative tools Venue: Köln

BO III.5 Public works and cash-for-work: reducing inequality through temporary public employment schemes Venue: Lenné (Steigenberger Hotel)

BO III.6 For the poor or for the rich? Digitalization and its value for inclusion vs. the divides it creates Venue: Saar

BO III.7 Equal opportunities in the workplace – gender diversity in different cultures Venue: Mosel

BO III.8 Fostering green growth and reducing inequalities: opportunities and challenges of economic policy advisory assistance Venue: Bonn

BO III.9 Inequality or inequity? Development cooperation in deeply divided countries (in German) Venue: Room 391/393 (3rd floor)

BO III.10 Graduation: when social protection and employment promotion ally to tackle poverty and inequality Venue: Congress hall

BO III.11 Between the lines. Discover the 2030 Agenda - equality parcours Venue: Foyer hall (2nd floor)

BO III.12 Economic inclusion – learning from the private sector? – How innovative business models reduce inequalities for persons with disabilities (in German) Venue: Rhein

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IV. Retreat on Health, Social Protection and Inclusion – ‘Care, Share, Protect: Essentials of Social Development’

Thursday 8 September 2016

08:30 – 18:30


Plenary session: The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development: implications for health, social protection and inclusion

09:30 – 09:45


Welcome: Concept of Forum, introduction of the programme, linking between inequalities and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Carsten Schmitz-Hoffmann, Director of Division Economic and Social Development, GIZ, Germany

09:45 – 10:00

Opening speech: Agenda 2030 – opportunities and challenges for international cooperation in health and social protection

Heiko Warnken, Head of Division 304 Health; population policy and

social protection, Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development,

Germany

10:00 – 10:20

Keynote speech: A paradigm shift for health in Agenda 2030 – or death by institutional path dependency & vested interests?

Kent Buse, Chief Political Affairs and Strategy, UNAIDS, United Kingdom

Sarah Hawkes, Professor of Global Public Health, University College London, United Kingdom

10:20 – 10:35 Questions from the audience


11:00 – 11:45


Panel discussion: SDGs – a new way of thinking or more of the same?

Paola Bustamante, Former Minister of Social Affairs, Peru

Matthew Jowett, Senior Health Financing Specialist, Department Health Systems Governance & Financing, World Health Organization, Switzerland

Maliki, Director for Population Planning and Social Protection of the State Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia

Jean-Olivier Schmidt, Head of Competence Centre Health and Social Protection, Division Eco-nomic and Social Development, Employment, GIZ, Germany

Heiko Warnken, Head of Division 304 Health; population policy and social protection, Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

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11:45 – 12:30 Introduction to the breakout sessions


14:00 – 15:00

Breakout session 1: Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages and reducing inequality within and among countries

BO IV.1.1 Leave no one behind – nothing about us without us. Why is inclusion of persons with disabilities important for reaching the SDGs? Venue: Ahrweiler

BO IV.1.2 Global Health Financing, transition, and equity: challenges for access to services for marginalised populations Venue: Mosel

BO IV.1.3 Addressing inequality through improvement of access to social services Venue: Rhein

BO IV.1.4 Survive, thrive, transform: advancing women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health in context of the SDGs Venue: Ruwer-Saar

BO IV.1.5 Achieving universal health coverage by 2030 – strategies to create real impact Venue: Congress hall, section A


16:00 – 17:30

Breakout session 2: New challenges in health, social protection and inclusion

BO IV.2.1 Epidemic prepared-ness: are we ready for the next out-break? Venue: Mosel

BO IV.2.2 Safe work across the value chain – The role of employment injury insurance Venue: Ruwer-Saar

BO IV.2.3 How to avert negative health out-comes due to climate change?: Towards a cross-sectoral response to a global challenge Venue: Ahrweiler

BO IV.2.4 Healthy Systems - Healthy Lives: from a global framework to country implementation Venue: Rhein

17:30 – 18:00


Wrap-up of the day

18:30 Barbecue

Friday 9 September 2016


08:30 – 09:00

Congress lobby Breakout session information

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09:00 – 10:30

Breakout session 3: New opportunities in health, social protection and inclusion

BO IV.3.1 Digitization for better provision of public services: How does innovative IT technology con-tribute to more efficiency, transparency and accountability? Venue: Congress hall, section A

BO IV.3.2 Leveraging open source tools to achieve health sector reform objectives Venue: Rhein

BO IV.3.3 Certification ISO 9001 for Social Protection Pro-grams: The Peruvian experience as a model for sustainability and new opportunities within the Agenda 2030 Venue: Ruwer-Saar

BO IV.3.4 GIZ lab of tomorrow: collaborative design thinking for health innovations Venue: Mosel

BO IV.3.5 Adaptive social protection – linking climate change and social protection Venue: Ahrweiler


Plenary session: Measurement & accountability within the SDG-framework

11:00 – 11:30


Keynote speech: How can we ensure greater accountability within the SDG-framework?

Eduardo Celades, Technical Officer, Global Platform for Measurement for Accountability of the Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Switzerland

11:30 – 12:15

Panel discussion: Improving data and accountability for the SDG agenda: promoting multi-stakeholder partnerships

Eduardo Celades, Technical Officer, Global Platform for Measurement for Accountability of the Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Switzerland

Ann Biddlecom, Director of International Research, Guttmacher Institute, USA

Paul Rückert, Chief Technical Advisor, Support to Health Sector Programme, GIZ, Nepal

12:15 – 13:00 Wrap-up and closing speech


Afternoon (GIZ Internal only)

14.00 – 16.00


Joint session of Sector Networks Health and Social Protection, Sectoral Department (FMB) and Sector and Global Programmes Department (GloBe)

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Thursday and Friday 8 – 9 September 2016

Sector networks‘ talking corner

• selected showcase activities during break times • an information desk and space for exchange during the entire two days Venue: Conference lobby

08.09. 10:40 – 11:00

Showcase: Working group outcomes on private sector engagement and linking HIV/SRHR

08.09. 15:30 – 16:00

Showcase: Post-disaster health facility infrastructure assessment – Nepal

09.09. 10:45 – 11:15

Showcase: The knowledge map on multisectoral HIV and AIDS response Namibia

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V. Retreat on Education, TVET and Labour Markets – ‘The World we want to live in – new Sustainable Development Goals’

Tuesday 6 September 2016

Sector network meeting: education and youth (GIZ staff only) Venue: Family lounge

Thursday 8 September 2016

08:30 – 18:30


09:30 – 09:50

Congress hall, section B+C

Welcome and opening of the dialogue forum

Inge Baumgarten, Head, Health, Education and Social Development, GIZ

Gert Flaig, Head of Competence Centre, Education VET and Labour Markets, GIZ

Tilman Nagel, Head of Competence Centre, Education VET and Labour Markets, GIZ

09:50 – 10:30 On-boarding of participants


11:00 – 11:45


Keynote: The relevance of the Sustainable Development Goals for an equitable development

Jordan Naidoo, Director of Division for Education 2030 Support and Coordination, UNESCO

11:45 – 13:00

Panel discussion

Kerstin Nagels, Head of Division Economic and Social Development, Employment, GIZ

Jordan Naidoo, Director of Division for Education 2030 Support and Coordination, UNESCO

Françoise Millecam, Deputy Head of Unit B3 - Migration, Employment, Inequalities, DEVCO

Susana Puerto, Youth Employment Programme, ILO

Representative of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)


14:30 – 16:30

Parallel breakout sessions: From theory to practice

BO V.1.1 Education 2030 – can we achieve our goals this time? Venue: Bonn

BO V.1.2 Education for sustainable development: Luxury or necessity? Venue: Köln

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BO V.1.3 Achieving the SDGs: Technical and vocational education and training more important than ever?! Venue: Congress hall, section B+C

BO V.1.4 Full and productive employment and decent work for all (SDG 8): Strategies for labour-market integration of inactive and unemployed youth Venue: Foyer hall (2nd floor)


17:00 – 17:45


Presentation and discussion of results

17:45 – 18:00

Closing remarks

Carsten Schmitz-Hoffmann, Head of Division, Economic and Social Development, GIZ

19:00 Reception

Friday 9 September 2016


08:30 – 08:50


On-boarding of participants

08:50 – 09:05

Reflection

Hans van Ginkel, Former Under-Secretary General of the UN and Rector of the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan. Current chair of the board of the Centre for Development Research (ZEF, Bonn, Germany)

09:05 – 09:15 Agenda and Introduction to Day 2

09:15 – 11:15

Parallel breakout sessions: How can the SDG’s be implemented in projects of the German Technical Cooperation?

BO V.2.1 Shaping transitions within the education system Venue: Congress hall, section B+C

BO V.2.2 Approaches and perspectives for youth and families in the context of flight Venue: Foyer hall (2nd floor)

BO V.2.3 Involving the private sector in measures of vocational training and labour markets Venue: Bonn

BO V.2.4 Multi-stakeholder partnerships: sentenced to consensus and cooperation? Venue: Köln


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11:30 – 12:00


Wrap-up of the breakout sessions and discussion

12:00 – 12:15 Concluding remark

12:15 – 12:45 Plenary discussion

12:45 – 13:00

Final note and acknowledgements

Inge Baumgarten, Head, Health, Education and Social Development, GIZ

Gert Flaig, Head of Competence Centre Education VET and Labour Markets, GIZ

Tilman Nagel, Head of Competence Centre Education VET and Labour Markets, GIZ

13:00 – 13:15 Feedback round

13:15 – 14:15 Lunch

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