Norises laiks: 2015. gada 11. jūnijs plkst. 10.00
Norises vieta: Ārlietu ministrija, K. Valdemāra iela 3
AGENDA
June 11, Thursday, Day 1:
9:00-10:00 Media breakfast
Moderator – Dāvis Lansdorfs, freelance journalist, Latvia
9:30-10:00 Registration of participants
10:00-10:10 Welcoming Addresses
Mr Viktors Makarovs , Counsellor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia on development
cooperation, Special Envoy for the post-2015 process
10:10-10:30 Opening Remarks
Importance on global connection and shared responsibility – (TBC)
10:30-12:30 Keynote Speeches : Introduction to global agenda of the financing for development
Moderator – Miks Muiž arājs, Lead Researcher at World Bank
10:30-10:55 The role of technical assistance: from MDGs to SDGs – Mr Viktors Makarovs , Counsellor to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia on development cooperation, Special Envoy for the post-2015
process
10:55-11:20 Policy issues in the global agenda, progress made in the financing for development: numbers,
sources, cases – Mr. Pekka Haavisto , member of Finnish Parliament, Minister for Development and
State Ownership 2013-2014, Finland
11:20-11:45 A civil society perspective on key development issues: ODA, taxes, role of private sector,
accountability and monitoring – Xavier Sol , director of Counter Balance (European NGO coalition)
11:45-12:10 Ecological economics, the sustainable economy, sustainable consumption and production and
resource justice – Leida Rijnhout , European Environmental Bureau, Global Policies and Sustainability
unit
12:10-12:30 Questions and answers (20 min)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:10 Roundtable Discussion 1. Financing for Development: Alternative solutions
Moderato r – Miks Muiž arājs, Lead Researcher at World Bank
Participants – representatives of CSO and private sector:
1. Agnese Alksne , Latvia Corporate Social Responsibility platform
2. Anna Skowera , Polish Fair Trade Association
3. Rimantas Ž ylius , managing director of Norway Registers Development AS, former minister of
economics, Lithuania
4. Ondrej Kopecny , deputy director of Glopolis, Czech Republic
Structure : short introduction and 5 minutes reflection about the suggested question:
The world needs an international financial framework that is predictable and effective in meeting
development challenges and achieving sustainable and inclusive development. ODA alone is not
enough. What could be the new and alternative ways of supporting and financing SDG agenda in
developing world?
14:10-14:30 Questions and answers (20 min)
14:30-15:10 Roundtable Discussion 2: Financing for development: Country positions
Moderato r – Miks Muiž arājs, Lead Researcher at World Bank
Participants – policy makers from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and Czech Republic
1. Anda Ginberga, H ead of Development Cooperation policy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Latvia
2. Mr. Tõnis Saar, U ndersecretary General of Administrative Affairs in Estonian MFA, Member of
Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Deve lopment Financing (ICESDF)
3. Ms. Diana Sijkova, M inistry of Fo reign and European Affairs of Slovakia, Department of
Development and Humanitarian Assistance
4. Ivan Jukl, D irector General of Economic Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czech
Republic
5. Gediminas Danišas , Department of Development Cooperation, MFA of Lithuania
Structure : short introduction and 5-7 minutes reflection about the suggested questions:
Q1: What steps has your country taken to meet its ODA commitment of 0.33% of GDP?
Q2: Is PCD part of your development cooperation policy? What areas does it cover?
Q3: How does your country support the domestic income mobilisation of developing countries?
Q4: How is your country promoting sustainable, fair and just production and consumption
patterns?
15:10-15:30 Questions and answers (20 min)
15:30-16:00 Concluding Remarks of Day 1
Miks Muiž arājs, Lead Researcher at World Bank
16:00-17:00 Coffee / tea, informal networking
