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1 PROGRAMME: DANIDA DEVELOPMENT DAYS JUNE: KEY ISSUES IN POVERTY REDUCTION Registration and Coffee 11 June Key Note Presentations Conference Room III Introduction to Danish Development Days - State Secretary Ib Petersen, Head of South Group, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Economic Growth and Poverty reduction: Can it happen in Africa? Key note speaker Benno Ndulu, Regional Economic Adviser, World Bank, Main author of Challenges of African Growth, Lunch (for participants in the following workshops) Pro-Poor Economic Development Fragile States Rural Development in Africa. Themes: Productivity and competitiveness of small holders; Role of government and international Aid. Presenters: Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Benno Ndulu. BFT: Hanne Carus. Development assistance in fragile states current thinking and practice. Theme Presenter: Jordan Ryan, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (Recovery and Governance), the United Nations mission in Liberia. Christian Lotz, Africa Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Julian Brett, Consultant, Governance and Security in Development, COWI. Global Sustainability/Ecological Foot print/limits for Growth. Presenter(s): Kim Carstensen, Secretary General, WWF DK (tbc). BFT: Henning Nøhr. 1

2 DANIDA DEVELOPMENT DAYS JUNE: KEY ISSUES IN POVERTY REDUCTION 12 June Key Note Presentation Conference Room III Conflicts and state fragility: The Global Agenda. Key note speaker To be confirmed (Karin Poulsen). Pro-Poor Economic Development The Economic Empowerment of Women and Development Lunch Workshop themes Discussion of the constraints that women face in order to capture income earning opportunities and the initiatives to resolve them. Discussion of the beneficial development effects of empowering women. Theme presenter Kathleen van den Broeck, Copenhagen University. Discussants Christian Lund, Roskilde University (to be confirmed) Rie Odgaard, DIIS (to be confirmed). Anne-Lise Klausen, NCG. Fragile states Security System Reform supporting security and justice in fragile states. Theme presenters: Dylan Hendrickson, Senior Research Fellow, International Policy Institute, King s College, London / the OECD/DAC Network on Conflict, Peace and Development Cooperation and Dr. Abdel-Fatau Musah, Conflict Prevention Adviser, ECOWAS. Lars Adam Rehof, Senior Counsel (Human Rights), Legal Vice- Presidency, the World Bank. Louise Andersen, PhD student, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). Livelihood and natural resource management. Presenter(s): Henning Høgh Jensen, Dpt. of Agricultural Science, University of Copenhagen Iben Nathan Dpt. of Forest and Landscape, University of Copenhagen). Elsebeth Tarp (BFT). Marten Sørensen, Dpt. of Ecology, University of Copenhagen. Anne-Lise Klausen, Nordic Consulting Group (tbc). BFT: Elsebeth Tarp & Lars Eskild Jensen. 2

3 Development of small and medium sized enterprise. Challenges and policy responses. Theme presenters: Tine Breinholt, NIRAS, Henrik Egelyng, DIIS, Susanne Møller Andersen, Rambøll. Potential of organic SME. Olav Jull Sørensen, Aalborg University, Jørgen Billetoft, CDC. Public and Private Sector Roles in SME Development. Esben Rahbek Pedersen and Søren Jeppesen, CBS. Corporate Social Responsibility and SME Development. Henrik Schaumburg Müller, CBS. Definition of SME Sector and Need for Aid. Prof. Finn Tarp (University of Copenhagen, Institute of Economics). BFT: Lasse Møller. State building in fragile states the role of civil society. Theme presenters: Prof. Jo Beall, Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science and Sushil Pyakurel, former Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Nepal, founder of INSEC and human rights advocate (tbc). Christian Friis Bach, International Director, DanChurchAid. Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, Head of the Department for Humanitarian Policy and Assistance and NGO Co-operation. Energy for development in Africa. Presenters: Mr. Ivan Nørgaard, PhD, Energy Researcher, UNEP Risø Centre Mr. Rene Karottki, Advisor, EU Commission, DG Dev. Mr. Gordon A. Mackenzie, Senior Energy Planner, UNEP Risø Centre. Jørgen Boldt, Energy Consultant, WAZEE. BFT: Søren Kristoffersen. 3

4 13 June Key Note DANIDA DEVELOPMENT DAYS JUNE: KEY ISSUES IN POVERTY REDUCTION Conference Room III Climate Change and Development/the role of civil society (the Up in Smoke Initiative). Key note speaker: Saleemul Huq, Chief Scientist, IIED Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction. Key note speaker: Saroj Kumar Jha, Programme Manager, Global Facility on Disaster Risk Reduction (GFDRR), The World Bank. Pro-Poor Economic Development Governance Financing Water and Sanitation sustainability and accountability Lunch Presenter Niels Palmvang, COWI. Discussant Helle Munk Ravnborg, DIIS (to be confirmed) Palle Lindgård Jørgensen, DHI. Torkil Jønch Clausen, DWF. Rapporteur Miriam Feilberg, DWF. BFT: Kurt Mørck Jensen. Danish support to public sector management. From strategy to practice. Presenter: Torben Lindqvist, Chief Technical Adviser and colleagues, TAS Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Discussants: Joseph Rugimyemheto, former Head of Public Service Management, Presidents Office, Tanzania; Nils Boesen, Consultant and Capacity Development Expert. Thomas Thomsen, Governance Consultant. Marie-Louise Appelqvist, Nordic Consulting Group). BFT: Søren Davidsen. 4 Climate Change: Adaptation and mitigation in Africa where to go? Theme presenter(s) - Kjeld Rasmussen - DMI - Risø? - DTU/UN-RISØ/ Birgitte Alring BFT: Henning Nøhr.

5 Economic growth China; Impact on Africa. Presenters: Prof. Olu Ajakaiye, Director of Research, Africa Economic Research Consortium. BFT: Søren Davidsen. Staff Management, Organisational Performance in Tanzania and Uganda: Public Servant Perspectives. Presenters: Ole Therkildsen, Senior Researcher Danish Institute of International Studies, Joseph Rugimyemheto, former Head of Public Service Management, Presidents Office, Tanzania. Morten Elkjær BFT: Morten Elkjær. Climate change impact on water management and agriculture in developing countries. Workshop themes Impact on water resources and water management Impact on agriculture. Theme presenters Water: Torkil Jønch Clausen, DHI. Agriculture: NN (to be confirmed). Keld Rasmussen, Copenhagen University (to be confirmed). Rapporteur Closing Danida Development Days. Representatives from Danish Resource Base 5