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Second ICFTU-APRO Regional Dialogue with International Financial Institutions
Manila – the Philippines
10-11 October 2002

Agenda, papers, and presentations

Thursday, 10 October 2002
Time	Activity
9:00 – 9:45	Opening Session Welcome Remarks Mr. Tadao Chino, President, ADB John De Payva [ PDF: 22kb \| 8 pages ] Chairperson, Regional Steering Committee, ICFTU-APRO Introduction [ PDF: 32kb \| 5 pages ] Bro Noriyuki Suzuki General Secretary, ICFTU-APRO Introduction of Participants
9:45-10:15	Tea/Coffee Break / Group Photo Session
10:15 – 12:00	Session I – IFIs’ Policies, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Selected Asian and Pacific Countries Chairperson:Brahm Prakash Director, Poverty Reduction and Social Development Division,RSDD, AD Speaker: Sabur Gayur [ PDF: 520kb \| 34 pages ] Director, Institutional and External Relations, ICFTU-APRO Discussants: Lloyd McKay Principal Economist, East Asia Poverty Reduction Department, WB Vicram Haksar Resident Representative IMF, Manila General Discussion
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch – Executive Dining Room (EDR)
13:30 – 15:00	Session – II : Labor Market Policies of the IFIs Chairperson: ICFTU-APRO Speakers: Labor Issues in ADB Operations [ PDF: 282kb \| 28 pages ] Isabel Ortiz, Senior Social Economist, ADB The Case of the WB Lloyd McKay, Principal Economist, WB Discussant: Vicram Haksar, IMF Manila General Discussion
15:00 – 15:20	Tea/Coffee
15:20 – 17:00	Session – III : Privatization and Private Sector Policies of IFIs Chairperson: Vicram Haksar, IMF Manila Speakers: The Case of the WB Lloyd McKay, Principal Economist, WB The Case of the ADB [ PDF: 173kb \| 15 pages ] Timothy Hutton, Senior Evaluation Specialist, ADB Discussant: ICFTU-APRO General Discussion
17:30	Cocktails hosted by ADB - EDR
Friday, 11 October 2002
9:00 – 10:30	Session – IV : IFIs, Poverty Eradication and Gender Equality Chairperson: Helen Creed, Women’s Committee, ICFTU-APRO Speakers: The Case of the ADB [ PDF: 264kb \| 27 pages ] Shireen Lateef, Principal Social Development Specialist, ADB The Case of the IMF [ PDF: 57kb \| 11 pages ] Kanitta Meesok, Adviser, IMF Discussants: ICFTU-APRO Lloyd McKay, WB Werner Blenk, ILO General Discussion
10:30 – 10:50	Tea/Coffee Beak
10:50 – 12:15	Session – V : Building and Strengthening the Financial Architecture: The Role of IMF and Other IFIs Chairperson: Lloyd McKay, WB Speakers: Hiroyuki Hino Director,IMF Asavin Chintakananda [ PDF: 14kb \| 11 pages ] Senior Director, Financial and Infrastructure Division, ADB Discussant: ICFTU-APRO General Discussion
12:15 – 13:30	Lunch - EDR
13:30 – 14:45	Session – VI: Globalization, Social Dimension and Decent Work: The Role of the ILO Chairperson: Kanitta Meesok, Adviser, IMF Speaker: Werner Blenk [ PDF: 630kb \| 6 pages ] Director, SEAPAT Office, ILO Discussants: Isabel Ortiz, ADB ICFTU-APRO General Discussion
14:45 – 15:15	Tea/Coffee Beak
15:15 – 16:45	Round Table - 1 : Institutionalizing IFIs’ and Trade Union Dialogue in the Asian and Pacific Region, and Ensuring Effective Civil Society Participation in IFIs’ Country Operations: The Way Ahead Chairperson: Brahm Prakash, ADB Discussants: ICFTU-APRO Kanitta Meesook, IMF
16:45 – 17:15	Closing Session

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