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RETA 6306 Regional Forum on Mainstreaming Managing for Development Results (MfDR)

The Forum has been designed to achieve the following objectives:

• To review and discuss methods, approaches and experience of assessing organization readiness for the implementation of MfDR, including the ability and capacity of government officials and managers in these organizations to manage the change process
• To review and discuss the areas of potential action in Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan to address the identified gaps and assess which of these required actions are complementary to public sector reforms and other efforts at managing for better development results
• To generate new approaches to the implementation of MfDR, particularly at the level of the organization, and to assess which of these approaches and other implementation gaps can generate potential support from the donor community and other stakeholders

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Participation is by invitation only. The following have been invited to attend:

1. Senior officials from oversight agencies and pilot organizations under ADB RETA 6306 "Mainstreaming MfDR in Support of Poverty Reduction" from Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. As follows:

   Bangladesh:

   Department of Primary Education

   Ministry of Finance

   Planning Commission

   Local Government Engineering Department

   Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division

   Local Government Division

   Chief Adviser’s Office

   Economic Relations Division

   Nepal:

   Ministry of Finance

   National Planning Commission

   National Planning Commission Secretariat

   Ministry of Physical Planning and Works

   Ministry of Local Development

   Department of Water Supply and Sewerage

   Ministry of Education and Sports

   Pakistan:

   Economic Affairs Division

   Planning Commission

   Planning and Development Division

   Sri Lanka:

   Ministry of Finance and Planning

   Ministry of Plan Implementation

2. Representatives from the donor community and other stakeholders working in South Asia, including:

   UNDP, IFAD, UK DFID, Canada (CIDA), Germany (GTZ), Netherlands (OECD/DAC Joint Venture) and Switzerland (SDC)

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