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2007 Orientation Program for DMC Officials
5-23 November 2007
ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines

Purpose

The orientation program will give DMC officials a better understanding of ADB's changing role in the Asia and Pacific region, and provide opportunities for participants to:

  • learn more about ADB policies, procedures, and activities in their countries
  • upgrade their skills in development planning and project management
  • meet and strengthen relationships with ADB staff and counterpart DMC officials

Objectives

At the end of the program, participants will have:

  • developed insight into ADB's strategic business agenda
  • learned about ADB's policies, procedures, and operations
  • honed skills in planning, managing, monitoring, and evaluating development activities
  • developed relations with ADB's regional department and resident mission staff
  • shared experiences and established relations with other DMC officials

Target Participants

Developing member country (DMC) officials

Regional departments may nominate a DMC official following these criteria:

  • from a DMC that borrows from ADB or is implementing ADB-financed projects and programs
  • generally be an official from the government, preferably from a planning agency or the ministry responsible for coordinating with multilateral development partners particularly with ADB (e.g., Ministry of Finance, Ministry for Economic Development, Ministry for International Cooperation, etc.). Non-government officials are also acceptable nominees provided they are nominated by the government where possible
  • from an agency that will benefit most in obtaining an in-depth understanding of ADB's role, development approach, policies and procedures, and if possible, should be currently interacting with ADB missions or could, in the future, be managing ADB-assisted projects and technical assistance in the DMC
  • must have working knowledge of English

View the List of Participants [ PDF: 140kb | 6 pages ]

Agenda and Presentations

Week 1

Monday, 5 November

8:00 – 8:15

Transport from Discovery Suites to ADB Headquarters

8:15 - 9:00

ADB visitors' registration and temporary ID issuance (at the Visitors Registration Center)

9:00 - 9:30

Program registration and materials distribution (at LRC II)

9:30 - 10:00

Welcome

Ursula Schaefer-Preuss
Vice President, Knowledge Management & Sustainable Development

10:00 – 10:30

Photo-taking for the Program ID (at LRC II)

10:30 – 11:30
With coffee

Tour of ADB Headquarters

Lili Gutierrez
Training Officer, Learning and Development Unit

Lelet Sanchez
Seminar Coordinator

11:30 – 12:00

Security Briefing

Richard Jacobson
Head, Security and Emergency Services

12:00 – 1:30

Welcome Lunch (at the Private Dining Rooms 2 to 4)

Hyong-Jong Yu
Director, Human Resources Division

1:30 – 2:30

Introductions & Objectives Setting

Sally Pedersen
Head, Learning and Development Unit

2:30 – 3:00

Administrative Briefing

Sally Pedersen
Head, Learning and Development Unit

3:00 – 3:15

Coffee break

5:30 – 7:00

Welcome Cocktails (at the Courtyard)

Tuesday, 6 November

 9:00 - 10:30

Role of ADB in Asia and the Pacific

Rajat Nag
Managing Director General

10:30 – 11:00
With coffee

 

Group Photo-taking (at the Courtyard)

11:00 – 12:00

Introduction to the on-line DMC Community of Practice

Sally Pedersen
Head, Learning and Development Unit

Carmina Esguerra
DMC Community of Practice Administrator

12:00 – 1:30

Lunch (at LRC II)

1:30 – 2:15

ADB Historical Perspective and Organization

  • Legal Framework
  • Corporate structure
  • Membership
  • The Board
Roger Burston
Assistant Secretary, Office of the Secretary

2:15 – 2:45

ADB's Planning and Budget Framework and Program

Robert Schoelhammer
Principal Planning and Policy Specialist,
Strategy & Policy Department

2:45 – 3:00

Coffee break

3:00 – 4:00

Development Experience: Challenges and Outlook for Asia Pacific

Frank Harrigan
Assistant Chief Economist,
Macroeconomics and Finance Research Division

4:00 – 4:30

Learning Review
Andrea Monari
Senior Advisor, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department

Shyamala Abeyratne
Training Specialist (Consultant)

Wednesday, 7 November

9:00 – 9:30

Presentation by Vice President

C. Lawrence Greenwood
Vice President, Operations 2

9:30 – 9:40

Video: ADB's 40th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors

9:40 – 10:30

Innovation and Efficiency Initiative (IEI)

Nariman Mannapbekov
Economist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee break

10:45 – 11:15

Country Classification

Chongshan Liu
Senior Planning and Policy Economist,
Strategy & Policy Department

11:15 – 12:00

Performance-Based Allocations (PBA)

Sudipto Mundle
Director, Special Projects and Performance-Based Allocations

12:00 – 1:30

Lunch break

1:30 – 2:15

Managing for Development Results (MfDR)

Bruce Purdue
Head, Results Management Unit

2:15 – 2:30

Coffee break

2:30 – 4:00

ADB's Strategic Directions and Development Challenges

  • Review of ADBs Long Term Strategic Focus
  • ADFX Replenishment
  • Reform Agenda
Kazu Sakai
Director General, Strategy & Policy Department

4:00 – 4:30

Learning Review

Andrea Monari
Senior Advisor, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department

Shyamala Abeyratne
Training Specialist (Consultant)

Thursday, 8 November

 

Regional Perspectives and Operations

9:00 – 9:30

Pacific Region

Philip Erquiaga
Director General, Pacific Regional Department

9:30 - 10:00

Southeast Asia Region

Arjun Thapan
Director General, Southeast Asia Regional Department

10:00 – 10:15

Coffee break

10:15 – 10:45

South Asia Region

Kunio Senga
Director General, South Asia Regional Department

10:45 – 11:15

Central and West Asia Region

Katsuji Matsunami
Director, Central & West Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources Division

11:15 – 11:45

East Asia Region

Klaus Gerhaeusser
Deputy Director General, East Asia Regional Department

11:45 – 12:00

Participants' Discussions

12:00 – 1:30

Lunch break

1:30 – 4:00

Participants' Meetings with Regional Departments

4:00 – 4:30

Learning Review

Andrea Monari
Senior Advisor, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department

Shyamala Abeyratne
Training Specialist (Consultant)

Friday, 9 November

9:00 – 9:30

Presentation by Vice President

Liqun Jin
Vice President, Operations 1

9:30 – 12:00
With coffee

Country/Regional Discussion and Presentation by Participants

Andrea Monari
Senior Advisor, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department

Shyamala Abeyratne
Training Specialist (Consultant)

12:00 – 1:30

Lunch break

1:30 – 4:00
With coffee

Country/Regional Discussion and Presentation by Participants (continued)

Andrea Monari
Senior Advisor, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department

Shyamala Abeyratne
Training Specialist (Consultant)

4:00 – 4:30

Learning Review
Saturday, 10 November

 

Tour of Manila (optional)

Shyamala Abeyratne
Training Specialist (Consultant)


Week 2

Monday, 12 November

9:00 – 9:45

Regional Economic Integration

Jong-Wha Lee
Head, Office of Regional Economic Integration


9:45 – 10:00

Coffee break

10:00 – 10:30

Film: Caravan of Dreams

10:30 – 12:00

Regional Cooperation Initiatives for Enhancing Environmental Sustainability:
The Role of ADB in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Urooj Malik
Director, Southeast Asia Agriculture,
Environment & Natural Resources Division

12:00 – 1:30

Lunch break

1:30 – 2:30

Role of Regional Departments (RDs)

Hyong-Jong Yu
Human Resources Department, Director
Asian Development Bank

2:30 – 2:45

Coffee break

2:45 – 4:00

The Role of Resident Missions (RMs):
Panel Discussion on Better Coordination and Communication among
DMCs, RMs and ADB HQ

Sandro Pio
 Director, Management Support Division

Ramesh Subramaniam
Director, Central & West Asia Governance, Finance, and Trade Division

Valerie Reppelin-Hill
Senior Planning and Policy Specialist, Strategy & Policy Department

4:00 – 4:30

Learning Review

Andrea Monari
Senior Advisor, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department

Shyamala Abeyratne
Training Specialist (Consultant)
Tuesday, 13 November

9:00 – 12:00
With coffee

Private Sector Participation in Development

Robert Bestani
Director General, Private Sector Operations Department


Adiwarman Idris
Head, Private Sector Group (Indonesia Resident Mission)

12:00 – 1:30

Lunch break

1:30 – 2:00

Briefing and initial discussion on presentations to the Director Generals (session 1)

Sally Pedersen

2:00 - 2:45

Introduction to the ADB Website

Graham Dwyer
Web Specialist, Department of External Relations

2:45 – 3:00

Coffee break

3:00 – 3:30

Workshop on the on-line DMC Community of Practice

Carmina Esguerra

3:30 – 4:00

Workshop on the on-line MfDR Community of Practice

Guanghui Li
Advisor, Results Management Unit


Aldalyn Nada-Bere
Results Management Officer, Results Management Unit

4:00 – 4:30

Learning Review

Andrea Monari
Senior Advisor, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department

Shyamala Abeyratne
Training Specialist (Consultant)
Wednesday, 14 November

9:00 - 9:05

Welcome Remarks
Introduction of GOP Officials

Benjamin D. Turiano
Officer-in-charge Director,Development Information Staff
Philippine National Economic Development Authority

9:05 - 9:15

Introduction of ADB Officials and DMC Officials

Hyong-Jong Yu
Human Resources Department, Director
Asian Deevlopment Bank

9:15 – 9:45

NEDA as a Government Agency


Benjamin D. Turiano
Officer-in-charge Director,Development Information Staff
Philippine National Economic Development Authority

9:45 - 10:00

National Planning Processes

Benjamin D. Turiano
Officer-in-charge Director,Development Information Staff
Philippine National Economic Development Authority

10:00 - 10:15

Investment Coordination Committee Process

Calixto M. Mangilin Jr.
NEDA PIS

10:15 - 10:30

NEDA’s Official Development Assistance Monitoring & Evaluation System

AD Jose S. Montero
NEDA PMS

10:30 - 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:00

DOF as a Government Agency and its Role in Development Assistance

Maria Edita Z. Tan
Director IV, International Finance Group

11:00 – 11:15

DBM as a Government Agency and its Role in Development Assistance

Nora C. Oliveros
Director, Budget and Management Bureau-E
Department of Budget and Management

11:15 – 11:55

Open Forum

12:00 – 1:00

Lunch (at the Executive Dining Room Coffee Lounge)

1:00 – 4:30

Visit to ADB project sites:

  • Pasig River Environment Management & Rehabilitation Project
  • Smokey Mountain Remediation & Development Project
Andrea Monari
Senior Advisor, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department

Shyamala Abeyratne
Training Specialist (Consultant)

Thursday, 15 November

9:00 – 9:30

Regional & Sustainable Development Department (RSDD):
Towards Greater Relevance and Effectiveness

Xianbin Yao
Acting Director General, RSDD

9:30 – 10:30

Environment and Social Safeguards

James Roop
Environment Specialist, RSDD

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee break

10:45 – 11:15

Movie: Resettlement: Improving Peoples' Lives

11:15 – 12:00

Climate Change Overview and ADB's Initiatives

WooChong Um
Director, Energy, Transport and Water Division, RSDD

Toru Kubo
Clean Energy and Climate Change Specialist, RSdd

James Roop

12:00 – 1:30

Lunch break

1:30 – 3:00

NGO Partnerships: Panel Discussion

Bart Edes
Head, NGO and Civil Society Center

Florian Steinberg
Urban Development Specialist, Southeast Asia Department

Margie Moran-Floirendo
Co-Chair, Friends of Habitat

Leopoldo Resmundo
Project Management Office, DPUCSP, Development Bank of the Philippines

3:00 – 3:15

Coffee break

3:15 – 4:00

Financial Management

Andrew Head
Principal Financial Management Specialist, RSDD

Sandra Nicoll
Principal Governance Specialist, RSDD

Anouj Mehta
Financial Management Specialist, RSDD

4:00 – 4:30

Preparation of presentations to regional Director Generals

Sally Pedersen

Friday, 16 November

9:00 – 10:15

ADB Project Cycle

Tilak Sen
Director, Budget and Management Services Division

10:15 – 10:45

A New Direction: Meeting growing electricity demand by virtual generation

Sohail Hasnie
Senior Energy Specialist,
Southeast Asia Regional Department

10:45 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 - 11:30

ADB’s Clean Energy & Environment Program

Samuel Tumiwa
Senior Energy Specialist,
Regional & Sustainable Development Department

11:30 - 12:00

Climate Change: The Philippine Response

Mariano Salazar
Undersecretary, Philippine Department of Energy

12:00 – 1:30

Lunch

1:30 – 3:15

Movie: Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore)

3:15 – 3:30

Coffee break

3:30 – 4:30

Learning Review

Andrea Monari
Senior Advisor, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department

Shyamala Abeyratne
Training Specialist (Consultant)

7:00

Informal Function

BPHR


Week 3

Monday, 19 November

9:00 – 9:15

Review of previous week: Where are we now?

Andrea Monari
Sally Pedersen
Shyamala Abeyratne

9:15 – 10:00

Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) Design and Delivery

Gil-Hong Kim
Principal Results Management Specialist,
Strategy & Policy Department


10:00 – 10:15

Coffee break

10:15 – 10:45

Design of Country and Sector Results Framework

Ziba Farhadian-Lorie
Principal Economist (Results Management), SAOD

10:45 – 11:15

Monitoring and Implementation of Results-Based
Country Partnership Strategy

Hans Carlsson
Principal Project Performance Management Specialist, SAOD

11:15 – 12:00

Evaluation at ADB

Ramesh Adhikhari
Director, OED 2

12:00 – 1:30

Lunch break

1:30 – 3:00

Workshop: Bangladesh  and Nepal CPS

Sungsup Ra
Senior Advisor to Managing Director General

3:00 – 3:30

Learning Review

Andrea Monari
Senior Advisor, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department

Shyamala Abeyratne
Training Specialist (Consultant)

3:30 – 3:45

Coffee break

3:45 – 4:30

Follow-up meetings with ADB staff
Tuesday, 20 November

9:00 – 10:00

Disbursements, Financial Reports, and Accounting Functions
to support Project Implementation

Hiroshi Fukukawa
Principal Financial Control Specialist, Controller’s Department


Yongbo Zhao
Financial Control Specialist, Controller’s Department

10:30 – 11:15

Preparation of presentations to regional Director Generals

Shyamala Abeyratne

11:15 – 12:00

Public Communication Policy

Ann Quon
Director, Department of External Relations

Cindy Malvicini
Public Information and Disclosure Specialist, Department of External Relations

12:00 – 1:30

Lunch

1:30 – 2:15

Accountability Mechanism

  • Special Project Facilitation
    Robert May
    Special Project Facilitator


  • Compliance Review Panel
    C.R. Rajendran
    Secretary, Compliance Review Panel

2:15 – 5:00
With coffee

Workshop on Conflict Resolution
Wednesday, 21 November

9:00 – 10:30

ADB as a Bank

Jingdong Hua
Assistant Treasurer, Treasury Department

10:00 – 10:15

Coffee break

10:30 - 12:00

Asian Development Fund (ADF) Financial Management

Rajesh Poddar
Senior Treasury Specialist, Treasury Department

Im-Em Unkavanich
Senior Treasury Specialist, Treasury Department

10:30 - 12:00

Preparation of presentations to regional Director Generals (session 2)

Sally Pedersen

12:00 – 1:30

Lunch

1:30 – 4:00

Design and Monitoring Framework

Andrea Iffland
Principal Project Management Specialist,
Central Operations Services Office

4:00 – 4:30

Learning Review

Shyamala Abeyratne
Training Specialist (Consultant)

Thursday, 22 November

9:00 – 10:00

The Role of Central Operations Services Office (COSO) in
Enhancing Operational Flexibility and Responsiveness to DMCs

Philip Daltrop
Principal Director, Central Operations Services Office

10:00 – 11:00
With coffee

Law Matters

Eveline Fischer
Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel

11:00 – 12:00

Anticorruption and Fraud Awareness

Lorraine Wang
Senior Integrity Specialist, Office of the Auditor General

12:00 – 2:00

Lunch break

2:00 – 4:30

Preparation of presentations to regional Director Generals

Shyamala Abeyratne
Friday, 23 November

 

Participants' presentations to Director Generals (per region)

Sally Pedersen

9:00 – 9:30

Central & West Asia
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan,Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic,
Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Juan Miranda
Director General, Central & West Asia Department

9:30 – 10:00

East Asia
People’s Republic of China, Mongolia

Xia Lu
Ministry of Finance, China

Erdenebileg Khuukhee
Ministry of Finance, Mongolia H. Satish Rao
Director General, East Asia Department

10:00 – 10:30

Southeast Asia
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam

Arjun Thapan
Director General,
Southeast Asia Department

10:30 – 11:00

South Asia
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka

Bruno Carrasco
Principal Economist, South Asia Department

11:00 – 11:30

Pacific
Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, Marshall Islands,
Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands,
Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Philip Erquiaga
Director General, Pacific Department

11:30 - 12:00

Summary and wrap-up

12:00 – 2:30

Lunch break

2:30 – 4:00

Review and feedback session

Sally Pedersen

 

Remarks

Andrea Monari

4:00 – 4:05

Introduction of Vice President

Hyong-Jong Yu

3:00 – 3:30

Awarding of Certificates to Participants

Bindu Lohani
Vice President, Finance & Administration

Hyong-Jong Yu
Andrea Monari

3:30 – 4:15

Responses from DMC Officials

4:15 - 4:45

Closing Statement

Bindu Lohani

4:15 - 5:00

Group Photo with the Vice President

5:30

Farewell Cocktails (Executive Dining Room)


Contacts

Sally Pedersen
Head, Learning and Development Unit
Tel: +632 632-4439
Email: spedersen@adb.org

Lelet Sanchez-Deza
Program Coordinator
Tel: +632 632-4490
Fax:(632) 636-2551
Email: esanchez@adb.org


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