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CAREC Senior Officials' Meeting

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: 28–29 May 2009

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Agenda

27 May, Wednesday
Welcome Reception hosted by Khurenbaatar Baavgai and Sean O’Sullivan

28 May, Thursday
Time Event
08:30–09:00 Registration
   
09:00–09:20 Opening Session
   
     09:00–09:10 Welcome remarks by Khurenbaatar Baavgai, Director General, Department of Development Financing and Cooperation, Ministry of Finance and CAREC National Focal Point, Mongolia
   
     09:10–09:20 Opening remarks and introduction of the Agenda by Sean O’Sullivan, Deputy Director General, Central and West Asia Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Chairman
Dorjkhand Togmid, Deputy Director, Department of Development Financing and Cooperation, Ministry of Finance, Deputy Focal Point for CAREC, Mongolia

Co-chairman
Sean O’Sullivan, Deputy Director General, CWRD, ADB
   
09:20–12:45 Session 1: Implementing the Sector Strategies
   
     09:20–09:35 Program Update and 2009 Objectives [ PDF: 49kb | 4 pages ]: Recap of Decisions by 7th Ministerial Conference and Overview of 2009 Outputs by Robert Y. Siy, Jr., Director, Country Coordination and Regional Cooperation Division, CWRD, ADB
   
     09:35–10:45 Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy (TTFS) Update

  • Transport [ PDF: 108kb | 14 pages ] activities under the Implementation Action Plan for TTFS and overview of 2009 work plan for Transport Sector Coordinating Committee (TSCC) by Hong Wang, Director, Transport and Communications Division, CWRD, ADB
  • Trade facilitation [ PDF: 940kb | 22 pages ] activities under the Implementation Action Plan for TTFS and overview of 2009 work plan for Integrated Trade Facilitation by Ying Qian, Principal Economist (Financial Sector), Financial Sector, Public Management and Trade Division, East Asia Department, ADB
Country views and discussion
   
10:45–11:00 Tea Break
   
11:00–11:40 Policy Strategic Action Plan (TPSAP)

  • TPSAP implementation and 2009 work plan for Trade Policy Coordinating Committee by Ana Lucia Coronel, Division Chief, Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund
Country comments and discussion
   
11:40–12:45 Energy Sector Strategy Update

  • Energy Sector Strategy [ PDF: 103kb | 13 pages ] implementation and next steps by Christophe Bosch, Regional Coordinator for Central Asia, World Bank
Country comments and discussion
   
12:45–14:30 Lunch
   
14:30–15:00 Session 2: Private Sector Development
   
     14:30–14:45 Private Sector Development work plan [ PDF: 110kb | 14 pages ] and CAREC Business Development Forum by Wang Hong, Senior CAREC Coordinator, CWRD, ADB

Country comments and discussion
   
15:00–15:30 Session 3: CAREC Results Framework
   
     15:00–15:15 Introduction of Proposed CAREC Results Framework [ PDF: 52kb | 8 pages ] by Sean O'Sullivan, Deputy Director General, CWRD, ADB

Country comments and discussion
   
15:30-16:00 Session 4: CAREC Institute Update
   
     15:30–15:45 CAREC Institute activities and work plan [ PDF: 626kb | 11 pages ] by David Kruger, Head, CAREC Unit, and Jesus Felipe, Principal Economist, CWRD, ADB

Country comments and discussion
   
16:00–16:15 Tea Break
   
16:15–17:00 Session 5: Second-Tier Initiatives
   
     16:15–17:00 Update on Central Asia and Caucasus Disaster Risk Management Initiative

Presentation [ PDF: 2,621kb | 46 pages ] by Goulsara Pulatova, Senior Advisor for Central Asia, UN/ISDR and Christophe Bosch, Regional Coordinator for Central Asia, World Bank
   
18:45 Dinner hosted by the Government of Mongolia
Hotel Mongolia

29 May, Friday
Time Event
09:00–09:30 Session 6: Preparations for 8th Ministerial Conference

Proposed theme and key messages, and organizational arrangements for the 8th Ministerial Conference by Dorjkhand Togmid, Department of Development Financing and Cooperation, Ministry of Finance and Deputy Focal Point for CAREC, Mongolia

Country comments and discussion
   
09:30–11:00 Session 7: Country Views and Discussion
   
     09:30–11:00 Country statements (10 min each):

  • Afghanistan
  • Azerbaijan
  • People’s Republic of China
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyz Republic
  • Mongolia
  • Tajikistan
  • Uzbekistan
  • Turkmenistan
Discussion
   
11:00–11:15 Tea Break
   
11:15–12:00 Closing Session
   
     11:15–11:45 Review of Summary of Proceedings by Robert Y. Siy, Jr., ADB
   
     11:45–12:00 Wrap-up and closing remarks by Dorjkhand Togmid, Ministry of Finance, Mongolia
   
12:00 Lunch


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