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World Bank Headquarters
1818 H St. NW, Washington, DC
DAY 1 – Wednesday, February 11, 2015
7:30 - 8:45 am - REGISTRATION and BREAKFAST (Main Lobby)
9:00 - 10:00 am - OPENING SESSION: THE POLITICS OF PEACE BUILDING: LESSONS FROM PROMOTING
SHARED SOCIETIES (Joint event with Club de Madrid)
Featuring:
- President Tarja Halonen, President of Finland (2000-2012)
- Abdurrahim El-Keib, Prime Minister of Libya (2011-2012)
- Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, United Nations
Moderator:
- Vasu Gounden, Founder and Executive Director, African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of
Disputes (ACCORD)
10:00 - 11:30 am - High risk, high reward: Practical learning and innovation from trust funds in FCV
In some of the harshest FCV environments, donors and governments look to the World Bank to administer
programs through multi-donor trust funds (MDTFs). With MDTF financing almost on par with IDA, trust funds
represent a major part of the way the World Bank does business in FCV. They also represent a source of
innovation and lessons for increasing effectiveness in FCV. Led by the World Bank’s Afghanistan Reconstruction
Trust Fund (ARTF), which to date has channeled over $7 billion, this session highlights the latest innovations
and lessons applicable to other FCV areas and beyond. It brings together operations from some of the most
difficult environments, including Afghanistan, Somalia and northwest Pakistan.
Speakers:
- Ditte Fallesen, Senior Operations Officer, Afghanistan Country Management Unit, World Bank
- Nicholas Marwell, Operations Officer, Somalia Multi-Partner Fund
- Mehreen Saeed, Communications Officer, Pakistan MDTF
Moderator:
- Josef Leitmann, Lead Disaster Risk Management Specialist, GSURR, World Bank
11:30 am - 1:00 pm - Third Party Monitoring: Strengthening the World Bank’s oversight and accountability in a
challenging security context
Third party monitoring (TPM) plays a critical role in managing the World Bank’s US$1.8 billion portfolio (IDA
and ARTF) in Afghanistan. In a context characterized by challenging security, remote areas, low capacity and
weak governance structures, TPM allows the World Bank to access data from all over the country, benefitting
monitoring of both quality of infrastructure, output/outcome results and project effectiveness.
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Speakers:
- Naila Ahmed, Rural Development Specialist, GSURR, World Bank
- Samantha De Silva, Senior Social Protection Specialist, GEDRR, World Bank
- Ajmal Askerzoy, Operations Officer, GTIDR, World Bank
- Mohammad Yasin Noori, Social Development Specialist, GSURR, World Bank
- Ditte Fallesen, Senior Operations Officer, Afghanistan Country Management Unit, World Bank
Moderator:
10:00 am - 12:00 pm (noon) - Decentralized governance as a catalyst for peace
Decentralization’s capacity to mitigate and solve conflict has been subject to heavy debates in recent years. In
some cases decentralization seems to fuel existing conflicts or trigger new ones, whereas in other cases it has
contributed to successfully ending conflict. This panel session will bring together thought leaders for a debate
on the current trends and merits of decentralized governance as a positive factor in peace processes and
efforts to bring about lasting solutions to conflict.
Speakers:
- Luka Biong Deng, Director, Centre for Peace and Development Studies, University of Juba, and Fellow,
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University
- Balakrishna Menon Parameswaran, Program Leader MNA Country Units, World Bank
Moderator:
10:00 - 11:30 am - Developing a conflict-sensitive strategy and portfolio: Lessons from the Kyrgyz Republic
The approaches integrated into the Kyrgyz Republic strategies and operations since its 2010 conflict provide an
excellent case from which to draw lessons on a portfolio and CMU-wide approach to conflict sensitivity. The
case also provides a robust example of collaboration between conflict specialists in social development, country
management, and different task teams in integrating conflict sensitivity into the overall work program of the
World Bank in a country context. This practitioner’s clinic will present lessons learned from the Kyrgyz case,
undertake a simulation exercise to show how a Conflict Filter approach can be applied to an operation, and
provide an opportunity for facilitated small-group discussions on how the Kyrgyz experience can be extended
to other country cases with comparable needs.
Speakers:
- Alexander Kremer, Country Manager for Moldova and former Country Manager for the Kyrgyz Republic
Facilitators:
- Aly Rahim, Senior Social Development Specialist and original Task Team Leader (TTL) for the Kyrgyz
Republic Conflict Filter, GPSURR
- Asli Gurkan, Social Development Specialist and current TTL for the Kyrgyz Republic Conflict Filter,
GPSURR
- Monica Stephen, head of International Institutions, International Alert
Discussant:
- Nikolas Myint, Senior Social Development Specialist (Myanmar), GPSURR
10:00 - 11:30 am - Using results measurements to enhance the effectiveness and learning of private sector
interventions in FCV
In fragile situations, the threat of resurging conflict, high uncertainty about conditions of doing business, and a
fragile institutional environment make private investment and private sector development (PSD) project
challenging. It is even more challenging in conducting monitoring and evaluation activities in FCV. The
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objective of this session will share several IFC initiatives and experience in applying various result
measurements approaches that help the institution and projects improve the design, effectiveness and learning
of PSD interventions in FCV. It also aims to serve a platform for discussion and debate on the potential
contribution of the PSD interventions to the peace and stability.
Speakers:
- Luba Shara, Sr. Results Measurement Specialist, IFC Global Econ & Strategy, Development Impact
Department, based in Africa
- Chaoying Liu, Results Measurement Specialist, IFC Global Econ & Strategy, Development Impact
Department
Moderator:
- Toshiya Masuoka, Director, IFC Global Economy & Strategy, Development Impact Department
10:00 - 11:30 am - New approaches to justice in FCV
New approaches to promoting institutions that deliver justice in FCV have important implications for World
Bank operations. These approaches grapple with the political and social context that shapes the delivery of
justice. It calls for an understanding of justice that goes beyond justice sector institutions, to a broader set of
sectors and public authorities that more directly shape citizen experiences of grievance and justice. Thus,
interventions on land, extractives, service delivery, public spending, infrastructure etc., can be crucial vehicles to
promoting institutions that produce just outcomes. Implications for justice sector work are explored through
case examples of Somalia, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Nigeria, and Liberia.
Speakers:
- Deborah Hannah Isser, Senior Governance Specialist, GGODR, World Bank
- Gerald Gahima, Judge, War Crimes Chamber, Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Nigel Roberts, International Development Expert
- Katy Thompson, Policy Advisor, Rule of Law, Justice, and Security, UNDP
Moderator:
- Rachel Kleinfeld, Senior Associate, Democracy of Rule of Law Program, Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace
10:00 - 11:30 am - More than the sum of the parts: The security-development nexus
As leaders, practitioners and analysts take stock of past successes and failures in post-conflict re-engagement,
mutual reinforcement across the four main communities of practice - diplomacy, security, relief and
development - is consistently identified as critical to success in peace consolidation and recovery. Experience
shows that in the absence of deterrence against hostile elements, a credible peace agreement can rarely be
forged. A viable peace agreement rarely holds, absent a credible humanitarian relief effort restoring basic
human dignity. Finally, gains from an effective security, diplomatic and humanitarian effort can be reversed,
plunging society back into conflict, if true development does not follow, i.e., reconstruction (physical and
institutional) towards shared growth, better economic prospects. Against this background, the panel session
will focus specifically on the dynamics that link security and development in conflict and post-conflict settings,
drawing on recent experience. The ultimate objective of the session is to engage Bank staff operating in FCS on
the topic of the nexus between security and development, drawing on recent examples and reinforcing the
need to reflect that nexus in the conception, design and planning of the Bank’s future post-conflict reengagement strategies at the institutional and country levels.
Moderator:
- Luigi Giovine, Lead Operations Officer, GCFDR, World Bank
Speakers:
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Jordan Ryan, former Assistant Secretary General, Deputy Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral, Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator, UNDP, UNMIL
- Burcu San, Head, Defense Policy and Partnership Section, NATO
- Michael Miller, European External Action Service (European Union), Deputy Division Head, Conflict
Prevention, Peace Building and Mediation Instruments, European External Action Service (European
Union)
- Brigadier Flemming Kent Vesterby Agerskov, DNK Army. Director Combined Joint Interagency Task
Force-Shafafiyat
11:00 am - 12:00 pm - Sahara Knowledge Exchange
A cross-regional and cross-sectorial exchange that focuses on the linkages between security, governance and
development in the Sahara, articulating the dynamics that are leading to increased instability (armed violence
and trafficking), describing the opportunities that can be capitalized upon to develop operational initiatives
(trade, extractives and pastoralism), and identifying areas where further research is needed.
Speakers:
- Catalina Quintero, Conflict and Fragility Specialist, Fragility, Conflict, and Violence, World Bank
- Taies Nezam, Consultant, FCV, World Bank
Discussants:
- Mark Shaw, Director of Communities, Crime and Conflict at STATT Consulting, Hong Kong
- Yvan Guichaoua, Lecturer in Politics and International Development, School of International
Development, University of East Anglia
- Jeremy Swift, Pastoral Development Specialist and former Fellow, Institute of Development Studies,
University of Sussex
Moderator:
- Alexandre Marc, Chief Technical Specialist, Fragility, Conflict, and Violence, World Bank
12:00 (noon) - 1:00 pm LUNCH
1:00 - 4:00 pm - National dialogues, political settlements and post-conflict transitions: International lessons and
role of the World Bank
The World Bank Group is increasingly requested to provide support and complement the role and expertise
provided by other development actors in the context of political transitions in the aftermath of conflict. While
this sphere of work is outside the usual areas of key engagement, the World Bank has a long history of
providing ‘under the radar’ technical assistance and advice. No coherent strategy in conceptualizing and
engaging in political transition has emerged and ‘lessons learned’ from previous Bank engagement have not
been documented. Based on increasing demand by clients and country teams this mini-conference will bring
together experts from the World Bank, UN, the Berghof Foundation, USIP and other external partners to create
a platform to exchange knowledge and experience, develop an overarching narrative and a broader stream of
work. The session aims to ‘kick-start’ a conversation on complementarity among those UN actors with the
principal mandate to engage on overtly political processes to help bring to bring relevant Bank and UN staff
onto the same page.
Speakers:
- Nikolas Mynt, Team Leader of SPF/KTF Grants to “Support Peace Process/Confidence Building”
- Matt Stephens, Team Leader of SPF/KTF Grants to “Support Peace Process/Confidence Building”
- Dr. Peter Bartu, University of California (Berkeley)
- Dr Véronique Dudouet, Programme Director, Berghof Institute
- Susan Stigant, US Institute of Peace
- Levent Bilman, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations
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- Mario Marcel/Guenter Heidenhof, GGP
Moderator:
- Nigel Roberts, former Co-Director of the WDR 2011 on Conflict, Violence, and Development, and former
World Bank Country Director
1:30 – 3:30 pm - Going global: Collaborative solutions to reduce interpersonal violence
The Violence Prevention Global Beam (VPGB), coordinated by the Global Practice for Social, Urban and Rural
Development (GPSURR) will host a knowledge fair with activities across the World Bank that incorporate
violence prevention. The structure of this session is designed to promote an environment for networking across
the World Bank and to facilitate conversations on opportunities for collaboration. The focus is on interpersonal
violence including its relationship to self-inflicted and collected violence. The VPGB will showcase their platform
that promotes and facilitates World Bank-wide collaborations and synergies, and works to expand the
investment portfolio on violence prevention. The Knowledge Fair will be open all three days of the FCV Forum.
Presenters from the Bank’s Global Practices, Cross-Cutting Solutions Areas and RESOL-V will make informal
presentations on: (a) how crime and violence hinders the achievement of important sector outcomes, (b) one
concrete solution that the sector is testing, and (c) one other GP with which it needs to collaborate to advance
its agenda.
* The Beam will support teams in the preparations of their posters. Identifying opportunities for collaborative
solutions, participants will move around the room to view posters and label those GP posters that they
envision working with.
Speakers:
- Dr. Rodrigo Guerrero, Mayor of Cali, Colombia
- Maninder Gill, Director, GPSURR, World Bank
- Hassane Cisse, Director, Governance, World Bank
Moderator:
1:00 - 3:00 pm - Data revolutions for better governance of extractive industries in FCV
One of the main challenges to good governance of natural resources is a fundamental lack of access to
information as well as limited civil society capacity to utilize data to better monitor extractive industry
operations. To address these challenges, governments are starting to take pioneering steps and a number of
important “data revolutions” are underway. These initiatives seek to improve the generation of accurate and
publicly accessible information on extractive industries, as well as provide an evidence-base for communitylevel monitoring of extractive industry operations. The panel will discuss the potential, as well as limitations, of
harnessing data for better extractives outcomes, drawing on early learnings from ongoing data-driven efforts,
as well as experiences of community monitoring in DRC, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Speakers:
- Dag Seierstad, Senior Expert on Extractive Industries, UNEP
- Jim Cust, Head of Data and Analysis, Natural Resources Governance Institute
Joy Saunders, CEO, Integrity Action
- Michael Jarvis, Program Leader, Governance of Extractive Industries, World Bank
- Michael Stanley, Lead Mining Specialist, World Bank
Moderator:
1:00 - 4:00 pm - Alternatives to camps: Bringing a development response to forced displacement
This session aims to raise awareness of the need for a development response to the challenges of forced
displacement and of the role the World Bank is playing in providing support to the displaced. The session will
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also: (i) raise awareness of UNHCR’s policy on ‘Alternatives to Camps’ with discussion of why a camp
environment can be detrimental for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) and why stakeholders are
increasingly searching for alternatives, (ii) give the economic case for why alternatives to camps may have
better rates of return, (iii) give practical examples of World Bank projects in support of refugees and IDPs that
provide alternative models of support other than camps.
Speakers:
- Steven Corliss, Director of the Division of Program Support & Management, the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Niels Harild, Manager, Global Program on Forced Displacement, World Bank Group
- Apollo Kazungu, Government of Uganda, Commissioner of Refugees
- Aly Rahim, Senior Social Development Specialist and Task Team Leader, Azerbaijan IDP Living
Standards and Livelihoods Project
- Sabir Ahmadov, Deputy Director, Azerbaijan Social Fund for the Development of Internally Displaced
Persons/ Azerbaijan IDP Living Standards and Livelihoods Project
- Namig Ibrahimov, Livelihoods Manager, Azerbaijan Social Fund for the Development of Internally
Displaced Persons/ Azerbaijan IDP Living Standards and Livelihoods Project
- Zeynep Darendeliler, Social Development Specialist, World Bank
- Ximena del Carpio, Senior Economist, World Bank
Moderator:
1:00 - 2:30 pm - Evidence 4 Peace: Leveraging impact evaluation tools for better results in FCV contexts
Fragile and conflict affected situations face daunting developmental challenges, for which solutions remain
elusive. While there is consensus that policy decisions informed by evidence can help to achieve better results
on the ground, the evidence base for development interventions designed to address FCV has been quite thin.
To begin to address this gap, the World Bank’s FCV Group and the Development Impact Evaluation initiative
(DIME), together with external partners International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) and Innovations for
Poverty Action (IPA) recently launched the Evidence 4 Peace (E4P) program with the overall goal of assessing
evidence gaps in FCV response, generating improved knowledge about development effectiveness and
understanding of how to best support FCV clients in delivering the results so critically needed for citizens to
gain confidence in the path out of conflict.
Speakers:
- Marie Gaarder, Manager, IEG
- Macartan Humphreys, Professor, Columbia University
- Chris Blattman, Associate Professor, Columbia University
- David Robalino, Jobs Group, World Bank
- Arianna Legovini, Adviser, DECIE, World Bank
- Eric Mvukiyehe, Economist, DECIE, World Bank
- Marcus Holmlund, Economist, DECIE, World Bank
- Annette Brown
Moderator:
1:00 - 2:30 pm - Responding to the challenge of fragility and security in West Africa
Since independence, the West Africa sub region has been the arena for various large-scale conflicts and civil
wars, as well as low-intensity conflicts. The turn of the millennium witnessed the recession of large-scale and
conventional conflict, but ushered in emerging threats. The specter of religious extremism, maritime piracy, and
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narcotics trafficking threatens to undermine recent progress. This session will examine the challenges of fragility
and security in West Africa, along with the factors of resilience. It will investigate key drivers of conflict and
violence while exploring how the sub region has become a pioneer on the continent in addressing regional
challenges. It will also identify key lessons in the dynamics of resilience against political violence and civil war,
drawn from countries such as Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Cote d’Ivoire.
Speakers:
- Carl LeVan, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University
Moderator:
Francisco Ferreira, Chief Economist, Africa Region, World Bank
2:30 - 4:00 pm - How can we do more good? Rethinking the logic of humanitarian and development
inventions in FCV: Lessons from the DRC (Joint event with the Great Lakes Policy Forum)
Twenty years ago, the now-Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) received massive influxes of refugees from
neighboring Rwanda, triggering a state collapse that claimed millions of lives. The international community has
invested billions of dollars addressing recurrent humanitarian needs in the east of the country, and yet, fragility
and crisis persist. Join a high-level discussion on new field research findings on the gaps and opportunities in
the humanitarian response, and a discussion on what lessons donors, governments, and NGOs can draw in
order to “do more good” and develop effective strategies to end the cycle of fragility.
Speakers:
- Shamil Idriss, President and CEO, Search for Common Ground
- Simon O’Connel, Executive Director of Mercy Corps-Europe and Senior Vice President of Global
Partnerships
- Jonathan Papoulidis, Executive Advisor for Fragile States, World Vision and Co-Chair of the Conflict and
Fragility Working Group (co-convened by InterAction and the Alliance for Peacebuilding)
Moderator:
- Alexandre Marc, Chief Technical Specialist, Fragility, Conflict, and Violence, World Bank
2:30 - 4:00 pm - Public-private partnerships in FCV: Experience from World Bank Group projects
Public-private partnerships in FCV countries can help delivery basic infrastructure and services and lay the
foundations for economic development. The World Bank Group helps broker such partnerships. As part of
these efforts, IFC’s Public-Private Partnerships Transaction Advisory Department has advised governments
worldwide on designing and implementing PPP projects in a variety of sectors and has worked on PPPs in FCV
countries, including Afghanistan, Haiti, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste. This event will provide a venue to
showcase the successes and challenges of some of these projects, share clients’ experiences; and highlight
what conditions are required for PPPs to succeed in fragile environments.
Speakers:
- Laurence Carter, Senior Director, PPP CCSA, World Bank
- Adriana de Aguinaga de Vellutini, Manager, PPP Advisory, IFC
- Isabel Marques-De-Sa, Chief Investment Officer, PPP Advisory, IFC
Moderator:
2:30 - 4:00 pm - The role of payment systems in FCV countries in both normal and emergency situations
Payment and settlement systems are central to the smooth functioning of the financial system and the overall
economy. Efficient payment systems support financial stability, promote economic and financial development,
and are a critical enabler of financial access. In the context of fragile and conflict affected situations, payment
system development becomes all the more critical to rebuilding the financial system. However, fragile countries
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often lack both centralized payments infrastructure and central bank empowerment and capacity. This panel
will delve into examples of successful payment system intervention in fragile and conflict-affected situations
and distill best practices.
Speakers:
- Massimo Cirasino, Practice Manager Financial Infrastructure and Access & Head, Payment Systems
Development Group, Finance and Markets, World Bank Group
- Dr. Jihad Al-Wazir, Governor, Palestine Monetary Authority
- Fabiola Herrera, Director, Payment Systems Department, Central Bank of the Dominican Republic
Moderator:
- Gloria Grandolini, Senior Director, Finance and Markets, World Bank Group
4:00 - 6:00 pm VIRUNGA (Movie screening + discussion)
Virunga is an Oscar-nominated 2014 documentary film directed by Orlando von Einsiedel. "Virunga" focuses on
the conservation work of rangers within Virunga National Park, and the activity of a British company, Soco
International, which began exploring for oil within the UNESCO World Heritage site in April 2014. The
documentary tells the story of four characters fighting to protect Virunga National Park in the Democratic
Republic of Congo, home to the world's last mountain gorillas, against war, poaching, and the threat of oil
exploration.
Introduction:
- Betty Bigombe, Senior Director for Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
Moderator (Q&A Session):
- Paula Caballero, Senior Director, Environment and Natural Resources
6:00 - 6:45 pm RECEPTION (Atrium)
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