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 International Conference

Financing Water and Sanitation Services:

Options and Constraints

November 10-11, 2003

 

Preliminary Agenda 

(Click here to download a draft Agenda in pdf format)


Monday, November 10th, 2003

 
09:30 - 10:00

Opening Session

Enrique Iglesias, President, Inter-American Development Bank

Jacques Diouf, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

10:00 - 11:00

Session 1. Main issues in the sector

Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair, Global Water Partnership

Nemat Shafik, Vice President Infrastructure, World Bank

Olivio Dutra, Minister, Ministry of the City, Brazil

Donald Buchanon, Ministry of Water and Housing, Jamaica

Charles Chaumin, Senior Vice President Water Development and Institutional Relations SUEZ-Environment, France

Moderator: Antonio Vives, Deputy Manager, Private Enterprise and Financial Markets, Inter-American Development Bank

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 13:00

Session 2. Institutional constraints

Presentation: Claudio Aranzadi, Ex-Minister of Industry and Energy, Spain

Panel discussion

Moderator: Alvaro LLosa, Division Chief, Environment Division, Region III, Inter-American Development Bank

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch: Anne Krueger, Managing Director International Monetary Fund


14:30 - 16:00

Session 3. Financial constraints

Presentation: Terry Powers, Managing Director, Astris Finance-Dexia

Panel discussion

Moderator: Asunción Aguila, Division Chief, Environment Division, Region I, Inter-American Development Bank

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 - 18:00

Session 4. Innovative options of public and private financing of rural systems

Presentation: Ravi Narayanan, Director, Water Aid

Panel discussion

Moderator: Robert Kaplan, Division Chief, Environment Division, Region II, Inter-American Development Bank

 


Tuesday, November 11th, 2003 

09:00 - 10:15

Session 5. Innovative options in the public and private financing of urban systems

Jamal Saghir, Director, Energy and Water, Private Sector Development and Infrastructure Vice-Presidency, World Bank 

Fuensanta Díaz Cobacho, Banco Santander Central Hispano, Spain

Gerard Payen, Member of the Camdessus Panel on Financing Water for All

Olivier Orsini, President, Proactiva Ambiente

Moderator: Bernardo Frydman, Deputy Manager, Private Sector Department, Inter-American Development Bank

10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:00

Session 6. Social and political consensus around the reform process

Presentation: Antanas Mockus, Alcalde de Bogota, Colombia

Panel discussion

Moderator: Carlos M. Jarque, Manager, Sustainable Development Department, Inter-American Development Bank

12:00 - 12:30

Reflection for an action plan

Margaret Catley-Carlson, President, Global Water Partnership

Charles Chaumin, Senior Vice President Water Development and Institutional Relations SUEZ-Environment, France

Juan Eduardo Saldivia, Superintendente de servicios sanitarios, Chile

12:30 - 13:00

Closing Session

Dennis Flannery, Executive Vice-President, Inter-American Development Bank

Last update: 10/31/03

 

 

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and Environment Division
Private Enterprise and Financial Markets Subdepartment
Sustainable Development Department
Inter-American Development Bank
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Washington, DC