Join the MENA Chief Economist for a High-level Regional Virtual Workshop on September 14, where panelists will discuss Covid-19, information systems, and statistics in the MENA region. The workshop will start at 8 AM EST and end at 1.15 PM. A packed agenda across 4 different sessions will feature notable keynote speakers from Johns Hopkins University, the International Association for Official Statistics, the Ford Foundation, the World Bank Group, and notable ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Djibouti, Yemen, Bahrain, and directors from Palestine, Oman, UAE, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria.
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Events
COVID-19, Information Systems, and Statistics in the Middle East and North Africa
September 14, 2020
Virtual
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8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EST Welcome Remarks by:
Ferid Belhaj, Vice President, MENA Region, World Bank
Carmen Reinhart, Vice President, Development Economics and Chief Economist, World BankKeynote Speaker:
Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University and former Director of United States National Institute of Health
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM Policy Panel Discussion with Ministers on Country Experiences during COVID-19
Chair: Haishan Fu, Director, Development Data Group, World Bank
Panelists:
Wissam Rabadi, Minister of Planning and International, Jordan
Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation, Egypt
Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, Minister of Economy, Finance and in charge of Industry, Djibouti
Nageeb Manssor Al-Oj, Minister of Planning & International Cooperation, Yemen
10:00 AM to 10:30 AM EST Keynote Speech by John Pullinger, President of the International Association for Official Statistics and former UK National Statistician 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM EST Policy Panel Discussion with the Heads of the National Statistics Offices
Chair: Johannes Hoogeveen, Practice Manager, MENA Poverty and Equity Global Practice, World Bank
Panelists:
Ola Awad, President, Central Bureau of Statistics, Palestine
Mohammed Hassan, Executive Director, The National Statistics an Data Sector, UAE
Adnen Lassoued, Director General, National Institute of Statistics, Tunisia
Youcef Bazizi, Director General, Office of the National Statistics, Algeria
Majid AlShehry, General Manager of Enterprise Architecture at the National Information Center, Saudi Data & Artificial Intelligence Authority.
Mohammed Bircharef, Director General of Statistics and National Accounts, Morocco
Yousuf bin Mohammed Al Riyami, General Director, Population and Social Statistics, Oman
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EST Policy Panel Discussion with Leaders of Think Tanks in MENA
Chair: Noha El-Mikawy, Director, Ford FoundationPanelists:
Ibrahim Ahmed Elbadawi, Managing Director, Economic Research Forum for the Middle East and North Africa and former Finance Minister of Sudan.
Mustapha Kamel Nabli, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Partnership of Economic Policy and former Governor, Central Bank of Tunisia.
Sami Atallah, Executive Director, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
Karim El Aynaoui, President, Policy Center for the New South and Dean, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
12:30 AM to 1:15 PM EST Launch of the Network of MENA National Statistics Offices
Chair: Rabah Arezki, Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank
Panelist:
Adel Abdellatif, Deputy Regional Director for Arab States, United Nations Development Program
Andrew Sharpe, Executive Director, International Association for Research on Income and Wealth
Haishan Fu, Director, Development Data Group, World Bank
Johannes Hoogeveen, Practice Manager, MENA Poverty and Equity Global Practice, World Bank
Last Updated: Sep 14, 2020