CONFERENCE PROGRAM DAY 1 THEME: CLIMATE PRIORITIES AND ROLE OF MINISTRIES OF FINANCE |
9:00 - 9:30 am (30 min) | Opening remarks | View Event Proceedings- Sherine Hamed El Sharkawy, First Deputy Minister of Finance, Egypt
- Stephane Guimbert, Country Director for Egypt, Yemen and Djibouti, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank
- Nadir Mohamed, Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Region, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions, World Bank
- Carlos Orjales, Program Manager and Senior Economist, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Switzerland (SECO)
Jasmine Taha Zaki, Mistress of Ceremonies |
1- Climate priorities in MENA countries Moderator: Richard Anthony Sutherland, Senior Governance Specialist and Program Manager of the Financial Management Umbrella Program, World Bank This session discusses climate priorities and national climate strategies and policies in MENA countries. To replay the entire opening remarks and session 1, click here. |
9:30 - 9:45 am (15 min) | MENA Climate Change Challenges and Opportunities Syed Adeel Abbas, MENA Regional Coordinator for climate change, World Bank | View Presentation (pdf) |
9:45 - 9:55 am (10 min) | Strengthening Institutions for Climate Change Laura Zoratto, Senior Economist, World Bank | View Presentation (pdf) |
9:55 - 10:30 am (35 min) | Climate Priorities for Egypt, Jordan and Morocco (discussed by country representatives) Eng. Sherif Abdel Rahim Hosny, Head of Central Department for Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Egypt | View Presentation (pdf) Manar Abu Hazim, Head of Emissions Reduction Department, Climate Change Directorate, Ministry of Environment, Kingdom of Jordan Representative from Morocco Conclusion by moderator |
10:30 - 11-00 am | Break |
2- Roles of Finance and Planning in Climate Smart Policies Moderator: Mark Ahern, Program Leader and Lead Economist, Egypt, Yemen and Djibouti, World Bank This session will focus on levers that ministries of finance and planning have in coordinating economic, fiscal and financial policymaking to secure a sustainable and climate resilient future for their countries. To replay the entire session 2, click here. |
11:00 - 11:30 am | Themes: Entry Points for Ministries of Finance and Planning in Climate Smart Policies Jens Kristensen, Practice Manager, Governance Global Practice, MENA, World Bank | View Presentation (pdf) |
11:30 - 12:00 pm | Building Climate Finance: Initiatives by Egypt’s Ministry of Finance Sherine Hamed El Sharkawy, First Deputy Minister of Finance, Egypt |
12:00 - 12:30 pm | Q&A |
12:30 - 2:30 pm | Lunch & Prayer Group photo |
3 - Planning for Climate Action Moderator: Winston Cole, Lead Financial Management Specialist, World Bank This session discusses climate change risks and their implications and how government planning helps to accelerate climate action. To replay the entire session 3, click here. |
2:30 - 2:55 pm | Climate Change Risks and Implications for Public Finances and Planning Speakers: Murray Petrie, International Expert on Climate and Green Fiscal Policy and Budgeting | View Presentation (pdf) |
2:55 - 3:15 pm | Egypt’s Vision 2030 – Strategic Planning for Climate Action Dr Mona Esam, Assistant Minister of Planning and Economic Development for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Egypt | View Presentation (pdf) |
3:15 - 3:30 pm | Towards Achieving Egypt’s Medium-Term Climate Goals – the Road Ahead Eng. Sherif Mohamed Abdel Rahim Hosny, Head of Central Department for Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Egypt | View Presentation (pdf) |
3:30 - 4:00 pm | Discussion and Q&A |
4:00 pm | End of Day 1 |
DAY 2 THEME: FINANCING CLIMATE ACTION AND IMPLEMENTATION |
4 – Using the Budget to Drive Climate Action Moderator: Nataliya Biletska, Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank This session discusses how governments can drive climate action through fiscal policy and budgeting. To replay the entire session 4, click here. |
9:00 - 9:25 am (5 min) | Climate Change Fiscal Policy and Macro Considerations Speakers: Zeljko Bogetic, Lead Economist, World Bank | View Presentation (pdf) |
9:25 - 9:50 am (25 min) | Climate Smart and Green Budgeting Murray Petrie, International Expert on Climate and Green Fiscal Policy and Budgeting | View Presentation (pdf) |
9:50 - 10:10 am (20 min) | Climate PEFA: From Diagnostics to Action Speaker: Holy Tiana Rame, Senior Governance Specialist,PEFA Secretariat | View Presentation (pdf) |
10:10 - 10:45 am (35 min) | Q&A |
10:45 - 11:15 am | Coffee break | |
5 – Preparing a Plan to Drive Climate Action Facilitator: Tim Williamson, Senior Governance and Public Sector Specialist | View Presentation (pdf) This session introduces a framework followed by a group exercise to prepare and implement a plan to drive climate action. To replay the entire session 5, click here. |
11:15 - 12:45 pm (30 min) | The Framework for Driving Climate Action Group Exercise - What is the role and opportunity for ministries of planning and finance and the budget cycle in driving priority climate action?
- What are the potential and actual bottlenecks that you might face in driving climate action through the budget?
- Which institutions need to be involved in developing solutions?
Report Back and Plenary Discussion Speakers: Tim Williamson, Senior Governance and Public Sector Specialist, World Bank Conference participants |
12:45 - 2:30 pm | Lunch & Prayer |
6 - Climate Smart Investment Management Moderator: Laura Castro de Zoratto, Senior Economist, World Bank This session discusses a framework for climate smart public investment management, relevant country examples and how to make climate Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) happen. To replay the entire session 6, click here. |
2:30 - 3:00 pm (30 min) | Climate Smart Public Investment Management and Asset Management Speaker: Simon Groom, Public Investment and PPP International Expert | View Presentation (pdf) |
3:00 - 3:30 pm (30 min)
| Crowding in Private Sector Investment in Climate Resilient Public Investments Speaker: Marcel van den Broek, Public Investment and PPP International Expert | View Presentation (pdf) |
3:30 - 4:00 pm (30 min) | Q&A |
4:00 pm | End of Day 2 | |
5:00 - 7:00 pm | Regional consultation: Reimagining Public Finance Twenty-five years after the publication of the field-defining Public Expenditure Management Handbook, The World Bank is embarked on a process to review, rethink and update approaches to public finance reform, learning lessons from past success and persistent challenges and responding to shifts in the broader context, including the climate crisis. This session will discuss the framework that is being designed, seek feedback from PFM practitioners in MENA, and set out the next steps “reimagining public finance.” Interactive Exercise on lessons learned in the past 25 years on what has worked and what has not worked with PFM Session moderated by Tim Williamson, Senior Governance and Public Sector Specialist, World Bank | View Presentation (pdf) | |
DAY 3 THEME: STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES, PROCUREMENT OVERSIGHT AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION |
7 – Green and Resilient State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Moderator: Peter Ladegaard, Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank This session identifies the role of SOEs in climate change; discusses the tools to mobilize SOEs for climate change; and shows an example on how an SOE can practically deploy some of these tools.To replay the entire session 7, click here. |
9:00 - 9:50 am (50 min) | The panel will discuss: - Role of SOEs in driving climate change and in providing low-carbon alternatives
- Approaches and tools used for mobilizing SOEs for climate action
- Experiences and lessons learned from a regional leader.
Speakers: Mr. Philippe Benoit, Research Director, Global Infrastructure Advisory Services 2050, and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA. | View Presentation Mr. Jorge Galvezmendez, Policy Advisor at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | View Presentation Mr. Naoufal Mahdar, Vice-President of Climate Action & Decarbonisation, Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP), Morocco. | View Presentation (pdf) |
9:50 - 10:00 am (10 min) | Q&A |
8 – Panel discussion: The Power of Green Public Procurement (GGP) for Climate Action This session discusses GGP and integrating environmental and sustainability factors into public procurement decisions. Moderator: Majed M. El-Bayya, Practice Manager, MENA Governance - Procurement, World Bank. To replay the entire session 8, click here |
10:00 - 10:15 am (15 min) | Driving Sustainability: World Bank's Green Public Procurement Roadmap for MENA (Presentation) Speaker: Jocelyne Jabbour, Procurement Specialist, World Bank | View Presentation (pdf) Yolanda Saito, Chief Operating Officer, IMPACTI | View Presentation (pdf) |
10:15 - 11:00 am (45 min) | Panel discussion MENA Experience in Green Public Procurement—Emerging Pathways in Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia’s Journey Speakers: Eng. Mahmoud Khliefat, Director General, General Tenders Department, Kingdom of Jordan | View Presentation (pdf) Fatiha Moutchou, Head of Service, International Cooperation in Public Procurement, General Treasury, Kingdom of Morocco | View Presentation (pdf) Rim Zehri, General Controller of Public Procurement, President of the National Observatory of Public Procurement, High Authority of Public Procurement, Tunisia | View Presentation (pdf) Conclusion by Moderator |
11:00 - 11:30 am | Break | |
9 – Sustainability Reporting, Assurance and Accountability of Climate Action Moderator: Mona El-Chami, Senior Governance Specialist, World Bank This session discusses climate-responsive accounting, sustainability reporting, assurance, and accountability in the public sector. To replay the entire session 9 please click here |
11:30 - 12:10 pm (40 min) | The role of Accountants and Auditors in Climate Change Action and skills needed Public Sector Sustainability Reporting and Climate Related Disclosure Public Sector Sustainability and Assurance Report Environmental Accounting and Auditing Implementation of Climate Policies Speakers: Ms. Asmaa Resmouki, President, International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) Mr. Mark Johnson, Senior Subject Manager - Public Sector, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Mr. Ross Smith, Program and Technical Director, International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) | View Presentation (pdf) Dr. Vivi Niemenmaa, Secretary General, INTOSAI Working Group on Environment Audit (INTOSAI WGEA) |
12:10 - 12:30 pm (30 min) | Q&A |
1:00 - 2:30 pm | Lunch & Prayer |
THEME: CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT/CIVIC TECH IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE |
10 – Public Participation, Civic Tech, and Climate Moderator: Stephen R. Davenport, Senior Governance Specialist and Global Lead, World Bank This session explores how civic tech solutions can advance climate adaptation, mitigation, and emergency response. To replay the entire session 10, please click here |
2:30 - 2:40 pm (10 min) | Climate Change and CivicTech Speaker: Stephen R. Davenport, Senior Governance Specialist and Global Lead, World Bank |
2:40 - 3:20 pm (40 min) | Panel Discussion CivicTech Solutions for Climate Change and the Role of Government, Private Sector and Civil Society Stakeholders Speakers: Lauren Kahn, Director, Public Digital, UK | View Presentation (pdf) James Stewart, CTO, Public Digital, UK Fadia Elgharib, Community Manager, Global Innovation Gathering, Egypt/Germany View Presentation (pdf) Lamiaa Nail, Manager, San3a Tech, Egypt | View Presentation (pdf) |
3:20 - 3:30 pm (10 min) | Q&A |
Workshop Closing |
3:30 - 3:45 pm (15 min) | Concluding remarks Speakers: Jens Kristensen, Practice Manager, MENA Governance, World Bank Representative from the Ministry of Finance, Arab Republic of Egypt |
3:45 pm | End of Day 3 | |
DAY 4: FIELD TRIP ORGANIZED BY EGYPT MINISTRY OF FINANCE |