Jun 05, 2017 to Jun 07, 2017

WAVES Seventh Annual Partnership Meeting

Jun 05, 2017 to Jun 07, 2017
Kigali, Rwanda

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WAVES Seventh Annual Partnership Meeting

June 5-7, 2017

Serena Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda

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Agenda

TIME

PROGRAM

PARTICIPANTS

Day 1 (Monday, June 5, 2017): Field Trip on World Environment Day

07:00 –16:00

Field trip to Gakenke District in the Lake Victoria Basin

Organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Rwanda Environment Management Authority

Day 2 (Tuesday, June 6, 2017): Annual Partnership Meeting Day 1

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

Bathilde Jyulijyesage and Aimable Nyirinkindi

09.00 – 09.30

1.     Welcome from the World Bank

Facilitator: Liz Carlile, Director of Communications, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Speakers:

  • Yasser El-Gammal, Country Manager for Rwanda, World Bank Group (WBG)
  • Julia Bucknall, Director, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, WBG

09.30 – 10.30

2.     Keynote Speech

Speaker: Vincent Biruta, Minister of Natural Resources, Rwanda

Discussants:

10.30 – 11.00

Tea and Coffee

 

11.00 – 12.00

3.     Table Discussions of Keynote Speech and Field Trip

Facilitator: Liz Carlile

12.00 – 13.30

Lunch

 

13.30 – 15.00

4.     Panel on Land and Ecosystem Accounts

Facilitator: Juan-Pablo Castaneda, Environmental Economist, WAVES Secretariat, WBG

Speakers:

15.00 – 15.30

Tea and Coffee

 

15.30 – 16.15

5.     Country Team Catch Up

Walk-around session to visit country booths of all WAVES Core Implementing Countries and recipients of Targeted Technical Assistance

16.15 – 16.45

6.     Policy Challenges for Overnight Reflection

Speakers:

16.45 – 17.15

Group Photo

 

18.00 – 22.00

Reception with Dinner and Cultural Experience

Welcome: Fatina Mukarubibi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources, Rwanda and Yasser El-Gammal

Day 3 (Wednesday, June 7, 2017): Annual Partnership Meeting Day 2

09.30 – 10.00

1.     Aligning NCA to the Current Policy Debates and Challenges

Speakers:

Screening of Short Film on “Policy Uses of NCA”

10.00 – 11.00

2.     Using Scenario Planning to Address Policy Challenges

Facilitator: Liz Carlile

Speaker: Onil Banerjee, Economist, Inter-American Development Bank

Table discussion by key policy challenges: REDD+, NDCs, SDG on water, SDG on land and SDG on green growth

11.00 – 11.30

Tea and Coffee

 

11.30 – 13.00

3.     Long-term Planning - Country Road Maps Panel

Facilitator: Glenn-Marie Lange, Chief Technical Advisor, WAVES Secretariat, WBG

Speakers:

13.00 – 14.30

Lunch

 

14.30 - 15.00

4.     Next Steps for WAVES+

Speakers:

15.00 – 15.45

5.     Evaluation of the Annual Partnership Meeting

Facilitator: Liz Carlile

15.45 – 16.00

6.     Closing Remarks

Speakers:

  • Yusuf Murangwa, Director General, National Institute of Statistics, Rwanda 
  • Benoit Blarel

16.00 – 16.30

Tea and Coffee

Networking