The Third Workshop Dialogue with WBG

Available presentations from the workshop.

Opening Plenary Session 1:  
Central factors regarding current and future relations between WBG and Norway. 

Jill Armstrong:
Briefing on the Multi-donor Trust Funds for North and South Sudan.

Special plenary session organized together with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
How best to approach the World Bank - Advice and guidance to Norwegian consultants
 
Yves de Rosee:
"Attaining stronger Norwegian Private Sector Involvement."
Nils Fostvedt:
"Norad/OED Trust Fund for Evaluation Activities".

Commentaries: “Lessons Learnt from Offering First-Hand Knowledge and Professional Services to the World Bank”:

Michael Angstreich:
"Persistent Organic Pollutants and the WB/GEF process."
Harsha Ratnaweera:
"Experience from working with the World Bank in the area of Water Resources Managment."

Parallel Group 1
Health, HIV/AIDS, Vulnerable Groups

Sigrun Moegedal:
"Who set priorities and who are accountable in health systems hit by AIDS?”.
Martin Lutalo:
"Business Case for HIV/AIDS."
Wolfgang Rennert:
"The economics of HIV/AIDS".

Parallel Group Session 2
Energy, development and climate

Anil Cabraal:
“World Bank Policies and Experiences with Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Rural Energies”.
Gary Stuggins:
“World Bank Policies and Experiences with Hydro-power Development”.
Trygve Roed-Larsen:
“CO2 Emission Trading and the World Bank”.

Parallel Group Session 3
Education

Robert S. Prouty:
“Implications of the New Education Sector Strategy”.
Aimee Verdisco:
“IADB’s New Education Strategy”.
Ruth Haug:
“The Role of Higher Education and Capacity Building in Poverty Eradication”.

Parallel Group Session 4
Bio-diversity, capacity building

Kathleen S. Mackinnon:
"World Bank Biodiversity - Overview & Strategic Directions"
May-Guri Saethre:
“Capacity building within agriculture and international trading of agricultural products”.
Ricardo Quiroga
"IADB: Environment and Safeguards Policy -A Strategic Overview"

Parallel Group Session 5
Inter American Development Bank
 
Isabel Hagbrink:
"Overview of the IADB."
- Christina Wedekull:
"Current Issues at IADB" 

Parallel Group Session 6
Civil Society and public-private partnership

Suzanne M. Roddis:
"Contracting for the Delivery of Education Services"

Parallel group session 7
Transport, mobility, air pollution

Jitu Shah
"Transport and Air Pollution."
Ruth Haug:
“Building Sustainable Peace in Sudan by Improving People’s Livelihood”.
Even Kolstad
Presentation of road project from Lokichkia, Kenya, to Juba, South Sudan.
Geir Endregaard
“Critical Success Factors for Air Quality Management”.

Parallel Group Session 8
Global fisheries

Marea Hatziolos:
The World Bank's Environmental Strategy and the Global Program on Fisheries - PROFISH.
Erling Bakken:
”Development cooperation in fisheries - The Nansen Program”.
Otto Gregussen:
“The Role of Global Aquaculture in Global Food Supply”.

Parallel Group Session 9
Special Session on WBG’s Evaluation Processes and Results

Susan Stout:
"Managing for Development Results."
Alicia Ritchie
“Results Management and Development Effectiveness in the Interamerican Development Bank”.