Addressing vulnerabilities by financing sustainable development Lessons for the LDCs Seminar organized by OECD and Ferdi Tuesday 1st March - 10 AM / 12 PM Room CC7 - Conference Center of OECD - 2 rue André Pascal, Paris 75016 After Addis Ababa in 2015, and in the perspective of the Mid-Term Review of International Program of Action (IPoA) for LDCs in Antalya scheduled in May 2016, OECD and Ferdi organised a seminar on how to tackle vulnerabilities of LDCs and to promote their sustainable development. It has drawn on the collective book published by Ferdi, entitled "Financing Sustainable Development: Addressing Vulnerabilities" and edited by Matthieu Boussichas and Patrick Guillaumont. It was the occasion to discuss with some authors of the book and some Members of the LDC IV Monitor Consortium how to deal with vulnerability and which funding instruments and means of implementation are needed and relevant to tackle them efficiently.
Federico Bonaglia (Senior Counsellor, OECD Development Centre) introduced the session and
Patrick Guillaumont (President of Ferdi) presented main messages of the book.
Jean-Michel Severino (Author of the book, President of I&P and former Director General of the Agence Française de Développement) discussed which tools are particularly tailored to the small and medium size enterprise finance in LDCs, particularly through impact investment.
Jean-Michel Debrat (Author of the book, Director General of AfricaFrance and former Deputy Director General of the Agence Française de Développement) talked about which partnerships with and between national, regional and multilateral development banks have to be promoted to enhance implementation of the sustainable development agenda in LDCs.
Philippe Orliange (Director for Strategy, Partnerships and Communication in Agence Française de Développement) (TBC) then examined how the broader measurement framework proposed in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA), “Total Official Support for Sustainable Development” or TOSSD (working title), which aims to cover both official and officially-supported flows, could contribute to sustainable development in LDCs by increasing transparency of new financing packages shaping the international development finance landscape and thus improve the efficiency of financing in vulnerable countries.
Mariana Mirabile (Author of the book, Development Co-operation Directorate of OECD) provided an overview of guarantee schemes used by the official sector to unlock private investment and help mobilise additional resources for sustainable development. Finally, some Representatives of the LDC IV Monitor have shared first outcomes of the assessment of IPoA implementation.
Presentation by Patrick Guillaumont "Addressing vulnerabilities by financing sustainable development - Lessons for the LDCs" :
10:00 – 10:10 Federico Bonaglia (Senior Counsellor, OECD Development Centre) Welcoming remarks – Introduction of the session 10:10 – 10:25 Patrick Guillaumont (President of Ferdi) Using finance to address vulnerability and make development sustainable: Key messages and lessons for LDCs from the collective book "Financing Sustainable Development: Addressing Vulnerabilities" edited by Matthieu Boussichas and Patrick Guillaumont, 2015, Economica 10:25 – 10:35 Jean-Michel Severino (President of I&P) From his contribution to the book: How to finance small and medium size enterprises in LDCs? The potential of impact investment 10:35 – 10:45 Jean-Michel Debrat (Director General of AfricaFrance) From his contribution to the book: Which partnerships with and between development banks to enhance implementation of the sustainable development agenda in LDCs? 10:45 – 10:55 Philippe Orliange (Director for Strategy, Partnerships and Communication in Agence Française de Développement) How and why the adoption of a broader measurement of official support such as TOSSD could contribute to sustainable development in LDCs? 10:55 – 11:05 Mariana Mirabile (Development Co-operation Directorate of OECD) From her contribution to the book: How can guarantee schemes unlock private investment and help mobilise additional resources for sustainable development? 11:05 – 11:15 Representatives of the LDC IV Monitor Consortium First outcomes of the assessment of IPoA implementation report 11:15 – 11:50 Discussion with the floor 11:50 – 12:00 Federico Bonaglia and Patrick Guillaumont Concluding Remarks
