Change in Challenging contexts agenda

Change in Challenging contexts (14 September 2015): agenda

10:30 – 11:00: Registration and coffee


11:00 – 13:00: Are there examples of positive and constructive change?​

Country reformers will share their insights on delivering effective reform in a wide range of challenging contexts, ranging from pandemics and conflict to severe political crises:

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  Delivering services in the midst of conflict in South Sudan
  
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  Responding to the impact of Ebola
  
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  Managing resources and public finances during a period of acute crisis
  
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  Delivering innovation: why is Uganda more transparent than Norway?
  

Chair: Rachel Turner - Director East and Central Africa, DFID

Speakers:

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  Ocum Genes Karlo – Acting Director General of Budget, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, South Sudan (tbc)
  
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  Emmanuel Ssewankambo - Country Manager, BSI South Sudan
  
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  J. Wellington Barchue, I - Economist, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Liberia (tbc)
  
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  Tove Strauss - Country Manager, BSI Liberia
  
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  Andy Ratcliffe - Deputy CEO, Africa Governance Initiative
  
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  Kenneth Mugambe - Director of Budget, Ministry of Finance, Uganda (tbc)
  

13:00 – 14:00: Lunch


14:00 – 15:30: What are the characteristics of change and what lessons can be drawn for working in conflict-affected and fragile states?

Chair: David Booth - Senior Research Fellow, ODI

Speakers:

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  Tim Williamson - Research Associate, ODI and Country Manager, BSI Uganda
  
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  Moses Mabior Deu Awuol – Director of Aid Coordination, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, South Sudan
  
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  Andrew Lawson - Director, Fiscus Ltd
  
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  Kathy Bain - Senior Governance Specialist, World Bank
  

15:30 – 16:00: Coffee break


16:00 – 17:30: How can external actors better support change and reform?

Chair: Simon Gill – Director, BSI

Speakers:

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  Leni Wild - Head of Politics and Governance, ODI
  
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  Verena Fritz - Senior Governance Specialist, World Bank
  
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  Marcus Cox – Director, Agulhas Consultants, ICAI reviewer
  
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  Steven Pierce - Director, Program Staff, Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning, USAID
  

17:30: Launch of ODI’s new report 'Change in Challenging Contexts'


18:00: Drinks reception

Panel 1: Are there examples of positive and constructive change?​​

Chair:

Rachel Turner - Director East and Central Africa, DFID

Speakers:

Ocum Genes Karlo – Acting Director General of Budget, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, South Sudan (tbc)

J. Wellington Barchue, I - Economist, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Liberia

Emmanuel Ssewankambo - Country Manager, BSI South Sudan

Tove Strauss - Country Manager, BSI Liberia

Kenneth Mugambe - Director of Budget, Ministry of Finance, Uganda (tbc)

Andy Ratcliffe - Deputy CEO, Africa Governance Initiative

Panel 2: What are the characteristics of change and what lessons can be drawn for working in conflict-affected and fragile states?

​Chair:

David Booth - Senior Research Fellow, ODI

Speakers:

Tim Williamson - Research Associate, ODI and Country Manager, BSI Uganda

Moses Mabior Deu Awuol – Director of Aid Coordination, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, South Sudan

Kathy Bain - Senior Governance Specialist, World Bank

Andrew Lawson - Director, Fiscus Ltd

Panel 3: How can external actors better support change and reform?

​Chair:

Simon Gill - Director, BSI

Speakers:

Steven Pierce - Director, Program Staff, Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning, USAID

Verena Fritz - Senior Governance Specialist, World Bank

Leni Wild - Head of Politics and Governance, ODI

Marcus Cox - Director, Agulhas Consultants