Monday, 25 May 2015

08:00

Registration

08:30                

Welcome Remarks
Clare Wee, Head of the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, Asian Development Bank
Hon. Thomas Ossowski, Ambassador of  the Federal Republic of Germany to the Philippines

08:45           

Introduction
Bernd-Markus Liss, Principal Advisor Climate Program and Focal Point Anticorruption, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Philippines

09:00    

09:20     

 
09:40    

Session 1: Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Climate Finance – The general picture towards good governance in public funding
Facilitator: Bernd-Markus Liss, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Philippines

Key-Note Speech
“Corruption and Anti-Corruption Efforts in the Philippines”
Hon. Melchor Carandang, Overall Deputy Ombudsman of the Philippines

“Anti-Corruption and Integrity Efforts in Bhutan”
Hon. Neten Zangmo, Chairperson Anti-Corruption Commission Bhutan

“Climate Finance and the Need for Good Governance - International Perspective and the Work of U4 on Govenance and Anticorruption Strategies”        
Kendra Dupuy, Natural Resource Management Advisor U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center, Christian Michelsen University, Bergen, Norway

10:15

Open Forum

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Session 2: Panel Discussion: Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Climate Finance – How to operationalize anti-corruption approaches to ensure results-oriented implementation
Facilitator: Bart Édes, Director, Social Development, Governance and Gender Division, Asian Development Bank

Panel Members:  

• Pebbles Sanchez, Senior Technical Staff, Climate Change Commission (for Joyceline Goco, Assistant Secretary, Climate Change Commission, Philippines)
• Rodel C. Laureles, OIC Director, Project Development Division, Municipal Development Fund Office, Department of Finance, Philippines
• Renato Redentor Constantino, Executive Director, Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (iCSC), Board Member and Private Sector Representative to the People’s Survival Fund Board, Philippines
• Antonio G. M. La Viña, Dean, Ateneo School of Government, Ateneo de Manila University, Advisor to the Philippine Delegation to the UNFCCC
• Muhammad Zakir Hossain Khan, Head of Climate Governance Team, Transparency International Bangladesh

12:00            

Open Forum

12:30             

Lunch