External Support for Decentralization Reforms
 
 
Program


Monday, 24 August 2015

5:30 pm

Pre-Event Reception

Executive Dining Room, Floor 2, Special Facilities Block



Day 1: Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Opening Session

09:00 – 09:30

Welcome Remarks

  • Bambang Susantono, Vice President (Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development), ADB
  • Jochen Mattern, Head of Secretariat (DeLoG)

 

09:30 – 10:00

Key Note Speech

  • Dr. Somlal Subedi, Chief Secretary to the Government of Nepal

 

10:00 – 11:00

Warming Up

  • Getting to know each other 
  • Overview of the programme
  • Housekeeping issues

 

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break & Photo Session

11:30 – 12:30

Module 1: DLG Reforms in Asia – An Overview

  • Panel inputs:
    • Juan Luis Gomez Reino(ADB) (on Southeast Asia)
    • T.R. Raghunandan (India) (on South Asia)
    • Roy Bahl (on Fiscal Decentralization in Asia/China)
    • Discussant: Paul Smoke
  • Q&A, Discussion

 

12:30 – 02:00

Lunch Break

02:00 – 04:00

Module 2: Political Economy in Asian DLG Reforms

  • Paul Smoke, Professor of Public Finance and Planning, New York University: Conceptual introduction to the Political Economy Concept and its Relevance for DLG Reform
  • Q&A session, Buzz Groups

 

04:00 – 04:30

Summary of the day and group comments



Day 2: Wednesday, 26 August 2015

09:00 – 09:30

Welcome and introduction to the agenda of the day

09:30 – 11:00

Module 3: Sector Decentralization

  • Gabe Ferrazzi & Rainer Rohdewohld: Functional Assignment as a methodology to structure Decentralized Sector Systems (with cases from Cambodia and Pakistan)
  • Plenary Discussion

 

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 01:30

Module 4: Aid Modalities and DP Instruments for Supporting DLG Reforms  

 

  • Bruno Carrasco, Director, Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Dvision, South Asia Department, ADB: Results of policy-based lending operations
  • Eva Ringhof, CDIA/GIZ: New ways of financing urban infrastructure
  • Q&A

 

01:30 – 02:30

Lunch Break

01:30 – 05:15

Module 5: Fiscal Decentralization

  • Roy Bahl, Regents Professor Emeritus at Georgia State University: General Concepts of Fiscal Decentralization - Examples from Asian Countries
  • Discussant: Paul Smoke, New York University

 

Coffee Break

 

  • Paul Smoke, Professor of Public Finance and Planning, New York University: Performance-Based Grant Systems
  • Discussant: Roy Bahl

 

05:15 – 05:30

Summary of the Day (moderator)



Day 3: Thursday, 27 August 2015

09:00 – 09:15

Welcome and introduction to the agenda of the day (moderator)

09:15 – 10:30

Module 6: Social and political accountability systems and approaches

 

  • Panel Inputs:
    • Jana Hertz, Governance Advisor, Kinerja-Programme USAID Indonesia: Social Accountability in Frontline Service Delivery: Citizen Empowerment and State Response in Four Indonesian Districts
    • Arlyn M. Encarnacion, Director III OIC, Commission on Audit, Philippines: Citizen Participatory Audit in the Philippines
  • Discussion, Q&A

 

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 01:00

Module 7 Working Groups

  • Topics and modalities to be determined during Day 2

01:00 – 02:30

Lunch Break

02:30 – 04:00

o    Module 8: The new SDGs and what they will mean for sub-national governments Overview on the Localizing SDG Debate by Jochen Mattern (DeLoG Secretariat)

  • Panel Inputs
    • Lucy Slack, Deputy Secretary-General, Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF)
    • Anuradha Rajivan, Advisor Strategy and Policy Department, ADB  
    • Patrick Duong, Regional Advisor, UNDP

04:00 – 04:30

Coffee Break

04:30 – 05:30

Evaluation, Feedback, Closure of Event