DAY I: 21st May, 2009       

7:00-8:30                                         Registration

9:30-10:30                                       Opening Ceremony
Chair: Hon. James Musoni, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning (Rwanda) [confirmed]

• Welcome Remarks by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Rwanda
• Remarks by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, the Executive Secretary of UNECA, on behalf of the Financing for Development Secretariat.           

(10:00-10:30)                                    Opening Address by the Rwandan Head of State

10:30-11:00                                    Coffee Break and Group Photo Session with H.E. Paul Kagame

11:30 – 13:00                                  Session I

Theme: Stocktaking: From commitment to Action. Progress from Abuja to Kigali.

Main Speaker: Mr. Kasirim Nwuke, UNECA [confirmed]

Discussant 1: Mr. David Quist, (Head of WBU, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana) [confirmed]

Chair: Hon. Vincent Karega, Minister of State in Charge of Water and Mines, Rwanda [confirmed]

Rapporteur:
AfDB - Amabel Orraca Ndiaye, Ahmed Dualeh
UNECA – Andre Nikwigize
The Representative of Ghana

13:00-14:00                                    Lunch Break

14:00-1600                                      Session II     

Theme: Impact of Climate change on Economic growth and progress toward the MDGs targets in Africa.

Chair: Mr. Andrew Steer, Director General for Policy and Research, UK DfID [confirmed]

Main Speaker 1: Mr. Michael Keating, Director, Africa Progress Panel [confirmed] (10 minutes each)

Main Speaker 2: Dr. Youba Sokona, Executive Secretary, The Sahara and Sahel Observatory [confirmed] (10 minutes each)

Discussant 1: Hon. James Musoni, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda [confirmed] (7 minutes)

Discussant 2: Mr. Brian Ngo [confirmed] (7 minutes)

Rapporteur:
AfDB - Joseph Nyirimana, Anthony Nyong
UNECA – Kasirim Nwuke
UNDP - TBD
World Bank - TBD

16:00-16:30                                    Coffee Break

16:00-18:30                                    Session III

Theme: The current financing instruments and how to access them.

Chair: Vice-President,AfDB [confirmed]

Main Speaker: Mr. Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director [confirmed]

Discussant 1: Hon. Dr. Batilda Burin, Minister of Environment, Tanzania [confirmed] (12 minutes)

Discussant 2: Mr. Andrew Steer, Director General for Policy and Research, UK DfID [confirmed]
                                                           
Rapporteur:
AfDB - Yogesh Vyas, Ahmed Dualeh
UNECA – Bragante
AMCEN - TBD

18:30                                                 End of First day

19:30                                                 Official Cocktail hosted by the Hon. Minister of Finance and Economic Planning.

DAY II: 22nd May, 2009

                                                            Session IV

9:00-11:00                                       Theme: A discussion of an emerging Africa Strategy to generate new, additional and adequate financing during the Copenhagen negotiations taking place in December 2009.

Chair: H.E. Rhoda Tumusiime, Commissioner of Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union [confirmed]

Main Speaker 1: Hon. Augustine K. Ngafuan, Minister of Finance, Liberia [confirmed]

Main Speaker 2: Mr. Sudhir Sharma, Manager of the Financial Cooperation and Capacity Building Sub-programme, Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC) [confirmed]

Discussant 1: Mr. Josué Dioné, Food Security and Sustainable Development, UNECA [confirmed]

Discussant 2: Mr. Peter K. Sorensen, Counsellor (Climate Change), Danish Embassy (South Africa) [confirmed]

Rapporteur:            
AfDB – Yogesh Vyas, Anthony Nyong, Sunita Pitamba
UNECA – Osakwe
AMCEN - TBD

11:00-13:00                                    Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Site

13:00-14:00                                    Lunch Break

14:00-15:00                                                Conclusions and Wrap-up
(Host, theme and possible timing of the next meeting)

Chair: Minister of Finance, Rwanda [confirmed]
Co-Chair: Next host of F4D [to be confirmed]

15:00-1600                                      Closing Ceremony

• Presentation of Draft Communiqué (AfDB Secretariat)

• Adoption of the Communiqué

• Closing Remarks  (Hon. Vincent Karega, Minister of State in Charge of Water and Mines, Rwanda; AfDB; DfID; UNECA; UNEP)