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Program and documents

Location–International DevelopmentResearch Centre,Hopper A/B/C, 8thFloor, 150 Kent St., Ottawa

Monday, October 7, 2019

8:00-9:00 Registration and Coffee Mingle
9:00-9:15

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Jean Lowry, CAIDP and Dominique Charron, IDRC

9:15-9:30

Opening Address: Rohinton Medhora

9:30-10:00

Keynote Address: Susanna Moorehead

10:00-10:15

Program Overview, Vote of Thanks and Housekeeping

Evan Due , Elissar Sarrouh and Michelle Hustler

10:15-10:30  Break
10:30-12:00

Global Development and Disruption:Challenges, Risks, and Innovative Opportunities

Chairperson: Elissar Sarrouh

Panelists: Rohinton Medhora, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Kate Higgins and Scott Vaughan

12:00-13:30 Networking Lunch
13:30-15:00 

Financing the Sustainable Development Goals: Embracing a Paradigm Shift and New Financing Modalities

Chairperson: Christian Novak

Panelists:  Paul Horrocks, Justice Johnston,Stefan Harpe and Abdul Rahman Lediju

First round of question: Paul Horroks, Adbul-Rahman LedijuJustice JohnstonStefan Harpe

Second round of question: Abdul-Rahman Lediju, Justice Johnston, Stefan Harpe

15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00

Canadian Feminist International Assistance Policy: Global Leadership for International Development in an Age of Disruption

Speaker: Diana Rivington

Chairperson: Kimberly Inksater

Panelist: Nicolas Moyer, Jess Tomlin and Jessie Thomson

17:00-17:15

Closing Remarks:  Elissar Sarrouh and Evan Due

17:30-19:30 Networking Reception – Mill St. Brew Pub, 555 Wellington St., Ottawa

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

8:00-8:30 

Registration and Coffee Mingle

8:30-8:45

Opening Announcements, Day 1 Recap and Housekeeping

8:45-10:15

Belt and Road Initiative: China Led Global Partnerships for Infrastructure Investment and Development

Speaker: Jiantuo Yu

Chairperson: Evan Due

Panelist: Melissa Leach and Yves Tiberghien

10:15-10:30

Break

10:30-12:00

Measuring and Evaluation for the SDGs: Views from Canadian PractitionersTechnological

Chairperson: Robert Lahey

Panelist: Evan Green, Cara Williams, Ayman Chowdhury, Peter Taylor

Disruption in Development

Chairperson: Laurent Elder

Panelist: Jeremy de Beer, Alison Gildwald

Women's Economic Empowerment

Chairperson: Dr Kate Grantham,

Panelists: Tania Jordan, Jennifer King, Arjan de Haan, Robin D'Arcy

12:00-13:00 

Networking Lunch

13:00-14:00

Fragility, Displacement and Resilience

Speaker: Colleen Duggan

Chairperson: Julian Murray

Panelist: Mazen Chouaib, Stephen Baranyl, Adrienne Jack

Global Climate Action: Power Dynamics, Global Response and Common Liabilities

Speaker: Cristina Larrea Villancian

Panelist: Simon Dalby, Kerry Max, Christian Ledwell

Global Health in an Age of Disruption: Are we on track towards achieving SDG3 ?

Chairperson: Denise Buchner

Panelist: Dr. Sameera Hussain, Nafissatou Diop, Valerie Percival

14:00-14:30 

Break

14:30-16:00

Youth Forum

Chairperson: Justin Philippi

Panelist: Ayman Chowdhury, Ambassador Marc-André Blanchard, Katharine Im-Jenkins

Updates on GAC Contracting Policy, Initiatives and Direction

Chairperson: Alan Wilson

Panelist: Michael Brunetti, Michael Collins, Jean-François Grand-Maître

Implementing Codes of Ethics

Chairperson: Rieky Stuart

Panelist: Lawrence Tucker-Gardiner, Martin Aquilina, Charles Duff

16:00-17:00 

Closing Plenary

Speaker: Jean Lowry

17:00 -17:15

Vote of Thanks and Closing

Speakers: Jean Lowry, Elissar Sarrouh, Evan Due

 

 

 

 

 

Additional documents shared by presenters and conference participants

 

CAIDP Corporate Members 
 
Bow Valley College Strategic Plan
2019
 
Universalia Management Group Ltd 
A Brief Profile
2019

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/Presenting_Universalia.pdf

 

BLENDED FINANCE

Blended Finance Evaluation: Governance and Methodological Challenges
OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers No. 51
Ole Winckler Andersen, Irene Basile, Antonie de Kemp, Gunnar Gotz, Erik Lundsgaarde, Magdalena Orth
January 2019

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/OECD%282019%29-Blended-Finance-Evaluation-Governance-Methodological-Challenges.pdf

Blended Finance Funds and Facilities | 2018 Survey Results Part I: Investment Strategy 
OECD Development Co-operation Working Paper 59 
Irene Basile and Jarrett Dutra; July 2019
Authorised for publication by Mayumi Endoh, Deputy Director, Development Co-operation Directorate

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/Basile-and-Dutra%282019%29Blended-Finance-Funds-and-Facilities-2018-Survey-Results.pdf

Blended Finance in the Least Developed Countries 2019
OECD/UNCDF (2019)

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/OECD-UNCDF%282019%29Blended-Finance-in-the-Least-Developed-Countries.pdf

Making Blended Finance Work for the Sustainable Development Goals
OECD 2018
 
OECD Studies on Water
Making Blended Finance Work for Water and Sanitation
UNLOCKING COMMERCIAL FINANCE FOR SDG 6
OECD 2019

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/OECD%282019%29Making-Blended-Finance-Work-for-Water-and-Sanitation.pdf

 

CLIMATE

ALIVE - Adaptation, Livelihoods and Ecosystems Planning Tool: User Manual
Version 1.0 
© 2018 United Nations Environment Programme – International Ecosystem Management Partnership & the International Institute for Sustainable Development Published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development & United Nations Environment Programme – International Ecosystem Management Partnership

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/alive-tool-manual-web.pdf

Evaluation of the Global Cluster for Early Recovery
Julian Murray (Canada) ; Finn Pedersen (Denmark) ; Soenke Ziesche (Germany)
16 February 2018
 
Financing the Low-Carbon Future - A Private-Sector View on Moblizing Climate Finance
Climate Finance Leadership Initiative
September 2019

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/Financing-the-Low-Carbon-Future_CFLI-Full-Report_September-2019.pdf

The Global Climate in 2015-2019
© World Meteorological Organization, 2019

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/The-Global-Climate-in-2015-2019.pdf

The Heat is On - Taking Stock of Global Climate Ambition
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
September 2019

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/Intergovernmental-Panel-on-Climate-Change%20September-2019.pdf

Supporting Global Adaptation Action
NAP Global Network 2017-18 Progress Report
© 2018 The International Institute for Sustainable Development

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/NAP-Global-Network-2017-18-Progress-Report.pdf

IASC Inter-agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the Typhoon Haiyan Response
Prepared on behalf of the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation Steering Group
October 2014
By Teresa Hanley, Rusty Binas, Julian Murray and Baltz Tribunalo

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/Philippines_IAHE_final_report.pdf

Raising Ambition Through Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: 
Greenhouse gas emissions modelling results from 26 countries
The International Institute for Sustainable Development
June 2019

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/raising-ambition-through-fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform.pdf

 

ETHICS

The Duty of Care Owed by International NGOs: Is it Real?
HazloLaw Business Lawyers (Ottawa)

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/The_Duty_of_Care_owed_by_International_NGOs.pdf

 

FRAGILITY, DISPLACEMENT AND RESILIENCE

Evaluation of UNHCR’s Ukraine
Country Programme 
September 2017
Commissioned by UNHCR Evaluation Service
Conducted by Universalia
 
 
Evaluation of UNHCR’s Emergency Response to the influx of Syrian Refugees into Turkey
January 2014-June 2015
Commissioned by UNHCR Evaluation Service
Conducted by Universalia
 

 

GENDER

Conducting Gender Analysis to Inform National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes:
Reflections from six African countries
NAP Global Network
Jule Dekens; Angie Dozé
March 2019

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/napgn-en-2019-conducting-gender-analysis-to-inform-nap-processes.pdf

 
Pathways for Peace
Inclusive Approches to Preventing Violent Conflict
World Bank Group
2018
 
 
The WEAMS framework
women’s empowerment and markets systems concepts, practical guidance and tools
BEAM Exchange
Linda Jones
March 2016

sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/the_weams_framework_lj_compressed.pdf

 

GOVERNMENT REGULATION

Strategic Plan for Management Modernization at the Organization of American States
Washington, D.C. September 2014

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/Strategic-Plan-for-Management-Modernization-at-the-OAS.pdf

 

SDGs

Updating the DFIs’ Operating Models and Methods Towards Helping to Achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Institute for the Study of International Development (IISD), McGill Univertisy - Global Governance Lab
By Franque Grimard and Christian Novak
2019 - 04

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/Updating_the_DFIs_Operating_Models_and_Methods_

Towards_Helping_to_Achieve_the_2030_Agenda.pdf

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Letter from the Office of the Mayor of the City of Ottawa

/sites/caidp-rpcdi.ca/files/conferences/2019_Conference/Welcome_Note_from_Mayor_Jim_Watson.pdf