Promoting Financial Accountability in Managing Funds Related to Tsunami, Conflict, and Other Disasters: International Conference
Agenda

Opening Ceremony

Welcoming Address by Anwar Nasution, Chairman of BPK

Opening Remarks by David Green, Country Director – the IRM ADB

Opening Message by Josef Moser – General Secretary - INTOSAI

Keynote Speech by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia

Transfer to the Conference Venue at the Indonesian Central Bank

Plenary Session 1 Summary of Response to 26 December 2004 Tsunami Disaster and Lessons Learned

Section-1 Presentation by Indonesia
Chairperson: Anwar Nasution, Chairman of BPK

Video Presentation on the 26 December 2004 Tsunami in Aceh (15 minutes)

Managing Disaster Relief and the Constraints Experienced (15 minutes) by Alwi Shihab, Coordinating Minister of Public Welfare and Chief-in-charge of the National Emergency Relief Coordination Agency

Managing Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program and the Constraints Experienced (15 minutes) by Sri Mulyani Indrawati, State Minister of National Planning and Chair of National Planning and Development Agency

Role of Indonesia’s Central Bank in Promoting Financial Accountability in Managing Funds related to Tsunami, Conflict and Other Disasters (10 minutes) by Burhanuddin Abdullah, Governor of Indonesian Central Bank

BPK’s Strategy and Approach to Audit Tsunami Funds (10 minutes) by Anwar Nasution, Chairman of BPK

Questions, Answers and Summary (15 minutes)

Section-2 Other Tsunami-Hit Countries and The United Nations
Chairperson: Alan Greenslade, Executive Director, Australian National Audit Office

Sri Lanka’s Experience (10 minutes) by I.G. Abeyratne, Assistant Auditor General – SAI of Sri Lanka

India’s Experience (10 minutes) by P. Sesh Kumar, Principal Director – SAI of India

Lessons Learned in Managing Relief Program, including Issues in Conflict Areas (10 minutes) by Jean Daniel Tauxe, Head of Fund Raising - The International Committee of Red Cross

Lessons Learned in Managing Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, including Issues in Conflict Areas (10 minutes) by Jessie Rosa Mabutas, Director – Office of Audit and Performance Review, UNDP

Lessons Learned in the Coordination of United Nations Relief and Transition Programmes and Achieving Accountability" (10 minutes) by Ed Tsui, Director – Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN

Questions, Answers and Summary (20 minutes)

Plenary Session 2: Perspective on the Use of Funds, Internal Controls and Audits
Chairperson: Saskia J. Stuiveling, President – The Netherlands Rekenkamer

Introductory Speech (max 10 minutes) by Saskia J. Stuiveling, President – The Netherlands Rekenkamer

Perspective of Multilateral Development Banks (10 minutes) by Staffan Synnerstrom, Governance Advisor – The ADB

Perspective of SAIs of the Bilateral Donor (10 minutes) by Masaki Nishimura, Commissioner of the Board – The Board of Audit of Japan

Perspective of the Pricewaterhouse Coopers (10 minutes) by Ted Martens, Pricewaterhouse Coopers

Questions, Answers and Summary (35 minutes)

Plenary Session 2 continued

Perspective of the UN Board of Auditors, with Emphasizes on Emergency Relief and Conflict Areas Situation (20 minutes) by Guillermo N. Carague, Chairman By Alain Gillette, Director of External Audit (France)

Perspective of the US GAO, with Emphasizes on Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program (20 minutes) by David M. Walker, Comptroller General – The US-GAO

Questions, Answers and Summary (30 minutes)

Welcoming Dinner hosted by Sutiyoso, Governor of Jakarta

One day visit to Banda Aceh

Fly from Jakarta to Banda Aceh

Go to Governor Office

Briefing with Vice Governor and Head of Regional Police NAD

Pray at Bhaitul Rahman Grand Mosque for Moslem; Visit Kerkohf for Non Moslem

Visit the areas hit by tsunami: Ullele-Lok Nga

Fly from Banda Aceh to Jakarta

Go back to Hotel Grand Hyatt

Plenary Session 3 – Opening and Working Group Discussions
Main Chair: Osama Jafar Faquih, Auditor General – SAI of Saudi Arabia

WORKING GROUP-1 Audit of Funds for Relief of Tsunami Disaster or Conflict
Chair: Alain Gillette, Director of the external audit (France) and Sabiniano Cabatuan, Director of external audit (Philipppines)
Rapporteur: James Rickleton, Assistant Auditor General – NAO of The United Kingdom

WORKING GROUP-2 Audit of Funds for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
Chair: David M. Walker, Comptroller General - The US GAO
Rapporteur: John Wieserma, Deputy Auditor General – The OAG of Canada

WORKING GROUP-3 Coordination of Audit Efforts among Donors and SAIs Concerned and among Auditors of Different Agencies within the Country
Chair: Saskia J. Stuiveling, President - The Netherlands Rekenkamer
Rapporteur: Farzana Ahmed, Head of Financial Management and Disbursement Unit – The IRM ADB

WORKING GROUP-4 Procurement Risks and Controls
Chair: Michael Stevens - ADB
Rapporteur: Rizal Rivai – Senior Procurement Specialist - The World Bank, Jakarta

WORKING GROUP-5 Capacity Building Through Training
Chair: Tan Sri Dr. Hadenan B. A Jalil - Auditor General Malaysia
Rapporteur: Gert Jonsson, Deputy Auditor General - The NAO-Sweden

Working Group Discussions and Report Preparation

Plenary Session 3 – Closing: Working Group Results

Results of Working Groups by Osama Jafar Faquih, Auditor General-SAI of Saudi Arabia (Chair) and Rapporteur of each Working Group

Closing Ceremony

Closing Remarks by Josef Moser, Secretary General of INTOSAI and Chairman of SAI-Austria

Closing Remarks by David Green, Country Director – the IRM ADB

Summary and Closing Address by Anwar Nasution, Chairman – BPK

Farewell Dinner at the Central Bank hosted by Anwar Nasution, Chairman of BPK