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Uzbekistan Living Standard Strategy Formulation Workshop
Agenda

Wednesday, 10 December 2003

0930 - 0945Welcome Remarks [PDF 72kb | 2 pages]

Mr. Raymond Renfro
Director, Capacity Building and Training, ADBI
0945 - 1000Opening Remarks

Mr. Manuel Perlas
ADB, Deputy Country Director, Uzbekistan Resident Mission
1000 - 1030Introductory Remarks

Mr. Zavikhulla Nasritdinkhodjaev
Head of Section, Information-Analytical Department, Cabinet of Ministers, Uzbekistan
1030 - 1100 Break
1100 - 1300 An Overview of a Poverty Reduction Strategy
Speaker: Dr. Sheila Marnie, Consultant
Module 1: An Overview of a Poverty Reduction Strategy
Slideshow: Key Issues in a Poverty Reduction Strategy
1300 - 1400 Break
1400 - 1730 Presentation and Inter-group Discussion of the Identified Policy Priorities for Poverty Reduction (Working Groups for Social Protection and Education)
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Thursday, 11 December 2003

0930 - 1100Presentation and Inter-group Discussion of the Identified Policy Priorities for Poverty Reduction (Working Group for Health)
1100 - 1130Break
1130 - 1300Presentation and Inter-group Discussion of the Identified Policy Priorities for Poverty Reduction (Working Group for Public Utilities)
1300 - 1400Break
1400 - 1530Presentation and Inter-group Discussion of the Identified Policy Priorities for Poverty Reduction (Working Group for Employment and Income Generation)
1530 - 1600Break
1600 - 1730Presentation and Inter-group Discussion of the Identified Policy Priorities for Poverty Reduction (Working Group for Macroeconomic Policy), and Wrap-up
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Friday, 12 December 2003

0930 - 1100Country Case Study: Poverty Reduction Strategy in Viet Nam
Speaker: Ms. Padmini Desikachar, Principal Economist (Uzbekistan), ADB
Slideshow: Poverty Reduction in Viet Nam
1100 - 1130Break
1130 - 1300Open Forum
1300 - 1400Break
1400 - 1430Open Forum
1430 - 1530Poverty Reduction through Inclusive Social Development; Social Policy Tools for Poverty Reduction Strategies
Speaker: Dr. Chris de Neubourg, Professor, University of Maastricht
Slideshow: Social Assistance - the European Union case
1530 - 1600Break
1600 - 1730Open Forum
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Saturday, 13 December 2003

0930 - 1100Role of Uzbek Social Policy in Coping with Poverty
Speaker: Dr. Chris de Neubourg, Professor, University of Maastricht
1100 - 1130Break
1130 - 1300Modernising the Social Protection System
Speaker: Dr. Chris de Neubourg, Professor, University of Maastricht
Slideshow: Concepts and Issues in Social Protection - Links to Poverty Reduction
1300 - 1400Break
1400 - 1430Open Forum
1430 - 1530Poverty Reduction through Inclusive Social Development; Social Policy Tools for Poverty Reduction Strategies
Speaker: Dr. Chris de Neubourg, Professor, University of Maastricht
1530 - 1600Break
1600 - 1730Group Discussion on Policy Matrices (first round of revisions):

Group 1: Identification of overall priority goals and targets for the strategy (Lead Working Group)
Facilitators: Dr. Sheila Marnie and Dr. Lourdes Adriano

Group 2: Re-assessment of the policy priorities for macroeconomics and sector development; drafting a macroeconomic framework for the Uzbekistan living standard strategy
Facilitators: Dr. Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Dr. Lourdes Adriano

Group 3: Policy priorities and directions for social development
Facilitators: Dr. Chris de Neubourg, Manuel Perlas and Rustam Abdukayumov

Group 4: Monitoring indicators revisited; discussion of links to country-specific Millennium Development Goals for Uzbekistan
Facilitator: Dr. Sheila Marnie
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Sunday, 14 December 2003

Group Work on Policy Matrices (first round of revisions, continued)
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Monday, 15 December 2003

0930 - 1100Macroeconomics and Poverty Reduction
Speaker: Dr. Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Professor, University of Florence
1100 - 1130Break
1130 - 1300Open Forum
1300 - 1400Break
1400 - 1730Group work (second round of revisions)
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Tuesday, 16 December 2003

0930 - 1100Sector Development and Poverty Reduction
Speaker: Dr. Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Professor, University of Florence
1100 - 1130Break
1130 - 1300Country Case Study: Poverty Reduction Strategy in China
Speaker: Mr. Cao Hongmin, State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, People’s Republic of China (PRC)
1300 - 1400Break
1400 - 1530Group work (second round of revisions continued)
1530 - 1730Presentation of the results of group work
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Wednesday, 17 December 2003

0930 - 1100Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation
Speaker: Dr. Sheila Marnie, Consultant
1100 - 1130Break
1130 - 1530Group work (third round of revisions)
1530 - 1600Break
1600 - 1730Presentation of the results of group work
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Thursday, 18 December 2003

0930 - 1030Wrap-up session: Presentation of the Overall Priority Objectives and Policy Actions for the Uzbek Living Standards Strategy by Mr. Z. Nasritdinkhodjaev, Head of the Uzbekistan Delegation
1030 - 1100Break
1100 - 1200Open Forum
1200 - 1300Concluding Remarks Presentation of Certificates to Participants





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