TENTATIVE PROGRAMME
Chair: Mr. Philippe Douste-Blazy
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Innovative Financing for Development
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Opening address by Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General
Opening remarks by Mr. Philippe Douste-Blazy, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Innovative Financing for Development
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Panel discussion 1: “Mechanisms of innovative development financing in operation”
Mr. Christian Masset, Director General, Directorate General on
Globalization, Development and Partnerships
“Overview of the Leading Group on Innovative Financing for
Development”
Ms. Kay Urban, President & Chief Executive Officer, Amadeus Americas
“Voluntary solidarity contributions”
Mr. David Ferreira, Managing Director for Innovative Finance; Head of
Washington, DC Office of GAVI Alliance
“International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm)”
Ms. Susan McAdams, Director, Multilateral and Innovative Financing
Department, World Bank
“Advance market commitments (AMC)”
Ms. Ellen t’Hoen, Senior Adviser, UNITAID
“Levies on airline tickets”
3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Panel discussion 2: “Innovative development financing initiatives under development”
Mr. Márcio Pochmann, President, Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA); Member, High-level Task Force on International Financial Transactions for Development
“Financial transactions tax”
Mr. Takehiko Uemura, Associate Professor, Yokohama City University; Member, High-level Task Force on International Financial Transactions for Development
“Carbon/environmental taxes”
Mr. Raymond W. Baker, Director, Global Financial Integrity (GFI); Leader, Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development “International tax cooperation”
Ms. Susan Durston, Associate Director, Education Programme Division, UNICEF
“Innovative financing for education”
Mr. Håkon Gulbrandsen, Senior Adviser for International Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
"Combating illicit financial flows from developing countries"
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Closing remarks by Mr. Philippe Douste-Blazy