Updated December 1997
| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | United Nations Capital Development Fund | International Fund for Agricultural Development | German Agency for Technical Cooperation | Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | World Bank |
Rome
16-18 December 1997
Technical Consultation on Decentralization
Documentation
| Monday 15, 1997 | ||
| 16:00-18:00 | Registration | |
| Tuesday 16, 1997 | ||
| 9:00-9:15 | Opening remarks | Henri Carsalade |
| 8.45-9:00 | Rationale of the consultation | Tomás Lindemann/Suzanne Piriou |
| 9:15-9:50 | The Promise and Limitations of Decentralization | James Manor (15 mn presentation & 20 mn questions) |
| 9:50-10:25 | The Political Economy of Rural Development | Hans Binswanger (15 mn presentation & 20 mn questions |
| 10:40-11:15 | The Reconstruction of Institutions | Santiago Funes (15 mn presentation & 20 mn questions) |
| 11.15-11:50 | Presentation of IFAD | Klemens Van de Sand (15 min presentation & 20 mn questions) |
| 11.50-12:25 | Presentation UNCDF | UNCDF (15 min presentation & 20 mn questions) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch-Poster Session open | Poster session will include presentation by donors (synthesis of programmes & lessons learned), institutions, academics, etc. It will also include several posters on typology of decentralization |
| 14:00-15:30 | Working Groups session A. | 4 groups -2h45 |
| 16:00 -17.15 | Working Groups-Session A (continuing) | 15 minutes (groups meet to prepare reporting) |
| 17:30-18:30 | Co-sponsors' meeting | |
| Wednesday 17, 1997 | ||
| 9:00-10:20 | Reports and discussion from working groups - Session A | 20mn per group (10mn reporting, 10mn questions) |
| 10:35-12:15 | Working Groups-Session B. | 5 Groups 2h45 |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch-Poster Session open | |
| 14:00-15:20 | Working Groups-Session B (continuing) | 15 minutes (groups meet to prepare reporting) |
| 15: 50-17:15 | Reports and discussion from working groups - Session B | 20mn per group (10mn reporting, 10mn questions) |
| 17:30-19:00 | Special session on monitoring and evaluation | |
| Thursday 18, 1997 | ||
| 9:00-10:20 | Working Groups-Session C* | 10. Four WG: Sequencing and design of decentralization strategies: Case Studies-2h45 |
| 10:35-12:15 | Working Groups-Session C (continuing)* | 15 minutes groups meet to prepare reporting |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch- Poster Session open | |
| 14:00 -15:45 | Reports and Discussion - Session C | 20mn per group |
| 16:00-17:30 | Wrap-up / Closing remarks Chair: H. De Haen (FAO) | Including presentation by donors. Ideas for a network. |
| Note: Bold text indicates Plenary Session
*Simultaneously with Session C, a parallel session organized by EDI (WB) and TCA (FAO) on Training for Decentralized Institutional Development will be held | ||
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