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Last updated on 26 May 2009
Co-Chairs:
Mr. Bert Koenders, Minister for Development Cooperation, Netherlands
Mr. Kak-soo Shin, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea
28 MAY 2009
14.30-15.00 WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Welcome by Mr. Mario Amano, Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD
Opening Remarks by the Co-Chairs
This session will provide the opportunity to review progress towards the implementation of the “Framework for Common Actions Around Shared Goals” and the “OECD Declaration on Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation” adopted by OECD Development and Environment Ministers at their Joint Meeting in April 2006. The Co-Chairs will, in particular, take stock of the progress achieved by the three Joint Development-Environment Task Teams on: Sustainable Financing to Ensure Affordable Access to Water Supply and Sanitation; Governance and Capacity Development for Natural Resources and Environmental Management; and Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation. Participants will be invited to take note of the Progress Report to OECD Development and Environment Ministers on work undertaken to implement the conclusions of the 2006 Joint Ministerial meeting.
15.00-16.15 SESSION 1: SUSTAINABLE FINANCING OF WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION
Lead Speakers:
Mr. Masaki Suzuki, Assistant Vice Minister of the Environment, Japan
Mr. Martin Dinham, Director General International, Department for International Development, UK
This session will provide an opportunity to examine the contribution of OECD countries in improving water supply and sanitation services in partner developing countries, building on OECD work as well as the discussions at the 5th World Water Forum 2009. It will focus on how Strategic Financial Planning (SFP) for water supply and sanitation can support partner countries in those efforts. The session will also address the financial challenges related to implementing Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and discuss the potential of Strategic Financial Planning for overcoming these challenges.
16.15-16.45: Coffee break
16.45-18.00 SESSION 2: FINANCING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
Lead Speakers:
Mr. Paavo Väyrynen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Finland
Mr. Bruno Oberle, Director of the Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland
This session will provide an opportunity to examine the synergies between the financing and capacity development initiatives to support adaptation to climate change undertaken within the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the efforts of donors to support poverty reduction and development within the context of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and Accra Agenda for Action. The discussion will focus on three issues: mobilising finance for adaptation; aligning adaptation finance with national budgets and principles of aid effectiveness; and building capacity to absorb adaptation financing in developing countries. Participants are also invited to endorse the Policy Guidance and Policy Statement on Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation.
18.00-19.00: Cocktail
19.00-21.00: HEADS OF DELEGATION DINNER
Keynote Address by Professor Paul Collier, University of Oxford
"Environmental management, natural resources and development"
Discussant: Ms. Åsa-Britt Karlsson, Secretary of State for Environment, Sweden
29 MAY 2009
09.30-10.45 SESSION 3: CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ACCRA AGENDA FOR ACTION
Lead Speakers:
Mr. Byung-Wook Lee, Vice Minister for Environment, Korea
Mr. Adolf Kloke-Lesch, Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development
This session will provide an opportunity to discuss how to draw attention to the importance of developing capacity for environmental governance across government. It will focus on identifying opportunities for enhanced collaboration between Development Co-operation and Environmental Agencies or Ministries in OECD countries in supporting partner countries to enhance their capacity to manage their environmental assets, in the context of the Accra Agenda for Action. In particular it will focus on demand driven capacity development that enhances the environmental governance and management capacity of not just Environmental Ministries and Agencies but also the capacity of central Ministries, such as Ministries of Finance and Planning, and Sector Ministries in partner countries.
10.45-11.15: Coffee break
11.15-12.30 SESSION 4: SUPPORTING LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT PATHS: WIN-WIN APPROACHES TO ACHIEVE BOTH MITIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
Lead Speakers:
Ms. Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, USA
Mr. Ib Petersen, State Secretary for Development Cooperation, Denmark
This session will provide an opportunity to examine the role of OECD countries in supporting developing country partners towards lower carbon development paths. The discussion will focus on two inter-linked issues: how development co-operation can contribute to a low carbon future, and conversely, how efforts to promote greenhouse gas mitigation can contribute to poverty reduction and economic development.
12.30-13.00 SESSION 5: THE ROAD AHEAD
This session will provide the opportunity to draw conclusions from the previous sessions, and to discuss possible future work and next steps. There are a number of opportunities for further deepening the collaboration between OECD Environment and Development Co-operation ministries and agencies, building upon the work that has already been accomplished. Following on from the Policy Guidance on Adaptation a key challenge is how to advance project-based, programmatic and sectoral approaches to integrating adaptation in development activities. Another challenge is how to seek win-win approaches that advance both climate resilient and low carbon development. There is also a need for updated policy guidance on methods and tools for capacity development for environment, building upon work already undertaken by the OECD on assessing the capacity of environmental institutions as well as sectoral work such as strategic financial planning for water supply and sanitation. Future work could also focus on identifying approaches for “mainstreaming” and “upstreaming” environmental issues in sector policy dialogue and testing the results of the work at country level. Finally, a comparative review of existing collaboration between the Environment and Development Co-operation ministries and agencies in OECD countries could serve as a useful starting point for highlighting opportunities and modalities for improved collaboration in the future. The session will close with a statement from the Co-Chairs summarising the results of the meeting.
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