Location: Blavatnik School of Government, 120 Walton Street, Oxford, OX2 6GG.
The Pre-Forum Technical Workshop is focused on developing practical solutions and ideas for taking forward the country pilots agreed in the first forum (February 2019). Open to all operational, ground-level staff actively working on the pilots, this session will feed into Session 4 of the Main Forum on Wednesday 12 February.
12.00 - 12.45 Workshop Registration
Note: Sandwich lunch to be served.
12.45 - 13.45 Session 1: Pilot Projects Progress Updates
13.45 - 14.45 Session 2: Upstream Collaboration Tools & Diagnostics
14.45 - 15.15 Coffee break
15.15 - 16.15 Session 3: Models of Collaboration
16.15 - 17.00 Session 4: Way Forward
Location: Harris Manchester College, Mansfield Rd, Oxford OX1 3TD.
18.45 - 21.30 Forum Welcome Drinks and Dinner
Location: Blavatnik School of Government, 120 Walton Street, Oxford, OX2 6GG.
07.45 - 8.15 Registration and Coffee
08.15 - 8.20 Welcome Remarks
8.20 - 09.00 Session 1: Setting the Scene
What was achieved this past year? What can be achieved today?
09.00 - 10.30 Session 2: Addressing Higher Risks in Fragile Environments
What is the role of DFIs in different fragility contexts? What are the key business environment conditions necessary for investment?
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.30 Session 3: Donor-funded Investment Facilitation
What insights can be gleaned from other players involved in upstream activities? What should DFI’s do differently to make investments in fragile contexts more effective? Non-DFI players share their perspectives.
2.30 - 13.45 Networking Lunch
13.45 - 15.10 Session 4: Country Pilots
What lessons have been learned from the Country Pilots? This session will provide key takeaways from the Pre-forum Workshop.
15.10 - 15.40 Coffee Break and Group Photograph
15.40 - 17.05 Session 5: Moving Forward
What practical approaches to effective collaboration should be given priority, taking into account the experience over the past year, and the lessons emerging from the pre-forum workshop and the forum’s sessions?
17.05 - 17.35 Next Steps and Closing Remarks