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The 3rd Specialized Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration Ministers’ Meeting 7-8 March 2019 Yaoundé, Cameroon
Eco/STC/MAEPI(III)/MIN/POW Provisional programme of work
Thursday 7 March Venue: Palais de congrès
9: 00-9:30 am Session I: Opening of the meeting
Welcome Remarks Representative of the Government of Cameroon
Opening Remarks H. E. Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the AUC H.E Dr. Joseph Dion NGUTE, Prime Minister of Cameroon
9:30-9:45 am Adoption of the draft Agenda and Programme of Work
9:45-10:45 am Session II: Keynote Speech on “Public policies for productive transformation”
Dr. K.Y Amoako, Founder and President of the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) Ghana
Chair: Chair of the Bureau of the STC
General discussion
10:45-11:00 am Coffee break
11:00-11:45 am Session III: Report of the Association of African Central
Banks
Chair: Chair of the Bureau of the STC
General discussion
11:45am-1:00pm Session IV: Consideration of the report and recommendations of the Experts’ meeting
Chair: Chair of the Bureau of the STC
General discussion
1:00-2.00 pm Lunch
2:00-6:00 pm Session V: The African Capacity Building Foundation Board Meeting
Friday, 8 March
7:00-8:00 am Breakfast session for a conversation on available resources for building productive capacity through Financing Epidemic Prevention in Africa.
9:00-10:00 am Session VI: Panel Discussion Overview of the state and strategies for productive transformation in Africa
Chair: Chair of the Bureau of the STC
Moderator: H.E Dr. Claudine Uwere, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Rwanda Panellists: Mr. Souleymane DIARRASSOUBA, Minister of Trade, Industry and SME Promotion-Cote d’Ivoire Mr. Biendi Maganga-Moussavou, Minister of Investment Promotion, PPP and PME-PMI [Gabon] Dr. Antonio M.A. Pedro Director of ECA’s Sub-regional Office for Central Africa. Private Sector Representative-Patronat Cameroon Mme Fathia Bennis, Director General, Maroclear Globalment [Morocco]
General discussion
10:00-10:30 am Coffee break
11:30- 12:30 pm Session VII: Panel Discussion Public policies promoting the private sector as an engine for productive transformation
Chair: Chair of the Bureau of the STC
Moderator: H.E. Mr. Louis Paul MOTAZE Minister of Finance [Cameroon] Panellists: H.E Mr. Tito Mboweni Minister of Finance [South Africa] ASEA Representative (insert title) Dr. Ousamane Badiane, Director, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) AFRICA Mr. Godfrey Simbeye, Executive Director for Tanzania Private Sector Foundation [Tanzania] Mr. Batirai Manhando, President of Zimbabwe Chamber of Mines and CEO of Bindura Nickel Mine [Zimbabwe]
General discussion
12:30-2:00 pm Lunch break- Launch of the AUC 2018 Africa’s Development Dynamics Report (ADD) and ACBF ACR2019
2:00- 3:00 pm Session VIII: Panel Discussion Regional integration strategies for productive transformation
Chair: Chair of the Bureau of the STC
Moderator: H.E Ms. Ingrid Olga Ghislaine EBOUKA- BABAKAS Minister of Plan, Statistics and Regional Integration [Congo Brazzaville] Panellists: Dr Dalitso Kabambe, Governor, Central Bank [Malawi] H.E. Ms. Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe, Secretary General, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [COMESA] H.E. Mr. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, President Economic Community of, West African States (ECOWAS) Community Mr. Mahamat Abbas Toli, Governor, Bank of Central African States [BEAC] Prof. Wanyama Masinde, Director of the Center for Regional Integration [Kenya]
3:00-4:00 pm Session IX: Panel Discussion Role of transformative leadership for Africa’s productive transformation
Chair: Chair of the Bureau of the STC
Moderator: Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie, Executive Secretary, African Capacity Building Foundation [ACBF] Panellists: H.E. Mr. Ahmed Shide, Minister of Finance of Ethiopia H.E Erastus Mwencha, Former Deputy Chairperson of the AUC and the current Chairperson of the ACBF Executive Board Dr. Naglaa Nozahle, Adviser to the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt and the Chairperson of AACB Prof. Joseph R.A Ayee, Department of Political Science, University of Ghana Prof. Adebayo Olukoshi, Regional Director, Africa and West Asia, International [IDEA]
General discussion
4:00-4:45 pm Session and X: Consideration adoption of the report and
recommendations of the Ministerial Meeting
Chair: Chair of the Bureau of the STC
General discussion
4:45-5:15pm Session XI: Consideration of the Ministerial
Declaration
5:15-5:20 pm Session XII: Venue of the next STC
5:20-5:30 pm Session XIII: Closing of the Meeting Remarks by the Chair of the Bureau of the STC