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| Calendar of talk-shops in Prague Compiled by Nina Joyce Published: September 19 2000 16:20GMT | Last Updated: December 19 2000 16:40GMT |
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 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1910:00 Press conference on World Economic Outlook Michael Mussa, IMF Economic Counselor and Director, Research Department 14:00 World Bank Europe and Central Asia experts Making the Transition Work for Everyone: Poverty and Inequality In Europe and Central Asia Johannes Linn, Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Christine Jones, Lead Economist for Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Ana Ravenga, co-author and Lead Economist, World Bank WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 20 10:00 Press conference Horst Kohler, Managing Director, IMF THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 21 10:00 Press conference James Wolfensohn, President, World Bank Group 12:30 World Bank Informal Press Briefing Poverty Reduction and Economic Policy (PREM) Kemal Dervis, Vice President, PREM Network, World Bank 14:30 World Bank Press Conference 'Voices of the Poor' Nicholas Stern, Sr Vice President & Chief Economist, World Bank Deepa Narayan, Lead Social Development Specialist, World Bank FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22 08:45 - 10:30 Seminar: Making the Global Economy Work for Everyone: Challenges and Opportunities 10:00 IMF Press Briefing From Transition to EU Membership - The Policy Challenges 11:00 - 12:30 Seminar: Finance in The New Millennium: The Role of Globalisation and E-Finance Seminar: Harnessing International Trade for Development Workshop: Community-Driven Development 13:15 - 15:30 Workshop: Developing poverty reduction strategies - Some early lessons and experiences 14:00 - 15:15 Seminar: Currency areas and the international monetary system of the 21st century Seminar: Making markets work for the poor 14:00 Press Conference, Environment Matters Ian Johnson, Vice President, Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESSD) Kristalina Georgieva, Director, ESSD, World Bank Andreas Raczynski, Director, Technical and Environment Department, International Finance Corporation (IFC) 15:30 - 17:00 Workshop: Comprehensive Development Framework 15:45 - 17:00 Seminar: Financial crisis resolution: What role for the private sector? Seminar: The challenges of global corporate competition SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23 09:00 Commonwealth Secretariat Press Conference 09:00 - 10:30 Seminar: Integration into the European Union: Challenges for accession countries Seminar: E-Finance.com: The future of financial services 11:00 - 12:30 Seminar: Building the bottom line through good corporate citizenship Seminar: Is Dollarization / Euro-ization the way forward? Workshop: Small states: Enhancing effectiveness of donor assistance 11:00 IMF Latin America Press Briefing 12:00 Min. of Finance Press Conf. on Africa Prospects Barro Chambrier, Executive Director, World Bank/IMF 14:00 - 15:15 Seminar: Private health insurance and pensions: The role of regulations Seminar: Global financial markets in the transition economies of Europe and Central Asia: The decade ahead Workshop: Financial systems stability: Assessment and policy responses 15:45 - 17:00 Seminar: Privatisation and restructuring in transition economies Seminar: Banking and capital markets - Unfulfilled promise in Europe and Central Asia Workshop: Promoting women in business and the economy 16:30 Press Conference Chairman of the G-24 SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24 09:00 World Bank Press Briefing on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) David de Ferranti, Vice President, LAC, World Bank Guillermo Perry, Chief Economist, LAC, World Bank 11:00 International Finance Corporation (IFC) Press Conference "Getting Globalization Right" Peter Woicke, Executive Vice President, IFC 11:00 - 12:30 Seminar: Making transition work for everyone: Poverty and inequality in Europe and Central Asia Workshop: Corporate governance 14:00 - 15:30 Seminar: Euro-Med Association Agreements: Status, significance and prospects Seminar: Latin America and the Caribbean: The road ahead Workshop: Africa in the 21st century 15:00 James D. Wolfensohn & Utstein Group Press Briefing Claire Short, Secretary of State for International Development (UK) Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) Anne Kristin Sydnes, Minister of International Development (Norway) Evelyn Herfkens, Minister for Development Cooperation (Netherlands) 15:00 Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture "Ten Years On - Some Lessons from the Transition" Josef Tosovský, Governor of the Czech National Bank 16:00 - 17:30 Seminar: Building public consensus for reform Seminar: Africa: Developing an investor-friendly environment Workshop: Bank / Fund collaboration in East Timor TBA Press Conference Chairman, IMFC Managing Director, IMF MONDAY SEPTEMBER 25 09:00 - 10:30 Seminar: Digital convergence: Access and empowerment 09:00 - 11:00 Workshop: The development and assessment of international standards and codes by the IMF and World Bank Workshop: Global mining - Rewards and risks for developing countries 10:00 World Bank Press Conference "The Quality of Growth" Nicholas Stern, Sr Vice President & Chief Economist, World Bank Vinod Thomas, Vice President, World Bank Institute, World Bank (embargoed until 2 p.m. local) 11:00 - 12:30 Seminar: Building the net: Seeding startups for the developing world Seminar: Anticorruption in transition: A contribution to the policy debate Workshop: Unlocking the hidden value of financial data in spreadsheets 14:00 - 15:30 Seminar: Governance of cities in transition: 2000 and beyond Seminar: After the guns go silent: The business of peace Workshop: Global knowledge initiatives 16:00 - 17:30 Seminar: Making the global economy work for everyone: Where do we go from here? 16:30 Press Conference Chairman, Development Committee, and President, World Bank Group TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 24 10:00 Address by the Chairman of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Annual Address, Horst Köhler, Managing Director, IMF Annual Address, James D. Wolfensohn, President, World Bank Group 15:00 Annual Discussion WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 09:30 Annual Discussion (morning session) 11:00 Czech Government Press Conference 15:00 Annual Discussion (afternoon session) THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26 09:30 Annual Discussion TBA Press Conference James D. Wolfensohn, President, World Bank Group Peter L. Woicke, Executive Vice President, International Finance Corporation Motomichi Ikawa, Executive Vice President, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency TBA Press Conference Horst Kohler, Managing Director, IMF TBA Press Luncheon James D. Wolfensohn, President, World Bank Group Horst Kohler, Managing Director, IMF |
