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PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
V20 Regional Consultation: Asia Pacific
Auditorium A-B, Asian Development Bank HQ
6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550
Metro Manila, Philippines
8-10 March 2017
OVERVIEW
The Asia-Pacific V20 Regional Consultation (Days 2-3), Workshop on Disaster Risk Financing (Day 1) and V20 Focus
Group Meetings II (Day 3) are a three-day conference hosted by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation of
Ethiopia together with the Department of Finance of the Philippines. The conference is held at Auditorium A-B of the Asian
Development Bank Headquarters with the support of the United Nations Development Programme and the Disaster Risk
Finance and Insurance Program (DRFIP), which is a joint program of the World Bank Group and the Global Facility for
Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), in addition to other partners. As indicated in the programme, V20 conference
sessions are either:
 Open: for all participants;
 Upon Invitation: for V20 officials and specific invited participants only; or
 Closed: for V20 officials only.
DAY ONE
Disaster Risk Financing Workshop supported by The World Bank Group together with ADB
Wednesday 8 March
Time
8:30am – 9:00am
Agenda
9:00am – 9:40am
Opening session
Opening/welcome statements of V20 leads on
progress, vision and the regional activity:
 Ms. Medhin Mekonnen, Ministry of Finance and
Economic Cooperation, Ethiopia
 Ms. Maria Edita Tan, Assistant Secretary,
Department of Finance, Philippines
Keynote opening statement:
 Hon. Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the
Philippines Senate Committees on Climate
Change and on Finance (TBC)
Representatives of partner institutions:
 Mr. Richard Bolt, Country Director, Philippines
Country Office, Southeast Asia Department, Asian
Development Bank (ADB)
 Representatives of the World Bank Group and
UNDP (TBC)
Coffee/Tea Break
9:40am – 10:00am
Speakers/Partners
Registration and Coffee/Tea
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(OPEN)
Senior V20 representatives
Senior event partner
representatives
All conference participants
Media present
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Time
Agenda
10:00am – 10:10am
Financial protection – An introduction
A brief overview of the main concepts and approaches
to financial protection to set the stage for the
discussion.
10:10am – 10:20am
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Speakers/Partners
The case for enhanced financial protection
A brief overview of the scale of disaster risk and the
economic and fiscal consequences of disasters.
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The World Bank Group
(UPON INVITATION)
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Ms. Charlotte Benson,
Principal Disaster Risk
Management Specialist,
Climate Change & Disaster
Risk Management Division,
Sustainable Development
and Climate Change
Department, ADB
(UPON INVITATION)
10:20am – 11:00am
11:00am – 12:45 pm
12:45pm – 2:00pm
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Interactive case study
An interactive session designed to highlight the
importance of planning ahead and the value of
financial protection by simulating the decision-making
process in a disaster response scenario.
Country experiences
Countries introduce their approach to managing the
financial impact of disasters and their experience
dealing with a recent disaster. Each country could
prepare a poster outlining: (i) risk profile; (ii) current
approach to financial protection
(instruments/mechanisms used); and (iii) example of
how they managed the financial impact of a recent
disaster. The posters will then remain in the room for
the duration of the workshop.
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All participating countries,
moderated by the World
Bank Group
(UPON INVITATION)
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All participating countries,
moderated by the World
Bank and ADB
(UPON INVITATION)
Luncheon
 All participating countries,
Developing a financial protection strategy
moderated by the World
A step-by-step guide to developing a financial
Bank Group and ADB
protection strategy. Including an introduction to risk
assessment and modelling, to understanding the costs
(UPON INVITATION)
and benefits of different financial protection solutions
and to the preparation of investment plans. Following a
short presentation, countries break out in groups and
develop a simplified first draft of their financial
protection strategy based on a template provided by
the team.
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Time
3:30pm – 3:45pm
Agenda
3:45pm – 4:30pm
Regional approaches to financial protection
An introduction to existing regional partnerships and
platforms for financial resilience. Discussion of
challenges and opportunities of regional approaches.
4:30pm – 5:00pm
5:30pm – 7:30pm
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Speakers/Partners
Coffee/Tea Break
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(UPON INVITATION)
Wrap-up and next steps
V20 Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation and Disaster
Risk Financing Workshop Reception
Venue: Executive Dining Room (ADB HQ)
The World Bank Group
(OPEN)
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DAY TWO
V20 Regional Consultation together with ADB, UNDP and the World Bank Group
Thursday 9 March
Time
8:30am – 9:00am
Agenda
Speakers/Partners
9:00am – 9:30am
Opening session
Welcome and overview
 Objectives and focus
 Structure of the meeting
 Select V20 climate finance examples
 Expected outcomes and follow-up
 Delegate and partner introductions
Registration and Coffee/Tea
Technical presentation
 V20 climate finance challenge in perspective
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V20 Chair: Mr. Shimelis
Fekadu, Programme
Coordinator, Climate
Resilient Green Economy
Facility, Ethiopia
V20 secretariat: Mr. Matthew
McKinnon, Project Manager,
Climate Vulnerable Forum
and V20 Support, UNDP
Mr. Richard Bolt, Country
Director, Philippines Country
Office, Southeast Asia
Department, ADB
(UPON INVITATION)
9:30am – 10:30am
10:30am – 10:45am
10:45am – 12:15pm
12:15pm – 1:45pm
National Experiences – Results/Presentations
Exchange on best practices/successes, gaps and
challenges in V20 finance ministry climate finance
mobilization experience for Asia-Pacific
 Results of the national climate finance
experience survey
 Presentations of highlights from the V20
national surveys
Presentations by:
 V20 secretariat
 V20 finance ministry
representatives
(UPON INVITATION)
Coffee/Tea Break
National Experiences – Presentations (cont’d)
Exchange on best practices/successes, gaps and
challenges in V20 finance ministry climate finance
mobilization experience for Asia-Pacific
 Presentations of highlights from the V20
national surveys (continued)
Luncheon
Presentations by:
 V20 finance ministry
representatives
(UPON INVITATION)
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Time
Agenda
Speakers/Partners
1:45pm – 3:15pm
National Experiences – Synthesis
Facilitated workshop to consolidate and identify key
findings from the national-regional experience
exchange
 Success factors
 Key gaps/constraints/limitations
 Existing or emerging opportunities
Session facilitated by:
 Mr. Renato Constantino,
Technical Advisor, V20
secretariat
3:15pm – 3:30pm
Coffee/Tea Break
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Partnership Exchange: insurance
State, trends, limitations, initiatives and opportunities
of insurance. This session will discuss how the the
insurance industry is promoting disaster risk reduction,
climate change adaptation and mitigation, financial
inclusion and the broader sustainable development
agenda as risk managers, risk carriers and institutional
investors. It will feature various local, national and
international initiatives involving insurance companies,
regulators and supervisors, including the global work
of UN Environment's Principles for Sustainable
Insurance Initiative, the largest collaborative initiative
between the United Nations and the insurance
industry. Topics:
 Micro-insurance
 Sovereign risk pooling
 Low carbon development promotion
 Insurance sector contribution and regulation
(CLOSED)
Session facilitated by:
 Mr. Butch Bacani,
Programme Leader,
Principles for Sustainable
Insurance Initiative, United
Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)
Presentations by:
 Mr. Olivier Mahul, The World
Bank Group
 Insurance industry
specialists (TBC)
(UPON INVITATION)
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DAY THREE
V20 Regional Consultation and Focus Group Meetings II together with ADB, UNDP and the World Bank Group
Friday 10 March
Time
Agenda
Speakers/Partners
9:00am – 10:30am
Partnership Exchange: national sustainable
finance road maps and carbon pricing
Key developments and experiences in developing
financial system measures to promote sustainability
and carbon pricing and opportunities for V20 countries
 National sustainable finance road maps:
benefits and opportunities
 Indonesia sustainable finance road map
example
 State and trends of carbon markets and
experience and innovation in carbon pricing
 Advantages, disadvantages and key
challenges facing carbon pricing in low and
middle income countries
 Capacity programmes to assist mechanism
establishment and sustainable finance road
maps
 International initiatives
Session facilitated by:
 Mr. Wael Hmaidan, Expert
Advisory Group, Climate
Vulnerable Forum
Presentations by:
 Mr. Christian Ellermann,
Climate Change Specialist,
Climate Change & Disaster
Risk Management Division,
Sustainable Development
and Climate Change
Department, ADB
 Mr. Butch Baccani,
Programme Leader,
Principles for Sustainable
Insurance Initiative, UNEP
 The World Bank Group
(TBC)
 Indonesian Financial
Services Authority (OJK)
(TBC)
(UPON INVITATION)
10:30am – 10:45am
10:45am – 12:15pm
12:15pm – 1:45pm
Coffee/Tea Break
Partnership Exchange: climate change coding of
public budgets and benefit/loss accounting
Experience, advantages and lessons-learned from
tracking expenditures, costs and co-benefits of
 Evolution of budget toolkit to leverage
international and domestic climate change
finance
 Climate public expenditure tracking and
follow-up actions
 Lessons learned from countries that have
already implemented
 Support available now; gaps and
opportunities
 Q&A
Luncheon
Session facilitated by:
 Mr. Suren Poghosyan,
Governance and Public
Finance Specialist, UNDP
Asia Pacific
Contributions/presentations:
 V20 finance ministry
representatives (per
experience)
(UPON INVITATION)
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Time
Agenda
1:45pm – 3:15pm
Focus Groups – V20 technical committee for fund
proposals
Workshop for the creation of a V20 technical
committee to oversee the development of funding
proposals of the V20 Group to international financial
mechanisms, including the Green Climate Fund,
Global Environment Facility and Adaptation Fund
 Terms of reference for the committee
(composition, mandate)
 Periodicity of meetings and consultation
 Technical support
 Collaboration and involvement of Climate
Vulnerable Forum delegates
 Next steps: presentation of committee for
endorsement by the V20 Ministerial IV
Speakers/Partners
3:15pm – 3:30pm
Coffee/Tea Break
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Focus Groups – V20 international climate finance
perspective
Development of a V20 viewpoint on the state and
priorities for international climate change finance
further to UNFCCC and ODA commitments
 Technical presentation on current and
projected climate finance sources and flows
 Review of draft issues/elements presentation
prepared by secretariat
 Discussion and recommendations for
drafting a viewpoint document for
consideration of the V20 Ministerial IV
5:00pm – 5:15pm
5:15pm – 6:00pm
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V20 Focus Group Co-Chairs
(Bangladesh, Barbados,
Costa Rica, Marshall
Islands, Nepal, Philippines)
V20 Chair (Ethiopia)
V20 secretariat
V20 finance ministry
representatives
(encouraged)
(CLOSED)
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V20 Focus Group Co-Chairs
(Bangladesh, Barbados,
Costa Rica, Marshall
Islands, Nepal, Philippines)
V20 Chair (Ethiopia)
V20 secretariat
V20 finance ministry
representatives
(encouraged)
(CLOSED)
Coffee/Tea Break
Focus Groups – Planning Session
Meeting of the V20 Focus Group Co-Chairs for
Advocacy and Partnerships, Climate Accounting and
Risk to take stock of progress and plan next steps
 Key forward priorities
 Inputs to V20 Ministerial IV
 Work plan for remainder of 2017
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V20 Focus Group Co-Chairs
(Bangladesh, Barbados,
Costa Rica, Marshall
Islands, Nepal, Philippines)
V20 Chair (Ethiopia)
V20 secretariat
V20 finance ministry
representatives
(optional/encouraged)
(CLOSED)
6:00pm
Closure of Meeting (delegates depart)