The objective of this workshop is to bring gender and infrastructure issues to the fore of the development agenda in the broader context of the  TICAD Conference.  Through case studies presented by practitioners, academics, and donor representatives, participants will have the opportunity to share experience and knowledge on policies, programs, projects, and tools which have given significant results.  Discussions and interactions will enable participants to start building up a consensus on how to address these issues and to identify potential areas of cooperation for mainstreaming gender in the development of infrastructure in Africa.

Dr. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia to Deliver a Keynote Speech

DRAFT AGENDA

Gender and Infrastructure Workshop

The Role of Infrastructure in Women’s Economic Empowerment

9:00 am-12:00pm, May 29, 2008

Venue:InterContinentalYOKOHAMA, THE GRAND, Pearl Room

9:00-9:15 Welcoming remarks:

• Mr. Kazushi Hashimoto, Executive Director, JBIC
• Mrs.Obiageli K. Ezekwesili, Vice-President for Africa, World Bank

9:15-9:30 Keynote Speech: Dr. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia

The Challenge of Gender Equity in Infrastructure Reconstruction in Liberia

9:35-10:15 Panel 1: Infrastructure and Entrepreneurship

Chair, Ms.Dominique Lallement , Gender and Infrastructure Consultant,
previously ESMAP Manager, World Bank

Speaker 1: Thierry Tanoh, Vice-President for Africa, IFC, Village Phone Program in Nigeria

Speaker 2:  David Donaldson, Senior Manager, IFC, Village Phone Program in Nigeria

Speaker 2: Ms. Bharati Chaturvedi, President and Founder, Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group, Women Entrepreneurs in Urban Waste Management , India

Discussion

10:15-11:00 Panel 2: Infrastructure and Social Empowerment.

Chair: Mr. Tsutomu Uchida, Deputy Director General,
Sector Strategy Development Department and
Director, Social Development Division, Sector Strategy Development Department, JBIC

Speaker 1: Mr. Eddy Purwanto, Chief Operating Officer,Indonesia/Rehabilitation and Reconstruction NAD-Nias Executing Agency, Aceh Tsunami Reconstruction project .

Speaker2: Mr.Takeo Ishikawa, Division Director, Water Resources Division II,
Water Resources and Disaster Management Group, Global Environment Department, JICA on PEPTAC (safe water and community participation in Senegal)

Discussion

11:00-11:45 Panel 3: Infrastructure and Gender Risks and Vulnerabilities

Chair: Mr. Nobuhiko Fuwa, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Chiba University , Japan & Fellow, SEARCA ( Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture), Los Banos, Philippines.

Speaker 1: Ms. Ruvimbo Mabeza-Chimedza, Free l ance consultant, Gender, Agriculture, and Rural Infrastructure, Zimbabwe

Speaker 2: Ms. Esther Mwaura-Muiru, Director, GROOTS, Kenya, Gender Dimension of Climate Change

Discussion

11:45-12:00 Concluding remarks

• Professor Yoriko Meguro, Department of Sociology, Sophia University, Tokyo (TBC)
• Dominique Lallement, World Bank