The objective of the Forum was to bring together donors, Bank staff, and Tanzanian and East Africancounterparts to discuss progress and challenges in environmental, poverty, and social aspects inwhich the TFESSD has been providing support, foster south-south learning, and gain a betterunderstanding of knowledge transfer and capacity building in Africa. The Forum focused on howpractical knowledge and capacity can promote synergies between environmental and socialsustainability in Tanzania and neighboring countries. Leading into the Rio+20 conference next year,this Forum highlighted the critical role of knowledge in helping countries achieve the vision of sustainable development for all people.
Tuesday, November 15 - Toward Greener and more Resilient Development
| 9:00 - 9:45 am | Opening Ceremony
Opening address, Dr. Terezya L. Huvisa MP, Minister of State, Vice President's Office (Environment), Tanzania
Opening remarks, Mercy Miyang Tembon, Acting Country Director, World Bank Tanzania
Statement of purpose, Harriet Solheim, Senior Adviser, Multilateral Bank and FinanceSection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
| 9:45 am - 1:00 pm |Â Building Blocks for Climate Resilience in AfricaÂ
Chair: Anne Kristin Hermansen, Minister Councellor, Norwegian Embassy, Dar es Salaam
Tanzania's perspectives on climate change and DRM, Dr Julius Ningu, Director of Environment, government of Tanzania | PRESENTATION |
Building Cyclone Resistant Housing in Madagascar, Mamy Razakanaivo, Executive Secretary of the Unit for the Prevention and Management of Disasters, Prime Minister's Office, Madagascar | PRESENTATION |
Benefits and challenges of disaster proofing Social Infrastructure, Serge Rajao Harilala, Consultant, Project Community and Environment, Intervention Fund for Development (FID), Madagascar
Scaling up climate resilience: the cases of Madagascar and Sao Tome, Sofia Bettencourt, Lead Operations Officer, World Bank Zambia office | PRESENTATION |
Economic and social aspects of adaptation to climate change in Mozambique, Jean- Christophe Carret, Sr. Environmental Economist, World Bank Madagascar office | PRESENTATION |
Mozambique's perspectives on adaptation to climate change, Xavier Chavana, Coordinator for the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience, Government of Mozambique
Adaptation to climate change in Kenya's smallholder sector: lessons for mainstreaming climate change from a TFESSD-funded study, Barrack Okoba, Principal Research Scientist, KARI-Nairobi
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm |Â Lunch
| 2:00 - 5:30 pm | Africa's Challenge – Africa's Opportunity: Wood Energy, Green Growth and Africa's Development Objectives
Chair: Juho Uusihakala, Counsellor, Governance and Energy sector, Embassy of Finland
Moderator: Klas Sander, Natural Resource Economist, Environment Department, World Bank | PRESENTATION |
Panel discussion on charcoal, household energy, and the role of local capacity. Key questions the panel will discuss include: past and current state of the charcoal sector in Tanzania, where are the main challenges for charcoal sector reforms?, what role for charcoal in climate change adaptation and green growth strategies?, and the role of the private sector.
Panelists:
Representative, Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Government of Tanzania
Patrik Zimmerli, Program Officer, Swiss Development Cooperation
Estomith Sawe, Executive Director, TaTEDO (NGO)
Dennis Tessier, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) (NGO)
Abdalla Shah, IUCN (environmental NGO)
| 5:30 pm | Closing of the day. Field visit logistics
Wednesday, November 16 - Field Visits
Departure 9 a.m. in three different groups. Field sites are within easy reach and feature cash transfers, public works on local small-scale social infrastructure, and household energy activities, and are arranged by TASAF and ARTI.
Thursday, November 17 – Fostering more Inclusive Development
| 9:00 - 10:00 am | Lessons from field visits (reports by rapporteurs)
 | 10:00 am - 12:30 pm | Social Funds: what role for Inclusive Development?
Chair: Dan Banik, Associate Professor and Research Director, Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo
TASAF: from project to program, Ladislaus J. Mwamanga, Acting Executive Director, Tanzania Social Action Fund | PRESENTATION |
TFESSD support on social accountability, mobile phone banking and impact evaluation, Amadeus Kamagenge, Training, Research and Participation Specialist, TASAF | PRESENTATION |
Social accountability in Malawi’s Social Action Fund, Charles Mandala, Director of Advocacy and Knowledge Management, Local Development Fund - Technical Support Team, Ministry of Finance, Malawi | PRESENTATION |
| 12:30 - 1:30 pm |Â Lunch
| 1:30 - 2:45 pm | Preparing for drought and climate change in agriculture: Lessons from Kenya
Drought insurance for pastoral livestock, Brenda Wandera, Project Development Manager, International Livestock Research Center, Kenya | PRESENTATION |
| 2:45 - 5:00 pm | Supporting knowledge and capacity for change: reflections on the Forum and lessons for the future
Chair: Cyprian Fisiy, Director, Social Development, World Bank
Workshop report is available 
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