Conference Agenda (Speeches and Presentations)

JJ/WBGSP Scaling-Up Program African Regional Conference was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, May 7, 2008

Agenda

8:45-9:30	Registration
9:30-10:40	Introduction
	Welcoming Note from the Chairperson
	Mr. Tsutomu Shibata, Senior Adviser, the World Bank Institute (WBI)
	Opening Remarks
9:40-9:50	His Excellency Mr. Kensuke Tsuzuki, Japanese Ambassador to Cameroon (pdf., 34 KB)
9:50-10:10	Dr. Oyono Enguéllé Samuel Henri, University Professor and Researcher, Sr. Technical advisor to the Ministry of Higher Education (pdf., 240 KB)
10:20-10:30	Professor Jean Tabi Manga, Rector of the University of Yaoundé (pdf., 141KB)

10:30-10:40	JJ/WBGSP 20th Anniversary Video

10:15-12:00	Session A: Development Issues and Opportunities Chair: Mr. Tsutomu Shibata, WBI
10:40-10:50	Mr. Abdoulaye Seck, Acting Resident Representative, World Bank, Cameroon (pdf., 17 KB)
10:50-11:15	Coffee Break
11:15-12: 00	Moving Toward More Advanced Knowledge Economy, Lessons for Africa from Japanese Experience by Mr. Tsutomu Shibata, WBI (Including Q&A Session) (pdf., 329 KB)
12:00-12:15	Activities of Regional Alumni Network for West Africa by Mr. Jean Pierre Senghor, the Grassroots Initiatives Support Foundation for Africa (FAIB); graduate of University of Montreal (pdf., 685 KB)
12: 15-1:45	Lunch
1:45-2:45	Session A (cont’d) : Development Issues and Opportunities Chair: Mr. Tsutomu Shibata, WBI
1:45-2:05	Personal View on Scholarship Program as an Alumnus by Ms. Dorothy Agbor, Directorate General of Taxes Yaoundé, Cameroon, a graduate of Keio University (pdf., 112 KB)
2:05-2:15	Remarks by Cameroonian Alumni Association Representatives, Dr. Grace Alake, Head of the obstetric and gynaecology service of the Biyem-Assi District Hospital in Yaounde Cameroon, a graduate of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (pdf., 24 KB)
2:15-2:25	Remarks by Chadian Alumni Association Representative, Mr. Romain Ndouba, Consultant Socio-Economist, a graduate of Université Catholique de Lyon (pdf., 34 KB)
2:25-2:35	Messages from the representatives of JJ/WBGSP alumni associations around the world (Kenya (pdf., 71 KB), Tanzania (pdf., 11 KB))
2:35-2:45	Remarks by Representative from University of Yaoundé II, Professor Roger Tsafack Nanfosso, Director, Economic Policy Management (EPM) Programme, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon (ppt., 214 KB)
2:45-3:15	Coffee Break
3:15-3:35	Session B: Scaling-Up Program Paper Competition Awards Chair: Mr. Tsutomu Shibata, WBI
	Oil and Poverty Reduction in Cameroon by Mr. Ali Ahamat Brémé, Custom’s Inspector, General Office of Custom, Ministry of Finance, Chad, a graduate of University of Yaoundé II (ppt., 150 KB)
3:35-3:55	Investment Incentive System in Tunisia by Mr. Mahmoud Ghouil, Deputy Director in charge of investment incentives, MOF, Tunisia, a graduate of CERDI (ppt., 507 KB)
3:55-4:15	Participation and Institutional Reform in the Water Sector in Zimbabwe: Case of Smallholder Formal and Informal Irrigation in the Mzingwane Catchment by Mr. Oniward Svubure, Lecturer and Acting Chairman, Dep. of Irrigation & Water Engineering, Chinhoyi University of Technology, a graduate of UNESCO-IHE (ppt., 2,054 KB)
4:15-4:30	Award Presentation
4:30-4: 45	Closing Remarks: Tsutomu Shibata, WBI

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	African Regional Conference in Cameroon, May 7, 2008
	Alumni awarded at the Regional Conference in Cameroon

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