11.00 - 11.30 Welcome and registration of participants11.30 - 13.00 SESSION IGETTING MORE BANG FOR THE DEVELOPMENT EURO The private sector has emerged as a powerful, flexible and nimble stakeholder in development assistance. In developing countries however, private actors face many constraints in areas like finance, infrastructure and often have to operate in an unfavourable investment climate. International financial institutions (IFIs) can play a significant role in helping to address these challenges by providing critical capital knowledge and partnerships. How can financial institutions best support private actors to enhance development assistance?Keith Palmer, Founder and Chairman of InfraCo and of AgDevCoKitili Mbathi, Regional Managing Director for East Africa and Mauritius at the Standard Bank AfricaJohanna Speer, Desk Officer for Sustainable Economic Development at the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and DevelopmentJuerg Trueb, Managing Director and Head for Environmental & Commodity Markets at Swiss ReJoost Zuidberg, Managing Director of the TCX Investment Management Company, NetherlandsCo-moderated by Giles Merritt, Secretary General of Friends of Europe and Shada Islam, Head of Policy at Friends of Europe13.00 - 14.00 Networking lunch14.00 - 15.30 SESSION IIENSURING SYNERGIES BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FINANCIAL FLOWSTraditional development actors need to develop new ways of engaging with the private sector and financial institutions, with public sector policies facilitating and supporting private sector investment in risk environments. How can donor funds be usefully applied to oxygenate domestic savings and larger private sector flows? What are the challenges facing private financial institutions as they work with the public sector?Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for DevelopmentPlutarchos Sakellaris, Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB)Nanno Kleiterp, Chairman of the European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) and CEO of the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)Michael Roth, Senior Advisor on Financial Systems Development at Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)Co-moderated by Giles Merritt, Secretary General of Friends of Europe and Shada Islam, Head of Policy at Friends of Europe