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Pre-Meeting Field Visits on 14 and 15 February, 2004 to Grameen
Bank and Partner Organizations of PKSF (BRAC, ASA, Padakhep and
some other Partner Organizations). These field visits were optional
but offered an excellent opportunity to get an exposure to some
of the finest microcredit practices in the world.
Sunday, February 15, 2004
4:00 PM–8:00 PM : Registration (on site)
Monday, February 16, 2004
9:00 AM–6:00 PM : Registration (on site)
Monday, February 16, 2004
2:00 PM–4:00 PM Opening Ceremony – Winter Garden
2004 Asia Pacific Region Microcredit Summit Meeting of Councils
begins
Speakers at the Opening Ceremony:
* Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, Managing Director, PKSF Bangladesh
* Professor Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
* Mr. Phrang Roy, Assistant President, IFAD, Rome
* Ms. Zanele Mbeki, First Lady of South Africa
* Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud, Chairman, PKSF Bangladesh
* Mr. Sam Daley-Harris, Microcredit Campaign Director, Washington,
D.C, USA
* Address by Mr. M. Saifur Rahman, Minister for Finance & Planning,
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
* H.M. Queen Sofia of Spain
* Inaugural Address by Begum Khaleda Zia, Hon’ble Prime Minister,
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
4:00 PM–4:30 PM Break
4:30 PM–6:15 PM Plenary Session – Winter Garden
Discussion on commissioned paper: Ensuring Impact: Reaching
the Poorest While Building Financially Self-Sufficient Institutions
and Showing Improvement in the Lives of the Poorest Families
Chairperson:
* Mr. Fazle Hasan Abed, Chairperson, BRAC, Bangladesh
Panelists:
* Ambassador Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Permanent Representative
of Bangladesh to the UN, New York
* Mr. Anton Simanowitz, Programme Manager, Imp-Act, IDS, United
Kingdom
* Ms. Elizabeth Littlefield, Managing Director, The World Bank-CGAP,
USA
* Ms. Ranjana Kumar, Chairperson, NABARD, India
* Mr. Sudaryantu Sudargo, Regional Manager, BRI, Indonesia
* Ms. Van (Hoang Thi) Nguyen, Managing Director, Capital Aid Fund
for Employment of the Poor (CEP), Vietnam
6:30 PM–7:30 PM
Associated Session: Review of The Bangladesh MF Sector: Strategy
for Possible Donor
Participation- DFID
Chairperson:
* Mr. Frank Matsaert, Advisor, DFID, Bangladesh
Panelists:
* Mr. David L. Wright, Consultant, UK
* Mr. Dewan A. H. Alamgir, Consultant, Bangladesh
Room: Winter Garden
Associated Session: Pacific Countries Associated Session- Opportunity
International, Australia
Chairperson:
*Mr. Barclay O’Brian, Opportunity International, Australia
Panelists:
* Mr. Greg Casagrande, President, South Pacific Business Development
Foundation, Samoa
* Mr. Pascal Marino, Program Manager, The Foundation for Development
Cooperation, Australia
Room: South Ball Room
Associated Session: Exploring Impact and Improving Practice-National
Impact Study of MFIs in India and Discussion on the M-CRIL Report
2003
- EDA Rural System Pt, Ltd.
Panelists:
* Mr. S. Hashemi, Poverty Specialist, C-GAP, The World Bank
* Mr. Anton Simanowitz, Programme Manager, Imp-Act, IDS, United
Kingdom
Speakers:
* Mr. Sanjay Sinha, Managing Director, M-CRIL, India- The MCRIL
Report 2003
* Ms. Frances Sinha, Executive Director, EDA Rural Systems, India-
National Impact Study of MFs in India
Room: North Ball Room
Associated Session: ICT at Work in Microfinance in Asia- Planet
Finance
Chairperson:
* Mr. Olivier Allais, Asia Operations Director, Planet Finance
Panelists:
* Ms. Sarah Tsien, Head of Mission, PlaNet Finance China (China
Supported Project) China
* Mr. Shivendra Sharma, Head of Mission, PlaNet Finance China (India
Supported Project), China
* Dr. Mostaq Ahmmed, Regional Coordinator for South Asia and Director
of the Department of Global Microfinance (Training & Technical
Support), Planet Finance, France
* Ms. Geng Hesun, Executive Director Assistant, China Foundation
for Poverty Alleviation, China
Room: Bakul
Associated Session: The Unitus Acceleration Model: Accelerating
Microfinance Growth, UNITUS, USA
Panelist:
* Mr. Howard Brady, Director of MFI Services, UNITUS, USA
Room: Chameli
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
9:30 AM–11:15 AM Plenary Session – Winter Garden
Presentation of Institutional Action Plans
Chairperson:
* Ms. Kate McKee, Director, Office of Microenterprise Development,
USAID, USA
Presenters:
* Dr. Prakash Bakshi, Chief General Manager, Microcredit Innovations
Department, NABARD, India
* Mr. Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, Managing Director, ASA, Bangladesh
11:15 AM–11:45 AM Break
11:45 AM–1:35 PM
Workshop: How Parliamentarians, Advocates and Other Leaders Can
Get High-Level Government Commitment to Microcredit Programs and
the Summit’s Goal.
Room: Winter Garden
Chairperson:
* Mr. Mushfiqur Rahman, Member of Parliament and Chairman of the
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangshad
Panelists:
* Mr. M. Saifur Rahman, Minister for Finance & Planning, Government
of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
* Ms. Barbara Wallace, Executive Director, RESULTS, USA
* Mr. Sharad Pawar, Member of Parliament, National Congress Party,
India
* Mr. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Member of Parliament, Bangladesh
Workshop: Successful Management Strategies to Reduce Cost &
Improve Efficiency
Room: South Ball Room
Chairperson:
Dr. Ranjith Hettiarachchi, CEO, ACCU, Thailand
Panelists:
* Mr. Shushil Kumar Roy, General Manager, ASA, Bangladesh
* Prof. H. I. Latifee, Managing Director, Grameem Trust, Bangladesh
* Mr. Raman Uberoi, Director- Financial Sector Ratings, CRISIL,
India
* Ms. Amy De Los Santos, Director, Field Operation and Client Management
Services, TSPI Development Corporation, Philippines
Workshop: Managing the Growth of Microcredit Programs: Human Resource
Management Including Recruiting, Training and Motivating Staff
Room: Bakul
Chairperson:
* Ms. N. Radha, Executive Director, League for Education and Development
(LEAD), India
Panelists:
* Mr. A. Q. Siddiqui, Managing Director, PDBF, Bangladesh
* Mr. Bambang Ismawan, President and Director, BINA SWADAYA, Indonesia
* Dr. Mostaq Ahmmed, Regional Coordinator for South Asia and Director
of the Department of Global Microfinance (Training & Technical
Support), Planet Finance, France
Workshop: Innovative Ways of Reaching and Benefiting the Most Poor
and Most Vulnerable People.
Room: North Ball Room
Chairperson:
* Ms. Padma Venkatraman, Director, Women’s India Association,
India
Panelists:
* Mr. Aminul Alam, Deputy Executive Director, BRAC, Bangladesh
* Ms. Namrata Sharma, Freelance Consultant, Nepal
* Ms. Sonam Belmo, Senior Consultant, Tibet Poverty Alleviation
Fund (TPAF), Peoples’ Republic of China
* Mr. Dipal Chandra Barua, GM, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
Workshop: Using Microfinance to Link the Application of Information
Technology and the Very Poor
Room: Chameli
Chairperson:
* Dr. D. S. K Rao, Asia Organizer, Microcredit Summit Campaign,
India
Panelists:
* Mr. Sitaram Rao, Director, Swayam Krisi Sangam (SKS), India
* Mr. Vasimalai, Managing Director, DHAN Foundation, India
* Ms. Sarah Tsien, Head of Mission, Planet Finance China, People’s
Republic of China
* Mr. Badruddoza Mia, Coordinator, Computer in Development Programme,
Proshika, Bangladesh
1:45 PM–2:45 PM Lunch
2:45 PM–4:30 PM Plenary Session – Winter Garden
Discussion on commissioned paper: Creating Autonomous National
and Sub-Regional Microcredit Funds
Chairperson:
* Mr. Kamal Hyat, Chief Executive, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation
Fund (PPAF), Pakistan
Panelists
* Mr. Q.A.M.A. Rahim, Secretary Genaral, South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
* Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, Managing Director, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation
(PKSF) Bangladesh
* Mr. Shankar Man Shrestha, CEO, Rural Microfinance Development
Centre Ltd, (RMDC), Nepal
* Mr. V.K. Chopra, CEO, Small Industries Development Bank of India
(SIDBI), India
* Mr. S. Gunasena, CEO, National Development Trust Fund (NDTF),
Sri Lanka
* Mr. A.F.M. Matiur Rahman, Director General, Bangladesh Rural Development
Board (BRDB), Bangladesh
4:30 PM–5:00 PM Break
5:00PM–6:45 PM Plenary Session – Winter Garden
Discussion on commissioned paper: Building Better Lives: Sustainable
Integration of Microfinance and Education in Child Survival, Reproductive
Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention for the Poorest Entrepreneurs
Chairperson:
Dr. Jaime Aristotle B. Alip, Managing Director, CARD Bank, The Philippines
Panelists:
* Mr. Christopher Dunford, President, Freedom from Hunger, USA
* Mr. Abdul-Muyeed Chowdhury, Executive Director, BRAC, Bangladesh
* Ms. Jaya Arunachalam, President, Working Women’s Forum (WWF),
India
* Ms. Dolores M. Torres, President and Chief Executive, CARD Bank,
The Philippines
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
9:30–11:15 AM Plenary Session – Winter Garden
Financing Microfinance for Poverty Reduction
Chairperson:
* Dr. Jacques Attali, President and Chairman, PlaNet Finance, France
Panelists:
* Prof David S. Gibbons, Managing Director, CASHPOR Financial and
Technical Services, Malaysia
* Ms. Marilou Jane D. Uy, Director, OPD, World Bank, USA
* Mr. Richard Boulter, Head of Financial Services Unit, DFID, UK
* Dr. Atiqur Rahman, Lead Strategist and Policy Coordinator, IFAD,
Italy
* Dr. S. M. Ahsan, Professor, Concordia University, Canada
11:15 AM–11:45 AM Break
11:45 AM–1:35 PM Workshop: Empowerment of Women Through Microcredit.
Room: Winter Garden
Chairperson:
* Ms. Irma L. Cosico, Head of Operations Group, ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation,
Inc., The Philippines
Panelists:
* Ms. Lotta Nycander, Chief Technical Adviser, Women’s Empowerment
through Employment and Health project, ILO, India
* Dr. Naila Kabeer, Professor, IDS, United Kingdom
* Ms. Jayashree Vyas, Managing Director, Shri Mahila SEWA Sahakari
Bank Ltd., India
Workshop: Designing Internal Control Systems to Minimize Fraud and
Irregularities.
Room: Chameli
Chairperson:
Dr. Aparna Basu, President, All India Women’s Conference (AIWC),
India
Panelists:
* Ms. Parveen Mahmud, Deputy Managing Director, PKSF Bangladesh
* Mr. Sukor Kasim, Managing Director, Amanah Ikhtiar, Malaysia
* Mr. Agus Rachmadi, Senior Microfinance Specialist, BRI, Indonesia
Workshop: How MFIs and Their Clients Can Have Positive Impact on
the Environment.
Room: North Ball Room
Chairperson:
* Ms. Frances Sinha, Executive Director, EDA Rural System Ltd. India
Panelists:
* Ms. Lalita Balakrishnan, Vice President, All India Women’s
Conference (AIWC), India
* Mr. Ainun Nishat, Country Representative, International Union
for Conservation of Nature.(IUCN), Bangladesh
* Mr. Abhishek Lal, Vice President, Green Microfinance, USA
Workshop: Microcredit and Agriculture: How to Make It Work.
Room: Bakul
Chairperson:
* Ms. Usha Jha, Chief Executive Officer, Pact-Nepal, Nepal
Panelists:
* Mr. Henri Dommel, Rural Finance Advisor, IFAD, Italy
* Dr. M. A. Hakim, General Manager, PKSF, Bangladesh
* Mr. Anil P. Tambay, Vice President, BAIF Development Research
Project, India
Workshop: Ownership and Governance in Microfinance
Room: South Ball Room
Chairperson:
* Mr. Frank Matsaert, Advisor, DFID, Bangladesh
Panelists:
* Mr. Tsolmon Dariim, CEO, Credit Mongol, Mongolia
* Mr. Emranul Haque Chowdhury, Executive Director, UDDIPAN, Bangladesh
* Mr. Kais Aliriani, Head of Small and Micro Enterprise Development
Unit, Social Fund for Development, Yemen
* Mr. Leuane Vongphranakhorn, Deputy Director, Supervision Department
of Bank and Financial Institution, Bank of Lao PDR, Lao PDR
1:45 PM–2:45 PM Lunch
2:45 PM–3:45 PM
Associated Session: Experience of Grameen Replicators: Financing,
Institutionalization, Innovations and Achievements, Grameen Trust,
Bangladesh
Chairperson:
Professor Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
Panelists:
* Ms. Dolores M. Torres, President and Chief Executive, CARD Bank,
Philippines
* Mr. M. Udaia Kumar, Managing Director, SHARE Microfin Limited,
India
* Dr. Harihar Dev Pant, Executive Director, Nirdhan Utthan Bank
Ltd, Nepal
* Ms. Van (Hoang Thi) Nguyen, Managing Director, Capital Aid Fund
for Employment of the
* Poor (CEP), Vietnam
* Mr. Zahirul Alam, Executive Director, IDF, Bangladesh
* Mr. George Oetomo, YDBP, Indonesia
Room: Winter Garden
Associated Session: Why do 12 million Poor Women in India use SHG
Methodology to Enjoy Door Step Banking, NABARD, India
Chairperson:
* Dr. Prakash Bakshi, Chief General Manager, Microcredit Innovations
Department, NABARD, India
Panelists:
* Mr. H. R Dave, NABARD, India
* Mr. K. Narender, Chief Executive, Kalanjiam Foundation, India
* Mr. S Manickam, Pandyan Grama Bank, India
* Swami Shashankananda, Ramkrishna Mission, Ranchi, India
Room: South Ball Room
Associated Session: Regional Cooperation in Microfinance: The Banking
with the Poor Network in Asia. Foundation for Development Corporation
(Australia) and Banking with the Poor Network in (Asia)
Chairperson:
* Mr. Pascal Marino, Program Manager, Foundation for Development
Cooperation (Australia) and BWTP Network Program Coordinator, Banking
with the Poor Network in (Asia)
Panelists:
* Mr. Ricardo Lirio, Managing Director, SEIII, Central Bank of The
Philippines, The Philippines
* Mr. S. M. Al-Husainy, Chaiman, Swanirvar Bangladesh, Bangladesh
* Mr. Bambang Ismawan, Chairman, Bina Swadaya, Indonesia
Room: North Ball Room
Associated Session: Regulating Divergent Players in Microfinance:
The Case of the Microfinance Regulatory Council, South Africa. Microfinance
Regulatory Council, South Africa
Panelist:
* Mr. Gabriel Davel, CEO, Microfinance Regulatory Council, South
Africa
Room: Bakul
Associated Session: Flexible Micro Financial Services for the Tribal
Communities: The Experience of ASHRAI in North Western Bangladesh,
ASHRAI, Bangladesh
Chairperson:
* Mr. Dewan A. H. Alamgir, Consultant, Bangladesh
Panelists:
* Dr. Ahsan Ali, Director, ASHRAI, Bangladesh
* Mr. Emrul Hasan, Program Specialist, Plan International, Bangladesh
Room: Chameli
Associated Session: Scaling up Microfinance to SME Finance, The
World Bank
Chairperson:
* Dr. Hassan Zaman, Senior Economist, The World Bank, Bangladesh
Panelists:
* Mr. Anil Sinha, Manager, SEDF, Bangladesh
* Mr. Shawkat Hossain, Vice President and Head of SME, BRAC Bank,
Bangladesh
* Dr. Sajjad Zohir, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS, Bangladesh
Room: Shimul
Associated Session: Operationalising Social Performance in Microfinance:
Experience from Imp-Act Programme Partners, Institute of Development
Studies, Sussex, England
Chairperson:
* Mr. Anton Simanowitz, Programme Manager, Imp-Act, IDS, United
Kingdom
Panelists:
* Ms. Ancieta Alip, CARD, Philippines
* Mr. M. Udaia Kumar, Managing Director, SHARE Microfin Limited,
India
Room: Palash
Associated Session:“New Frontiers of Microfinance”
* BRAC, ASA, DHAN Foundation, MYRADA and BAIF
Room: Dalia
Chairperson:
* M. P. Vasimalai, Executive Director, DHAN Foundation, India
Panelists:
* Mr. V. Vivekanandan, Chief Executive, SIFFS, India
* Mr. Md. Enamul Haque, General Manager, ASA, Bangladesh
* Ms. V. K. Padmavathy, Programme Leader, Kalanjiam, Foundation,
India
4:00 PM–5:45 PM Joint Plenary Session – Winter Garden
Innovations for Empowering Women through Microcredit:
Voices from the Field: Panelists with one person to initiate discussion
Chairperson:
* Ms. C.K. Gariyali, Chairperson and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu
Corporation for Development of women Ltd. India.
Panelists:
* Prof. Rehman Sobhan, Executive Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue,
Bangladesh
* Ms. Simeen Mahmud, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS, Bangladesh
* Mr. Syed Hashemi, Poverty Specialist, The World Bank - CGAP, USA
* Ms. Khodeza Begum, Jagorani Chakra, Bangladesh (Microcredit Client)
* Ms. Rokeya Begum, TMSS, Bangladesh (Microcredit Client)
* Ms. Shantilata, Addin Welfare Center, Bangladesh (Microcredit
Client)
5:45 PM–6:15 PM Break
6:15 PM–7:45 PM Meeting of Councils (Four)
(i) Meeting of Practitioners and NGOs
Co-Chairperson:
* Professor Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
* Dr. D. S. K Rao, Asia Organizer, Microcredit Summit Campaign,
India
Presenter:
* Ms. Dolores M. Torres, President and Chief Executive, CARD Bank,
The Philippines
Room – Winter Garden
(ii) Advocates, Parliamentarians, Educational Institutions, Service
Clubs, Religious Institutions, Individual Supporters
Chairperson:
* Mr. Sam Daley-Harris, Microcredit Summit Campaign Director, USA
Presenter:
* Ms. Barbara Wallace, Executive Director, RESULTS, USA
Room – South Ball Room
(iii) Corporations, Banks, Foundations and Philanthropists
Presenters:
* Mr. Ola Ree, Managing Director, Grameenphone, Bangladesh
* Ms. Bindu Ananth, Manager, Social Initiatives Group, ICICI Bank,
India
Room – Bakul
(iv) Bilateral Donor Agencies, Domestic Government Agencies, IFIs
and UN Agencies
Chairperson:
* Mr. S. Hashemi, Poverty Specialist, C-GAP, The World Bank
Presenters:
* Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, Managing Director, PKSF Bangladesh
* Mr. Richard Boulter, Head of Financial Services Unit, DFID, UK
Room – Chameli
7:45 PM–8:45 PM
Associated Session: Grameen Generalized System: Grameen Bank ll
* Grameen Trust
Chairperson:
* Professor Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
Panelists:
* Mr. Dipal Chandra Barua, General Manager, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
* Mr. Shankar Man Shrestha, CEO, Rural Microfinance Development
Centre Ltd, (RMDC), Nepal
Room: Winter Garden
Associated Session: Are we Reaching The Poorest ? CIDA’s Experience
in The Philippines and Bangladesh
- Asia Branch BSP-CIDA
Chairperson:
* Ms. Arelis Medina-Racio, Micro Enterprise Specialist, CIDA, Canada
Panelists :
* Ms. Lita Palma-Sealza, Senior Research Associate, RIMCO, The Philippines
* Mr. Fazlul Haque Khan, Director Field Operation, PDBF, Bangladesh
Room: South Ball Room
Associated Session: Beyond Savings and Credit- Microfinance for
Sustainable Poverty Alleviation.
- INAFI, International Foundation
Chairperson:
* Ms. Nina Nayar, INAFI International Foundation
Panelists:
* Ms. Sdaffe Abid, KASHF Foundation, Pakistan
* Mr. M Kalyanasundaran, INAFI India
* Mr. Zakir Hossain, BURO Tangail, Bangladesh
Room: Chameli
Associated Session: Linking International Migrant Remittance to
Microenterprise Initiative in Bangladesh: Possibilities and potentials
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Chairperson:
* Mr. Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, Executive Director, BRAC, Bangladesh
Panelists:
* Md. Shahidul Haque, Regional Representative for South Asia International
Organization for Migration, Bangladesh
* Prof. Tasneem Siddiqui, Professor, Department of Political Studies,
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
* Mr. Abul Kalam Azad, Joint Director, Foreign Exchange Policy Department,
Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh
Room: Shimul
Associated Session: Flexible Microfinance and Innovation for the
Extreme Poor: Experience and Learning
- Plan International
Chairperson:
* Mr. Mohammed Emrul Hasan, Program Specialist, Plan International,
Bangladesh
Panelists:
* Dr. Masudul Kader, Program Director, DSK, Bangladesh
* Ms. Delores McLaughlin, Microfinace Advisor, Plan International,
Bangladesh
Room: Palash
Associated Session: Overcoming the Funding Constraint: Grameen Foundation
USA’s Capital Market Initiatives in India
- Grameen Foundation USA, USA
Chairperson:
* Alex Counts, President, Grameen Foundation USA
Panelists:
* Mr. M. Udaia Kumar, Managing Director, SHARE Microfin Limited,
India
* Mr. Harmohan Ahluwalia, Director-Designate, Grameen Capital (a
Non-Bank Finance Company to be established in India)
* Ms. Bindu Ananth, Manager, ICICI bank, India
* Ms. Juli Stahl, Program officer, Grameen Foundation USA
* Mr. Drew Tulchin, Grameen Foundation USA
Room: North Ball Room
Associated Session: Millions, Markets, and Microcredit in China:
An introduction
and Update on Microcredit Industry in the Undiscovered Market
- PlaNet Finance China, China
Chairperson:
* Rina Kunisawa, Microfinance Information Manager, PlaNet Finance
China
Panelists:
* Ms. Gan Hesun, The Chinese Foundation for Poverty Alleviation,
China
* Ms. Xie Jin, China International Center for Economic and Technical
Exchanges
* Ms. Sarah Tsien, Head of Mission, PlaNet Finance China
Room: Dalia
Thursday, February 19, 2004
9:30 AM–11:15 AM Plenary Session – Winter Garden
Policies, Regulations, Governance and Systems that Promote Sustainable
Financial Services to the Poor and the Poorest
Chairperson:
Ms. Nancy Barry, President Women’s World Banking, USA
Panelists:
* Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, Governor, Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh
* Mr. Maulana Ibrahim, Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia, Indonesia
* Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Governor, State Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan
* Mr. Ram Babu Pant, Deputy Governor, Nepal Rastra Bank, Nepal
* Mr. Ricardo P. Lirio, Managing Director, Supervision and Examination
Sector, Central Bank of Philippines, Philippines
* Mr. M. A. Mannan, Executive Director, CDF, Bangladesh
11:15 AM–11:45 AM Break
11:45 AM–1:45 PM Day-Long Courses (Six)
Courses include
1) Learning to Plan for Institutional Financial Self-Sufficiency
while Reaching the Poorest Families
* Mr. Sukor Kasim, Managing Director, Amanah Ikhtiar, Malaysia
* Prof. David S. Gibbons, Managing Director, CASHPOR Financial and
Technical Services, Malaysia
Room: Winter Garden
2) Learning to Use Cost-Effective Impact Measurement Tools
* Mr. Anton Simanowitz, Programme Manager, Imp-Act, Institute of
Development Studies, United Kingdom
Room: South Ball Room
3) Management Capacity Building for Reaching Large Numbers
* Mr. Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, Managing Director, ASA, Bangladesh
Room: Bakul
4) Entering the Field: Learning the Basics of Starting a Microcredit
Program
* Dr. D.S. K Rao, Asia Organizer, Microcredit Summit Campaign, India
Room: Palash
5) Appropriate Role for Governments: Establishing the Appropriate
Legal Status, Regulations and Policy for Microcredit Institutions
* Mr. Khandakar Mazharul Haq, Executive Director, Bangladesh Bank,
Bangladesh
* Ms. Leela Rashid, Deputy Director, Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh
Room: North Ball Room
6) Creating Autonomous National and Sub-Regional Microcredit Funds
* Mr. Mosharraf Hossain Khan, Deputy Managing Director, PKSF, Bangladesh
Room: Chameli
1:45 PM–3:00 PM Lunch
3:00 PM–5:15 PM Day-Long Courses (Continued)
5:15 PM–5:45 AM Break
5:45 PM–7:15 PM Closing Ceremony – Winter Garden
Speakers at the Closing Ceremony:
* Summary Presentation of APRMS by Mr. Mosharraf Hossain Khan, Deputy
Managing Director, PKSF, Bangladesh
* Address by Mr Paul Ackroyd, Head of DFID, Bangladesh
* Address by Mr. Mamun Rashid, Citigroup Country Officer, Citibank
N.A., Bangladesh
* Address by Ms Ranjana Smetacek, Director, Monsanto Holding Limited,
India
* Address by Ms. Sue Peters, Associate Program Officer, Charles
Stewart ,Mott Foundation,USA
* Address by Christine Wallich, Country Director, The World Bank
* US Senator Mr. Richard Durbin
* Address by Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, Managing Director, PKSF Bangladesh
* Address by Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud, Chairman, PKSF Bangladesh
* Address by Mr. Sam Daley-Harris, Microcredit Summit Campaign Director,
USA
* Address by Dr. M. Osman Faruk, Hon’ble Minister for Education,
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
* Address by the Chief Guest, Sheikh Hasina M. P, Hon’ble
Leader of the Opposition, Bangladesh Parliament, Bangladesh
7:15 PM. – 7.45 PM. Cultural Function
8-00 PM–10:00 PM Closing Dinner [For Registered Participants]
- Swimming pool area
(2004 Asia Pacific Region Microcredit Summit Meeting of Councils
ends)
[There will be Exhibition Stalls/Display centers of various National
and International Agencies from 16-19 February 2004]
Exhibition/Display Area : Foyer and Lounge of Ball Room
Lunch (Serving Area) : Swimming pool area
Tea Break (Serving Area) : Swimming pool area, Lounge of Bakul &
Chameli
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