| Subject |
| February
16, 2004 Speakers in 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 |
| H.M.
Queen Sofia of Spain |
| Dr.
Wahiduddin Mahmud, Chairman, PKSF, Bangladesh |
| Mr.
Sam Daley-Harris, Microcredit Campaign Director, Washington, D.C,
USA |
| Mr.
M. Saifur Rahman, Finance Minister, Bangladesh |
| Inaugural
Address by Begum Khaleda Zia, Hon’ble Prime Minister, Government
of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh |
| Plenary Session |
| Discussion of commissioned paper: Ensuring Impact:
Reaching the Poorest While Building Financially self-sufficient Institutions
and Showing Improvement in the Lives of the Poorest Families |
| Abstract |
| Chairperson |
| Mr.
Fazle Hasan Abed, Chairperson, BRAC, Bangladesh |
| Panelists |
| Ambassador
Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to
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 |
| Associated Session |
| 1. Final
Draft Report: Joint Donor Review on Microfinance |
| 2. Pacific
Countries Associated Session: Opportunity International, Australia |
| 3. Exploring
Impact and Improving Practice-National Impact Study of MFIs in India
and Discussion of the M-CRIL Report 2003 |
| 4. ICT
at Work in Microfinance in Asia – Planet Finance |
| 5. The
Unitus Acceleration Model: Accelerating Microfinance Growth, UNITUS,
USA |
| February 17, 2004 |
| Plenary Session |
| 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 |
| WORKSHOP |
| 1. How Parliamentarians, Advocates and Other Leader
Can Get High – Level Government Commitment to Micro-credit Programs
and Summit’s Goal. |
| Chairperson: Mr.
Musfiqur Rahman, Member of Parliament, Bangladesh |
| 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 |
| |
| February 17, 2004 |
| WORKSHOP |
| 2. Successful Management Strategies to Reduce Cost &
Improve Efficiency |
| Chairperson: |
| Dr.
Ranjith Hettiarachchi, CEO, ACCU, Thailand |
| Panelists: |
| Mr.
Shushil Kumar Roy, General Manager, ASA, Bangladesh |
| Prof.
H.I. Latifee, Managing Director, Grameen 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 |
| 3. Managing the Growth of Microcredit Programs: Human
Resource Management Including Recruiting, Training and Motivating
Staff |
| 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 |
| 4. Innovative Ways of Reaching and Benefiting the Most
Poor and Most Vulnerable People |
| 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 |
| 5. Using Microfinance to Link the Application of Information
Technology and the Very Poor |
| 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, Peoples’
Republic of China |
| Mr.
Badruddoza Mia, Cooridnator, Computer in Development Programme, Proshika,
Bangladesh |
| Plenary Session |
| Discussion of commissioned paper: Creating Autonomous
National and Sub-Regional Microcredit Funds |
| Paper
Abstract |
| 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 |
| Plenary Session |
| Discussion of commissioned paper: Building Better Lives:
Sustainable Integration of Microfinance and Education in Child Survival,
Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention for the Poorest Entrepreneurs |
| |
| Paper
Abstract |
| Chairperson |
| Dr.
Jaim Aristotle B. Alip, Managing Director, CARD Bank, Philippines |
| Panelists: |
| Mr.
Christopher Dunford, President, Freedom from Hunger, USA |
| Mr.
Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, Executive Director, BRAC, Bangladesh |
|
Dr. Jaya Arunachalam, President, Working Women’s Forum (WWF),
India |
| Ms.
Dolores M. Torres, President and Chief Executive, CARD Bank, Philippines |
| |
| February 18, 2004Plenary
Session |
| Financing Microfinance for Poverty Reduction |
| Paper
Abstract |
| 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 |
| |
| Workshop |
| 1. Empowerment of Women Through Microcredit |
| Chairperson: |
| Ms.
Irma L. Cosico, Head of Operations Group, ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation,
Inc., 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 |
| 2. Designing Internal Control Systems to Minimize Fraud
and Irregularities |
| Chairperson: |
| Dr. Aparna Basu, President, All
India Women's Conference, 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 |
| 3. How MFIs and Their Clients Can Have Positive Impact
on the Environment |
| 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 |
| 4. Microcredit and Agriculture: How to Make It Work |
| 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 |
| 5. Ownership and Governance in Microfinance |
| 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 |
| Associated Session |
| Experience
of Grameen Replicators: Financing, Institutionalization, Innovations
and Achievements-IDF, Bangladesh |
| Why
do 12 million Poor Women in India used SHG Methodology to Enjoy Door
Step Banking? NABARD, India |
| 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) |
| Regulating
Divergent Players in Microfinance: The Case of the Microfinance Regulatory
Council, South Africa |
| Flexible
Micro Financial Services for the Tribal Communities: The Experience
of ASHRAI in North Western Bangladesh - ASHRAI Bangladesh |
| Scaling
up Microfinance to SME Finance – The World Bank |
| Operationalising
Social Performance in Microfinance: Experience from Imp-Act Programme
Partners – Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, England |
| “New
Frontiers of Microfinance”-ASA, Bangladesh. |
| |
| February 18, 2004Joint
Plenary Session |
| Innovations for Empowering Women through Microcredit:
Voices from the Field: Panelists with one person to initiate discussion
|
| Paper
Abstract |
| Chairperson |
| C.K.
Gariyali, Chairperson and Managing Director, Tamil Naro Corporation
of Women, 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 Centre, Bangladesh (Microcredit Client) |
| Meeting of Councils (Four) |
| 1. Meeting of Practitioners and NGOs |
| Professor
Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh |
| Dr.
D. S. K. Rao, Asia Organizer, Microcredit Summit Campaign, India |
| Ms.
Dolores M. Torres, President and Chief Executive, CARD Bank, Philippines |
| 2. Adovcates, Parliamentarians, Educational Institutions,
Service Clubs, Religious Institutions, Individual Supporters. |
| Mr.
Sam Daley-Harris, Microcredit Summit Campaign Director, USA |
| Ms.
Barbara Wallace, Executive Director, RESULTS, USA |
| 3. Corporations, Banks, Foundations and Philanthropists |
| Mr.
Ola Ree, Managing Director, Grameen Phone, Bangladesh |
| Ms.
Bindu Ananth, Manager, Social Initiatives Group, ICICI Bank, India |
| 4. Bilateral Donor Agencies, Domestic Government Agencies,
IFIs and UN Agencies |
| Mr.
S. Hashemi, Poverty Specialist, C-GAP, The World Bank |
| Dr.
Salehuddin Ahmed, Managing Director of PKSF, Bangladesh |
| Mr.
Richard Boulter, Head of Financial Services Unit, DFID, UK |
| Associated Session |
| 1. Grameen
Generalized System: Grameen Bank II (Grameen Trust) |
| 2. Are
we Reaching The Poorest? CIDA’s Experience in Philippines and
Bangladesh – Asia Branch BSP-CIDA |
| 3. Beyond
Savings and Credit – Microfinance for Sustainable Poverty Alleviation
– KASHF Foundation, Pakistan |
| 4. Linking
International Migrant Remittance to Microenterprise Initiative in
Bangladesh: Possibilities and Potentials – International Organization
for Migration (IOM) |
| 5. Microfinance
with Un-reached people in the Rural Area: Experience and Learning
– Plan International |
| 6. Overcoming
the Funding Constraint: Grameen Foundation USA’s Capital Market
Initiatives in India – Grameen Foundation USA, USA |
| 7. Millions,
Markets, and Microcredit in China: An introduction and Update on Microcredit
Industry in the Undiscovered Market – PlaNet Finance China,
China |
| February 19, 2004 |
| Plenary Session |
| Policies, Regulations, Governance and Systems that Promote
Sustainable Financial Services to the Poor and the Poorest |
| Paper
Abstract |
| 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 |
| |
| February 19, 2004 Day-Long
Courses (Six) |
| 1. Learning to Plan for Institutional Financial Self-Sufficiency
while Reaching the Poorest Families |
| Mr
Sukor Kasim Managing Director, Amanah Ikhtiar, Malayasia |
| 2. Learning to Use Cost-Effective Impact Measurement
Tools |
| Mr.
Anton Simanowitz, Programme Manager, Imp-Act, Institute of Development
Studies, United Kingdom |
| 3. Management Capacity Building for Reaching Large Numbers. |
| Mr.
Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, Managing Director, ASA, Bangladesh |
| 4. Entering the Field: Learning the Basics of Starting
a Microcredit Program |
| Mr.
Fazlul Hoq & Dr. D. S. K. Rao |
| 5. Appropriate Role for Governments’: Establishing
the Appropriate Legal Status, Regulations and Policy for Microcredit
Institutions |
| Khandakar
Muzharul Haque,Executive Director & Lila Rashid,Joint Director,Bangladesh
Bank, Bangladesh |
| 6. Creating Autonomous National and Sub-Regional Microcredit
Funds |
| Mr.
Mosharraf Hossain Khan, Deputy Managing Director, PKSF, Bangladesh |
| 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. Christine Walich, Country Director, The World Bank, 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 Mr. Richard Durbin, Senator, US Congress, USA |
| Address
by Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, Managing Director of PKSF, Bangladesh |
| Address
by Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud, Chairman of 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 Chief Guest Sheikh Hasina M.P, Hon’ble Leader of the Opposition,
Bangladesh Parliament, Bangladesh |
