Workshop 2006

The first International Workshop on Public-Private Dialogue

The first International Workshop on Public-Private Dialogue was held on the 1st and 2nd of February 2006, at the World Bank Paris Conference Centre. Download the Proceedings (pdf, 1.8mb) which include summaries of plenary sessions, breakout groups, the drawing up of the PPD Charter and selected case studies.

You can download all the available papers, case studies and powerpoints that served as the basis for the presentations and working groups. (While much of this material is also available elsewhere on this site, the links are presented here for ease of reference in the order referred to in the agenda and proceedings).

Competitiveness Partnerships: Building and Maintaining Public-Private Dialogue to Improve the Investment Climate

Benjamin Herzberg & Andrew Wright; The World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper Series, no. 3683., 2004

A resource drawn from the review of 40 countries’ experiences. The paper is designed to be used as a resource by donors, governments, or businesspeople who are interested in establishing, maintaining, or improving a competitiveness partnership in their country or region. It distills some ideas and techniques from best practice, offering a selection of valuable insights into how practitioners can avoid common pitfalls. The paper has three parts. Part One outlines what …

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2006 Workshop: Papers and Presentations

This page presents the 2006 workshop papers, case studies and powerpoint presentations in the order referred to in the agenda and proceedings.

These papers and presentations formed the morning plenary session at the International Workshop on Public-Private Dialogue in Paris on Wednesday, February 1, 2006.

Building the Capacity of BMOs: Guiding Principles for Project Managers

Alejandro Alvarez de la Campa et al., Aug 2005

Business membership organizations (BMOs) can be a platform for promoting a better investment climate in developing countries – but they often need assistance to fulfil their role as private sector representatives effectively.

This World Bank publication analyses the problems typically faced by BMOs and gives guiding principles on how to design, implement and evaluate a project aimed at building their capacity to become a strong and reputable representative of the private sector.

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Competitiveness Partnerships: Building and Maintaining Public-Private Dialogue to Improve the Investment Climate

Competitiveness Partnerships: Building and Maintaining Public-Private Dialogue to Improve the Investment Climate (1,121k)
Benjamin Herzberg & Andrew Wright; The World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper Series, no. 3683.
Presentation (5,123k)
by Benjamin Herzberg.

Reforming the Business Enabling Environment: Mechanisms and Processes for Private-Public Sector Dialogue

Presentation (493k)
by Richard Waddington of Bannock Consulting Ltd.
Reforming the Business Enabling Environmnet: Mechanisms and Processes for Private-Public Sector Dialogue (426k)
Bannock Consulting Ltd, for DFID

Le Dialogue Public-Privé dans les Pays en Développement: Opportunités, Risques & Préalables

Le Dialogue Public-Privé dans les Pays en Développement: Opportunités, Risques & Préalables (981k)
Nicolas Pinaud, OECD Development Centre
Presentation (126k)
by Nicolas Pinaud

Case Study

These case studies were presented at the International Workshop on Public-Private Dialogue in Paris on the afternoon Wednesday, February 1, 2006.

CASE STUDY 1 - BANGLADESH

Bangladesh Private Sector Forum (76k)
Craig Wilson, Program Manager, Investment Climate Assessments, SouthAsia Enterprise Development Facility – International Finance Corporation
Presentation (1,160k)

CASE STUDY 2 - FIJI

Fiji Regulatory Reform Task Force (86k)
Isireli Koyamaibole, CEO, Ministry of Commerce, Business Development and Investment; and Ken Roberts, CEO, Fiji Employers Association
Presentation (1,160k)

CASE STUDY 3 - MALAWI

Malawi National Action Group (NAG) (79k)
Jason Agar, Managing Director, NAG Secretariat, and Chancellor L. Kaferapanjira, Chief Executive, Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI)
Presentation (65k)

CASE STUDY 4 - MEXICO

Is it possible to institutionalize a public-private dialogue mechanism to reform economic regulation and policy in Mexico by the end of the current administration? (104k)
Miguel Flores Bernés, Coordinator General for Regulatory Impact Assessment, COFEMER
Presentation (4,365k)

CASE STUDY 4a - MEXICO

Presentation (329k)
Public-Private Dialogue in the State of Aguascalientes, Mexico (84k)
Armando Jimenez, Secretary of Economic Development, State of Aguascalientes

CASE STUDY 5 - NIGERIA

A Case Study of the Nigerian Economic Summit (80k)
Mansur Ahmed, Director General and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group
Presentation (653k)

CASE STUDY 6 - CROATIA

Local/National Level Economic Policy Dialogue: the Competitiveness Council and Economic and Social Councils in Croatia (79k)
Joe Lowther, Senior Manager, Emerging Markets Group; Kresimir Sever, President, NHS Trade Union Confederation
Presentation (283k)

CASE STUDY 7 - VIETNAM

Presentation (312k)
Public Private Dialogue in the making of the Unified Enterprise Law and the Common Investment Law in Vietnam (77k)
Thomas Finkel, GTZ Vietnam

CASE STUDY 7a - VIETNAM

Launching the Vietnam Private Sector Forum, 1997-2000 (113k)
Wolfgang Bertelsmeier, IFC Country Manager for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, 1997-2000
Presentation (165k)

CASE STUDY 8 - LAO PDR

Lao Business Forum: Improving the business environment through constructive dialogue (75k)
Pascale Rouzies, Lao Business Forum Coordinator, IFC-MPDF; and Trang Nguyen, Manager, Business Enabling Environment Program, IFC-MPDF
Presentation (2,673k)

CASE STUDY 9 - RWANDA

The Rwandan Revenue Authority Project (76k)
Eugene Torero, Commissioner for Large Taxpayers, Rwanda Revenue Authority; Max Everest-Phillips, Senior Governance Adviser, DFID; and Richard Stern, African Regional Program Coordinator, FIAS

CASE STUDY10 - SOUTH AFRICA

Presentation (3,908k)
Psi (Private Sector Initiative) in Southern Africa (79k)
Corin Mitchell, Director of Operations, SBP South Africa

CASE STUDY11 - PERU

Presentation (2,336k)
Utilizing Public-Private Dialogue to Create a Market for Reform (87k)
Beatriz Boza, Executive Director, Ciudadanos al Día (CAD); and Luke Haggarty, Program Manager, Business Enabling Environment Program, LAC Technical Assistance Facility, IFC

CASE STUDY12 - RUSSIA

Private-Public Sector Dialogue in the Development and Implementation of Regional Projects: Tomsk Oblast, the Russian Federation (75k)
Babushkin Evgeny, Head of the Department of Investment and Economic and Legal Expertise, Administration of Tomsk Oblast

CASE STUDY13 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Working Group

These case studies were presented as part of Working Groups to draw up the PPD Charter, on the morning of Thursday, February 2, 2006.

WORKING GROUP 1

Agenda: Do PPDs need a legal mandate to be credible, aligned with institutions and effective over the long run?

CASE STUDY – TANZANIA

WORKING GROUP 2

Agenda: What structure can best translate dialogue into result? How does participation need to be balanced to ensure fair representation and legitimacy in PPDs?

CASE STUDY – PAKISTAN

WORKING GROUP 3

Agenda: Is there a typology of outputs for PPDs that best serve their cause?

CASE STUDY – MALI

WORKING GROUP 4

Agenda: “What outreach and communication techniques can be used to push PPDs’ agenda and achieve results?”

CASE STUDY – JAMAICA

Presentation (63k)
The Jamaica Cluster Competitiveness Project (JCCP) (82k)

WORKING GROUP 5

Agenda: “How can process be monitored and evaluated in PPDs?”

CASE STUDY – BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Monitoring and evaluation during the Bulldozer Initiative in Bosnia (509k)
Presentation (3,312k)

WORKING GROUP 6

Agenda: Do PPDs at sub-national level need specific strategies?

CASE STUDY – UKRAINE

WORKING GROUP 7

Agenda: Can sector-specific PPDs be fair to the economy as a whole and is there chance for spill over to wider issues?

CASE STUDY – CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO