Performance, Capacity and Change
Leadership Forum of the Asia-Pacific Community of Practice on
Managing for Development Results
23-24 March 2015
Multifunction Hall 1, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines
APCoP is building a regional leadership network to advance results-based public
sector management through relationships, innovation and shared purpose.
AGENDA
(As of 17 March 2015)
Day 1 - 23 March 2015, Monday
Sessions on Country Level Experiences, Innovation, New Tools and Practices
Time
8:30−8:50
Agenda
Welcome Remarks: Stephen Groff, Vice President (Operations 2), Asian Development
Bank (ADB)
Purpose of the workshop in the context of APCoP and preparation of ADB’s Capacity
Development Operational Plan (2015-2020)
Opening Remarks: Arsenio Balisacan, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary, National
Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Philippines
8:50−10:30
Session 1: APCoP Country Level Experiences
Panel:
1) Malaysia: The Role of Strategic Communication in Successful Outcomebased Budgeting. Koshy Thomas, Deputy Director, National Budget Office and
Head of the Outcome-Based Budgeting Project Team, Ministry of Finance,
Malaysia; Chair, APCoP Coordinating Committee
2) Performance Scorecards in Sri Lanka. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy, Secretary,
Ministry of Plantation Infrastructure Development, Sri Lanka; Vice Chair, APCoP
Coordinating Committee
3) Nepal: Introducing Performance Contracts. Baikuntha Aryal, Joint Secretary,
Budget and Program Division, Ministry of Finance, Nepal
4) Viet Nam: A PEFA Self-Assessment. John Wiggins, Consultant to the
Government of Viet Nam
Discussants: Noriko Ogawa, Deputy Director General, Pacific Department; Ramesh
Subramaniam, Deputy Director General, Southeast Asia Department (SERD), ADB
Moderator: Indu Bhushan, Director General, Strategy and Policy Department (SPD), ADB
Summary of trends and lessons
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10:30−10:45
10:45-11:00
Coffee/Tea break
Group Photo
11:00−12:30
Session 2: Innovative Tools & Practices for Enhanced Performance and
Development Results. Who’s Doing What?
Panel:
1) Performance Benchmarking in Oregon, New York City and South Australia.
Jeff Tryens, Principal, Measures Matter, Portland, Oregon, USA, Former
Executive Director of Oregon’s Progress Board, Former Deputy Director for
Performance Management in New York City under Mayor Michael Bloomberg,
Former Director of Community Engagement for South Australia’s Strategic Plan
2) Giving a Boost to Budget Analysis and Transparency. Clay G. Wescott,
Independent Evaluator and President, International Public Management Network,
Washington, DC
3) Open Government and Digital Feedback Loops for Public Infrastructure
Delivery in the Philippines Road Sector. Kai Kaiser, Senior Economist, World
Bank Philippines Country Office
Discussants: Betty Wilkinson, Director, Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade
Division, Central and West Asia Department; Sungsup Ra, Director, Human and Social
Development, South Asia Department (SARD), ADB (TBC)
Moderator: Bart Edes, Director, Social Development, Governance and Gender Division,
Regional and Sustainable Development Department (RSDD), ADB
Summary of trends and lessons in an operational context
12:30−2:00
Lunch
2:00−3:30
Session 3: Continuation of Innovative Tools & Practices for Enhanced Performance
and Development Results. Who’s Doing What?
Panel:
4) Contract Management and Performance Monitoring for Private Service
Providers in Drinking Water in Armenia. Gagik Khachatryan, Acting
Chairman, State Committee of Water Economy, Ministry of Agriculture, Republic
of Armenia.
5) Strengthening Sector Outcomes with Results-Based Lending in Sri Lanka.
Sofia Shakil, Senior Education Specialist, East Asia Department, and Gi Soon
Song, Principal Social Development Specialist, SARD, ADB
6) Development Entrepreneurship, Jaime Faustino, Program Director, The Asia
Foundation, Philippines
7) Citizen Report Cards for Better Service Delivery. Asha Newsum, Governance
and Public Sector Management Consultant, ADB
Discussants: Bernard Woods, Principal Results Management Specialist, SPD; David
Raitzer, Economist, Economics and Research Department, ADB
Moderator: Ramesh Subramaniam, Deputy Director General, SERD; ADB
Summary of trends and lessons in an operational context
3:00−3:30
Coffee/Tea break
3:30−5:00
Session 4: Evaluation Session
2
Panel:
1) Creating an Evaluation Culture for Learning with an Internal Evaluation
Model. Koshy Thomas, Chair, APCoP CC and Arunaselam Rasappan, Technical
Advisor to Government of Malaysia, and Founding President, Malaysia Evaluation
Society.
2) Learning from (Independent) Evaluation. Monika Weber-Fahr, Chief
Knowledge Officer and Senior Manager at IEG, World Bank and the Centers for
Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR), Washington, DC
3) Opening Country Policy Windows in Lower and Middle Income Countries.
Beryl Leach, Deputy Director for Policy, Advocacy and Communication, 3ie
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, New Delhi, India.
4) Nepal: The Use of Evaluations in Informed Planning Process: Nepal’s
Experience. Teertha Dhakal, Joint Secretary and Head M&E Division, National
Planning Commission Secretariat, Nepal; Member, APCoP Coordinating
Committee.
5) Philippines: Evidence-Based Monitoring and Evaluation of Philippine
Development Plan (TBC). Roderick Planta, Director, Monitoring and Evaluation
Staff, NEDA, Philippines
Discussants: Hans Carlsson, Advisor and Head, Portfolio Results and Quality Control
Unit; Gambhir Bhatta, Principal Knowledge Management Specialist, SARD, ADB
Moderator: Vinod Thomas, Director General, Independent Evaluation Department, ADB
Summary of trends and lessons in an operational context
5:00−5:15
Session 5: Summary and Closing for Day 1
Bart Édes, Director, Social Development, Governance and Gender Division, RSDD, ADB
Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy, Secretary, Ministry of Plantation Infrastructure Development,
Sri Lanka; Vice Chair, APCoP Coordinating Committee
5:15−6:30
Cocktail Reception at ADB Executive Dining Room, Hosted by Ma. Carmela Locsin,
Director General, RSDD
Day 2 - 24 March 2015, Tuesday
CC Focus Planning Sessions (CC members, Secretariat, ADB Operation Departments,
and Partners)
Time
Agenda item
9:00−10:30
Session 1: Knowledge Partnerships and Networks
Panel:
1) PEMNA, Miki Matsuura, Public Sector Management Specialist, Governance
Global Practice, World Bank, Washington, DC
2) CLEAR, Monika Weber-Fahr, Chief Knowledge Officer and Senior Manager
3) Asia Pacific Development Effectiveness Facility (AP-DEF): Role of Regional
Platforms in Supporting Knowledge on Development Cooperation. Ashley
Palmer, Governance and Development Effectiveness Specialist, UNDP Bangkok
4) Global Partnership Initiative on Results & Mutual Accountability, Co-Chair
Monowar Ahmed, Additional Secretary & Head, Aid Effectiveness Unit,
Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh
Discussants: Gambhir Bhatta, Principal Knowledge Management Specialist, SARD;
Claudia Buentjen, Principal Public Sector Management Specialist, RSDD; Ganesh
Rauniyar, CLEAR Board Representative and IED
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Moderator: Rolando Tungpalan, Undersecretary, NEDA, Philippines
10:30−10:45
Coffee/Tea break
10:45−12:00
Session 2: Brainstorming and Planning Session for CC and Partners
12:00–12:10
Moderators: Koshy Thomas, APCoP Chair; TBD
Closing Remarks: (TBD) Ramesh Subramaniam, Deputy Director General, SERD
12:15−13:30
Lunch
13:30−15:00
90 minutes
By invitation only: Planning Session (for APCoP Coordination
Committee and RETA team).
Moderators: Koshy Thomas, APCoP Chair; Ramesh Subramaniam,
Deputy Director General, SERD, and/or Moderator: TBD
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