REMITTANCES AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION
CROSS-REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Brussels, 19 - 20 May 2005
 

 

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organised by



MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND
of the
INTER-AMERICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK

 
 

 		  
19 May 2005
 
8.30-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.45 Session I: Welcome remarks and goals for the conference
9.00 General overview of the economic role of remittances

Mr. Chris De Noose, Chairman of the Management Committee, WSBI (speech.pdf)
9.25 Perspectives from the European Commission

Tomás Duplá del Moral, Director Latin America, DG Relex, European Commission (speech.pdf)
9.50-11.15 Session II: Underlying remittances trends: perspectives and proposals from international financial institutions

Moderator: Norbert Bielefeld, Deputy Director, WSBI
9.50 Remittances as a development tool for LAC: declaration on remittance core principles

Donald F. Terry, Manager, Multilateral Investment Fund, IDB
10.05 An initiative for global remittance principles

Robert Keppler, Senior Adviser Financial Sector, The World Bank (presentation.ppt)
10.20 Remittances in the EU neighbouring region

Nikolaus Siegfried, Economist International and European Relations, European Central Bank (presentation .ppt)
10.35

Discussion and Questions and Answers
 
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
 
11.30-12.45

11.30

 Session III: What do stakeholders, actors and policy makers think?

Roundtable discussion on policy propositions

Moderator: Norbert Bielefeld, Deputy Director, WSBI

  • Ceu Pereira, Principal Administrator, Internal Market, European Commission - Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) (presentation.ppt)
  • Joan Rosás, Director of International Development Business, La Caixa, Spain (presentation.ppt)
  • Jan Niessen, Director, Migration Policy Group, Belgium (speech.pdf)
  • Nilim Baruah, Head, Labour Migration, International Organisation for Migration (IOM) (presentation.ppt)
12.30 Discussion and Questions and Answers
12.45-14.00 Lunch
 
14.00-16.00 Session IV: Challenges for business: Reaching out to migrants in sending countries

Moderator: Fernando Jimenez-Ontiveros, Multilateral Investment Fund, IDB
14.00 Reaching out for the Communities: The Asian experience

Mark Surgenor, Venture Development, Remittances Venture Sunrise, Lloyds TSB, United Kingdom (presentation.ppt)
14.20 Spanish savings banks serving migrants

Maria Belen Saavedra Hernandez, Business Development Secretariat, Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros (CECA), Spain (presentation.ppt)
14.40 Financial products and services for migrants and their families

João Carlos Garcia, Vice-President, Caixa Economica Federal, Brazil (presentation.ppt)
15.00 Migrants in Germany

Ralf Schopohl, Senior Consultant International Payments, Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband (DSGV), Germany (presentation.ppt)
 
15.20 Discussion and Questions and Answers
 
16.00-16.20 Coffee break
 
16.20-18.30

 

 

 

 Session V: Challenges for business: Leveraging remittance proceeds - microfinance?

Presentations and roundtable discussion

Moderator: Fernando Jimenez-Ontiveros, Multilateral Investment Fund, IDB
16.20 Nancy Barry, President, Woman’s World Banking (presentation.ppt)
16.40 Kai Schmitz, Microfinance Corporation, USA (presentation.ppt)
17.00 Javier Gavito, President, BANSEFI, Mexico (presentation.ppt)
17.20 Jennifer Isern, Lead Microfinance Specialist, Consultative Group to assist the Poor (CGAP) (presentation.ppt)
17.40 Pedro Belo, President, BCPBank / Portugal - USA (speech.pdf)
18.00 Discussion and Questions and Answers
 
18.30 Reception
 
20 May 2005
 
9.00-10.45

 

 Session VI: Convergence of policy and business interests

Moderator: Donald Terry, Multilateral Investment Fund - IDB
 
9.00 Douglas Pearce, Financial Sector Team, Department for International Development (DFID ),United Kingdom (presentation.ppt)
9.20 Bernd Balkenhol, Social Finance Programme, International Labour Organisation (ILO) (presentation.ppt)
9.40 Henrik Parl, Managing Director, Eurogiro (presentation.ppt)
10.00 Nikos Passas, Professor, Northeastern University, USA
10.20 Discussion and Questions and Answers
 
10.45-11.00 Coffee break
 
11.00-12.00 Session VII: Implementing and moving forward
 
11.00 Donald F. Terry, Manager, Multilateral Investment Fund
 
11.20 Norbert Bielefeld, Deputy Director, WSBI (presentation.ppt)
 
11.40 Discussion and Questions and Answers
 
12.00-12.30 Closing session
 
12.00 Migration and remittances in the global economy: A European vision

Antonio de Lecea, Director for International Economic and Financial Affairs, DG Ecfin, European Commission (speech.pdf)
  Conclusions and official closing

Chris De Noose, Chairman of the Management Committee (speech.pdf)
12.30-14.00 Lunch