Working Out of Poverty:
A Decent Work Approach to Development and Growth in Africa
September 8-9, 2008
The Cape Hotel
Monrovia, Liberia
13:00 Departure for Optional Pre-Workshop Project Visit for International Participants
Mt. Barclay/Johnsonville Road
17:00 Arrival at Cape and Mamba Point Hotels in Monrovia
18:00 - 18:30 Meeting for Speakers and Moderators
Mamba Point Hotel, Mamba Point Road
18:30 - 20:30 Reception for all Participants and Invited Local Guests hosted by Realizing Rights
Mamba Point Hotel, Mamba Point Road
8:30 Registration begins at The Cape Hotel Conference Centre
9:00 Welcoming Remarks and Official Launch of the Workshop
Samuel Kofi Woods, Liberian Minister of Labour
Mpenga Kabundi, Deputy Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Africa,
Mary Robinson, Founder and President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
Her Excellency President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
10:00 Plenary Panel 1: Perspectives on Challenges for Development and Decent Work
in Africa
Jordan Ryan, UN Resident Coordinator in Liberia
John Odah, General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Vice-President of ITUC-Africa
Rose Karikari Anang, Executive Director, Ghana Employers Association
Håkon A. Gulbrandsen, State Secretary for International Development, Norway
Zhou Yuxiao, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Liberia
Arnold Kanyangarara, Coca Cola
Discussion
Moderators: Liberian Minister of Agriculture Chris Toe and Ambassador of the United States to Liberia Linda Thomas-Greenfield
11:15 Coffee/tea Break
11:30 Plenary Panel 2: Learning from Policy and Practice
Post-conflict reconstruction and job creation: Examples from Liberia and Mozambique
Liberia: Deputy Minister of Labour Jackson Wonde
Mozambique: Vice Minister of Planning Victor Bernardo
Discussion
Moderators: Liberian Rehabilitation and Development Committee Chair Natty B. Davis and UN Resident Coordinator of Liberia Jordan Ryan
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Plenary Panel 3: Promoting sustainable enterprises and decent jobs in the formal
and informal economy
Donor Perspectives on Support for Decent Job Creation in Enterprises
Ohene Oyanin, The World Bank
Moving out of Informality: Local Economic Development Programmes in Ghana
Esther Ofei-Aboagye, Director, Institute of Local Government Studies in Ghana
Supporting Local Producers in Company Value Chains
Kene Umeasiegbu, Cadbury
Developing Good Standards and Practice in the Extractives Sector
Chris Anderson, Newmont Mining
Discussion
Moderators: Mary Robinson and Liberian Minister of Gender and Development Vabah Gayflor
15:30 Coffee/tea Break
16:00 Breakout Sessions
Post-conflict reconstruction and development
Sustainable enterprise development
Gender equality and decent work
17:00 Report Back and Discussion
Moderators: Rozanne Chorlton, UNICEF Representative for Liberia and Pat Horn, WIEGO
18:30 - 20:30 Reception for all Participants and Invited Local Guests hosted by ILO
Mamba Point Hotel, Mamba Point Road
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