2007 Economic Growth Officers Workshop
Final Agenda


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

CLUSTER 4: THURSDAY, October 18, 2007
State of the EG Profession in USAID and What USAID Missions Want and Need

Time
Topic
Speaker(s)
Moderator

8:15 am --9:00 am

Continental Breakfast
9:00 a, - 10:45 a.m.
RESTRICTED TO CURRENT USAID STAFF

Franklin C/D
35. Wednesday review Nicholas Klissas, USAID

 
36. EG Officers in USAID Gene George, Director, HR
Steve Hadley; Caroline Brearley; Ali Kamel; Paul Davis; Mitzi Likar

Steve Hadley
10:45 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Franklin C/D
37. The USAID Budget Process and Economic Growth
 

Dirk Dijkerman, COO, Office of the Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance John Ellis

38. The USAID EG Strategy – Resolution of Outstanding Issues

Steve Hadley
Jim Fox
Don Sillers

Mike Crosswell
12:30-1:30
Lunch
1:30-2:30
Franklin C
Franklin D
McPherson A
39. Democracy, Governance and Economic Growth: Enhancing Opportunities for Mutual Reinforcement
Joseph Siegle, DAI
Rachel Kleinfeld, Truan Natl Security Project
Alex Berg
40. USAID and Other USG Trade Initiatives – FTA and WTO Accession Countries

Mary Ott, EGAT/EG Roberta Mahoney
41. Knowledge Management for Economic Growth Activities – Best Practices and Resources
Stacey Young, USAID Nhu-An Tran, USAID
Marialyce Mutchler, Weidemann Mike McGahuey, USAID
David Fischer
Jeff Levine

2:30 pm -
3:30pm

Franklin C



Franklin D

McPherson A

Franklin A

 

42. PEPFAR, EG program components, and health financing

 

Michele Moloney-Kitts, PEPFAR
Prof Ajay Mahal, Harvard University
Marijn Verhoeven, IMF-FAD
Victoria Gunnarsson, IMF-FAD
Teresita Scaffer, CSIS
43.
44. USAID Support for Port Concession in Peru (PPP)

Jim Fox
Juan Bel
45. Mobile banking and enterprise development Carrie Averch, Chemonics
Bill Baldridge, USAID
Nhu-An Tran, USAID
Bruno Cornelio
46.Best practice scopes of work Work sessions in small teams Steve Hadley
3:30 pm - 3 45 pm

Coffee Break

3:45 pm - 4 :30 pm

McPherson A/B



Franklin C/D

47. AID/W Mechanisms that respond to EG Field Support Requests

Selected activity managers and CTOs, 3-5 minutes each

Theresa Stoll

48. Skills development in EG and proposals for certification


Work sessions in small teams Steve Hadley
4:45 pm - 5:15 p.m.
Franklin C/D
Report-out from preceding work-sessions   Mitzi Likar


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

 

Final Agenda for USAID
Economic Growth Officers
Workshop (PDF 91kb)