African Development Bank

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African Development Bank

Provisional Programme

Lusaka, Zambia, 23 – 27 May 2016

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Saturday 21st & Sunday 22

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_{May 2016, from 9:00 -17:00: Registration of participants}

MONDAY 23 MAY 2016

Time Events Venue

07:30 – 17:00 Registration of Participants Accreditation - Marquee II

09:00 – 18:00 Recording of Governors’ Statements Bamboo Boardroom

09:00 – 10:30 African Economic Outlook 2016: Sustainable cities and structural

transformation in Africa Mosi-oa-Tunya

09:00 – 13:00 Meeting of the Organs of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) Luapula

10:00 – 18:30 Continental Business Network Meeting Luangwa

10:45 – 11:15 Press Conference Zambezi

11:30 – 13:00 Call to Action: Achieving Nutritional Security Muchinga

14:30 – 16:00

Creating a Smart Africa – How the continent can harness the ICT revolution Main Hall Jobs for women and young people – The transformative Potential of

Agribusiness Mosi-oa-Tunya

14:30 – 16:00 Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Board of Governors on the

Conditions of Service for Elected Officers (Closed Session) Boardroom 13

16:00 –17:00 Meeting of the Bureau of the Boards of Governors (Closed Session) Boardroom 13

17:00 – 18:30 Meeting of the Joint Steering Committee of the Boards of Governors

(Closed Session; open to non-member Governors as observers) Boardroom 13

18:30 – 21:00 Welcome Cocktail Ballroom – Intercontinental

Hotel 19:30 – 21:00 President’s Dinner with the Special Panel on “Accelerating the

Implementation of the TYS through the High 5s”

Makombi – Intercontinental Hotel

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NB: All events are open to all participants with the exception of Meetings of Statutory Organs. All participants can also attend the Closing Ceremony TUESDAY 24 MAY 2016

09:00 – 11:00 Formal Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Annual Meetings Victoria Falls - Marquee III _{Main Hall}

11:30 – 13:30 _{African Leaders Roundtable on Energy and Climate Change} Mosi-oa-Tunya

14:00 – 15:30 State Banquet (by invitation only) Intercontinental Hotel

15:00 – 16:15 _{The Path to Universal Access to Energy in Africa by 2025} CMR01

16:30 – 17:45 The Road to Agricultural Transformation in Africa Main Hall

18:00 –19:15 Jobs for African Youth – From Demographic Dividend to Economic

Dividend Mosi-oa-Tunya

19:30 Dinner hosted by the Chairperson of the Board of Governors

(by invitation only) State Lodge Area

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WEDNESDAY 25 MAY 2016

08:00 – 10:00 President’s Dialogue with Governors Mosi-oa-Tunya

09:00 – 17:00 Africa-India Partnership Day CMR04

09:30 – 12:00 Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) CMR01

11:00 – 12:30

First Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Consideration and approval of the:

 Provisional agenda

 Report of the Joint Steering Committee

 Report of the Standing Committee of the Board of Governors on the Conditions of Service for Elected Officers

Main Hall

12:00 – 15:00 Japan - AfDB Forum: Energy Access and Quality Infrastructure in Africa -

Towards TICAD VI Tanganyika

12:45 – 14:00 Financial Presentation (Lunch) Victoria Falls – Marquee III _{Main Hall}

14:30 – 16:00 G20 & BRICS Outreach Event Boardroom 13

15:00 – 16:15 _{Climate Change – Beating the Odds} CMR01

16:30 – 18:30 Africa’s Energy: What’s the New Deal? Mosi-oa-Tunya 18:00 ‒ 24:00 Dinner: African Bankers’ Awards (by invitation) Intercontinental Hotel

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NB: All events are open to all participants with the exception of Meetings of Statutory Organs. All participants can also attend the Closing Ceremony THURSDAY 26 MAY 2016

07:30 – 09:00 Breakfast Forum: Financing the Solar Energy Revolution in Africa CMR02 08:00 – 12:00 Civil Society Organization Forum: Working at the Core of the High 5s Mosi-oa-Tunya 08:30 – 10:30 Energy Africa - Bringing Solar Power to African Homes CMR01

10:00 – 12:00

Trade Finance - Fostering Regional Integration and South-South

Cooperation CMR04

Lighting up Africa: Are Electricity Markets Fit for Purpose? Tanganyika 10:30 – 12:00 Second Sitting of the Boards of Governors: General Election of Executive

Directors of the Bank and Selection of Executive Directors of the Fund Main Hall

12:30 – 14:00 Governor’s Lunch Victoria Falls – Marquee III

14:00 – 15:30

Water for Energy and Green Growth Tanganyika

Financing Renewable Energy in Africa CMR04

14:30 – 16:00 Partnership on Illicit Finance Action Plan Launch Zambezi

15:30 – 17:00

Transitioning to Green Growth: where are we? CMR03

Africa – “Workshop of the world”? Manufacturing Strategies to Unleash

a Continent Mosi-oa-Tunya

16:30 – 18:00 Africa’s Energy Investment Opportunity (Closed session) Boardroom 13 18:30 – 19:00 Youth Entrepreneurship & the Challenges of Energy & Climate change in

Africa Boardroom 13

20:00 Cocktail / Cultural Night Government Complex

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FRIDAY 27 MAY 2016

08:00 – 09:00 Community of Practice for Finance Ministers – Financing for Gender Results

(closed session) CMR02

08:00 – 13:00 Civil Society Organization Forum: Working at the Core of the High 5s Mosi-oa-Tunya

08:00 – 17:30 Zambia Investment Forum Victoria Falls – Marquee III

09:00 – 11:00 Roundtable discussion on Zimbabwe’s Debt Arrears Clearance Luapula 09:30 – 11:00 Towards COP 22 in Marrakech: What are the issues at stake? CMR01

11:00 – 12:00 Third Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Closing Session of the 2016

Annual Meetings Main Hall

12:00 – 13:00 Closing Press Conference Main Hall

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NB: All events are open to all participants with the exception of Meetings of Statutory Organs. All participants can also attend the Closing Ceremony

OTHER EVENTS

SUNDAY 22 MAY 2016

14:00 – 18:00 TEDx Lusaka: The Next Chapter : Ideas for Africa’s story Victoria Falls – Marquee III TUESDAY 24 MAY 2016

08:00 – 18:00 AADFI General Assembly Nyika

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch: Leapfrogging Private Sector Development CMR02

14:00 – 17:00 Financing Healthcare Infrastructure for Universal Health Coverage in Africa: A

Public Private Partnership Approach Zambezi

18:00 – 20:00 JP Morgan Cocktail CMR02

WEDNESDAY 25 MAY 2016

11:00 – 12:30 Capacitating Enterprises for Innovation in Green Energy Nyika 14:00 – 16:00 Climate and Disaster Risk Financing: Innovation for the Continent Zambezi

15:00 – 17:00 State Equity Participation – now what? CMR03

18:00 – 19:30 ALSF Cocktail (by Invitation only) Munali