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Public Administration Global Forum: Transforming Governments for a Livable Planet

May 28-29, 2024

Washington, D.C.

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Effective public administrations are central to realizing a world free of poverty on a livable planet. Faced with the growing demand for increasingly complex government services from citizens, coupled with mounting fiscal pressures and a widening trust-deficit between citizens and their public administrations, a paradigm shift in approaches to improving public administration performance is urgently needed. In recognition of this challenge, the World Bank invites world leaders, experts, and practitioners to participate in the Public Administration Global Forum on Transforming Governments for a Livable Planet, to be held in Washington, D.C., from May 28^th – 29^th, 2024.

For more, please see the detailed agenda in the Day 1 and Day 2 tabs on this website.

The Forum is being hosted by the World Bank’s Public Administration Reform Global Program, under the Governance Global Practice, and co-hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Estonia; Centro Latinoamericano de Administración para el Desarrollo (CLAD); Escola Nacional de Administração Pública (ENAP); United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford (CDDRL); Transparency International; the Chandler Institute of Governance; and Apolitical.

Tuesday, May 28, 2024:

08:00	Breakfast and Check-in
09:00	Opening Remarks Arturo Herrera Gutierrez, Global Director – Governance, World Bank
09:15	Plenary Session 1: Restoring Trust in Public Administrations Hun Many, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Civil Service, Cambodia Martha Sika Chizuma, Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Malawi Monica Brezzi, Division Head, Governance Indicators and Performance Public Governance Directorate, OECD Kay Vyvyan Brown, Executive Secretary, Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative Sarah A. Brierley, Assistant Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science Moderator: Martin Raiser, Regional Vice President, World Bank
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	Public Administration Reforms in Action: World Café A showcase of innovative World Bank and partner initiatives.
12:00	Keynote Address: Transforming Governments for a Livable Planet Benjamin Olken, Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Discussant: Arturo Herrera Gutierrez, Global Director – Governance, World Bank
13:00	Lunch Break
14:00	Plenary Session 2: Managing the Adoption of Emerging Technology in Government Young Jun Jung, Deputy Minister, Planning and Coordination Office, Ministry of Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman, Capacity Building Commission, India Nogui Ramón Acosta Jaén, Minister of Finance, Costa Rica Andrew Reiskind, Chief Data Officer, Mastercard Robyn Scott, CEO, Apolitical Moderator: Junaid Kamal Ahmad, MIGA Vice President – Operations, World Bank
15:30	Coffee Break
16:00	Deep Dive Sessions – The Role of Public Administration Reforms in Addressing Global Challenges A. Improving Institutional Capabilities for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (Preston Audiorium) Jean-Pierre Lihau, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Civil Service, Administration Modernization and Public Service Innovation, Democratic Republic of the Congo Pooja Warier Hamilton, Chief Partnerships Officer, Apolitical Benjamin Olken, Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Navroz Dubash, Professor, Centre for Policy Research Laura Zoratto, Senior Economist, World Bank Moderator: Stephane Hallegatte, Senior Climate Change Adviser, World Bank B. Reinforcing Social Contracts and Strengthening Resilience: Public Administration Reforms for Peace-Building (Conference room: MC C2 350) Abraham Makur Mangok Abol, Director General of Human Resource Management, Ministry of Public Service, South Sudan Mark Chukwuemeka Okoye, Director General of the Anambra State Investment Promotion Agency and Former Commissioner for Budget & Economic Planning, Nigeria Clare Lockhart, Director and Co-Founder, Institute for State Effectiveness Vishalini Lawrence, Senior Director – Resilience and Stability, DAI *Moderator: Soukeyna Kane, Director – Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group, World Bank C. Conceptualizing New Public Administration Models for Health Service Delivery (Conference room: MC 2-800)* Anamarija Magazinovic, Minister Assistant for Finance and General Affairs, Federal Ministry of Health, Bosnia and Herzegovina Muhammad Yasir Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh Saidou Diop, Lead Governance Specialist, World Bank Ayesha Khurshid, Survey Specialist, The Bureaucracy Lab - World Bank *Moderator:* Mickey Chopra, Lead Health Specialist – Health, World Bank D. Conceptualizing New Public Administration Models for Education Service Delivery (Conference room: MC 4-800) Rumana Ali, State Minister for Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, Bangladesh Abubakar Kimpa Isah, Federal Ministry of Education, Nigeria David Evans, Principal Economic Advisor for the Social Sector, IADB *Moderator:* Luis Benveniste, Global Director – Education, World Bank
17:30	Networking Cocktail
19:00	End of Day 1

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

07:30	Breakfast
08:30	Recap of Day 1
08:45	Plenary 3 – Women in Government: Addressing Gender Imbalances in the Public Sector Jeneba J Bangura, Commissioner General, National Revenue Authority, Sierra Leone Wedad Qutaishat, Director, Prime Minister Implementation Office Roya Rahmani, Former Afghan Ambassador to the US & Senior Adviser at Atlantic Council South Asia Center Mihriban Müge Finkel, Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh & Co-Director, of the Gender Inequality Research Lab (GIRL) *Moderator:* Ana Maria Munoz Boudet, Lead Economist, Gender Group, World Bank
09:45	Deep Dive Sessions – Transforming Governments for a Livable Planet A. Working Effectively in Multi-Level Governance Contexts (Conference Room: MC C2-350) Safia Aamir Isran, Additional Secretary, Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Government of Sindh, Pakistan Naomi Enid Slack, Director Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance, School of Cities, University of Toronto Jelena Janevska, Programme Director, Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe David Jackson, Director of Local Transformative Finance Practice, UNCDF Roland White, Lead Urban Specialist, Urban, World Bank *Moderator:* Serdar Yilmaz, Practice Manager – Governance, World Bank B. Designing Public Sector Wage-Setting Mechanisms (Preston Auditorium) Lyn Mengich, Chairperson, Kenya Salaries and Remuneration Commission Višnja Tafra, Director, Ministry of Justice and Public Administration, Government of Croatia Conrado Ricardo Ramos Larraburu, Secretary General, Centro Latinoamericano de Administración para el Desarrollo (CLAD), Uruguay Zahid Hasnain, Lead Governance Specialist, World Bank Pedro Arizti, Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank Moderator: Fabian Seiderer, Practice Manager - Governance, World Bank C. Transforming Governments with Data: Launch of the Government Analytics Handbook and the Global Survey of Public Servants (Conference Room: MC 4-800) William Maloney, Chief Economist – LAC, World Bank Daniel Rogger, Research Manager – DIME, World Bank Christian Schuster, Professor in Public Management, University College London Kimberly Wells, Manager - Survey Analysis, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Nana Kwasi Agyekum Dwamena, Former Head of the Civil Service, Ghana Moderator: Arianna Legovini, Director – DIME, World Bank D. Strengthening Public Accountability and Integrity in Public Administrations (Conference Room: MC 2-800) Tashi, Honorable Auditor General, Bhutan Royal Audit Authority Sarah Lister, Head of Governance, United Nations Development Program Luis Capao, Director of Public Participation and Cascais Municipal Executive Council Member, Portugal Daniela Patiño Piñeros, Programme Lead Public Resources, Transparency International David Gómez-Álvarez Pérez, Executive Director, Transversal, Mexico Moderator: Alberto Leyton, Practice Manager – Governance, World Bank E. Building Coalitions for Reform: Empowering Government Champions (Conference Room: MC 5-100) Francisco Gaetani, Extraordinary Secretary for State Transformation, Ministry of Public Sector Management and Innovation, Brazil Marianna Saldivar Gadea, Minister, Presidential Delivery Unit, Paraguay Delfina Irazusta, Executive Director, Red de Innovacion Local Justice Nyigmah Bawole, Dean, Ghana School of Business *Moderator:* Nazaneen Ismail Ali, Practice Manager – Governance, World Bank
11:00	Coffee Break
11:30	Plenary Session 4 – Public Administration Reforms in Action: Operational Perspectives Manuela V. Ferro, Regional Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific, World Bank Victoria Kwakwa, Regional Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa, World Bank Ousmane Diagana, Regional Vice President for Western and Central Africa, World Bank Moderator: Arturo Herrera Gutierrez, Global Director – Governance, World Bank
12:30	Lunch Break
13:30	Deep Dive Sessions – Transforming Governments for a Livable Planet A. Transitioning Towards Competent, Professional Public Administrations (Preston Auditorium) Tsedevsuren Lkhagya, Civil Service Council, Mongolia Martin Williams, Associate Professor in Public Management – Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford Lavinia-Claudia Niculescu, General Secretary – National Agency for Civil Servants, Government of Romania Dino Poonsamy, National School of Government, South Africa Eunhyo Lee, Director International Cooperation, Ministry of Personnel Management, Republic of Korea Moderator: Tracey Lane, Practice Manager – Governance, World Bank B. Enabling and Incentivizing Civil Servant Learning and Professional Development (Conference Room: MC 2-800) Kusobile Kamwambi, Permanent Secretary, Management Development Division, Civil Service Commission, Zambia Hemang Jani, Senior Advisor to the Executive Director (EDS12), India Pedro Masson Sesconetto Souza, General Coordinator of Data Science, National School of Public Administration (ENAP), Government of Brazil Robyn Scott, CEO, Apolitical Moderator: Alma Kanani, Practice Manager – Governance, World Bank C. GovTech Innovations for Public Administration Reform (Conference Room: MC 4-800) María José Geraldina Martelo, Undersecretary of Innovation Secretariat of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief of Cabinet Office, Argentina Catalina Plinschi, State Secretary for Digital, Moldova Daniel Medimorec, Senior Expert International Affairs, Federal Chancellery, Austria Woong Joe Ko, Head, Administrative and Civil Service Improvement Planning Team, Ministry of Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea Moderator: Adrian Fozzard, Practice Manager – Governance, World Bank D. Creating an Enabling Environment for Private Sector Development (Conference Room: MC C2-350) Oumar Ouattara, Chief Executive Officer, Autorité Nationale de Régulation des Marchés Publics, Cote D’Ivoire Susantha Athula Kumara Pettikiri Arachchige, Director General, Department of Public Enterprises, Sri Lanka Armando Luis Augusto Caceres Valderrama, Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Rita Ramalho, Lead Economist, World Bank Moderator: Chiara Bronchi, Practice Manager – Governance, World Bank
14:45	Working Together: The Public Administration Performance Global Partnership in Action Roby Senderowitsch, Practice Manager - Governance, World Bank
15:00	Closing Axel van Trotsenburg, Senior Managing Director, World Bank
15:30	End Forum

EVENT DETAILS

DATES: May 28-29, 2024
LOCATION: World Bank Headquarters
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 20, 2024

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