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12—13 September 2011 – Agenda
Governmental Workshop

Monday, 12 September 2011
9.00 – 9.30	Registration
9.30 – 9.45	Welcome and introduction to the program Moderator: Geert Balzer
9.45 – 10.30	Keynote speeches by the co-hosts Wolfgang Kanera, Deputy Director General, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany Marta Pedrajas Herrera, Head of Economic Development Division, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain Thomas Rossignol, International Economic Affairs Division, Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs, France José Correia Nunes, Head of DEVCO.A2, Directorate-General Development of the European Commission, European Commission, Brussels
10.30 – 10.45	The ITC and the international tax and development agenda Hans Wollny, Deputy Head of Governance Division, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
10.45 – 11.15	Group picture and coffee break
parallel	Marketplace in order to showcase the diverse range of organizations, products, services, and information
11.15 – 12.45	Panel discussion: The international tax and development agenda - demands and expectations of developing countries Contributions A perspective from Africa Lincoln Marais, Director Institutional Development, ATAF Secretariat, African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF), Pretoria A perspective from Latin America Socorro Velázquez, International Specialist, Centro Interamericano de Administraciones Tributaria (CIAT), Panama Juan Pablo Jiménez, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Santiago de Chile A perspective from Asia Ashutosh Dikshit, Joint Secretary, Tax Policy & Legislation Division, Ministry of Finance, India & Dr Dheeraj Bhatnagar, Secretary Income Tax Settlement Commission, Tax Policy & Legislation Division, Ministry of Finance, India Chair: Thomas Rossignol, International Economic Affairs Division, Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs, France
12.45 – 13.00	Introduction to working groups
13.00 – 14.30	Lunch break
14.30 – 16.00	Good practices for enhanced South-South cooperation and stronger development coordination Presentations and discussion in working groups Working group 1: South-South sharing of computerized integrated systems for taxation Input Emmanuel Nnko, Deputy Director, Revenue Authority, Tanzania Enrique Gonzalez, Municipal Mayor, Local Government Unit of Valencia, Negros Oriental, The Philippines Facilitator: Birger Nerré, Tax Advisor, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Serbia Working group 2: Successful donor coordination at the country level Input Sampson Hammond, Deputy Commissioner, Revenue Authority, Ghana William Kiganda, Assistant Commissioner Research Planning and Development, Revenue Authority, Uganda Edgar Anibal Hernández Navas, Vice Minister, Financial Administration, Finance Ministry, Guatemala Wisdom Nhekairo, Commissioner General, Revenue Authority, Zambia Facilitator: Logan Wort, Executive Secretary, African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF), Pretoria Working group 3: Transfer pricing and developing countries Input Barbara Grenko, Policy Officer, Section Governance, International Issues and Double Taxation, TAXUD, European Commission, Brussels Jose Correia-Nunes, Head of DEVCO.A2, Directorate-General Development of the European Commission, European Commission, Brussels Alexander Trepelkov, Director Financing for Development Office, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), New York Colin Clavey, Tax Adviser, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD, Paris Facilitator: Gonzalo Arias, International Cooperation Manager, Centro Interamericano de Administraciones Tributaria (CIAT), Panama
16.00 – 16.30	Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00	Ongoing research and proposals for implementation Presentations and discussion in working groups Working group 1: Taxation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) Input Chansa Shambuluma, Director Domestic Taxes, Revenue Authority, Zambia Anthony Dzadzra, Principal Budget Analyst, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana Jan Loeprick, Tax Expert, Investment Climate Advisory Service (FIAS), The World Bank Group, Washington D.C Facilitator: Wisdom Nhekairo, Commissioner General, Revenue Authority Zambia Working group 2: Assessing the tax performance of developing countries: New initiatives for tax research Input David Kloeden, Deputy Division Chief, Department of Fiscal Affairs, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington D.C. Christian von Haldenwang, Senior Researcher, Coordination Latin America, German Development Institute, Germany Facilitator: Ashutosh Dikshit, Joint Secretary, Tax Policy & Legislation Division, Ministry of Finance, India Working group 3: Tax gaps in selected countries of Southeast Asia and Latin America Input Victor van Kommer, Director Tax Services, International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD), Amsterdam Juan Pablo Jiménez, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Santiago de Chile Facilitator: Roland von Frankenhorst, Head of Sector Project International Tax Compact, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany
19.30	Dinner at the Petersberg

Tuesday, 13 September 2011
9.00 – 9.15	Welcome and introduction to day two Moderator: Geert Balzer
9.15 – 10.30	Sharing of working group conclusions Moderator: Geert Balzer
10.30 – 11.30	Presentations: Tools for enhanced donor coordination Donor Mapping Survey Input Ute Eckardt, Senior Adviser, ITC Secretariat, Bonn & Ana Cebreiro, Tax Economist, International Tax Dialogue (ITD), Paris Appropriate aid modalities for supporting tax systems Input Jonas Blume, Sector Economist, International Tax Compact, KfW Development Bank, Germany & Ben Dickinson, Head, Tax and Development, OECD, Paris
11.30 – 12.00	Coffee break
parallel	Marketplace in order to showcase the diverse range of organizations, products, services, and information
12.00 – 13.15	Panel discussion: What kind of aid is needed from a multilateral perspective? - Perspectives of different multilateral organizations Input The UN approach Alexander Trepelkov, Director Financing for Development Office, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), New York The IMF approach David Kloeden, Deputy Division Chief, Department of Fiscal Affairs, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington D.C. The peer review learning approach Sanjay Mishra, Vice-chair, Peer Review Group of the Global Forum, OECD, Paris Chair: José Correia Nunes, Head of DEVCO.A2, Directorate-General Development of the European Commission, European Commission, Brussels
13.15 – 14:30	Lunch break
14.30 – 15.45	Plenary discussion: Recommendations for appropriate aid modalities from a development partners perspective Input George Blankson, Commissioner General, Revenue Authority, Ghana Moderator: Geert Balzer
15.45 – 16:00	Coffee break
16.00 – 16.30	Discussion of next steps and workshop communiqué Moderator: Geert Balzer
16.30 – 17.00	Closing remarks by the co-hosts
following	Social event

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