12182008.ppt

12/18/2008 * World Bank Facility for South-South Experience Exchange Workshop for Practitioners of South-South and Triangular Cooperation December 18, 2008 Mrs. Helena Nkole Program Coordinator The World Bank Group 12/18/2008 * Objectives To Meet Immediate Practical Operational Knowledge Gaps by Catalyzing the Sharing of Developing Country Experiences Between Practitioners. To Document and disseminate lessons learned through an experience exchange library. 12/18/2008 * South-South Experience Exchange Facility Launched by President Robert Zoellick at the World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, DC on October 11, 2008. Supported by: China, Denmark, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. 12/18/2008 * Launch Event 12/18/2008 * Launch Event 12/18/2008 * President Zoellick “By sharing knowledge, and learning from each other’s experiences, we can advance the development agenda.” “The World Bank Group can play an important role in facilitating this process by sharing not only our own knowledge but also the expertise of emerging economies with our clients in other developing countries.” 12/18/2008 * Pipeline Activities Information and Communication Technologies: Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania (India:) Sustainable Aquaculture and Mangrove: Yemen (China) Disaster Management Strategy:Haiti (Cuba) Facilitating Knowledge Exchange in Garment Production: Haiti (Lesotho, Mauritius, and Mozambique) Peace Building: Nepal (South Africa, Macedonia, and Indonesia) Conditional Cash Transfers: Africa, LAC, MNA (Mexico, Brazil,etc.) 12/18/2008 * Strengths of the New Facility Exchange between Practitioners and Policy Makers Demand-Driven—letter of request from line ministry Catalytic for longer-term technical cooperation. Just-in-time knowledge transfer that requires interaction within a few weeks Results-Focused Web-based Library of Exchange Monitoring and Evaluation of Each Exchange Supports Variety of Sectors 12/18/2008 * Sou