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European Development Days 2011, Warsaw 15 & 16 DecemberEIB/BUSINESSEUROPE High Level PanelAuditorium C, 1st floor, 15 December, 14.30-16.15The power of the private sector in the development process: from financing to implementing public-private partnershipsThe SessionA High Level Panel that reflects on the impact of private sector engagement on developing countries, including its contribution to achieving the MDGs, through improved access to financing and implementing public-private partnerships.SpeakersTamsyn Barton, Director General for Lending Operations outside Europe, EIBChristoph Beier, Managing Director, GIZJacques Delmoitiez, President Europe, Africa, and Middle East, BASFAdrian van den Hoven, Director for International Affairs, BusinessEuropeTashmia Ismael, Faculty & ‘Base of the Pyramid’ Hub Manager, Gordon Institute of Business Science, South Africa Klaus Rudischhauser, Director, DG Development Cooperation, European CommissionModerator: Jacki Davis
Key issues • Role of private sector in strengthening democratic participation and fundamental rights • Types of Public-Private Partnerships best placed to help growth and development converge more • Using aid as a leverage for development – role of financial institutions both at the international and local level • Maximisation of the development effects of private sector engagement in developing countries