Shaping an enabling business and investment climate in Asia
– Making Reforms Work –
Traders Hotel, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City
Manila, Philippines
July 25-28, 2005
PROGRAM
MONDAY, JULY 25, 2005
8.00 – 9:00
SEMINAR REGISTRATION
OPENING SESSION
9:00 – 9:10
Welcome and overview
Simon White, Seminar Facilitator
KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
9:10 – 9.30
GTZ’s role in Business and Investment Climate Reforms in the Asian region
Martina Vahlhaus, Program Manager, SMEDSEP, Philippines
9:30 – 9:50
Key priorities for reform of the business and investment climate
Elmer C. Hernandez, Undersecretary, Industry & Investments Group, Board of
Investments
9:50 – 10.10
Role of the private sector in creating a better business and investment climate
Donald Dee, President, Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry
10.10 – 10.30
IFC SME Facility and investment climate reform in the Philippines
Vipul Bhagat, Philippines Country Manager, International Finance Corporation
10:30-11:00
Morning tea break
SEMINAR ORIENTATION AND INTRODUCTIONS
11:00 – 11:30
Outline of seminar aims and program
Simon White, Seminar Facilitator
11:30 – 12:00
Participant introductions
12.00 – 13.00
Lunch break
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REGION OVERVIEW
The regional roundup provides an opportunity for all participants to understand the
major issues affecting business and investment climate reforms in the countries of the
region that are participating in the seminar.
13:00 – 13:30
Regional overview (Doing business and policy analysis of the region)
Federico M. Macaranas, Executive Director, Asian Institute of Management, Policy
Center
13:00 – 14:15
Facilitated discussion on the main business and investment climate issues in the
region
Simon White, Seminar Facilitator
Brief overview of reforms in the Mekong
Nguyen Hang Nam, Business Development Officer, Business Enabling Environment
Program, Mekong Private Sector Development Facility, Vietnam
Afternoon tea break
14:15 – 14:30
14:30 – 15:00
15:00 – 16:00
Small business perspective on business and investment climate
Leah Zveglich, Business Consultant
16:00 – 17:00
Review of common challenges and priorities for reform in Asia
Simon White, Seminar Facilitator
17:00
End of Day 1
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DAY 2: TUESDAY, JULY 26 2005
PART 1:
ASSESSING THE BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT CLIMATE AND
DESIGNING REFORMS
A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS AND REFORM
This session presents a framework for understanding the way the business and
investment climate can contribute SME development. It includes a consideration of
the ways business and investment climates can be assessed and programs for reform
designed.
8.30 – 9:15
Role of the business and investment climate in SME development
Simon White, Seminar Facilitator
9:15 – 10:15
Framework for analysis and reform of the business and investment climate:
Part A: Definitions and concepts
Sonja Kurz, GTZ Headquarters, Frankfurt
10:15 – 10:45
Morning tea break
10:45 – 11:20
Framework for analysis and reform of the business and investment climate
Part B: Impact chains, tools and data
Sonja Kurz and Julius Spatz, GTZ Headquarters, Frankfurt
PART 2:
IMPLEMENTING REFORM PROGRAMS – AREAS OF INTEREST:
FINANCIAL AND SECTORAL REFORMS FOR A BETTER BUSINESS AND
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
The following presentations show the relevance of financial and sectoral reforms to
improvements in the business and investment climate. Seminar participants can
pursue these areas of interest in more detail in the afternoon breakout sessions.
11:20 – 11:50
A sectoral approach to improving the business and investment climate for SMEs
Federico M. Macaranas, Executive Director, Asian Institute of Management, Policy
Center
11:50 – 12:20
Financial sector reforms: towards a systemic approach to improving financial
markets for SMEs
Stefan Jansen, GTZ Indonesia
12:20 – 13:20
Lunch break
PARALLEL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
These sessions have been designed to provide participants with the opportunity to
examine specific areas of interest to business and investment climate reform in more
detail. Sessions will be held concurrently in different rooms. A rapporteur will be
chosen for each session to report back some of the key issues discussed in the
morning of the following day.
13:20 – 17:00
SESSION A:
SECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT CLIMATE
REFORMS
This breakout session examines the relationships between sectoral development
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approaches to SME development and reforms in the business and investment climate.
It presents ways in which value chain analysis can incorporate an analysis of the
business and investment climate and describes the kinds of reforms that can be used
to enhance sector development opportunities. This will include consideration of the
advantages and disadvantages of special economic zones as strategies that have a
sectoral focus and offer special concessions in the business and investment climate.
Session Facilitator: Anja Gomm
A sectoral approach to improving the business and investment climate for SMEs
Federico M. Macaranas, Executive Director, Asian Institute of Management, Policy
Center, Philippines
Economic zones and sectoral business environments
Wilhelm Ortaliz, Deputy Director General, Philippine Economic Zone Authority
Approaches to private sector development in the tourism sector; critical issues for
business and investment climate reform
Cherry Lyn Rodolfo, School of Economics, University of Asia and the Pacific,
Tourism sector Philippines
13:20 – 17:00
SESSION B:
MAKING FINANCIAL MARKETS WORK BETTER
This breakout session provides an opportunity for participants to examine in depth
approaches to making financial markets work better for SMEs. It will provide
practical examples and tools on how to assess financial markets and identify the
obstacles to making financial markets work better for SMEs. It will also give
examples of strategies that have been used to improve financial markets such as the
use of credit bureaus, strategies for improving secured lending practices, leasing, etc.
Session Facilitator: Martina Vahlhaus
Stefan Jansen, GTZ Indonesia
Hans Shrader, International Finance Corporation, Indonesia
Benel Lagua, Philippines Small Business Guarantee and Finance Corporation
N. Balasubramanian, Small Enterprise Development Bank of India, Chairman and
Managing Director, India
17:00
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DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, JULY 27 2005
8.30 – 8:45
Review of program
Simon White, Seminar Facilitator
GOOD REFORM PRACTICES AND CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS
8:45 – 10:00
Reports from Tuesday breakout sessions
Key lessons for good reform practices and conditions required for successful reform
In this session a rapporteur from the previous breakout sessions will report on the
issues discussed in these session. Emphasis will be given to the crosscutting issues
that affect the success of reforms to the business and investment climate. This will
include discussions in country groups.
AREAS OF INTEREST: REGULATORY, ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUBNATIONAL REFORMS
The following presentations show the relevance of regulatory and administrative
reforms to improvements in the business and investment climate. The importance of
sub-national reforms is also considered. Seminar participants can pursue these areas
of interest in more detail in the afternoon breakout sessions.
10:00 – 10:30
Regulatory reforms for a more competitive business and investment climate
Part 1
Jong Seok Kim, Member of Presidential Regulatory Reform Commission, Director
Jacobs & Associates, Seoul, South Korea
10:30 – 11:00
Morning tea break
11:00 – 11:30
Regulatory reforms for a more competitive business and investment climate
Part 2
Jong Seok Kim, Member of Presidential Regulatory Reform Commission, Director
Jacobs & Associates, Seoul, South Korea
11:30 – 12:00
Creating better local business and investment climates
Hans Shrader, International Finance Corporation, Indonesia
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch break
PARALLEL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
These sessions have been designed to provide participants with the opportunity to
examine specific areas of interest to business and investment climate reform in more
detail. Sessions will be held concurrently in different rooms. A rapporteur will be
chosen for each session to report back some of the key issues discussed in the
morning of the following day.
13:00 – 17:00
SESSION A:
REGULATORY REFORM PROCESSES AND STRATEGIES
This session will take an in depth look at the processes and strategies that can be used
to reform the regulatory framework for private sector development. It will include
information on the use of regulatory impact assessments (RIAs) and draw from the
experiences of South Korea.
Session Facilitator: Anja Gomm
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Session overview: processes and strategies for regulatory reform
Jong Seok Kim, Seoul, South Korea
Case study: Viet Nam
Le Duy Binh, GTZ, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Observations on the dynamics of regulatory reform in the Philippines
John Avila, Institute of Political Economy, University of Asia and the Pacific,
Philippines
Vera Songwe, Senior Economist, East Asia Pacific Region, Poverty Reduction and
Economic Management Unit, World Bank, Philippines
13:00 – 17:00
SESSION B:
SUB-NATIONAL REFORM PROCESSES AND STRATEGIES
This breakout session will examine a range of practical processes and strategies that
can be used to make local business and investment climates more competitive. It will
present assessment tools and describe strategies that have been used in the region.
Special consideration will be given to the role of local and provincial/regional
governments.
Session facilitator: Simon White
Practical challenges and approaches in the design and development of sub-national
business environment reforms
Simon White, Consultant
Hans Shrader, International Finance Corporation, Indonesia
Role of local business associations in business and investment climate reform
Restie Male, Program Officer, Partnership Development Facility, Philippine-Canada
Local government support program, CIDA-Philippines
Case study: SMEDSEP – promoting sub-national business environment reforms
Martina Vahlhaus, Program Manager, SMEDSEP, Manila, Philippines
OFFICIAL SEMINAR DINNER
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DAY 4: THURSDAY, JULY 28 2005
8.30 – 8:45
Review of program
Simon White, Seminar Facilitator
GOOD REFORM PRACTICES AND CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS
8:45 – 9:15
Reports from Wednesday breakout sessions
Key lessons for good reform practices and conditions required for successful reform
In this session a rapporteur from the previous breakout sessions will report on the
issues discussed in these session. Emphasis will be given to the cross-cutting issues
that affect the success of reforms to the business and investment climate
PART 3:
MONITORING AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT – DEMONSTRATING AND
IMPROVING THE IMPACT OF REFORM
This session examines ways in which the impact of reform programs can be
measured so as to improve program design and to assess the contributions the
reforms make to improving the business and investment climate
9:15 – 10:30
Evaluating the impact of reforms on the business and investment climate
Julius Spatz, GTZ Headquarters, Frankfurt, Germany
This session addresses the challenges to impact monitoring in BIC programs and
shows what role enterprise surveys can play to overcome these challenges
10:30 – 11:00
Morning tea break
11:00 – 12:00
Bridging the Attribution Gap in Business and Investment Climate Programs
Julius Spatz and Sonja Kurz, GTZ Headquarters, Frankfurt, Germany
In this session, ways to establish links between business and investment climate
programs and their impacts on SME development, job creation and poverty reduction
are described.
SEMINAR SUMMARY AND REVIEW
Region round up: follow up activities, lessons learnt
12:00 – 13:00
Review of program and outcomes
Simon White, Seminar Facilitator
13:00 – 14:00
Seminar evaluation
Planning for next steps
Martina Vahlhaus, Program Manager, SMEDSEP, Manila, Philippines
14:00
Close of seminar followed by lunch
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