Registration

• Introductory remarks by the Chair & Minister of Housing (5 min)
• Key note address by Hon. Alphonso Jackson U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (15 min)
• Key Note Address by the Executive Director, UN-HABITAT, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka: Overview of the purpose, objectives and organization of the peer exchange(15 min)
• Opening Address by President of Ghana, H.E. John Agyekum Kufuor

1030

Plenary Session
West African Perspectives on Housing Finance

Chair: Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Ghana
Facilitator: Chief Director, Ministry of Finance and Econ. Planning, Ghana
(20 minutes for presentation for country papers, 10 minutes comments, questions & answers)

• Statement by Mr. Pierre David, Executive Director, CMHC International, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation: (10min)
• Statement by Mr. John Simon, Executive Vice President, OPIC (10 min)
• Statement by Hon. Modibo Sylla, Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mali (3 min)
• Statement by Head of Delegation, Nigeria (2 min)
• Statement by Head of Delegation, Senegal (2 min)
• Statement by Representative from Liberia (2 min)
• Statement by Representative from Benin (2 min)
• Statement by Representative from Cape Verde (2 min)

(15 minutes for presentation of country papers, 5 minutes comments, questions & answers)

• Senegal: Presentation of Country Paper (15 min)
• Nigeria: Presentation of Country Paper (15 min)
• Ghana: Presentation of Country Paper (15 min)

Plenary Session
International Observations on Housing Finance in West Africa

Chair: Ms. Shannon Sorzano, Deputy Assistant Secretary, HUD Thematic
Facilitator: Mr. Chris Williams, Special Advisor to Executive Director, UN-HABITAT
(20 minutes for each presentation, 10 min Q & A)

• Ms. Debbie Erb,
  Director, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
• Ms. Jay Thakar, Director, Business Development, CMHC International
  CMHC experiences in the delivery of social housing and international
  experiences in Africa (Mali, Algeria and Egypt)

1530

Plenary Session (cont, chair and facilitator as above)

• Mr. John Wasielewski
  Director, Development Credit Authority (DCA)
• Mr. Robert Buckley, Senior Policy Advisor
  World Bank Experiences in West Africa

1630

Closing Comments and Orientation for Wednesday Thematic Sessions

• Mr. Chris Williams, Special Advisor to Executive Director, UN-HABITAT

• Mr. Vejella Satya ,UN-HABITAT- Slum Upgrading Facility, Lessons Learned in West Africa (20 min)
• Mr. Michael Bookstaber, Housing Finance Specialist IFC Experiences in West Africa (20 min)
• Mr. James Hokans, International Development Consultant Global Trends in the Financing of Affordable Housing and
  Questions and Introduction to Group Discussions (25 min)

10:00

Working Group Sessions (four groups, across sector and country)

Private Sector Approaches to Financing Affordable Housing

• Lead Discussant: Mr. James Hokans
  Private Sector Approaches to Financing Affordable Housing
• Group A: Mortgage Financing (English)
• Group B: Non-Mortgage Financing (English)
• Group C: Mortgage Financing (French)
• Group D: Non-Mortgage Financing (French)

Report Back to Plenary Session
Chair and Facilitator as above
Group Presentations from discussions above (15 min per group)

Chair: Ministry of Finance, Senegal Thematic
Facilitator: PS Finance (or equivalent), Nigeria

• The Role of Housing Cooperatives in the United States Ms. Kakra Hayford, International Consultant (15 min)
• Innovative Partnerships between Mortgage Lenders and Intermediaries; Challenges and Opportunities, HFC Ghana/CHF International (15 min)
• Private-Public Partnerships in Housing Delivery Mr. Oladoye Oyewumi, Nigeria (10 min)
• Ms. Christine Auclair, Private Sector Focal Point, UN-HABITAT Business Partnerships for Sustainable Urbanizations (10 min)

Working Group Sessions (four groups across sector and country)
Facilitating the development of public-private and inter-institutional partnerships, financial intermediaries

• Group A: Relationships between co-operatives, MFIs, banks, and the government (English)
• Group B: Relationships between community-based organizations, NGOs, banks and government (English)
• Group C: Relationships between co-operatives, MFIs, banks and the government (French)
• Group D: Relationships between community-based organizations, NGOs, banks and government (French)

1630

Mr. John Hogan, Human Settlements Officer, UN-HABITAT

Plenary Session
Theme Three: Government Strategies for Enabling Private Sector Financing for Affordable Housing
Chair: Governor, Central Bank of Ghana
Facilitator: Home Loans, Ghana

• Expanding Mortgage Financing Down-Market Valerie Patrick, Project Development Advisor, UN-HABITAT (20 min)
• Mr. Olivier Hassler, World Bank Experiences in the Development Path and Sequencing Issues in Building a Housing Finance System (20min)
• Mr. Larry English, Habitat for Humanity (10 min)
• Mr. Robert Dubinsky, International Housing Coalition (15 min)

Working Group Sessions
Government policies, regulatory frame work and incentives to support the private sector in the delivery and financing of affordable housing.

• Group A: Government policies, incentives and regulatory framework for mortgage and construction financiers (English)
• Group B: Government policies, incentives and regulatory framework towards non-mortgage (MFIs, Coops etc) and alternative financiers (English)
• Group C: Government policies, incentives and regulatory framework for mortgage and construction financiers (French)
• Group D: Government policies, incentives and regulatory framework towards non-mortgage (MFIs and Coops etc) and alternative financiers (French)
• Group E: International Group

Lunch

Plenary : International Partners Session
(USAID, OPIC, World Bank, IFC, CMHC, Desjardins International, IHC )
(5 minutes each, and 5 minutes Q & A)

Chair: Mr. John Simon, Executive Vice President, OPIC
Facilitator: Mr. Alven Lam, Director, International Research, U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development

1520

Mr. Alioune Badiane, Regional Director for Africa and Arab States, UN-HABITAT

International Development Partners Meeting with Mrs. Tibaijuka, , Executive Director, UN-HABITAT (closed meeting)
(Strictly HUD, USAID, IFE, OPIC, World Bank, IFC, CMHC, IHC, Habitat for Humanity International, IHC, Desjardins, and UN-HABITAT only)
Facilitator, Mr. Chris Williams, Special Advisor to Executive Director, UN-HABITAT

Plenary: Report back and synthesis
Presentation of draft Country Action Plans (Strategy Papers) for Nigeria, Senegal and Ghana (20 min each)

Chair: Chief Director, Finance, Ghana Facilitator: Mr. Alioune Badiane, Regional Director for Africa and Arab States, UN-HABITAT

1200

Closing Session
Chair: Minister of Water Resources, Works & Housing, Ghana
Facilitator: CEO, Barclays Ghana HFC Ghana

• Concluding Remarks
  Representatives from Nigeria, Senegal and Ghana
• Vote of Thanks
  Representatives of Mali, Benin, Liberia, Cape Verde and Mozambique
• Closing Statement by Mrs. Shannon Sorzano, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Closing Statement by UNDP Resident Representative, Mr. Daouda Toure
• Official Closing, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing

Sight Seeing : Courtesy of Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Ghana