 Asia-Pacific Outreach Meeting on Sustainable Development Financing 10-11 June 2014 Djuanda Hall, Ministry of Finance Complex, Jakarta TENTATIVE PROGRAMME (AS OF 28 MAY 2014) As agreed by world leaders at Rio+20, the global development agenda is expanding beyond poverty reduction and the MDGs and incorporating issues such as infrastructure development and climate change mitigation and adaptation, for which it is critical to secure new and innovative sources of finance in the context of the United Nations Post-2015 development agenda. The Outreach Meeting will bring together key stakeholders from the public, private and civil society sectors from across Asia and the Pacific to advance regional perspectives on the sustainable financing strategies and options, particularly in the areas of domestic resource mobilization, capital market development, infrastructure finance and public-private partnerships, climate finance, financial inclusion, South-South, triangular and regional cooperation. Day 1: Tuesday, 10 June 2014 07.30 – 08.20 Registration (Djuanda Hall, Ministry of Finance Complex) 08.30 – 09.00 Welcome remarks • Shamshad Akhtar, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP Keynote address • Muhammad Chatib Basri, Minister of Finance, Indonesia Opening remarks • Pertti Majanen, Co-Chair, Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing 09.00 – 09.25 Group photo and press conference; coffee 09.25 – 09.40 Overview presentation by ESCAP The presentation will provide a framework of financing for sustainable development that highlights seven areas to be discussed at the meeting and the role of ESCAP in advancing the regional agenda. 09:40 – 11:20 Session 1: Domestic resource mobilization One of the most pressing issues for any country determined to invest in sustainable development is to raise the necessary resources, particularly through taxation. For many economies in the region, tax revenue collection is neither sufficient nor equitable. This session explores ways to enhance domestic investable resources including through (i) strengthening tax revenues in the region, (ii) reprioritizing public expenditure and making it more development oriented and (iii) making more effective use of natural resource revenues for investing in development. Chair • Cesar Purisima, Secretary of Finance, Philippines o Brief summary of domestic resource mobilization for sustainable development drawing upon the Philippines experience, particularly on recent reforms of tax administration, including mechanisms to avoid corruption. Presenters • Bambang Brodjonegoro, Vice Minister of Finance, Indonesia o Experience of Indonesia in reprioritizing expenditure towards development, with reference, for instance, to recent policies to tackle expenditure on subsidies. • Rathin Roy, Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India      