Pacific Regional Consultation
4-5 March 2024 | Nadi, Fiji
ABOUT
The regional consultation will take place on 4-5 March 2024 in Nadi, Fiji. It will focus on the governments’ feedback on the draft policy including the 10 Environment and Social Standards (ESSs) as well as Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) implementation challenges. The government representatives are expected to articulate their respective country’s official comments or feedback on the draft ESF.
Participants will be coming from the following countries: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu. Participation is by invitation only.REGISTRATION
PROVISIONAL AGENDA
| Day 1 4 March 2024, 9:00 - 5:40 PM | ||
| Time | Activity | Resource Persons |
| Pre-consultation | ||
| 8:30 - 9:00am (30 min) | Start of Registration Networking session | |
| 9:00 – 9:10 am (10 min) | Group Photo | |
| Consultation Proper | ||
| 9:10 – 9:20 am (10 min) | Acknowledgement of Participants and Meeting Reminders | Overall Facilitator |
| 9:20 – 9:25 am (5 min) | Opening Message | Nianshan Zhang, Head, Office of Safeguards (OSFG), ADB |
| 9:25 – 9:55 am (30 min) | Session 1: Overview of ESF and ESP | Bruce Dunn, Director, OSFG, ADB Takako Morita, Principal Counsel, Office of the General Counsel (OGC), ADB |
| 9:55 – 10:35 am (40 min) | Discussion on Session 1 | Session Moderator |
| 10:35 – 10:45 am (20 min) | Session 2: Overview of ESS 1 (Assessment and Management of E&S Risks and Impacts) and ESS 10 (Stakeholder Engagement and Information Disclosure) | Zehra Abbas, Principal Environment Specialist, OSFG, ADB Madhumita Gupta, Principal Social Development Specialist (Safeguards), OSFG, ADB |
| 10:45 – 11:00 am (15 min) | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 am (30 min) | Group Discussion on Key Issues | Delegates from Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu |
| 11:30 – 12:00 pm (30 min) | Presentation of Key Issues | Group Rapporteurs |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm (60 min) | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00 – 1:40 pm (40 min) | Discussion on Session 2 | Session Moderator |
| 1:40 – 1:50 pm (10 min) | Session 3: Overview of ESS 3 (Resource Conservation and Pollution Prevention) and ESS 9 (Climate Change) | Zehra Abbas, Principal Environment Specialist,
OSFG, ADB |
| 1:50 – 2:20 pm (30 min) | Group Discussion on Key Issues | Delegates from Cook
Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands,
Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu,
Vanuatu |
| 2:20 –2:50 pm (30 min) | Presentation of Key Issues | Group Rapporteurs |
| 2:50 – 3:30 pm (40 min) | Discussion on Session 3 | Session Moderator |
| 3:30 – 3:45 pm (15 min) | Coffee Break | |
| 3:45 – 3:55 pm (10 min) | Session 4: Overview of ESS
2 (Labor and Working Conditions) and ESS 4 (Health, Safety, and Security) | Felix Oku, Senior Social Development Specialist
(Safeguards), OSFG, ADB |
| 3:55 – 4:25 pm (30 min) | Group Discussion on Key Issues | Delegates from Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu |
| 4:25 – 4:55 pm (30 min) | Presentation of Key Issues | Group Rapporteurs |
| 4:55 – 5:35 pm (40 min) | Discussion on Session 4 | Session Moderator |
| 5:35 – 5:40 pm (5 min) | Synthesis and Announcements | Overall Facilitator |
| Day 2 5 March 2024, 8:30 - 5:00 PM | ||
| Time | Activity | Resource Persons |
| 8:30 – 8:40 am (10 min) | Meeting Reminders | Overall Facilitator |
| 8:40 – 8:50 am (10 min) | Session 5: Overview of ESS 5 (Land Acquisition and Land Use Restriction) | Irina Novikova, Principal Social Development
Specialist, OSFG, ADB |
| 8:50 – 9:20 am (30 min) | Group Discussion on Key Issues | Delegates from Cook
Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands,
Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu,
Vanuatu |
| 9:20 – 9:50 am (30 min) | Presentation of Key Issues | Group Rapporteurs |
| 9:50 – 10:30 am (40 min) | Discussion on Session 5 | Session Moderator |
| 10:30 – 10:45 am (15 min) | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45 – 10:55 am (10 min) | Session 6: Overview of ESS 7 (Indigenous Peoples) | Tulsi Bisht, Senior Social Development
Specialist (Safeguards), OSFG, ADB |
| 10:55 – 11:25 am (30 min) | Group Discussion on Key Issues | Delegates from Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu |
| 11:25 – 12:05 pm (30 min) | Presentation on Key Issues | |
| 12:05 – 1:05 pm (60 min) | Lunch Break | |
| 1:05 – 1:40 pm (40 min) | Discussion on Session 6 | Session Moderator |
| 1:40 – 1:50 pm (10 min) | Session 7: Overview of ESS 6 (Biodiversity and Sustainable Natural Resources Management) and ESS 8 (Cultural Heritage) | Zehra Abbas, Principal Environment Specialist, OSFG, ADB |
| 1:50 – 2:20 pm (30 min) | Group Discussion on Key Issues | Delegates from Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu |
| 2:20 – 2:50 pm (30 min) | Presentation of Key Issues | Group Rapporteurs |
| 2:50 – 3:30 pm (40 min) | Discussion on Session 7 | Session Moderator |
| 3:30 – 3:45 pm (15 min) | Coffee Break | |
| 3:45 – 3:55 pm (10 min) | Session 8: Overview of E&S Requirements for Financing Modalities and Products and PIAL | Takako Morita, Principal Counsel, Office of the General Counsel (OGC), ADB |
| 3:55 – 4:35 pm (40 min) | Discussion on Session 8 | Session Moderator |
| 4:35 – 4:45 pm (10 min) | Synthesis and Next Steps | Bruce Dunn, Director, OSFG, ADB |
| 4:45 – 4:50 pm (5 min) | Closing Message | Nianshan Zhang, Head, Office of Safeguards (OSFG), ADB |
| 4:50 – 5:00 pm (10 min) | Session Evaluation and Announcements | Overall Facilitator |
CONTACT
For concerns and queries, email the Safeguards Policy Review and Update Secretariat (SPRU) at safeguardsupdate@adb.org.