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Presentations from the 2019 MPPN Annual Meeting
The 7th Annual MPPN meeting took place from the 1st to the 3rd of July. The meeting was hosted by the Government of Seychelles and its Ministry of Family Affairs and the National Bureau of Statistics, with the support from the MPPN secretariat, the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI).
Monday 1, July
Welcome and Introduction: Alvin Laurence, Principal Secretary for Poverty Alleviation, Ministry of Family Affairs
• Introduction of OPHI: Sabina Alkire, Director, OPHI, University of Oxford
• Presentation of Seychelles Pilot National MPI: Maria Payet, Principal Statistician, National Bureau of Statistics (PDF)
• Poverty and Personal and Family Wellbeing: Marie-Josée Bonne, Principal Secretary for Family Affairs, Ministry of Family Affairs
• The Interaction of Poverty with Education, Employment and Opportunities in Life:
Susan Morel, Technical Adviser, Ministry of Employment
Discussion: Moving Forward Together
Moderators: Laura Ahtime, CEO, National Bureau of Statistics, and Conrad Shamlaye, Senior Policy Adviser, Ministry of Health
Concluding Remarks
Official Opening of the MPPN Meeting and Launch of Seychelles Pilot National MPI
Mitcy Larue, Minister for Family Affairs, Seychelles
Tuesday, 2 July. Inaugural session and opening remarks:
• Seychelles: Alvin Laurence, Principal Secretary for Poverty Alleviation, Ministry of Family Affairs
• MPPN Steering Committee: Gonzalo Hernández Licona, Executive Secretary, CONEVAL, Mexico
• MPPN Secretariat: Sabina Alkire, Director, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford
MC: Felipe Roa-Clavijo, Researcher and Global Policy Network Lead, OPHI
Video Greetings from Invited Guests:
• Achim Steiner, Administrator, UNDP
• Baroness Scotland, Secretary-General, Commonwealth of Nations
MPPN Accomplishments 2018-19 and Agenda of this Meeting: Sabina Alkire, Director, OPHI
Sharing National Experiences in Developing an MPI
• Djibouti: Mouna Osman Aden, Minister, Ministry of Social Affairs and Government Solidarity
• Mongolia: Ariunzaya Ayush, Chairperson, National Bureau of Statistics (PDF)
• Sri Lanka: Anura Kumara, Additional Director General, Department of Census and Statistics (PDF)
• Namibia: Ottillie Mwazi, Deputy Statistician General, Namibia Statistics Agency (PDF)
• Mauritius: Chandranee Rughoobor, Statistician, Statistics Mauritius (PDF)
• Burkina Faso: Zakaria Koncobo, Head of Department, Survey and Monitoring of Living Conditions, National Institute of Statistics and Demography (PDF)
• Tanzania: Sylvia Meku, Manager, Social and Demographic Statistics, National Bureau of Statistics
Moderator: Christian Oldiges, Co-Director of Metrics and Policy, OPHI
Navigating Political Transitions
• Mexico: Gonzalo Hernández Licona, Executive Secretary, CONEVAL
• Colombia: Laura Pabon, Director of Social Development, Department of National Planning
• Chile: Macarena Alvarado Moscoso, Head of Social Observatory Division, Ministry of Social Development
• South Africa: Risenga Maluleke, Statistician General, Statistics South Africa
Moderator: Iván González de Alba, Regional Policy Advisor, UNDP Panama
In-depth I: The MPI in the SDGs
• Nigeria: Yemi Kale, Statistician General, National Bureau of Statistics
• Mexico: Gonzalo Hernández Licona, Executive Secretary, CONEVAL
Moderator: Gonzalo Hernández Licona, Executive Secretary, CONEVAL, Mexico
Working Session on SDG Reporting and Advocacy. In-depth II: Pushing Forward the 2030 Agenda (PDF)
• SADC: Maxwell Mkumba, Senior Policy Advisor (Poverty and Development)
• FAO: Piero Conforti, Senior Advisor
• UNICEF: Hasina Begum, Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF Bangladesh
• WFP: Jordi Renart, Strategic Coordination Advisor
• UNDP: Fatou Leigh, Economic Advisor, UNDP South Africa
Moderator: Marie-Josée Bonne, Principal Secretary of Family Affairs, Ministry of Family Affairs, Seychelles
Highlights from Discussions and Closing Remarks
Weiping Tan, Deputy Director, International Poverty Reduction Centre in China
Laura Pabon, Director of Social Development, Department of National Planning, Colombia
Wednesday, 3 July
Parallel Session I: MPIs in High-Income Countries (Marie Louise Conference Room)
• Chile: Macarena Alvarado Moscoso, Head of Social Observatory Division, Ministry of Social Development
• Seychelles: Ziggy Adam, Principal Policy Analyst, Ministry of Family Affairs
Moderator: Ottillie Mwazi, Deputy Statistician General, Namibia Statistics Agency
Parallel Session II: Child Poverty and Intrahousehold Inequality (Amirantes Conference Room)
• OPHI: Sabina Alkire, Director (PDF)
• Bangladesh: Krishna Gayen, Director General, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (PDF)
Moderator: Martin Evans, Senior Research Fellow, ODI
A Handbook for Building National MPIs (PDF)
• Adriana Conconi, Executive Director, OPHI
• Mónica Pinilla, Co-Director of Metrics and Policy, OPHI
Moderator: Pali Lehohla, Research Associate, OPHI
Keynote Speech: Using the MPI for Targeting
Weiping Tan, Deputy Director, International Poverty Reduction Centre in China
Moderator: Nyendi Moloyi, Assistant Coordinator, Office of the President – Poverty Eradication Coordinating Office, Botswana
Parallel Session III: Using the MPI for Coordination (Marie Louise Conference Room)
• Colombia: Laura Pabon, Director of Social Development, Department of National Planning
• China: Tan Weiping, Deputy Director General, IPRCC
• Mozambique: Vasco Nhabinde, Director of Economic and Financial Studies Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance
Moderator: Felipe Roa-Clavijo, Researcher and Global Policy Network Lead, OPHI
Parallel Session IV: Communicating the MPI (Amirantes Conference Room)
• Nigeria: Emuesiri Ojo, Technical Advisor to the Statistician General, National Bureau of Statistics
• Seychelles: Alvin Laurence, Principal Secretary for Poverty Alleviation, Ministry of Family Affairs
• Uganda: James Muwonge, Director of Socio-Economic Surveys, Uganda Bureau of Statistics
• Sierra Leone: Joseph Samah, Senior Economist of Planning and Research Department, Ministry of Planning and Economic Development
Moderator: Adriana Conconi, Executive Director, OPHI
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