2014 Timor-Leste and Development Partners Meeting

"Strategic Development Plan: Managing for Better Results"

Dili, 25-26 July 2014.  Updated 30 November 2014.

For information on last year's (2013) TLDPM, click here.  For information on the 2015 TLDPM, click here.

In order to make information about the 2014 Timor-Leste Development Partners Meeting (TLDPM) more available, La'o Hamutuk is collecting materials relating to the meeting on this web page. We will be glad to include additional relevant materials; please send them to La'o Hamutuk. All documents listed below are in English except where indicated.

In November 2014, La'o Hamutuk's Radio Igualdade program broadcast Enkontru Parseiru Dezenvolvimentu nian ba Asuntu Ekonomiku with Rui Gomes and Juvinal Dias.

Materials from Timor-Leste's Ministry of Finance and other government sources

• Background paper for TLDPM (also Portuguese)

• Executive Summary of Development Cooperation Report 2013 (also Portuguese)

• Updated SDP Matrix: entire spreadsheet (also Portuguese), with sheet on each strategic sector:

• The Aid Transparency Portal has donor-supplied information about their programs, commitments and delivered assistance

Presentations to TLDPM 2014

Opening

• Welcoming remarks by Minister of Finance Emilia Pires and Foreign Minister Jose Luis Guterres

• Strategic Development Plan: Progress and Challenges over the Past Three Years by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão (also Portuguese)

• Investing in an Inclusive and Dynamic Timor-Leste by UN Under-Secretary-General Special Advisor for Timor-Leste Noeleen Heyzer

• "Timor-Leste's Preparation towards ASEAN Membership Process" by Secretary of State for ASEAN Roberto Soares

• Minister of Finance Emilia Pires launched three new reports from the Directorate-General for Statistics: the Situation Analysis of Children in Timor-Leste (also Executive Summary and full report in Tetum), Business Activity Survey 2012 and National Accounts 2000-2012.

The meeting then divided into four sectoral panels, with presentations from Government and Donors followed by comments from Parliament, Civil Society and the Private Sector.

Economic Strategic Sector

• Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment António da Conceição (Port.)

• World Bank economist Hans Beck (also Port.)

• Civil society: Juvinal Dias from La'o Hamutuk (also PowerPoint or PDF)
  Sosiedade sivil: (Tetum PowerPoint ka PDF)

• Summary of presentations and discussion by Hugo Fernandes, rapporteur

Social Strategic Sector

• Education and social services (also Portuguese)

• Minister of Health Sergio Lobo (also Portuguese)

• Comments from civil society (English & Tetum)

• Donor presentation by Australia

Infrastructure Development Strategic Sector

• Minister of Public Works Gastao de Sousa

• Asian Development Bank, Richard Phelps (also Port.; speaking notes in English or Tetum)

• Comments from civil society

• Summary of workshop by rapporteur

Governance and Institutional Development

• Minister of Justice Dionisio Babo Soares

• Secretary of State for Institutional Strengthening Francisco Borlaco (also Tetum, Port.)

• UN Resident Representative Knut Ostby (also Portuguese)

• Comments from civil society

• Comments from civil society on Decentralization (English & Tetum)

Updates

• “Launching of Direct Budget Support Program" Emilia Pires, Minister of Finance

• "Role and Progress of Human Capital Development Fund" Ismenio Martins da Silva, Chief of Human Capital Development Fund

• Aktualizatisaun ba Implementasaun New Deal husi Cancio de Jesus Oliveira, Director of DPMU and g7+ Focal Point

• New Deal Implementation by Vincent Ashcroft, Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Australia

• The Way Forward on operationalization of SDP through DPCM (Tetum) husi Cancio de ]esus Oliveira, Director of DPMU, MoF

Closing

• Final Declaration (also Tetum or Portuguese)

• Closing speech by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão (also Tetum or Portuguese)

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