The Governments of Ireland, the Netherlands & Rwanda, and the IFAD invite you to participate in “Realizing the Vision: Investing in Rural People for Inclusive and Sustainable Transformation”, a high-level side event during the Third International Conference on Financing for Development.

Summary

As the global community gathers in Addis Ababa to agree on the definition of a new international financing framework for sustainable development, this High-level side event will focus attention on a set of questions that need to be addressed to overcome obstacles to investment in inclusive and sustainable rural transformation. While the Addis Ababa conference is not a pledging conference, the event is an opportunity for governments, public institutions, the private sector and rural people themselves, to commit themselves to the necessary actions to transform rural areas and to meet the ambition of the Post-2015 Agenda.

The event will feature a two-hour, dynamically moderated panel with Ministers and Senior representatives from government, the private sector, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Each will bring to the discussion their real-life experiences in contributing to the creation of an enabling environment to mobilize resources and investment in sustainable and inclusive rural transformation, with a focus on boosting the investment capacity of smallholders and rural MSMEs.

Participants

• HE Liliane Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Kingdom of the Netherlands
• HE Claver Gatete, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Republic of Rwanda
• HE Sean Sherlock, Minister of State for Development. Trade Promotion and North-South Co-operation, Ireland
• Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, IFAD
• Horri Kharas, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution (moderator)