World Bank -

Inter-American Development Bank

French Business Delegation

led by

Mr. Gérard WOLF – Chairman of BRICS Access & Chairman of the Sustainable City Task Force of MEDEF International

Mr. Philippe GAUTIER – CEO of MEDEF International

And

Mr. François BURGAUD – Chairman of ADEPTA & Co-Chairman of the Agrofood Task Force of MEDEF International

In cooperation with

ADEPTA, AQUAVALLEY FNTP, SIA and

SYNTEC Ingénierie

MONDAY 4TH TO THURSDAY 7TH JUNE 2018

- WASHINGTON DC –

WORKING LANGUAGES: ENGLISH AND FRENCH

P R O G R A M

D A Y 1 – M O N D A Y , J U N E 4 T H

3.50 pm Arrival at Dulles International Airport and Transfer to the Sofitel hotel

7.00 am – 7.45 pm BRIEFING SESSION of the French Business Delegation by Mr. Gérard WOLF –

Chairman of BRICS Access & Chairman of the Sustainable City Task Force of

MEDEF International

The World Bank in 2018: priority sectors and current restructuration

D A Y 2 – T U E S D A Y , J U N E 5 T H

8:30 am The delegation leaves the lobby of the Sofitel hotel

9.30 am – 10.15 am MEETING with Mr. Hervé de VILLEROCHÉ, Executive Director for France (tbc)

The World Bank in 2018: priority sectors and current restructuration

10.15 am – 11.15 am MEETING with Mr. Makhtar DIOP, World Bank VP for the Africa Region (tbc)

11.30 am – 12.30 pm

MEETING with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

with Mrs. Keiko HONDA, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer

1.0 pm – 2.30 pm

IMF HQ1 Building –

Room HQ1 1 -713

BROWN BAG LUNCH

Economic diversification, upgrade in the value chain and strengthening of the

local economic fabric in emerging countries:

Proposal of a pioneering model of partnership with the private sector

Commodity dependence has condemned many countries to face declining and highly volatile prices. Economic diversification is one of the preferred channel to support a stable and inclusive growth. The development of local processing activities goes through upgrading value chains. It will be a vehicle for job creation. Many governments - and national business confederation - are seeking for a development tool to boost private investment in priority sectors and support the emergence of a network of competitive national SMEs connected to major investors.

Challenges: employment creation, sub-regional trade, technology and know-how transfer

The private sector is ready to take its share! MEDEF International, with its counterparts in other countries and in partnership with the World Bank, has been developing since 2016 an innovative mechanism based on inter-company partnerships to create an economic ecosystem favoring greater investment. Main objectives of the Brown Bag Lunch: - to present a pilot project, the PADE project, a technical assistance mission financed by the World Bank. The joint action of the national employers’ organizations, UNICONGO and MEDEF International, aims to encourage the creation of Congolese and European joint ventures on priority sectors such as agribusiness, wood transformation, logistics. - following the expressed demand of World Bank client countries and the

recommendations of African and Paraguay employers’ organization, to consider

the opportunity to institutionalize this model and adapt it to the requesting

countries as an effective tool for development.

Agenda

Moderators:

- Sebastian MOLINEUS, Director, Global Practice Finance, Competitiveness and

Innovation (tbc)

- Philippe GAUTIER, CEO, MEDEF International

Speakers:

1.00 – 1.20 pm: Presentation Global Practice Finance, Competitiveness and

Innovation: presentation of the World Bank strategy of diversification and

development of the private sector

- Sebastian MOLINEUS, Director, Global Practice Finance, Competitiveness and

Innovation

1.20 – 1.35 pm: Pilot project in the Republic of Congo: feedbacks from the field, as

strategic partners

- Philippe GAUTIER, CEO, MEDEF International

- Alexandre PLANELLES, Executive Secretary General, UNICONGO

1.35 – 1.50 pm: Testimonies of private actors:

- Overview of the 21 partnership projects of the Congolese pilot: Henri DE

VILLENEUVE, CEO, Cobasa

- Testimonies of companies (with a special focus on agribusiness)

1.50 – 2.00 pm: Appeals by Sahelian and Paraguayan employers to set up

equivalent programs in their countries

- Representative of a Sahelian business organization

- Representative of the Paraguayan Industrial Union (UIP)

2.00 – 2.25 pm: Exchanges with the World Bank staff and French companies

2.25 – 2.30 pm: Conclusion

3.00 pm – 5.30 pm WORKSHOP

The equation of a sustainable urban value chain in development countries:

Analysis & solutions

By 2050, the world will be home to an additional 2.5 billion urban dwellers. This

“urban wave” will progress across the globe: 1 billion additional urban dwellers in

Africa, 500 million in India, 250 million in China and the remainder essentially in the

emerging countries.

This extremely rapid urbanization creates challenges along the entire urban value

chain (planning, construction, urban services, transports, atmospheric

environment). To meet those challenges, the involvement of companies from all

sectors (mobility, civil engineering, construction, energy, waster, water) is a

necessity.

How do we address these issues to build resilient and sustainable cities?

Representatives from the French Business Council (MEDEF) Task Force on

Sustainable Cities will propose an equation to solve these challenging dynamics

during this workshop.

With specific illustrations, the seminar will present concrete experiences of French

private sector companies in developing countries, focusing on engineering,

construction, transport and environment

Mains objectives of the workshop:

- To introduce the World Bank policy on cities to the French companies

- To share the extensive experience of French companies in developing countries

- To identify ways of collaboration between World Bank and French private sector

Agenda

Moderators:

- Ms. Meskerem BRHANE, Practice Manager of Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience

Global Practice

- M. Gérard WOLF, Chairman of the Sustainable City Task Force – MEDEF

International

Speakers:

3 pm - 3.30 pm: Strategy, needs and project portfolio/upcoming projects of the

World Bank

3.30 pm – 3.45 pm: Presentation of the Sustainable Cities Task Force of MEDEF

International

- Gérard WOLF, Chairman of the Sustainable Cities Task Force

Engineering and construction focus:

3.45 pm – 4.00 pm: Integrated solutions & masterplanning

- Gilles PEQUEUX, International Development Director, Egis

- José-Michaël CHENU, Strategic Marketing and Urban Development Director, Vinci

Transport focus:

4.00 pm – 4.20 pm: Transports solutions for congested cities

- Colas MARTINET, Vice-President Business Development, Transdev

→ A new age for first- and last-mile transportation

- Charlotte RICHÉ, Project finance director, Poma

Environmental focus :

4.20 pm – 4.25 pm: Weather/water/pollution forecast and data management

- Tatiana DE LIZASO, International Director, ANTEA FRANCE & Daniel PIERRE,

Research & Innovation Director, ANTEA FRANCE

→ Environmental Data Management to make cities more sustainable face to

global changes

- Marc CHIAPPERO, Director, Aria Technologies

4.25 pm – 4.55pm: Exchanges between French companies and World Bank and

IFC’s staff

4.55 pm: Conclusion

3.00 pm – 5.30 pm WORKSHOP

Agro-industry

With specific illustrations, this workshop will present concrete experiences of

French private sector companies acting in the vegetal and animal sector of

agribusiness

It will also open a broader exchange of views on the contribution that the

international private sector can make to the scaling-up of the agriculture

development and agribusiness agenda and the approach of the World Bank Group

in this matter.

Mains objectives of the workshop:

- To share the extensive experience of French companies in the sector.

- To identify ways of collaboration between World Bank and French private

sector.

Mr. Simeon Ehui Director Food and Agriculture Global Practice – presenting on

behalf of M. Juergen VOEGELE.

6.00 pm – 8.00 pm NETWORKING COCKTAIL

With the World Band staff, French companies, representatives of IFC, IMF

8.00 am The delegation leaves the lobby of the Sofitel hotel

9.00 am – 9.45 am

IFC Building

MEETING with Mr. Philippe LE HOUEROU, Chief Executive Officer of IFC

10.15 am – 11.45 am WORKSHOP

Procurement and safeguards

The World Bank's framework aims to maximize the strategic role of procurement

in achieving development effectiveness goals by:

- Recognizing that countries are looking to be more efficient in their public

spending so that they can invest more in basic public services such as

education, health and infrastructure services and enrich development

outcomes.

- Modernizing procurement to emphasize fit-for-purpose, choice, quality, and

greater value for public spending, while enabling adaptation to country

contexts.

- Promoting strengthened national procurement systems that are empowered

to support sustainable development objectives.

Increasing transparency in public spending by taking advantage of ICT tools in

public procurement.

With M. Enzo de Laurentiis, Chief Procurement Officer, OPSPR

12.15 pm - 1.45 pm BROWN BAG LUNCH

Compliance: Responsible Business Conduct and Anti-Corruption in

infrastructure projects

About Responsible Business Conduct and Anti-Corruption in infrastructure

projects, the focus should not be exclusively on the behavior of the private sector,

but also on practices in the public sector, since most, if not all, infrastructure

projects are under the ultimate responsibility of public sector entities.

ISO 37001 is an anti-bribery management system that identifies a management

standard to help organizations in the fight against corruption, by establishing a

culture of integrity, transparency and compliance. It is applicable to small, medium

and large organizations in all sectors, including public, private and not-for-profit

sectors.

D A Y 3 – W E D N E S D A Y , J U N E 6 T H

Dialogue between public and private sectors concerning responsible business

conduct and anti-corruption in infrastructure projects should be deepened to

promote new standards.

Institutional financing institutions such as the World Bank have a key role to play

to help tackling bribery and corruption. Requesting ISO 37001 certification from

clients could help achieve this objective.

Main objectives of the workshop: to present the ISO 37001 norm

to receive feedbacks and testimonies on the ISO 37001 norm from French private

sector representatives and its importance for structuring compliance approach of

companies

Agenda

Moderators:

- Pascale Hélène DUBOIS, Vice President, Integrity and Acting Vice President of

Ethics and Business Conduct, World Bank

- Philippe GAUTIER, CEO, MEDEF International

Speakers:

12.15 – 12.30 pm: Introduction

- Pascale Hélène DUBOIS, Vice President, Integrity and Acting Vice President of

Ethics and Business Conduct, World Bank

12.30 – 12.45 pm: Feedback and testimony on the ISO 37001 norm from French

private sector representative and its importance for structuring compliance

approach of companies

- Michael JULIAN, Chief Compliance Officer, Alstom

12.45 – 1.00 pm: Responsible Business Conduct and Anti-Corruption in

infrastructure projects

- Michel DEMARRE, Vice-President in charge of International Affairs, French

National Federation of Public Works (FNTP)

1.00 – 1.40 pm: Discussion with the World Bank staff

1.40 pm: Conclusion

2.00 pm – 4.15 pm WORKSHOP

The new solar market & energy transitions

Access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy (SDG7) is essential

to end poverty, reach other UN Sustainable Development Goals and critical for

many countries to meet their climate change mitigation targets.

Today’s global energy sector is undergoing constant change. The energetic

transition process affects every sector (production, transmission, substations,

distribution) and requires precise technical capacities from companies.

Solar is a major component of the energetic transition occurring throughout the

globe. It raises specific challenges such as transaction time and cost, accessibility of

mitigations tools and financial cost. Harmonization of regulations, standardization

of contracts, aggregation of guarantees and financing and digitalization are

processes that are indispensable to regulate the new solar market.

Mains objectives of the workshop:

- To introduce the World Bank policy on energy to the French companies.

- To share the extensive experience of French companies in developing countries.

- To identify ways of collaboration between World Bank and French private sector

Agenda

Moderators:

- Ricardo PULITI, Senior Director Energy & Extractives

- Gérard WOLF, chairman of the Sustainable City Task Force – MEDEF

International

Speakers:

2 pm - 2.30 pm: Opening remarks by the World Bank: Strategy, needs and project

portfolio/ upcoming projects

- Rohit KHANNA, Program Manager, Energy Sector Management Assistance

Program (ESMAP), World Bank

- Hartwig SCHAFER, Vice President, Global Themes, World Bank

- Pankaj GUPTA, Practice Manager of the Financial Solutions unit, World Bank

- Morgan LANDRY, Co-Director of IFC’s Transactional Risk Solutions

Department, IFC

2.30 pm – 2.50 pm: The “new solar market”

- Fabrice MOSNERON-DUPIN, Vice President Financial Solutions, Terawatt

Initiative

2.50 pm – 3.10 pm: Power solutions, energy transmission, substations and

services to territories

- Alain GUILLAUME, Business Development and Marketing Manager, Omexom

(Vinci Energies)

3.30 pm – 4.10 pm: Exchanges between French companies and World Bank and

IFC’s staff

4.10 pm: Conclusion

4.30 pm – 6.00 pm WORKSHOP

Management of Water Resources & Rural Development

Main topics of discussion:

- Water and sanitation services for small and medium-sized cities

- Reuse of water for agriculture

- Water resources and energy production (micro-plants)

Agenda

Moderators:

- Guangzhe CHEN, Senior Director, Water Global Practice (tbc)

- Gérard WOLF, Chairman of MEDEF International Sustainable City Task Force

Speakers:

4.30 pm - 4.35 pm: Introduction by the moderators

4.35 pm - 4.50 pm: Presentation of the key challenges faced by the Water GP to

meet its goals of access and sustainability of water services and resources.

Presentation of the Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership on advancing

knowledge and building capacity of Governments and local authorities with for

private sector through the generation of innovative global knowledge and the

provision of country-level support.

4.50 pm - 5.00 pm: Discussion: Roles and strategies of the private sector

How is the private sector working with its clients to enhance its capacity to develop,

implement and sustain effective partnerships? Which solutions and products to

tackle critical issues? Which role for the World Bak Group?

5.00 pm - 5.10 pm: Presentation #1: Information Systems for Water and

Agriculture

- Nicolas VERNIER, Business Development Director, BRL Ingénierie

Local authorities, public and private enterprise, and national and international

institutions in charge of risk management, water resource management and

managing the associated water infrastructure assets require to acquire and store

data, process them and make them available to users.

Wimes® (Water Information Management Ecosystem and Services) is a set of

services with a software solution responding to these challenges and custom

developed in close collaboration with each customer to meet his needs with great

flexibility on the type and mode of data acquisition, processing and visualization.

Based on the Wimes implementation and development in France (VendéEau and

Aqua Noticia system in Occitanie Region), the presentation will address Wimes

undergoing developments in Tanzania, Liberia, and Cambodia with focus on the

Congo River Commission (CICOS) and France ( Aqua Noticia).

5.10 pm - 5.20 pm: Presentation #2: Making high water network performance

possible in developing countries

Gilles BRUNSCHWIG, Director Development & Resources, ALTEREO

With an urban population boosting in developing countries, the challenge for

the years to come will be to upgrade ageing infrastructure to provide reliable water

services to everyone. Using GIS capabilities and state of the art network modeling

based on machine learning, it has now become possible to prioritize projects and

boost investment efficiency, including private connections. Altereo, a French based

engineering firm specialized in water networks, has developed its KIS Water

technology in many African and Asian countries, including Morocco (Lydec) and

Cambodia (PPWSA).

5.20 pm - 5.30 pm: Presentation #3: Information Systems for Integrated Water

Resource Management (IWRM)

Tatiana DE LIZASO, International Director, ANTEA FRANCE & Daniel PIERRE,

Research & Innovation Director, ANTEA FRANCE

Antea Group is an international engineering and environmental consulting firm.

With our multidisciplinary teams of experts and qualified consultants, we specialize

in full-service solutions in the fields of water, environment, infrastructure and

urban planning. With more than 3,100 employees in over 80 offices around the

world, especially in Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain), North and Latin

Americas (USA, Brazil, Colombia) and Asia (India), we serve clients ranging from

international industrial companies to national authorities and local municipalities.

5.30 pm – 5.55 pm: Exchanges between French companies and World Bank and

IFC’s staff

5.55 pm: Conclusion

4.30 pm – 6.00 pm

(tbc)

WORKSHOP

Biometrics for Digital Identity

Governments and public agencies are confronted with multiple challenges all at

once: establishing trusted civil registry or voter registration database, issuing

documents compliant with new international standards and regulations, assuring

smooth and seamless travel, increasing security, managing human rights and

international agreements, preventing criminal inflows, fighting terrorism, public

sites surveillance, cybercrime and many more.

An innovative approach to addressing the global identity challenge is biometrics

technology. The technology has quickly established itself as the most pertinent

means of identifying and authenticating individuals in a reliable and fast way, using

unique biological characteristics.

However, for biometrics to continue its successful route, citizen rights must be

properly protected and the data collected by private and public organizations

managed carefully and sensibly.

Experts expect to see as many as 600 million devices with biometric authentication

by 2021 (Juniper Research) and 500 million biometric sensors will be deployed for

IoT by 2018.

Biometrics technology has now advanced to a level where the performance is

proven and the benefits are real and measurable.

Main objectives of the workshop:

• The state of the multimodal biometrics technology & best practices

o Physical and behavioral

o Data management (registration and matching)

• The state of the data privacy legal framework across the globe/ best

practices/ GDPR

• Learning from experience - real-world case studies

o Enrollment of citizens

o Border management/ transport

o Public places, events, sensitive sites surveillance

o Access Control

o Payment (PSD2, AML, KYC/On-boarding)

Agenda

Moderator:

- Ms. Vijayanti DESAI, Program Manager for Identification for Development

(ID4D)

Speakers:

4.30 – 4.45 pm: Opening remarks and presentation of the World Bank Identification

Program (ID4D)

8.30 am The delegation leaves the lobby of the Sofitel hotel

8.45 am Meeting at the IDB headquarters

Address: 1300 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20577

9.00 am – 3.30 pm

Room: CR-02 WORKING SESSION AT THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB)

9.00 am – 9.45 am

BRIEFING SESSION with Mr. Patrick HERVE, Executive Director for France

Strategy, evolutions and priorities of the IDB in 2018

9.45 am – 1.00 pm

Room: CR-02

URBAN DEVELOPMENT SESSION

IDB City Lab – Sustainable City Task Force

9.45 am – 10.15 am INTRODUCTION by M. Juan Pablo BONILLA, Manager of the Climate Change and

Sustainable Development Sector, and M. Gérard WOLF, Chairman of the

Sustainable City Task Force

10.00 am - 10.15 am PRESENTATION of the IDB CITIES LAB by M. Andres G. BLANCO B, Cities LAB

coordinator

10.15 am – 1.00 pm Presentations of projects & solutions by French companies

For each topic:

- Presentation of IDB sector strategy (5’)

- Presentation of projects by French companies (20’ – 4-5’per project)

- Q&A and conclusion by moderator from IDB technical division (10’+5’)

4.45 – 5.15 pm: Secure Identity Alliance presentation about Biometrics for digital

identity

- M. Jean-Claude PERRIN, Secretary General, Secure Identity Alliance

- M. Edouard ROQUEPLO, Director Partnerships & Acquisitions - Government

Business Unit, Gemalto

5.15 pm – 5.55 pm: Exchanges between French companies and World Bank and

IFC’s staff

5.55 pm: Conclusion

D A Y 4 – T H U R S D A Y , J U N E 7 T H

➢ Smart Cities and Urban Innovation

➢ Urban Mobility

➢ Climate Change and Urban Resilience

➢ Urban Infrastructures and Energy

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Room: CR-02

NETWORKING LUNCH with the IDB team

2.00 pm – 2.30 pm

Room: CR-02

THEMATIC SPEED NETWORKING SESSION

IDB Technical divisions – Sustainable City Task Force

The room will be organized in 6 thematic tables with representative from IDB

technical divisions. French companies may join any table and rotate during the

session.

Thematic tables:

➢ Housing and Urban development (HUD)

➢ Transport (TSP)

➢ Climate Change (CCS)

➢ Energy and Water and Sanitation (ENE and WSA)

➢ Procurement

➢ IDB INVEST & PPP STRATEGY