INNOVATIVE FINANCE TO LEVERAGE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS

Brief session background

The Government of Indonesia is stepping up efforts to scale climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in the country. In this context, this theme explores how the required finance can be mobilized, leveraging on both public and private sources. Emphasis will be on innovative financial mechanisms as well changes needed in policy and business processes, which can incentivize investment at scale. The session will showcase innovative ideas selected from abstract submissions, and convene key public and private sector stakeholders, to identify ideas and focus areas for the Government.

Objectives

Produce ideas and focus areas for the Government of Indonesia to scale investment in CSA.
Identify changes needed in policy and business processes to incentivize CSA investment.

Expected outcome(s)

Ideas and focus areas identified for the Government of Indonesia to scale investment in CSA.
Changes needed in policy and business processes to incentivize CSA investment in Indonesia identified.

Session leads

Executive Office of the President of Indonesia
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

Tentative Program

Day 1

TIME	AGENDA
11:30 – 12:00	5 minute pitch for the session, *Enda Ginting*, Assistant Deputy, Executive Office of the President of Indonesia
Session 1: Financing the Transformation of Food Systems Under a Changing Climate Chair – *Lini Wollenberg*, Flagship Leader, Low Emissions Development, CCAFS
14:00 – 14:05	Introduction and setting the scene, *Lini Wollenberg* and *Enda Ginting*
14:05 – 14:15	Keynote presentation: Financing the Transformation of Food Systems Under a Changing Climate – Hans Loth, Global Head UN Environment Partnership, Rabobank
14:15 – 14:35	Oral presentations based on selected abstracts: Designing Prize Competitions to Spur Private Sector Action in Climate-Smart Agriculture: The Case from Vietnam, *Tran Thu Ha*, Team Leader of AgResults, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation Scalable interventions for climate smart cocoa and coffee sectors, *Tiffany Talsma*, Climate Strategy Specialist, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
14:35 – 14:55	Perspectives from discussants: Implications for policy and business processes *Ilaria Firmian*, Regional Specialist- Asia Pacific, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Tobias Baedeker, Agriculture Economist, World Bank
14:55 – 15:45	Group discussion focused on guiding questions: What are priorities for finance of CSA at transformational levels? What are the processes or policies that need to change to enable more innovative finance to take place? What are the challenges to implementing innovative finance?
15:45 – 16:00	Closing of Day 1 – see Day 2 agenda at top of this page

Day 2

TIME	AGENDA
Session 2: Linking knowledge to action to scale investment in CSA Chair – *Enda Ginting, Advisor, Executive Office of the President of Indonesia*
11:30 – 11:35	Scene setting – knowledge needs for Indonesia to scale investment in CSA – *Enda Ginting*
11:35 – 11:45	Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador/Permanent Representative (Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture)
11:45 – 12:25	Presentations from invited practitioners on their efforts and knowledge needs: Equity investor perspective: *Fitrian Ardiansyah, Chairman of Executive Board, IDH (Inisiatif Dagang Hijau), Sustainable Trade Initiative Indonesia Certifier perspective: Winaryo Suyono, Control Union Certifications* International climate finance perspective: Janie Rioux, Senior Agriculture and Food Security Specialist, Green Climate Fund Private sector investor perspective: Hans Loth, Global Head, UN Environment Partnership, Rabobank Public sector perspective: Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, The World Bank
12:25 – 13:00	Q&A and discussion
13:00 – 13:20	Partnering for impact: moderated group discussion to identify priorities for joint work. Guiding questions: What actions are needed to get to scale in CSA investment in Indonesia? What are the priorities for joint action in the next 2 years?
13:20 – 13:30	An action plan and closing – *Enda Ginting*

Brief session background

Objectives

Expected outcome(s)

Session leads

Tentative Program

Organizing Partners