Objectives 
- Share perspectives on, and experience from, the design and early operationalization of the CIF
- Exchange ideas on how to use stakeholders experience in further advancing the work of the CIF

Moderator   
Ann Quon, Principal Director, Department of External Relations, Asian Development Bank

9:30-10:15am: Plenary presentation: “Looking Ahead for Lessons Learned in the Climate Investment Funds: Emerging Themes for Learning”

Professor James Radner, University of Toronto will present key lessons learned from the design and early implementation of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). The presentation provides a summary of a study, Professor Radner undertook to spark a dialogue on key operational challenges faced by the CIF, based on experience from the design and early operationalization of the funds. Views from a wide variety of stakeholders have been captured, with a focus on the learning that stakeholders can harvest from the design and early implementation work of the CIF. The presentation is followed by a Q&A round to allow for clarifications.

10:15 -11:10am: Voices of Stakeholders - Panel Discussion of CIF Stakeholders

Guided by short discussion inputs from representatives from the Government of the UK and South Africa; WRI; a Southern civil society organization, an Indigenous Peoples group; the private sector; and a Multilateral Development Bank, this session will reflect and discuss the key lessons from the design and early implementation of the CIF. Through a moderated discussion, panel members will discuss their view points on and experience with the CIF.

The reflections by the panel members, together with Professor Radner’s report should spark a dialogue with the wider audience after the break.

11:10-11:40am: Break

11:40-12:45pm: Voices of Stakeholders - Plenary Discussion

The moderator will invite the wider audience to provide additional views and experiences to initiate the discussion on perspectives of, and lessons learned, from the design and early implementation of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF).

12:45-1:00pm: Voices of Stakeholders – Wrap Up

The main points and key ideas of the discussions will be summarized.

Session Background

The objective of the 2010 CIF Partnership Forum is to share lessons learned from the CIF design process and from early implementation of CIF-funded programs. In particular, early implementation lessons can be drawn from country-level activities of the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the Pilot Program on Climate Resilience (PPCR), the first program under the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) to advance to the implementation stage.

To catalyze a joint dialogue around lessons arising from the early work of the CIF, a study was commissioned on lessons learned surrounding the CIF. Interviews with major stakeholder groups formed the core of the process and should be viewed as a snapshot of an evolving picture. The rich feedback provided by stakeholders provides opportunity to advance the discussion, as stakeholders have suggested fertile territory for lessons. The study is a living document and will be enriched by the discussions during the 2010 CIF Partnership Forum with a view of its publication after the Forum.

The 2010 CIF Partnership Forum is a major opportunity for the stakeholders in the CIF to exchange views and ideas for innovative ways to manage the opportunities and challenges outlined in the study. The very nature of the challenge – its global, national and local dimensions, for example – means that effective, sustainable answers need to be developed jointly. The “lessons learnt” study and discussion of it thereafter, has been designed to seed a multi-stakeholder dialogue leading up to the Forum. Steps in such a dialogue has included coming to a common understanding of the challenges and key questions that need to be addressed; fleshing out on-the-ground experiences that point to concrete lessons; and identifying new options. The 2010 Partnership Forum provides a unique opportunity to advance this dialogue together.