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HLP Quotes/Speeches/Summaries
Roberto Vellutini, Vice-President for Countries, Inter-American Development BankQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘Seuls 30 % des ménages ont des comptes bancaires en Amérique latine [...] L'emploi est le problème le plus important pour permettre cette inclusion financière car sans revenu il est impossible d'obtenir ces services et des financements.’ Roberto Vellutini was speaking during the panel, Making Finance Work for Inclusive Development, at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Klaus Rudischhauser, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid, European CommissionQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘One of the answers is grant-loan blending: official assistance to enable investors to come into markets where they would otherwise not have come in [. . .] Micro-finance schemes have to be built in such a way that there is a strong responsibility dimension to what is being done on the ground. People need good advisory services. It is not just about making profits.’ Klaus Rudischhauser was speaking during the panel, Making Finance Work for Inclusive Development, at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Rob Vierhout, Secretary General, ePUREQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘The food issue is an issue of distribution – it has nothing to do with biofuels – nothing. There is no connection between biofuels and food prices.’ Rob Vierhout was speaking during the panel, Promoting Biofuels, Creating Scarcity? at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Gerhard Stahl, Secretary General, Committee of the Regions – CoRQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘Building up competent local authorities, [as well as] contributing to good governance and transparency is the real challenge, and [it] requires financial support.’ Gerhard Stahl was speaking during the panel, New Partnerships in Decentralised Cooperation, at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Isidre Sala Queralt, International Cooperation Director, ACC1Ó – Competitiveness for CataloniaQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘We managed to engage 45 business associations in cooperative activities. Without our involvement, they said they would never have considered getting involved, but later realised it was an area where they could have considerable impact.’ Isidre Sala Queralt was speaking during the panel, New Partnerships in Decentralised Cooperation, at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for DevelopmentQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘Successful development support is not only about the amount [of funding], but also has to do with the conditions in which it is given. We need government priorities that are well defined. I think that this is the essential question of cooperation. It is not enough to have a visionary president, you need a parliament that supports the changes.’ Andris Piebalgs was speaking during the panel, Inclusive Business Models, at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Allal Ouazzani, Advisor to the Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean – UfMQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘We need to diversify sources of funding and knowledge transfer and the private sector has a role to play in that. The private sector has a lot of knowledge that the public sector needs. We need better cost-benefit results; and we need less risk.’ Allal Ouazzani was speaking during the panel, New Partnerships in Decentralised Cooperation, at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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David Melua, Secretary General of the National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia – NALAGQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘Our experience from Georgia is that you need three things to keep public-private partnerships operational and efficient: strong and capable local government; a responsible private sector focused not only on the maximisation of profit; and a vibrant civil society. Everyone knows it’s dangerous to leave government and business alone in a room. All three elements have equal weight and if one is missing, success is out of the question.’ David Melua was speaking during the panel, New Partnerships in Decentralised Cooperation, at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Kamilia Hmila, Budget Deputy Director, Municipality of Sousse, TunisiaQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘The democratic transition in Tunisia has started a process of decentralisation. More tasks and resources are being made available to local authorities and we’re beginning to see that public-private partnerships in an era of competence and good governance can be beneficial.’ Kamilia Hmila was speaking during the panel, New Partnerships in Decentralised Cooperation, at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Mark Furness, Researcher, German Development Institute – DIEQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘We really need to have some more indicators for inequality in the global development framework and some real dialogue with developing countries on what those indicators should be.’ Mark Furness was speaking during the panel, Inclusive Business Models, at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
