Joint ATAF – Korea Conference on Domestic Resource Mobilisation:
Challenges to African Tax Policy and Administration Cape Town: 4 – 7 April 2011
DRAFT AGENDA
MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2011 09:00 – 09:45 OPENING SESSION: Chairperson – Mr Logan Wort
Welcome Remarks – Mr Logan Wort (ATAF Executive Secretary [Act.]) Opening Remarks – Commissioner Oupa Magashula (ATAF Chairperson)
Introductory Remarks – Mr Yung-sup Joo (Deputy Minister for Tax & Customs of Korea) Introductory Remarks – Dr Kamal El Kheshen (Vice President: African Development Bank) 09:45 – 10:30 SESSION 1:
Keynote Address: “Domestic Resource Mobilisation as the Core of Economic Development and Growth” – Mr Nhlanhla Nene (Deputy Minister of Finance of South Africa)
10:30 – 11:00 Official Photo & Tea Break
11:00 – 12:20 SESSION 2: Chairperson – Mr Dumisani Masilela (Swaziland)
Korea's Economic Growth & Development and the Role of Taxation – Dr Jin Gyu Park (Korea Institute for Development Strategy) & Dr Jongseok An (Korea Institute for Public Finance) 12:20 – 13:00 SESSION 3:
The Role of Industry in Korea’s Economic Development: the Case of Samsung Electronics – Mr Fernando George Ferreira (Samsung Electronics South Africa)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 SESSION 4: Chairperson: Mr Brahim Kettani (Morocco)
Determining African National Priorities – Ms Samira Hotobah-During (NEPAD) 15:00 – 16:30 SESSION 5:
Panel Discussion:
Building Sustainable African Industries - the Role of Taxation –
Mr Edward Kieswetter (Alexander Forbes), Mr Sudhamo Lal (Mauritius Revenue Authority)
MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2011 18:00 – 20:00 SOCIAL EVENT:
With the support of:
Cocktail Reception
TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2011 09:00 – 09:45 SESSION 6: Chairperson – Mr George Blankson (Ghana)
Korea’s VAT Regime : Success Factors and Policy Implications – Mr Taejoo Kim (Korean Ministry of Strategy & Finance) 09:45 – 11:00 SESSION 7:
Panel Discussion:
African Tax Policy: Enabler or Impediment to Domestic Resource Mobilisation? – Prof Mick Moore (ICTD), Mr Amadou Ba (Tax Administration of Senegal)
11:00 – 11:30 Tea Break
11:30 – 12:15 SESSION 8: Chairperson: Mr Michel Minko (Gabon)
The Tax - Growth Debate: Policy Options – Mr Richard Parry (OECD) 12:15 – 13:00 SESSION 9:
Modernization of the Korean Tax Administration – Mr Youngjun Son (National Tax Service of Korea) 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 SESSION 10: Chairperson: Mr Gershem Pasi (Zimbabwe)
Strengthening Domestic Resource Mobilization in Africa: the Role of the African Development Bank – Mr Ndoumbe Lobe(African Development Bank)
15:00 – 16:00 SESSION 11:
Strengthening Tax Administrations - Trends in African Tax Administration Reform – Mr Logan Wort (ATAF)
TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2011 19:00 – 21:30 SOCIAL EVENT:
Official Dinner
With the support of:
WEDNESDAY, 6 APRIL 2011 09:00 – 10:15 SESSION 12: Chairperson: Mr Michael Lennard (UN)
Key Enhancements in African Tax Administrations: The Cases of three countries (Heads of Tax Administrations of 3 African countries)
Mrs Allen Kagina (Uganda), Mrs Elfrieda Tamba (Liberia), Mr Bagueka Assobo (Cameroon) 10:15 – 11:00 SESSION 13:
Developing an African Culture of Tax Compliance – ______________ (FIRS Nigeria)
WEDNESDAY, 6 APRIL 2011 11:00 – 16:00 SOCIAL EVENT:
Excursion Evening at leisure
THURSDAY, 7 APRIL 2011 09:00 – 10:00 SESSION 14: Chairperson: Mr Ben Bahizi (Rwanda)
Mitigating the Negative Impact of Economic Crime: Developing Home-grown Strategies to Counter Tax Avoidance and Evasion – Mr Ivan Pillay (SARS Deputy Commissioner)
10:00 – 10:30 CLOSING SESSION: Chairperson: Mr Logan Wort
Closing Remarks – Mr Yung-sup Joo (Deputy Minister for Tax & Customs of Korea) Commissioner Oupa Magashula (ATAF Chairperson)
CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
THURSDAY, 7 APRIL 2011
11:00 – 16:00 Shuttles provided for delegates wishing to visit Cape Town V&A Waterfront
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SIDE EVENT
The ATAF Project on the Research of African Tax Administrations
THURSDAY, 7 APRIL 2011 11:30 – 12:15 Presentation of, and discussion on, the ATAF Research Project –
Mr Logan Wort (ATAF Executive Secretary)
12:15 – 13:15 Overview of Current Research on African Revenue Administrations – Chairperson: Prof Mick Moore (International Centre for Tax & Development) The ITD Pilot Study: Revenue Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa – Mr David Kloeden (International Monetary Fund)
The Tax Systems in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia – Dr Odd-Helge Fjeldstad (Chr. Michelsen Institute)
13:15 – 13:30 Taking Forward the Research on African Revenue Administrations and Closing Remarks – Mr Logan Wort (ATAF Executive Secretary)
13:30 Lunch
With the support of:
