Hybrid Seminar on “Rebuilding Trust in Local Goverance in Conflict-Affected Settings”

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The seminar deliberates on policies and interventions to rebuild trust in local governance in conflict-affected settings. It involves presentation of early findings and proposals as well as panel discussions with key stakeholders. Speakers will present early findings on the impact of community-based cash transfers as well as proposals for testing the potential of participatory community-engagements and deliberations to rebuild trust in local governance.  The panel discussion includes practitioners and policy makers involved in national rehabilitation and reconciliation programs in Ethiopia. The presentations and discussion will focus on testing alternative instruments and interventions, including public engagement and deliberation as well as community-based cash transfers, to improve trust in local leaders and local governance, especially in conflict-affected settings. Identifying cost-effective mechanisms and interventions that can rebuild trust and social cohesion in post-conflict settings can serve national governments and humanitarian organizations grappling with institutional and market failures in fragile and conflict-affected settings.

Event Agenda

08:30am - 09:00 am Registration and Traditional Coffee Ceremony
9:00 AM- 9:30 AM	Introduction and opening remarks Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Senior Research Fellow and Country Program Leader, IFPRI Tewodros Gebrewolde, Senior Country Economist, International Growth Centre (IGC)
	Moderator: Meseret Wondale, Research Officer, IFPRI-Ethiopia
9:30 AM– 10:00 AM	Paper presentation: Rebuilding Trust in Local Leadership in Conflict-affected Settings: The Impact of Community-based Cash Transfers ·       Kibrom Abay, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI ·       Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Senior Research Fellow and Country Program Leader, IFPRI ·       Halefom Nigus, Policy Studies Institute
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM	Q&A Session
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Proposal Presentation: Participatory Targeting of Community-based Cash transfers for Rebuilding Trust in Local Governance in Conflict-Affected Settings. ·       Kibrom Abay, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
10:45 AM – 11:05 AM	Refreshment
11:05 AM- 12:05 PM	Moderator: Tewodros Gebrewolde, Senior Country Economist, IGC  Panel Discussion: How do we rebuild trust in local governance, particularly in conflict-affected setting? Awoke Atinafu Adam, PhD, Chief executive Peacebuilding, Ministry of Peace Yonas Adaye Adeto, PhD, Associate Professor of Peace Studies, Addis Ababa University. Commissioner, the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission Berhanu Woldemichael, Food Security Coordination Office, Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) Fana Gebresenbet, PhD, Director, Institute for Peace and Security Studies, AAU Mesay Kebede Duguma, PhD, Social Protection, Research, Programme Design Consultant of World Bank
12:05 PM – 12:35 PM	Q&A Session
12:35 PM- 12:45 PM	Closing remarks ·       Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Senior Research Fellow and Country Program Leader, IFPRI
12:45pm	Lunch