FINANCIAL SECTOR SUMMIT 20
AUGUST 2002
CSIR CONFERENCE CENTRE
MEIRING NAUDE STREET, LYNNWOOD, PRETORIA
PROGRAMME:
| 9h30 |
Registration |
| 10h00 |
Opening - Chaired by Phillip Dexter, Executive Director,
Nedlac |
| 10h10 |
Government Input - Minister of Finance, Trevor Manuel |
| 10h30 |
Community Input - Blade Nzimande |
| 10h50 |
Tea |
| 11h20 |
Business Input - Derek Cooper |
| 11h40 |
Labour Input - Zwelinzima Vavi |
| 12h00 |
Overview of agreements |
| 12h45 |
Reports from commissions |
| 13h30 |
Signing of agreements & way forward
|
| 13h45 for 14h00 |
Press Conference |
Background
The summit will aim to finalise agreements between the Nedlac
parties of Government, Business, Labour and Community, on a number
of issues that have been discussed at Nedlac over the past 18
months. These include:
- Co-operative banks and non-profit micro-lenders
- Credit bureaus
- Discrimination and lifeline services
- The regulatory framework and state-owned institutions
- Lending to SMMEs
- Capital markets and savings
The summit will bring together 200 people from the Nedlac
constituencies and other organisations. It will be chaired by
Nedlac Executive Director, Phillip Dexter.
Today, the constituencies held a workshop on the agreements, to
explain the draft agreements that have been drawn up by the task
team to a wider grouping of the Nedlac constituencies, to discuss
implementation and additional work required. The commissions based
their discussions on the work of the Public Finance and Monetary
Policy Chamber task team on the transformation of the financial
sector.
Contact: Jennifer Wilson on 011 328 4211 / 083 652 8524