## An Introduction to Gender and Revenue Administration — Online Seminar, Tuesday March 14, 2023, 9.00 – 12.00 GMT

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### Seminar overview
- Title: An Introduction to Gender and Revenue Administration.
- Format: Online Seminar.
- Date and time: Tuesday March 14, 2023, 9.00 – 12.00 GMT.
- Target participants: COUNTRY (S) list of participating jurisdictions:
  - Republic of Albania, Republic of Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Arab Republic of Egypt, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Kenya, Republic of Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of North Macedonia, Rwanda, Republic of Serbia, South Africa, Republic of Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, and Republic of Uzbekistan.

### Agenda structure and timing
- 5 mins — Welcome and Introductions
  - Speaker: Mr. Graham Whyte, Technical Assistance Advisor, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD)
- 20 mins — Opening Remarks
  - Speakers:
    - Ms. Katherine Baer, Deputy Director, FAD
    - Mr. Juan Pedro Schmid, Program Manager and Gender Focal Point for the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) Macroeconomic Support
- 30 mins — Presentation: Insights from recent FAD work on gender
  - Speaker: Ms. Cindy Negus, Technical Assistance Advisor, FAD
- 15 mins — Break
- 60 mins — Panel Discussion
  - Moderator: Ms. Margaret Cotton, Deputy Division Chief, FAD
  - Panel members:
    - Mr. Pascal Bizimana Ruganintwali, Commissioner General, Rwanda Revenue Authority
    - Ms. Borjana Shaka, Deputy Director General, General Directorate for Taxation of Albania
    - Dr. Jalia Kangave, International Centre for Tax and Development (ICDC)
    - Ms. Doris Akol, Technical Assistance Advisor, IMF, Former Commissioner Uganda Revenue Authority
- 30 mins — Group Discussion/ Q & A Session
  - Moderator: Ms. Debra Adams, Division Chief, FAD
- 15 mins — Closing Remarks and Next Steps
  - Speaker: Mr. Graham Whyte, Technical Assistance Advisor, FAD

### Key thematic focus
- Introduction to integrating gender considerations into revenue administration practice and policy.
- Insights from recent FAD work on gender (30 mins presentation).
- Peer and expert perspectives via a 60 mins panel with revenue authority heads, tax administration senior officials, and gender and tax researchers.
- Group discussion and Q & A to engage participants from the listed countries (30 mins).

### Roles and institutional representation
- IMF Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) leads facilitation and provides presenters/moderators:
  - Mr. Graham Whyte — Technical Assistance Advisor, FAD (welcome and closing)
  - Ms. Katherine Baer — Deputy Director, FAD (opening remarks)
  - Ms. Cindy Negus — Technical Assistance Advisor, FAD (presentation)
  - Ms. Margaret Cotton — Deputy Division Chief, FAD (panel moderator)
  - Ms. Debra Adams — Division Chief, FAD (group discussion moderator)
- External partner and gender focal point participation:
  - Mr. Juan Pedro Schmid — Program Manager and Gender Focal Point, SECO Macroeconomic Support
- Panel expertise spans revenue authority leadership, national tax administration, and academic/research institutions:
  - Rwanda Revenue Authority, General Directorate for Taxation of Albania, International Centre for Tax and Development (ICDC), former Commissioner Uganda Revenue Authority.

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/topics/fiscal/revenue-portal/gender/gender-webinar-online-seminar-program.pdf_