Christine Svarer is head of private sector engagement at Care International UK.
We need to get over kneejerk reactions to private sector engagement in development.
Our private sector engagement is largely with the real estate community (building owners and managers, service companies and relevant NGOs).
Sebastian Große-policydahl, pofficerfficer, the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), Maastricht, The Netherlands @SebGroPup Sebastian works on development finance and private sector engagement for development.
Elisa Baring, director of special projects, END Fund, New York, USA Elisa works to mobilise resources and encourage private sector engagement to eliminate NTDs by 2020.
Hilary Jeune, Oxfam's EU policy advisor, expressed concern over the commission's decision to identify social services as an opportunity for private sector engagement.
"The role of the private sector, foundations and other emerging partners becomes quite critical to bridge the gap … We are proposing blended finance, a combination of ODA with private sector engagement," he said.
In addition to his position as WWF's senior vice president of market transformation, Dr. Jason Clay (USA) manages the WWF Network's private sector advisory board and is the architect of WWF's private sector engagement strategy.
Natalie Africa, director of private sector engagement at the UN Foundation, agreed, adding that a crucial area for the financial sector's attention right now was to look at offering affordable basic health insurance.
Natalie Africa, private sector engagement director, Every Woman Every Child, UN Foundation, @UnfEWEC, New York, USA Natalie has worked in the financial sector and as a diplomat with the South African government and headed Business Call to Action.
