High-Level Consultative Group (HLCG)

The HLCG sets the strategic direction of the partnership

A a global strategic vision for CDRFI

The High-Level Consultative Group (HLCG) sets the strategic direction of the Partnership and provides a global strategic vision for the evolution of the climate and disaster risk finance and insurance (CDRFI) agenda. It ensures effective coordination and sharing of information, promotes strategic alignment of the Partnership Forum and the Program Alliance as well as provides strategic guidance to the Partnership. The HLCG promotes exchange between V20 and G20+ in the CDRFI area.

Discover more about our HLCG members by clicking on their profile below.

Structure

The HLCG is formed by representatives from all stakeholder groups, reflecting the diversity of members in the Partnership.

Leadership

Two Co-Chairs, representing V20 and G20+ members each, lead the HLCG and represent the Partnership.

Oversight

The HLCG oversees the Secretariat and takes decisions based on proposals and inputs provided by partners, focus topic groups and the Secretariat.

Mandate

The HLCG sets the overall direction for the Partnership Forum with the support from the Secretariat.

Our Co-Chairs

Dr. Bärbel Kofler

Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

Bärbel Kofler is Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Svenja Schulze. She has been a Member of the German Bundestag since 2004, where she served for a time as the Social Democratic Party’s Spokesperson on Development Policy and as a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. From March 2016 to December 2021, she was Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office. Bärbel Kofler holds university degrees in linguistics, Russian and Spanish (Salzburg University) as well as in computer science (Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences).

Honorable Seedy Keita

Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of The Gambia

Mr. Keita holds a double Master’s degree in Business Administration and Financial Management from Edinburgh Business School, Herriot-Watt University. He recently had a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Strategy from Said Business School, the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

Before his appointment as Minister of Trade, Industry and Employment, Mr. Keita was Director of Finance Department at the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector in Jeddah from 2011 to the date of his appointment as Trade Minister. He first joined the Corporation in 1999 as a Young Professional Core Team Member and rose through the ranks.

In The Gambia, Mr. Keita worked at the Accountant General’s Department and The Gambia Civil Aviation Authority, where he held various positions to the level of Chief Accountant before he left for a World Bank-funded Health Project in 1998.