Caracas, Venezuela. October  27 to 29, 2009 . Headquarters of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) Simón Bolívar Conference Room. Av. Francisco de Miranda, Torre Europa, 5th Floor. Campo Alegre.

27 to 29 October 2009

Venue: Headquarters of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) Simón Bolívar Conference Room. Av. Francisco de Miranda, Torre Europa, 5th Floor. Campo Alegre. Caracas, Venezuela

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PREPARATORY STAGE

Tuesday, 27 October 2009 Morning

08:30 Registration

09:00 – 09:45 Meeting of the Heads of Delegation (Item I)

10:00 – 13:00 Inauguration of the Preparatory Stage Item I: Approval of the agenda for the Preparatory Stage Item III: Annual Report of the Permanent Secretariat Item IV: Work Programme for the year 2010

• Draft Work Programme for the year 2010

 

Afternoon

15:00 – 17:00 Continuation: Work Programme for the year 2010 Item V: Budget of the Permanent Secretariat for the year 2010

• Audit Report on the Financial Statement of the Permanent Secretariat at 31 December 2008.
• Audit Proposal for the year 2009.

Item VI: Institutional Matters

• Election of a Member of the Administrative Tribunal of SELA.

 

Wednesday, 28 October 2009 Morning

09:00-11:00 Item VII Technical Committee of the IBERPYME Programme

• Report of the IBERPYME Programme for 2009
• Draft Project of Activities of the IBERPYME Programme for the year 2010

 

11:00-13:00 Consideration of the Report on the Preparatory Stage Item VIII: Other matters

 

MINISTERIAL STAGE

Afternoon

15:00 Item II: Forum: “Integration and Convergence of Latin America and the Caribbean in the area of Health”

Presentations:

• Permanent Secretary of SELA, Ambassador José Rivera Banuet
• Representative from the People’s Ministry for Health and Social Protection, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Mr. Leopoldo Landaeta, General Director of Input Supply
• Director-General of PAHO, Dr. Mirta Roses Periago
• ECLAC Representative, Dr. Juan Carlos Ramírez, Office Director in Colombia
• Representative of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA, Dr. Antonio Romero, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation
• Remarks by Representatives of SELA Member States

17:30 Inauguration of the Ministerial Stage

• Speech by the Permanent Secretary, Ambassador José Rivera Banuet
• Speech by the Chairman of the Latin American Council, His Excellency Mohammed Ali Odeen Ishmael, Ambassador of Guyana in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
• Speech by the Representative of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Honourable Francisco Arias Cárdenas, Vice Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean of the People’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Speech by the Representative of Suriname during the Ministerial Stage of the XXXV Regular Meeting of the Latin American Council

 

19:00 Cocktail offered by the Permanent Secretariat of SELA

 

Thursday, 29 October 2009
Morning

10:00 Ministerial Plenary Session

• Presentation of the Report on the Preparatory Stage

Afternoon

15:00 Plenary Session

• XXXV Anniversary of SELA
• Consideration of the Decisions of the XXXV Regular Meeting of the Latin American Council
• Approval of the Final Report
• Closing session