Caracas, Venezuela. October  21 to 26, 2010

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

Monday, 25 October 2010 Morning

9:00 – 9:30 REGISTRATION
9:30 – 10:00 OPENING SESSION
  • Speech by the representative of the Latin American and Caribbean Summit on Integration and Development (CALC) – Venezuela
  • Speech by the Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador José Rivera Banuet
  • Presentation of the document of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA, “Recent developments in the institutional architecture for Latin American and Caribbean integration” – Permanent Secretariat of SELA
Questions and answers
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee break

BEGINNING OF THE MEETING OF REGIONAL AND SUBREGIONAL INTEGRATION MECHANISMS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CARACAS WORK PROGRAMME – LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN SUMMIT ON INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT (CALC)

 

10:15 – 12:35 SESSION I: Exchange of information and search for convergence in the economic and trade area – 10 minutos por presentación
  • Executive Secretariat of the Central American Integration System (SICA)
  • Pro Tempore Presidency of the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR)
  • General Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
  • General Secretariat of the Andean Community (CAN)
  • General Secretariat of UNASURUR
  • Executive Secretariat of the Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas – People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP)
  • General Secretariat of ALADI
  • Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
  • Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
  • Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
  • Mesoamerican Integration and Development Project
12:05 – 12:35 Debate among the Secretariats, the Pro Tempore Presidencies and the member countries of the CALC
12:35 – 1:45 Free time for lunch

 

Afternoon

2:00 – 4:20 SESSION II: Exchange of information and search for convergence in the production area - 10 minutes per presentation
  • Executive Secretariat of the Central American Integration System (SICA)
  • Pro Tempore Presidency of the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR)
  • General Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
  • General Secretariat of the Andean Community (CAN)
  • General Secretariat of UNASUR
  • Executive Secretariat of the Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas – People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP)
  • General Secretariat of ALADI
  • Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
  • Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
  • Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
  • Mesoamerican Integration and Development Project
03:50 – 4:20 Debate among the Secretariats, the Pro Tempore Presidencies and the member countries of the CALC
04:20 – 04:30 Coffee break
04:30 – 05:50 SESSION III: Exchange of information and search for convergence in the social and institutional area - 10 minutes per presentation
  • Executive Secretariat of the Central American Integration System (SICA)
  • Pro Tempore Presidency of the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR)
  • General Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
  • General Secretariat of the Andean Community (CAN)
  • General Secretariat of UNASUR
  • Executive Secretariat of the Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas – People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP)
  • General Secretariat of ALADI
  • Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
  • Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
  • Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
5:50 – 06:20 Debate among the Secretariats, the Pro Tempore Presidencies and the member countries of the CALC

 

 

Tuesday 26 October 2010
Morning

9:00 - 11:10
9:30 – 10:00 SESSION IV: Exchange of information and search for convergence in the cultural area
- 10 minutes per presentation
  • Executive Secretariat of the Central American Integration System (SICA)
  • Pro Tempore Presidency of the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR)
  • General Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
  • General Secretariat of the Andean Community (CAN)
  • General Secretariat of UNASUR
  • Executive Secretariat of the Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas
    – People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP)
  • General Secretariat of ALADI
  • Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
  • Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
  • Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
10:40 – 11:10 Debate among the Secretariats, the Pro Tempore Presidencies and the member countries of the CALC
10:40 – 11:10 Coffee break
11:20 – 1:20 SESSION V: Perspectives of Latin American and Caribbean countries of the institutional framework for regional integration

 

Presentación de ALADI
La perspectiva de los países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre la institucionalidad de la integración regional
Ec. Ricardo Hartstein, Subsecretario del Desarrollo del Espacio de Libre Comercio
Secretaría General de ALADI

 

Open debate
1:20 – 2:45 Free time for lunch
02:45 – 03:45 SESSION OF AGREEMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS
Discussion an approval of Agreements and Conclusions
03:45 – 04:45 CLOSING SESSION
  • Speech by the representative of the Latin American and Caribbean Summit on Integration and Development (CALC) – Venezuela
  • Speech by the Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador José Rivera Banuet