ORGANIZATION OF WORKS FOR THE MEETING
27 to 29 October 2010
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
Organization of works for the meeting
PREPARATORY STAGE
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
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 II: Forum: “Knowledge Economy and Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean”, to be carried out at the beginning of the Ministerial Stage
Item III: Annual Report of the Permanent Secretariat
Item IV: Work Programme for the year 2011
Afternoon
15:00 – 18:00 Continuation: Work Programme for the year 2011
Item V: Budget of the Permanent Secretariat for the year 2011
- Audit Report on the Financial Statements of the Permanent Secretariat at 31 December 2009
- Audit Proposal for the year 2010
Item VI: Institutional Matters
- Election of a Member of the Administrative Tribunal of SELA
Thursday, 28 October 2010 Morning
Consideration of the Report on the Preparatory Stage (Decisions and Rapporteur’s Report)
Item VII: Other Matters
MINISTERIAL STAGE
Afternoon
15:00 ITEM II: Forum: “Knowledge Economy and Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean”
Presentations:
- Permanent Secretary of SELA, Ambassador José Rivera Banuet
- Minister in charge of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs), Information and Culture of Grenada, Honourable Senator Arley Gill.
- Coordinator of the Executive Secretariat for Digital Development, Ministry of Economy of Chile, Eng. Edgardo Pino Kempowski
- Head of the Science and Technology Division of the Department of Scientific and Technological Issues of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Counsellor Ademar Reabra da Cruz Junior
- Director of the Information and Knowledge Network of SELA, Ms. Saadia Sánchez Vegas
- Remarks by the representatives of the Member States of SELA
17:30 Inauguration of the Ministerial Stage
- Speech by the Permanent Secretary
- Speech by the outgoing Chairman of the Latin American Council
- Speech by the Chairman of the Latin American Council
- Speech by the Representative of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
19:00 Cocktail offered by the Permanent Secretariat of SELA
Friday, 29 October 2010
Morning Ministerial Plenary Session
09:00-10:00
- Presentation by the Executive Director of the Latin American Technological Information Network (RITLA), Honourable Alvaro Albuquerque Junior
- Presentation by the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Honourable Ms. Margarita Astrálaga
- Presentation by the President of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Marcio Pochmann
10:00 – 13:00
- Presentation of the Report on the Preparatory Stage (Decisions and Rapporteur’s Report)
Afternoon
15:00-18:00 Plenary Session
- Consideration of the Decisions of the XXXVI Regular Meeting of the Latin American Council
- Approval of the Final Report
- Closing session
