REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON FUNDS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR FINANCING SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION PROJECTS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
México D.F, México. July  28 to 29, 2011

AGENDA

Thursday, 28 July 2011 Morning

08:30–09:00 REGISTRATION
9:00 - 9:45 OPENING SESSION
09:45 – 10:00 Coffee break
10:00 -10:30 INTRODUCTORY SESSION. PRESENTATION OF THE STUDY ON FUNDS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR FINANCING SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION PROJECTS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Fernando Nivia Ruiz, SELA’s Consultant
10:30 - 1:30 SESSION I: FUNDING OF SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Moderator: Antonio Romero, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of SELA
10:30 – 10:55 Special Unit for South-South Cooperation (SU-SSC),Fund Manager of the United Nations Fund for South-South Cooperation, Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund of the Group of 77, and the India-Brazil-South Africa Trust Fund, Mami Yamada, Chief of the Partnership and Resource Mobilization Division
10:55 -11:20 Ibero-American Programme for Strengthening South-South Cooperation, Patricia González, Technical Unit Manager
11:20 -11:45 Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Mariela Cánepa, Consultant South-South Cooperation affairs
11:45 -12:10 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Nuria Urquía Fernández, FAO representative in Mexico
12:10 - 01:30 Debate
1:30 - 3:00 Free time for lunch
Afternoon  
3:00 SESSION II: EXPERIENCES OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INTEGRATION SCHEMES IN THE AREA OF SOUTH-SOUTH AND TRIANGULAR COOPERATION Moderator: Antonio Romero, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation, Permanent Secretariat of SELA
3:00 - 3:20 Andean Community (CAN). Genaro Baldeón Herrera, Director of the General Secretariat of the Andean Community
3:20 - 3:40 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Olga Konyo Addo, Senior Project Official, Technical Action Service, Secretariat of the Caribbean Community
3:40 – 4:00 Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Cielo Morales, Regional Adviser, Division of Programmes and Operations Planning.
4:00 - 4:20 Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR). Julián María Ricardi, Senior Technical Officer, Fund for Structural Convergence of MERCOSUR
4:20 - 4:40 Mesoamerica Project. Arturo Barrio, General Director of the Integration and Development Project of Mesoamerica.
4:40 - 5:00 Coffee break
5:00 - 6:00 Debate

Friday, 29 July 2011
Morning

 

9:00 -12:00 SESSION III: NATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF SOUTH-SOUTH AND TRIANGULAR COOPERATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Moderator: Minister Bruno Figueroa, Coordinator of Advisers of the Unit of Economic Relations and International Cooperation of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
9:00 - 9:20 Andean Region
9:00 – 9:20 Ecuador: Mónica Páez, Director of Policy and Negotiation. Technical Secretariat of International Cooperation (SETECI)
9:20 – 10:00 Central American Region and Mexico
9:20 – 9:40 Mexico: José Octavio Tripp, General Director of Technical and Scientific of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
9:40 – 10:00 El Salvador: Ryna Elizabeth Garay Araniva, Coordinator of the Unit for Bilateral South-South Cooperation, General Direction of Cooperation for Development. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
10:00 – 10:20 Coffee break
10:20 - 11:00 South American Region
10:20 – 10:40 Uruguay: Felipe Ortiz, Deputy Director, Uruguayan International Cooperation Agency
10:40 – 11:00 Argentina: Carolina Bustos, Second Secretary, Embassy of Argentina in Mexico
11:00 - 12:00 Caribbean Region
11:00– 11:20 Cuba: Rubén Ramos Arrieta, General Director of Policies with Latin America and the Caribbean, Ministry for Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration
11:20 – 11:40 Belize: Adalbert Tucker, Head of International Cooperation, Foreign Trade Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
11:40 – 12:00 Dominican Republic, Ivett Subero, Executive Coordinator of the Unit of Analysis and Coordination of International Cooperation, Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development
12:00 - 1:30 Debate
1:30 - 3:00 Free time for lunch
Afternoon  
3:00 SESSION IV: CONTRIBUTIONS OF BILATERAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES FOR SOUTH-SOUTH AND TRIANGULAR COOPERATION
Moderator: José Octavio Tripp, General Director of Technical and Scientific of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
3:00 - 3:20 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Eriko Yamashita, Adviser for the Japan-Mexico Partnership Programme
3:20 - 3:40 German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), Jan Peter Schemmel, Director of the Representation Office in Mexico
3:40 - 4:00 Coffee break
4:00 - 5:00 SESSION V: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

 

Moderator: Antonio Romero, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA

 

Summary of presentations, in order to strengthen the region’s position as regards South-South Cooperation, ahead of SELA's participation in the IV High-Level Forum of 2011, to be held in Busan, South Korea

 

Remarks by participants

 
5:00 CLOSING SESSION
  • Speech by the Representative of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, José Octavio Tripp, General Director of Technical and Scientific of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
  • Speech by the Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System, Ambassador José Rivera Banuet