Caracas, Venezuela. February  27 to 28, 2012 . Avenida Francisco de Miranda, Torre Europa, 5th Floor, Campo Alegre, Caracas. Andrés Bello Conference Room.

Monday, 27 February 2012 Morning   9:00 – 9:30 REGISTRATION 9:30 – 10:00 OPENING SESSION Speech by His Excellency Jorge Alvarado Rivas, Ambassador of the Plurinational Republic of Bolivia and Chairman of the Latin American Council Speech by Aldo Caliari, Director of the Rethinking Bretton Woods Project, Center of Concern Speech by José Félix Rivas Alvarado, Director from the Central Bank of Venezuela Speech by the Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador José Rivera Banuet 10:00 – 10:15 Coffee break   10:15 – 12:30 SESSION I: “The International financial situation, its impacts and monetary and financial cooperation in LAC: Experiences, proposals and perspectives” Moderator: His Excellency Jorge Alvarado Rivas, Ambassador of the Plurinational Republic of Bolivia and Chairman of the Latin American Council   10:15 – 11:30 Presentation of the document of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA, “Status of the reform of the international monetary and financial architecture and progress towards a regional monetary and financial architecture for Latin America and the Caribbean”. Jaime Estay, SELA Consultant 11:30 – 12:30 Debate among the representatives of SELA Member States   12:30 – 14:30 Free time for lunch   Afternoon     14:30 – 15:40 SESSION II: “Regional monetary and financial cooperation: motivations, challenges and extra-regional experiences,”  Moderator: His Excellency Jorge Alvarado Rivas, Ambassador of the Plurinational Republic of Bolivia and Chairman of the Latin American Council  Michael Clark, Interregional Adviser, UNCTAD Secretariat Daniel Titelman, Director, Division of Development Financing, ECLAC Secretariat Oscar Ugarteche, Institute of Economic Research, UNAM, Mexico 15:40 – 16:00 Debate among the representatives of SELA Member States   16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break   16:15 – 17:30 SESSION III: “Monetary and financial cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Current situation, recent achievements and proposals for strengthening the regional financial architecture. Experiences and recent regional initiatives” Moderator: His Excellency Jorge Alvarado Rivas, Ambassador of the Plurinational Republic of Bolivia and Chairman of the Latin American Council Pedro Páez, Consultant Analía Tello, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Economy and Public Finance of Argentina Eudomar Tovar, Chairman of the Regional Monetary Council, Regional Clearance Unitary System (SUCRE) 17:30 – 18:00 Debate among the representatives of SELA Member States

Tuesday, 28 February 2012 Morning   9:00 - 12:30 SESSION IV: “Priority elements for advancing and strengthening the financial architecture of LAC” Moderator: His Excellency Jorge Alvarado Rivas, Ambassador of the Plurinational Republic of Bolivia and Chairman of the Latin American Council   9:00 – 10:40 Perspectives of Central Banks, Ministries of Finance and regional financial organizations Representatives of Central Banks Representatives of Ministries of Finance Germán Ríos, Executive Advisor to the President, Latin American Development Bank (CAF) Carlos Giraldo, Deputy Chief Economist, Latin American Reserve Fund (FLAR) Romy Calderón Alcas, Chief Economist, Latin American Association of Development Financing Institutions (ALIDE) 10:40 – 11:20   Perspectives of Integration Secretariats Pedro Sassone García, General Secretariat, Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Ximena Romero, Andean Community (CAN) 11:20 – 11:50   Debate among the representatives of SELA Member States 11:50 – 12:10   Coffee break 12:10 – 12:30 Conclusions   12:30 – 13:00 pm CLOSING SESSION Speech by the Chairman of the Latin American Council of SELA Speech by the Permanent Secretary of SELA