Caracas, Venezuela. October  17 to 19, 2012 . Sede de la Secretaría Permanente, ubicada en la Av. Francisco de Miranda, Torre Europa, Piso 5, Sala Simón Bolívar, Urbanización Campo Alegre..

The sessions of the XXXVIII Regular Meeting of the Latin American Council of SELA were held in Caracas, Venezuela, in the headquarters of the Permanent Secretariat, on Av. Francisco de Miranda, Torre Europa, Fifth Floor, Simón Bolívar Conference Room, Campo Alegre. 

The Preparatory Stage took place on 17 and 18 October and the Ministerial Stage on 18 October after 15:00 and 19 October 2012.Draft organization of works for the meeting 

PREPARATORY STAGE

Wednesday, 17 October 2012 

Morning
8:30	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. “Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC): Direction and prospects”. A consideration will be made to carry it out at the beginning of the Ministerial Stage. Item III. Annual Report of the Permanent Secretariat Item IV. Work Programme for the year 2013 Submittal of the proposal for the establishment and development of the SELA-SMEs Programme
Afternoon
15:00 – 18:00	Continuation: Work Programme for the year 2013
	Item V. Budget of the Permanent Secretariat for the year 2013 Audit Report on the Financial Statements of the Permanent Secretariat at 31 December 2011 Audit Proposal for the year 2012
	Item VI. Institutional matters Election of a Member of the Administrative Tribunal of SELA
	Item VII. Institutional matters Election of the Permanent Secretary
	Item VIII. Other matters

Thursday, 19 October 2012 

Morning
09:00-13:00	Consideration of the Report on the Preparatory Stage (Decisions and Rapporteur’s Report)

MINISTERIAL STAGE

Afternoon
15:00-17:00	ITEM II Forum: “Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC): Direction and prospects”   Presentations: Permanent Secretary of SELA, Ambassador José Rivera Banuet Honourable Ambassador Adolfo Carafí, National Coordinator of the Pro-Tempore Presidency of the Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Honourable Ambassador Abelardo Moreno Fernández, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba and Representative of the TROIKA of CELAC* Honourable Rubén Darío Molina, Director General of the Office of Multilateral Affairs and Integration of the People's Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Representative of the TROIKA of CELAC*   Remarks by Representatives of Member States of SELA
17:00	Inauguration of the Ministerial Stage Speech by the Permanent Secretary Speech by the Chairman of the Latin American Council Speech by the Representative of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
18:00	Cocktail offered by the Permanent Secretariat of SELA
	* To be confirmed

Friday, 19 October 2012

 

Morning	Ministerial Plenary Session
09:00 -10:00	Presentation of the document of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA entitled “The Eurozone crisis and its impact on the European integration and EU-LAC bi-regional relations. Lines of action from the Latin American and Caribbean perspective”
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 Decisions of the XXXVIII Regular Meeting of the Latin American Council Approval of Final Report Closing session