XXIV MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DIRECTORS FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF BORDER INTEGRATION
San Salvador, El Salvador. May  30 to 31, 2013 . Hotel Crowne Plaza.

AGENDA

Thursday, 30 May 2013 

Caribe Conference Room
Morning

8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION

 
9:00 – 9:45 OPENING SESSION
9:45 - 10:45 INTRODUCTORY SESSION
Moderator: Ambassador Carlos Bivero, Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
10:45 - 11:15 COFFEE BREAK

 
11:15 - 12:15 INTRODUCTORY SESSION - Continued
Moderator: Ambassador Carlos Bivero, Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
12:15 – 1:30 SESSION I: PERSPECTIVES OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS AND SUBREGIONAL BORDER INTEGRATION FUNDS
Moderator: Oscar Edmundo Anaya Sánchez, Director of Economic and Fiscal Policy, Ministry of Finance of El Salvador
1:30 – 2:00 FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

 
Afternoon  
2:00 2:30 SESSION I: PERSPECTIVES OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS AND SUBREGIONAL BORDER INTEGRATION FUNDS - Continued
Moderator: Oscar Edmundo Anaya Sánchez, Director of Economic and Fiscal Policy, Ministry of Finance of El Salvador
2:30 – 4:00 SESSION II: BORDER INTEGRATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATIONS
Moderator: Cecilia Elizabeth Segura de Dueñas, Director General of Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador
4:00 – 5:30 DEBATE

 
5:30 – 6:00 PRESENTATION
Norteamérica Conference Room
  • Catalogue of South-South Cooperation in El Salvador: Promoting the exchange of development experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean
6:30 WELCOME COCKTAIL (Jade Conference Room, Crowne Plaza Hotel)
Offered by His Excellency Hugo Martínez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador

 

Friday, 31 May 2013
Caribe Conference Room
Morning

 

9:00 – 11:30 SESSION II: BORDER INTEGRATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATIONS - Continued
Moderator: Ambassador Said Badi Guerra, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belize
11:30 – 11:50 COFFEE BREAK

 
11:50 – 1:00 SESSION III: REGIONAL EXPERIENCES IN BORDER INTEGRATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Moderator: Sr. Mark Kirton

 

Panel: 15-minute presentations
1:00 – 2:30 FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

 
Afternoon  
2:30 – 3:45 SESSION III: REGIONAL EXPERIENCES IN BORDER INTEGRATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN - Continued
Moderator: Sr. Luis Alberto Oliveros

 

Panel: 15-minute presentations
3:45 – 4:30 DEBATE

 
4:30 – 5:00 SESSION IV: FUTURE ROLE OF THE UN OFFICE FOR SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION
Moderator: Ambassador Carlos Bivero, Acting Director of Integration and Cooperation Affairs (SELA)
  • Ambassador Mourad Ahmia, Executive Secretary of the Group of 77 and Head of the Secretariat of the Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund
5:00 – 5:30 COFFEE BREAK

 
5:30 – 6:00 SESSION V: FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LAST MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DIRECTORS
Moderator: Ambassador Carlos Bivero, Acting Director of Integration and Cooperation Affairs (SELA)

 

VENUE, DATE AND TOPIC FOR THE XXV MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DIRECTORS FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
  • Enrique Gil Natareno, Director of Cooperation Programmes and Projects, on behalf of the Republic of Guatemala, host and co-sponsor of the XXV Meeting of International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Luis Amarilla, Director-General of International Technical Cooperation of the Technical Secretariat for Planning of the Republic of Paraguay. Offer to host and co-sponsor the XXVII Meeting of International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Ivette Subero, Department Director of the Directorate General for Multilateral Cooperation (DIGECOOM), Dominican Republic. Offer to host and co-sponsor the XXVI Meeting of International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean.
6:00 SESSION VI: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

 
6:30 CLOSING SESSION
  • His Excellency Jaime Miranda, Vice-Minister of Cooperation for Development of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador
  • Ambassador Carlos Bivero, Acting Director of Integration and Cooperation Affairs, Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)