XXXIX REGULAR MEETING OF THE LATIN AMERICAN COUNCIL
Caracas, Venezuela. November  27 to 29, 2013

DRAFT ORGANIZATION OF WORKS FOR THE MEETING

PREPARATORY STAGE

Wednesday, 27 November 2013

 

Morning  
8:30 Registration 
09:00 – 09:45 Meeting of Heads of Delegation (Item I) 
10:00 – 13:00 Start of the Preparatory Stage
    • Item I. Approval of the Agenda for the Preparatory Stage 
    • Item II.Forum “Economic and Social Prospects in Latin America and the Caribbean”
        • It will be conducted at the beginning of the Ministerial Stage. 
    • Item III. Annual Report of the Permanent Secretariat 
    • Item IV. Work Programme for the year 2014 
Afternoon  
15:00 – 18:00 Continuation: Work Programme for the year 2014 
    • Item V. Budget of the Permanent Secretariat for the year 2014
        • Audit Report on the Financial Statements of the Permanent Secretariat at 31 December 2012
        • Audit Proposal for the year 2013
    • Item VI. Institutional Matters
        • Election of a Member of the Administrative Tribunal of SELA 
  • Item VII. Other matters

 Thursday, 28 November 2013 

Morning  
09:00-13:00 Consideration of the draft report on the Preparatory Stage (Decisions and Rapporteur’s Report)
  MINISTERIAL STAGE
Afternoon  
15:00-17:00 ITEM II. Forum: “Economic and Social Prospects in Latin America and the Caribbean”

Presentations: 

  • Jorge Navarrete, SELA’s Consultant
  • Jorge Máttar, Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning
  • Keith Nurse, Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services, University of the West Indies, Barbados
  • Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador Roberto Guarnieri
  • Remarks by Representatives of Member States of SELA 
17:00 Inauguration of the Ministerial Stage
18:00 Cocktail offered by the Permanent Secretariat of SELA

  Friday, 29 November 2013 

Morning Ministerial Plenary Session
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 XXXIX Regular Meeting of the Latin American Council
  • Approval of Final Report
  • Closing sesión