XXV MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DIRECTORS FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. COOPERATION AND MIGRANT’S REMITTANCES: IMPACT ON SAVINGS, INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
La Antigua, Guatemala. June  05 to 06, 2014 . Porta Hotel Antigua 8 Calle Poniente No.1 La Antigua, Guatemala Centro América, 03001.

AGENDA

Porta Hotel Antigua 8 Calle Poniente No.1 La Antigua, Guatemala Centro América, 03001 5 and 6 June 2014

Agenda and presentations

 

Thursday, 5 June 2014
Morning

8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION

 
9:00 – 9:30 OPENING SESSION

 
9:40 - 10:10 INTRODUCTORY SESSION
Moderator: Juan Acuña, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

 
10:10 – 10:45 DEBATE

 
10:45 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK AND AUTHORITIES ATTENDING THE OPENING SESSION BID FAREWELL

 
11:00 – 12:30 SESSION I: INITIATIVES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNING TRENDS IN MIGRANT’S REMITTANCES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Moderator: Ana María Méndez Chicas, Undersecretary of Cooperation of SEGEPLAN

 
12:30-1:00 DEBATE

 
1:00 – 2:30 FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

 
Afternoon  
2:30 – 4:00 SESSION II: DYNAMICS OF MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES: IMPACT ON SAVINGS, INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT. PROSPECTS AND NATIONAL EXPERIENCIES
Moderator: Enrique Gil, Director of International Cooperation at MINECO
Luisa María Gamio Ferreyros, Minister of the Embassy of Peru in Guatemala

 

Migration, remittances and developments in Peru

 

Current trend of family remittances

 
4.00 – 4:15 COFFEE BREAK

 
4:15 – 5:30 DEBATE

 
6:30 WELCOME COCKTAIL - Offered by Her Excellency Ekaterina Parrilla, Secretary-General of the Secretariat of Planning and Programming of the Presidency (SEGEPLAN) of the Republic of Guatemala.
Place: Pérgola de Landívar – Hotel Porta Antigua

 

Friday, 6 June 2014
Morning

9:00 – 11:00 SESSION III: BEST PRACTICES FOR THE USE OF REMITTANCES IN SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT TO GENERATE PROGRESS AND WELLBEING
Moderator: Carme María Marroquín, Subdirectora de Cooperación Internacional de la Secretaría de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia de Guatemala

 
11:OO A 11:15 COFFEE BREAK

 
11:15 – 12:00 DEBATE

 
12:00 – 2:00 FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

 
Afternoon  
2:00 – 3:30 SESSION III: CONTINUED - BEST PRACTICES FOR THE USE OF REMITTANCES IN SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT TO GENERATE PROGRESS AND WELLBEING
Moderator: Carme María Marroquín, Subdirectora de Cooperación Internacional de la Secretaría de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia de Guatemala

 
3:30 – 4:00 DEBATE

 
4:00 – 4:15 COFFEE BREAK

 
4:15 – 5:15 SESSION IV: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Moderator: Juan Acuña, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

 
5:15 SESSION V: VENUE AND DATE FOR THE XXVI MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DIRECTORS FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Moderator: Juan Acuña, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
  • Ivette Subero Acosta, Monitoring Director of the United Nations System. Directorate General for Multilateral Cooperation of the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development (MEPyD) of the Dominican Republic.

 
5:30 CLOSING SESSION
  • Speech by Carmen María Marroquín, Deputy Director of International Cooperation of the Secretariat for Planning and Programming of the Presidency of Guatemala.
  • Speech by Enrique Gil Enrique Gil, Director of International Cooperation, Ministery of Economy (MINECO) of the Republic of Guatemala.
  • Juan Acuña, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA).

 
7:00 FORMAL DINNER - Offered by His Excellency Sergio de la Torre, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Guatemala
Place: San José Meeting Room, Porta Hotel Antigua.

 

(*) To be confirmed