Title Work Programme
XV Meeting of Directors of International Cooperation
of Latin America and the Caribbean
Montevideo, Uruguay
11, 12 and 13 March 2002)
SELA/MRE Uruguay

 

Author SELA Permanent Secretariat

 

Topic: International Cooperation in the 21st Century:
New Forms and Actors


Monday, 11 March 2002

Morning


09:00-09:30   OPENING

  • Speech by Ambassador Otto Boye,
    Permanent Secretary of the Latin American Economic System (SELA).

  • Speech by Ambassador Juan Francisco Penso, General Secretary
    of the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)

  • Speech by His Excellency, Dr. Didier Opertti Badan,
    Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay.

09:30 - 09:45 BREAK

09:45 - 10:00 GENERAL INTRODUCTION

CRITERIA, PRIORITIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FROM INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Speaker: Carlos Orlando, General Director of International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uruguay.

10:00 - 12:00 SESSION I: OUTLOOK FOR BILATERAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
                    AND MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS

                    Moderator: Julio E. Caminero Sánchez, Technical Vice Minister, Office of                       the President, in charge of International Cooperation, Technical Secretariat                       for the Office of the President, Dominican Republic

Central points of the European Union policy towards Latin America
and the Caribbean

Stella Zervoudaki, Representative of the European Union, Uruguay

Public opinion and International Development Cooperation in OECD Countries: what are the issues?
Henry-Bernard Solignac, External Co-operation and Policy Dialogue, Development Centre, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

IDRC and the promotion of public policies in development processes
Federico S. Burone, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.
       
International objectives of social development and development assistance
Ximena de la Barra, Regional Counsellor, Social Policy UNICEF.

International Financing of Health for Development
(powerpoint)
Carolina Báscones, Official, External Cooperation. Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO-WHO)

12:00-01:00   DEBATE

01:00 - 02:30 LUNCH

Afternoon


02:30 - 04:00  SESSION II: THE NEW ACTORS IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION:
                     TRENDS AND OUTLOOK.

                     Moderator: Gabriel Bidegaín, Coordinator,
                     International Cooperation, SELA.

                     Contribution of the private enterprise to international cooperation
                    
Alberto Pfeifer, Executive Director of the Latin American and the
                     Caribbean Business Council (CEAL), Brasil

The Summit of the Americas Process: Opportunities for New Forms of Inter-American Cooperation
John C. Wood, Director of the Department of Development Programmes, Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development, Organization of American States.

Ibero-American Cooperation and the new actors
Ricardo Cardona, in charge of Cooperation Programmes, Secretariat of Ibero-American Cooperation (SECIB).

International Cooperation. The Role of Private Enterprise
Ricardo Tichauer, Consultant and former Resident Coordinator
of the UNDP.

New actors in international cooperation: Trends and Prospects
Roberto Villamil, General Manager, Chamber of Industries of Uruguay.

04:00 - 05:00 DEBATE

05:00            Welcome toast (ALADI's Headquarters)


Tuesday, 12 March 2002

Morning


09:00 - 11:30 SESSION III: TECHNICAL COOPERATION AMONG DEVELOPING
                    COUNTRIES (TCDC): TRENDS AND OUTLOOK

                    Moderator: María Eugenia Marcano, Director of International
                    Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela

Widening South-South Bridges Across and Beyond the Latin America and the Caribbean in the 21st Century
Yiping Zhou, Deputy Director, Special Unit of TCDC, UNDP.

Technical Cooperation among Countries:
Panamericanism in the 21st Century

Mariela Licha Vargas, Country Programme Analyst, Office of the Deputy Director of the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO).

Presentations by the Directors of International Cooperation
       
Osvaldo Puccio, Vice Chairman of the Council of the International Cooperation Agency of Chile (ACCI).

Mexico's experience in the area of TCDC and International Cooperation
Jesús Puente Leyva,  Ambassador of Mexico in Uruguay.

Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (TCDC):
Trends and Outlook

Marco César Meira Naslausky, Executive Director,
Cooperation Agency of Brazil, (ABC), Brazil.

11:30 - 11:45 BREAK
       
11:45 - 01:00 DEBATE

01:00 - 02:30 LUNCH

Afternoon

02:30 - 4:00  SESSION IV: AFRICA - LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN:
                   OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION

                   Moderator: Antonio Leone, SELA Consultant, IBERPYME-Programme

Presentations by African countries

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Nigeria.

04:00 - 05:00 DEBATE


Wednesday, 13 March 2002

Morning


09:00 - 09:45 SESSION V: WORKSHOP TECHNICAL COOPERATION
                    AMONG COUNTRIES ON HEALTH

Manual for the preparation and management of projects for Technical Cooperation among Countries (TCC)
Miguel Angel Genovese, Country Programme Analyst, Office of the Deputy Director of the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO).

09:45 - 10:30 Working Groups

Analysis of the situation and setting of priorities for Technical Cooperation among Countries in the area of health.

10:30 - 10:45 BREAK

10:45 - 01:00 Working groups

Projects of technical cooperation among countries.
Negotiation tables, project profiles

01:00 - 02:30 LUNCH

Afternoon

Continuation -

02:30 - 03:30 SESSION VI:    WORKSHOP TECHNICAL COOPERATION AMONG
                    COUNTRIES ON HEALTH

Itinerant visits to groups' work stations. Review and preparation of presentation to plenary session.

03:30 - 04:00 BREAK

04:00 - 04:45 Presentation of the work of each group to the plenary session. Debate.

04:45 - 05:00 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

Thematic proposals and venue for the XVI Meeting of Directors of
Cooperation of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Workshop Evaluation

05:00            CLOSING SESSION

Speech by Ambassador Otto Boye Soto, Permanente Secretary of the Latin American Economic System (SELA).

Speech by Engineer Gonzalo Cibils, Deputy Director of the Department of Planning and Budget, Office of the President of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay.

07:00            Closing Brindis (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay)



Conference Venue: Headquarters of the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI). Conference Room. Address: Cebollati 1461. Zona Parque Rodó.
Telephone: 5982-410-1121. Fax 5982-419-0649. E-mail: sgaaladi@aladi.org; aladi@chasque.apc.org

 

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