XV Meeting of Directors of International Cooperation
for LAC organized by SELA and Government of Uruguay

Caracas, 04 February.- The XV Meeting of Directors of International Cooperation for Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 11 to 13 March of this year, organized by the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American Economic System (SELA) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay.

The main theme of this meeting, which will take place at the headquarters of the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI), will be the analysis of "International Cooperation in the 21st Century: New Forms and Actors", in the light of the new trends and prospects for international cooperation and the importance of these issues for the region.

The Draft Work Programme includes the following issues: i) Criteria, priorities and procedures for assigning international cooperation resources to Latin America and the Caribbean; ii) the outlook for the bilateral development agencies and the multilateral organizations; iii) the new international cooperation actors, their trends and outlook (private sector); iv) technical cooperation among developing countries, its trends and outlook; v) relations between Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean and opportunities for South-South cooperation; and vi) international cooperation in the area of health.

It is worthwhile stressing that, as part of the issue concerning "South-South cooperation relations between Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean", high level representatives from both the public and the private sectors of six African countries (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Nigeria) have been scheduled to participate in this event. Additionally, the issue relative to "Health and International Cooperation" includes the participation of the Focal Points of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Participants in this event will include Directors of International Cooperation of the Member States of SELA, representatives of bilateral development agencies, multilateral bodies and regional and international organizations, as well as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that support international cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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