The Inter-American Committee on Social Development's (CIDES) main objective is to strengthen and reinforce Inter-American dialogue in order to support the creation of policies and develop cooperation activities in the area of social development, especially focusing on the fight against poverty and discrimination in the hemisphere. Also, the CIDES provides follow-up to the mandates of the Summit of the Americas as well as those agreements reached in the framework of the Meetings of Ministers and High-level Authorities of Social Development. In addition, it seeks to identify multilateral initiatives and contribute in the execution of OAS policies on cooperation for partnership for social development.
The Second Meeting of the Inter-American Committee of Social Development (CIDES) was held on October 23 – 24 2007, at the OAS General Secretariat Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The results of the Meeting are presented below:
• Documents of the Meeting Welcome Remarks Presentations from the International Organizations National Presentations Support Documents Logistic Information Press
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Documents of the Meeting
• Agenda Versão em Português Version Française
• Schedule Versão em Português Version Française
• List of Participants
• Report of the CIDES's activitiesChair of CIDES Technical Secretariat of CIDES
• The First Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of Social Development: proposed theme, methodology, and logistical arrangements
• Note from the Permanent Mission of Panama requesting inclusion of a topic for the First Meeting of Minsiters and High Level Authorities of Social Development
• Agreements Versão em Português Version Française
• Final Report
• Lista de Documentos
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Welcome Remarks
• Ambassador Abigail Castro de Pérez, Chair of the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI)
• Ambassador Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States
• Gonzalo Arenas, Under Secretary of the Ministry of Planning of Chile – Chair of the Inter-American Committee on Social Development (CIDES)
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Presentations from the International Organizations
• Report on progress toward the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the CaribbeanInés Bustillo, Director, Washington Regional Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
• Exclusion in Latin America and the CaribbeanGustavo Márquez, Principal Labor Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• Equity in the AmericasBernardo Kliksberg, Main Advisor for the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Social inclusion and social guarantees. Report on the research project coordinated by the World BankAndrew Norton, Lead Specialist on Social Development, World Bank
• Inter-American cooperation on policies and programs to combat poverty- Francisco Pilotti, Deputy Executive Secretary for Integral Development and Director of the Department of Social Development and Employment of the OAS – Technical Secretariat of CIDES • The First Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of Social Development in the framework of the Summit of the Americas process and its link with civil societyCristóbal Dupouy, Summits Secretariat
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National Presentations • New institutionalization of social policy: the role of Ministries of Social Development and other organizations with similar functions; challenges of inter-sectoral coordination Nathalie Cely, Minister of Social Development Coordination, Ecuador Ruth Blackman, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Transformation, Barbados María Roquebert, Minister of Social Development, Panama Ambassador Osmar Chohfi , Permanent Representative of Brazil to the OAS, Brazil
• Social policy, decentralization, territory, and local government - Louise Galarneau, Director of International Affairs, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, Canada • Programmatic innovations for more effective social protection: evaluation of conditional cash transfer programs Luz Stella Rodríguez Novoa, Advisor, Office of the Director, National Planning Office, Colombia Dennis Williams, Chief Technical Officer, Ministry of Social Development, Trinidad and Tobago Jorge Coarasa Bustamante, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Social Development, México
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Support Documents
• CIDES Rules of Procedure Final Report I CIDES Increasing Social Inclusion through Social Guarantees Outsiders? The Changing Patterns of Social Exclusion in Latina America and the Caribbean More information >> What does it mean to live in Latin America , the most unequal region of the World? The case of public health Social Cohesion. Inclusion and a sense of belonging in Latin America and the Caribbean The Millennium Development Goals: a Latin American and Caribbean perspective Back to the top >>
Logistic Information
• Information Bulletin Registration Form
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Press
• Inter-American Committee to study impact of social policies in the Hemisphere Second Meeting of the Inter-American Committee of Social Development
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