SEDI - DSDE - Department of Social Development and Employment

The Department of Social Development and Employment of the OAS is the Technical Secretariat of the Ministerial and High Level Meetings of Social Development. This means that, among its activities, the Department is in charge of offering substantive services and producing technical inputs for the planning, scheduling and development of these meetings, which are held in the framework of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development.

The following information reports on the results of the Second Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Social Development

SECOND MEETING OF MINISTERS AND HIGH AUTHORITIES OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Cali, Colombia – July8-9 2010
Centro de Eventos Valle del Pacifico (CEVP)
Calle 15 # 26–120 Autopista Cali - Yumbo - Cali, Colombia

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OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

• Comuniqué of Cali
- Versão em Português
- Version Française

• Final Report
- Versão em Português
- Version Française

• List of Participants

• Agenda
- Versão em Português
- Version Française

• Annotated Agenda
- Versão em Português
- Version Française

• Schedule
- Versão em Português
- Version Française

• Report of activities 2008 – 2010
- Versão em Português
- Version Française

• Vote of Thanks
- Versão em Português
- Version Française

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PRESENTATIONS

Remarks by Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States

The social policy response to the effects of the crises on the Americas and the Caribbean

• Martín Hopenhayn, Director, Social Development Division, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (only available in Spanish)

Report on compliance with the mandates of the First Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities on Social Development and on progress with negotiation of the Social Charter of the Americas

• Francisco Pilotti, Director, Department of Social Development and Employment, OAS

Strengthening social protection systems as an integral strategy to address the challenges of poverty, especially extreme poverty, inequality, and inequity in Latin America and the Caribbean, through:

a.	Single registry systems for beneficiaries Esteban Piedrahita Uribe, Director General of the National Planning Department, Colombia (only available in Spanish) Gustavo A. Merino, Under Secretary of Prospective, Evaluation and Planning, Secretary of Social Development, Mexico (only available in Spanish)
b.	Evaluation and monitoring mechanisms Patrick Todd, Minister of State, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Empowerment, Innovation, Trade, Industry, and Commerce, Barbados Diego Dorado, Director, Office of Evaluation of Public Policies, DNP, Colombia (only available in Spanish)
c.	Fiscal sustainability Pablino Cáceres, Minister, Secretary for Social Action, Paraguay Carmen Nazario, Assistant Secretary, Administration for the Administration of Children and Families, Department of Human Services, United States

Partnerships for more effectively addressing extreme poverty, inequality, and vulnerability from the public sector with nongovernmental organizations, academia, the private sector and community organizations

• Lauro Meléndez, Vice minister of Social Development, Uruguay

• Jeffrey Lizardo, Advisor on Social Policies, Secretary of State on Planning and Development, Dominican Republic (only available in Spanish)

Intersectoral challenges facing social development ministries and agencies:

a.	Promotion of employment and income generation Márcia Helena Carvalho Lopes, Minister of Social Development, Brazil Glenn Ramadharsingh, Minister of the People and Social Development, Trinidad and Tobago
b.	Strengthening food security policies Hendrik Soerat Setrowidjojo, Minister of Social Affairs and Housing, Suriname Patricia Alfaro, Director of Projects and External Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, El Salvador
c.	Risk management and social reconstruction to reduce the vulnerability of victims of natural disasters Felipe Kast Sommerhoff, Minister of Planning, Chile (only available in Spanish) Sylvester Quarless, Minister of Social Development, Grenada

The Inter-American Social Protection Network as a cooperation tool of the Forum of Ministers and High Authorities on Social Development

• Francisco Pilotti, Director, Department of Social Development and Employment, OAS

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REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

• Public – Private Partnerships to Combat Poverty, Inequality and Vulnerability – Ministry of Social Development of Panama (only available in Spanish)

• Promoting social protection programs in Saint Lucia – Saint Lucia Social Development Fund

• Note form the government of Brazil presenting its candidacy for the office of Chair of the Inter-American Committee of Social Development (CIDES)

• Note form the government of Mexico presenting its candidacy for the office of Vice chair of the Inter-American Committee of Social Development (CIDES)

• Note form the government of Barbados presenting its candidacy for the office of Vice chair of the Inter-American Committee of Social Development (CIDES)

• Note form the government of El Salvador presenting its candidacy for the office of Vice chair of the Inter-American Committee of Social Development (CIDES)

• Agreements of the Third Meeting of the Inter-American Committee of Social Development (CIDES)

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PHOTO GALLERY

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PRESS

• Ministers and High Authorities of Social Development Commit to Fight Poverty in the Americas

• The OAS and Fundación América Solidaria Sign Agreement to Enhance the Work of the Inter-American Social Protection Network

• OAS Assistant Secretary General Says Region Must Remain Committed to Countries in Need

• Ministers and High Authorities of Social Development meet in Cali to promote inter-American cooperation on social protection (only available in Spanish)

• OAS Convenes Ministers and High Authorities on Social Development in Cali to Advance Social Agenda of the Americas

• Cali receives delegations of OAS countries for the OAS Social Summit (only available in Spanish)

• OAS and Colombia Sign Host Country Agreement for Second Ministerial Meeting on Social Development

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LOGISTIC INFORMATION

• Information Bulletin

• Registration Form

• Heads of Delegation’s Travel Schedule Form