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Ministerial and High Level Meetings of Social Development

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 preparation of the First Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Social Development.

FIRST MEETING OF MINISTERS AND HIGH AUTHORITIES OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Reñaca, Chile – July 9-10 2008

VENUE:
Conference Town – Reñaca, Doublé Almeyda 80 - Reñaca

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OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

•  Communiqué of Ministers and High Authorities on Social Development
  - Versão em Português
  - Version Française
•  List of participants
•  Agenda
•  Annotated Agenda
•  Work Schedule
•  Note form the Permanent Mission of Colombia Presenting its Candidacy for the Office of Chair of the Inter-American Committee of Social Development (CIDES) 
•  Note form the Permanent Mission of Panama Presenting its Candidacy for the Office of Vice Chair of the Inter-American Committee of Social Development (CIDES)
•  Note from the Permanent Mission of Trinidad and Tobago Presenting its Candidacy for the Office of Vice Chair of the Inter-American Committee of Social Development (CIDES)
•  Vote of thanks to the Government of Chile


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INFORMATIVE DOCUMENTS

•  Explanatory note: reference documents on the rol of social policy institutions in strengthening democratic governance
•  Democratic governance and social policies
•  Institutionalization of social policy in Latin America and democratic governance
•  Institutionalization of social policy in the Caribbean
•  Institutionalization of social policy in the Canada
•  Increasing social inclusion through social guarantees
•  Agreements of the Second Meeting of the Inter-American Committee of Social Development (CIDES)
•  Final Report of the Second Meeting of the Inter-American Committee of Social Development (CIDES)


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SPEECHES

•  Welcoming Words from Mrs. Paula Quintana Meléndez, Minister of Planning of Chile (Only available in Spanish)
•  Welcoming Words from Mr. José Miguel Insulza, General Secretary of the Organization of American States
•  Closing Remarks from Mr. Alfonso Quiñonez, Executive Secretary, Executive Secretary for Integral Development, OEA (Only available in Spanish)
•  Closing Remarks from Mrs. Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile (Only available in Spanish)


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PRESENTATIONS 

Poverty and inequality: The role of social policy institutions in strengthening democratic governance

•  Arlete Sampaio, Vice Minister and Executive Secretary, Minister of Social Development and Combat against Hunger, Brasil (Only available in Spanish)
•  Josephine Bias Robinson, Director of the Federal Office of Community Service, Health Department, United States
•  Andres Escobar Arango,General Sub Director, National Direction of Planning, Colombia (Only available in Spanish)
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Michael King, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Barbados to the OAS

Inter-American cooperation as a tool for promoting effective social protection strategies

•  Francisco Pilotti, Director, Department of Social Development and Employment, Executive Secretariat for Integral Development, OAS
•  Amrey Brown, Minister, Ministry of Social Development, Trinidad and Tobago
•  Scarlette Gillings, Executive Director, Social Investment Fund, Jamaica

Inter-American cooperation experiences on programs of conditional monetary transfers

•  Felix Vélez Fernández Varela, Sub secretary of Prospective, Planning and Evaluation, Secretariat of Social Development, Mexico (Only available in Spanish)
•  Amrey Brown, Minister Social Development, Trinidad and Tobago
•  Hendrik Soerat Setrowidjojo, Minister, Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing, Suriname
•  Mario Pivaral, Under Secretary, Planning Secretariat, Guatemala (Only available in Spanish)

A multisectoral approach to two main components of exclusion: hunger and unemployment

•  María del Carmen Roquebert, Minister, Ministry of Social Development, Panamá (Only available in Spanish)
•  Erika Farías, Minister, Ministry of Popular Power for Participation and Social Protection, Venezuela (Only available in Spanish)
•  Anabella Lardé de Palomo, Secretary of the Presidency, El Salvador (Only available in Spanish)
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Ministry of Health, Chile

Promotion of employment as a transversal approach to social policy

•  Guarocuya Félix, Subsecretary of Planning, Secretariat of Economy, Planning and Development, Dominican Republic (Only available in Spanish)
•  Cristina Orellana, President of the Board Chile Emprende and General Manager of SERCOTEC, Chile (Only available in Spanish)
•  Ian Liburd, Permanent Secretary, Minister of Social Development, Community and Gender Affairs, St Kitts and Neves
•  Claudia Canales Mayorga, Chief Advisory Cabinet, Ministry of Women and Social Development, Peru (Only available in Spanish) 

Social development in the Inter-American system: future activities.

First meeting of Ministers and High Authorities on Social Development in the framework of Summits of the Americas
•  David Morris, Director, Summit Secretary, OAS
 
The intersectoral approach within the OAS Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI)
•  Alfonso Quiñonez, Executive Secretary, Executive Secretariat for Integral Development, OAS
 
Summary of the Ministerial Dialogs: Recommendations for the elaboration of the Working Plan 2008-2010 of the Inter-American Commission on Social Development
•  Paula Quintana Meléndez, Minister of Planning of,- Chair of the First Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Social Development



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SUPPORT INFORMATION

•  Puente in the Caribbean: Network-Based Capacity Building on Social Protection Strategies in the Caribbean


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PRESS

•  Progress on the preparation of the First Meeting of Ministers and High level Authorities of Social Development
•  Secretary General meets with Minister of Planning of Chile to advance preparations for the First Ministerial on Social Development (available only in Spanish)


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PHOTO GALLERY

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LOGISTIC INFORMATION

•  Information Bulletin
•  Registration Form
•  Travel Schedule Form

 

 

 

 

 






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