SEDI - DSDE - Department of Social Development and Employment

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)

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)
•	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)
•	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

•	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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