SEDI - DSDL - Department of Social Development and Labor

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
Ph: (32) 283 4480
http://www.ctown.cl/hotel.html

Logistic Information:

• Information Bulletin
• Registration Form

Documents of the Meeting:

• Preliminary Draft Agenda
• Preliminary Draft Work Schedule

Member States should submit their comments on the draft agenda and draft work schedule the Technical Secretariat by May 28 , through their Permanent Missions to the OAS,

Att. Rosana Martinelli / Carmela Burbano
Department of Social Development and Employment
Organization of American States
1889 F Street, NW – Floor 7
Washington , DC – 20006
Ph: 202-458-3386/3324
Fax: 202-458-3149
Email: rmartinelli@oas.org / cburbano@oas.org

• Note form the Permanent Mission of Colombia Presenting its Candidacy for the Office of Chair of the Inter-American Committee of Social Development (CIDES)

Informative Documents:

• 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)

Background Information;

• Puente in the Caribbean: Network-Based Capacity Building on Social Protection Strategies in the Caribbean
http://www.sedi.oas.org/ddse/puente_caribe/espanol/fr_welcome.html

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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