CP/RES. 791 (1276/01)

CONVOCATION OF THE MEETING OF MINISTERS AND HIGH-LEVEL AUTHORITIES
RESPONSIBLE FOR POLICIES ON DECENTRALIZATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN THE HEMISPHERE

        THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

        HAVING HEARD the oral report of the Chair of the Special Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and the oral report of the Chair of the Working Group to Prepare a High-Level Meeting on Strengthening Municipal and Regional Administrations and on Civil Society;

RECALLING:

        The tasks entrusted to the Permanent Council by the General Assembly through its resolution "Support for the Mandates of the Summit of the Americas on Strengthening Municipal and Regional Administrations and on Civil Society" [AG/RES. 1760 (XXX-O/00)] with respect to the preparation of the Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities Responsible for Policies on Decentralization, Local Government and Citizen Participation in Municipal Government in the Hemisphere, including the convocation and determination of the place and date of the said meeting; and

        The Permanent Council decision to entrust the implementation of this resolution to the Special Committee on Inter-American Summits Management;

        RECALLING ALSO that the General Assembly established in resolution AG/RES. 1760 that the objective of the said Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities would be "… to facilitate the exchange of experiences and the development of a common frame of reference on public policy for strengthening the process of decentralization and consolidation of local governance and citizen participation at the municipal and community levels";

        RECOGNIZING WITH SATISFACTION the preparatory work for the said Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities carried out by the Working Group established by the Special Committee on Inter-American Summits Management;

        BEARING IN MIND above all, the central role of the Organization of American States in the promotion and consolidation of democracy in the Hemisphere and as a forum for dialogue on this subject, as well as the initiatives, programs and activities undertaken by the General Secretariat, especially in the area of strengthening decentralization, local government and citizen participation; and

        TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the offer by the Government of Bolivia to host the said Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities and its collaboration with the Working Group in the preparation of the Meeting,

RESOLVES:

        1.     To convene the Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities Responsible for Policies on Decentralization, Local Government and Citizen Participation in Municipal Government in the Hemisphere, for June 17 to 19, 2001, in the city of La Paz, Bolivia.

        2.     To approve the Draft Agenda for the said Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities as attached.

        3.     To thank the Government of Bolivia for its collaboration in facilitating the said Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities.

        4.     To request that the General Secretariat, through the Unit for the Promotion of Democracy, continue lending the requisite specialized support for the holding of the said Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities.

        5.     To request that the Special Committee on Inter-American Summits Management present to the Permanent Council a report and recommendations based on the outcome of the said Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities.

APPENDIX

MEETING OF MINISTERS AND HIGH-LEVEL AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR POLICIES ON DECENTRALIZATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN THE HEMISPHERE

DRAFT AGENDA

1.     The inter-American perspective: the Summits of the Americas

2.     The role of the Organization of American States

3.     The Bolivian experience

4.     The Hemispheric Processes of Decentralization: Strengthening Municipal and Regional Administrations and Civil Society Participation

· Comparative Perspectives · Priority Areas for Analysis and Action · National Perspectives

5.     Consideration and adoption of the Draft Declaration of the City of La Paz on Strengthening Decentralization, Local Government and Citizen Participation

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