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2011 Calendar of Events - OAS Executive Secretariat for Integral Development

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Area	Date	Event	Location	Contact
	24-25	International Meeting of Legislators for Early Childhood	Puebla, Mexico	Gaby Fujimoto
	26-28	World Congress "Early Childhood Education: The First Three Years of Life of the Child"	Puebla, Mexico	Gaby Fujimoto
	5	RIAC Annual Meeting of Authorities and Competitiveness Councils parallel to the IV Ministerial Meeting of Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	César Parga Maryse Robert
	5-7	V Americas Competitiveness Forum and Meeting of Ministers of Economy, Finance, Industry and Commerce, with the support of the Inter-American Competitiveness Network (RIAC)	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	César Parga
	19	Workshop “Dispute Prevention on Investment”	Hermosillo, Mexico	Maryse Robert
	24-28	Brazilian Congress on Highways and Concessions (seventh edition)	Iguazu Falls, Brazil	Jorge Duran
	13-14	Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum	Barbados	Mark Lambrides
	24-25	World Forum Lisbon 21 on Water, Energy and Sustainable Development with OAS support	Lisbon, Portugal	Claudia de Windt
	27	Dialogue on Governance, Public Participation, and Gender Mainstreaming	Washington, D.C., USA	Claudia de Windt
	10-11	Regional workshop on technical assistance for Central America (disability). Available in Spanish only	San José, Costa Rica	Mercedes Carrillo
	Oct. 13- Nov. 25	Drawings’ Exhibition: "Young Haitians and Disability"	Washington D.C., USA	Mercedes Carrillo
	31 oct. 1 nov.	Ministerial Meeting "XVII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor"	San Salvador, El Salvador	Evelyn Jacir de Lovo

Area	Date	Event	Location	Contact
	9-10	Ministerial Meeting “V Inter-American Meeting of Ministers and Highest Authorities of Culture”	Washington, D.C., USA	Maria Graciela Meza
	7-8	General Assembly of the Inter-American Metrology System	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Oscar Harasic
	10-11	First Andean Small Hotel Forum	Bogotá, Colombia	Santiago Noboa
	17-18	Third Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities on Science and Technology	Panama City, Panama	Oscar Harasic
	22- 24	Third Hemispheric Conference on Port Environmental Management	Montevideo, Uruguay	Danner Moscoso
	28-29	Regional workshop "Quality Infrastructure for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency"	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Violeta Gutiérrez
	7-12	Course on Geothermal Exploration and Development	El Salvador	Mark Lambrides
	14-16	Biofuels Forum in the framework of the 5th Energy Fair	Guatemala City, Guatemala	Francisco Burgos
	18	Dialogue on Good Governance for Integrated Water Resources management	Medellin, Colombia	Claudia de Windt
	13-19	Seventh Inter-American Dialogue on Water Management	Medellin, Colombia	Max Campos
	Nov 28 to Dec 2	Closed-Loop Production Meeting	Quito, Ecuador	Mark Lambrides
	1- 25	Drawings’ Exhibition: "Young Haitians and Disability"	Washington D.C., USA	Mercedes Carrillo
	15-16	Regional workshop on technical assistance for USA and the Caribbean (disability).	Washington D.C., USA	Mercedes Carrillo
	15-17	Seminar on Damages Repair for Defective Products and Sixth Consumer Safety and Health Network Technical Advisory Group Meeting	Bogota, Colombia	Marcos Acle

Area	Date	Event	Location	Contact
	15	Dialogue on Ocean Governance	Washington D.C., USA	Claudia de Windt

Area	Date	Event	Location	Contact
	15- 16	National Seminar on Education for Democratic Values and Practices	Panama, Panama	Romina Kasman
	27-29	Inter-American Meeting on Corporate Social Responsibility for Early Childhood	Lima, Peru	Gaby Fujimoto
	6	Workshop “Investment Promotion and Prevention of Investment Disputes”	Mexico City, Mexico	Maryse Robert
	6-7	Workshop “Promoting and Improving SME Competitiveness and Productivity in the Caribbean”	San Diego, California, USA	Maryse Robert
	6-9	America's Small Business Development Centers Annual Conference	San Diego, USA	Maryse Robert
	12-15	First Hemispheric Conference in Short Sea Shipping	San Francisco, Campeche, Mexico	Danner Moscoso
	12-16	Second Meeting of CARICOM Building Consultations in Trade in Services and Investment for the Negotiations of the CARICOM- Canada Trade Agreement	Bridgetown, Barbados	Maryse Robert
	27-28	Central American Forum of Central American Small Hotels	San Salvador, El Salvador	Richard Campbell
	28-30	Canadian Importer to Peru Mission in the context of the project to support the associations of organic quinoa and mango producers for the export market	Lima, Puno y Piura, Perú.	Theresa Wetter
	29-30	XIX Inter-American Travel Congress	San Salvador, El Salvador	Richard Campbell
	7-8	Workshops on the Goals and Solutions of the Americas toward the VI World Water Forum	México City, México	Max Campos
	15	Dialogue: Governance for Sustainability	Washington, D.C.	Claudia de Windt
	22-23	Sustainable Energy Workshop for Caribbean Educators	Saint Lucia	Carolina Peña
	28-30	Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group of the Consumer Safety and Health Network	Washington, D.C.	Luisa Neira
	7-9	Second Peparatory Meeting of the XVII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor	Washington, D.C	Maria Claudia Camacho
	8	Authorities of OAS - UN Committees for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (CEDDIS) meet in New York	New York, NY	Mercedes Carrillo
	19-20	Regional workshop on technical assistance for Southern Cone (disability).	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Mercedes Carrillo
	21	Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group of the Consumer Safety and Health Network	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Marcos Acle
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Area	Date	Event	Location	Contact
	31 Aug. Sep. 2	Hemispheric Meeting on Early Childhood Evaluation	Asuncion, Paraguay	Gaby Fujimoto
	2	Workshop for the Development of Strategies for Engineering Programs Accreditation and Quality Assurance in the Americas	Medellin, Colombia	Oscar Harasic
	10	Workshop “Dispute Prevention on Investment at the Federal, State and Municipal Levels”	Merida, Mexico	Maryse Robert
	15-19	Tourism Security Course	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Santiago Noboa
	17	Workshop “Dispute Prevention on Investment at the Federal, State and Municipal Levels”	Hermosillo, Mexico	Maryse Robert
	2-5	Bio-energy Conference of the Americas 2011 (colaborators)	Medellín, Colombia.	Francisco Burgos
	10-12	Technical Consolidation Meeting of the Inter-American Social Protection Network	Mexico, D.F.	Francisco Pilotti
	31 Aug. Sep. 1	Meeting of the Working Group for the follow up on the implementation of the Protocol of San Salvador	Bogotá, Colombia	Rosana Martinelli

Area	Date	Event	Location	Contact
	20-24	XII International Meeting Virtual Educa Mexico - Presentations and forums for the Mulilateral Initi@tive for Human Development	México, México D.F	Nelly Gochicoa
	1-3	Workshop "Harnessing Intelectual Property to Protect and Promote Traditional Arts and Crafts and to Empower Women"	Lima, Peru	Cesar Parga
	2-3	OAS Private Sector Forum	San Salvador, El Salvador	Rosine Plank-Brumback
	5-15	Workshop "The transfer of Technology, Innovation & IP: The Licensing Academy"	Davis, California, USA	César Parga
	10	Third Inter-American Seminar on Scientific Journalism	Guadalajara, México	Jorge Durán
	14-15	Meeting of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States to discuss the OAS study on implementation of services and investment obligations in CARIFORUM - European Community Economic Partnership Agreement	Castries, St. Lucia	Maryse Robert
	16	Workshop "CSR & Parlamentarians"	Montevideo, Uruguay	Zakaria El Goumiri
	20-july 1	OAS-WTO-GWU Trade Course- Multilateral and Regional Trade Issues	Washington, D.C., USA	Maryse Robert
	23-24	Preparatory Meeting for the Inter-American Travel Congress	Washington, D.C., USA	Richard Campbell
	24	Workshop on "Investment Agreements: the Prevention of Disputes with Foreign Investors"	Mérida, México	Maryse Robert
	24	Meeting of Authorities of the Inter-American Committee on Science and Technology	Washington, D.C., USA	Oscar Harasic
	27	Workshop on "Investment Agreements: the Prevention of Disputes with Foreign Investors"	Tuxla Gutiérrez (Chiapas), México	Maryse Robert
	27-28	Workshop on the Implementation of the CARIFORUM-European Community Economic Partnership Agreement with Belizean parliamentarians, senators, and mayors	Belize	Maryse Robert
	8	Workshop "Biofuels Investment Prospects"	Kingston, Jamaica	Francisco Burgos
	20-24	Trade and Environment Course	Washington D.C	Claudia de Windt
	28	Launching of the Second Edition of the UNISDR Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction	Washington D.C	Pablo Gonzalez
	15	Seminar “Access to Justice for Vulnerable Groups”	San Salvador, El Salvador	Marcos Acle
	20-21	Internship for University Legal Aid Clinics Coordinators: Good practices for the promotion of access to justice	Brasilia, Brazil	Marcos Acle
	23-24	Workshop “Access to Justice for Vulnerable Groups: International Seminar of University Legal Aid Clinics”	Montevideo, Uruguay
	20-24	Trade and Environment Course	Washington D.C	Claudia de Windt
	23-24	“Access to Justice for Vulnerable Groups: International Seminar of University Legal Aid Clinics”	Montevideo, Uruguay	Marcos Acle
	25	Internship for University Legal Aid Clinics Coordinators: Good practices for the promotion of access to justice	Montevideo, Uruguay	Marcos Acle

Area	Date	Event	Location	Contact
	10	Exposition "Taste of the Caribbean"	Washington, D.C., USA	Cesar Parga
	9	Summers School in Consumer Law - National, comparative and international developments	Montreal, Canada	Marcos Acle
	4-6	Second Workshop on Social Policy and International Cooperation: Challenges for the Ministries of Social Protection and the Inter-American Social Protection Network	Brasilia, Brasil	Francisco Pilotti
	11	Launching of the first report of the Continuous Reporting System on International Migration of the Americas (SICREMI)	Americas Room, OAS Headquarters, Washington, D.C.	Migration and Development Program
	12-13	Technical Seminar of the National Correspondents of the Continuous Reporting System on International Migration of the Americas (SICREMI)	Padhila Vidal Room, OAS Headquarters, Washington, D.C.	Migration and Development Program