9:00 AM – 9:15 AM

Welcoming remarks and Approval of the Agenda
Daniel Gonzalez Spencer, Delegate from the Secretariat of Public Education of Mexico and President of the CIE

9:15AM – 9:30 AM

Report of activities of CIE´s Authorities and Executive Committee
Daniel Gonzalez Spencer

Support activities performed by the Technical Secretariat
Alice Abreu, Director of the Office of Education, Science and Technology, OAS.

Mandates of the Third Meeting of Ministers
Advances and Challenges of the Hemispheric Projects

9:50 AM – 10:10 AM

Equity with Quality. Presentation of status report and 2005 execution plan by the Hemispheric Coordinator
Argentina

10:30 AM – 10:50 AM

Teachers' Education. Presentation of status report and 2005 execution plan by the Hemispheric Coordinator
Trinidad and Tobago

10:50 AM – 11:10 AM

11:20 AM – 11:40 AM

Secondary Education and Labor Competencies. Presentation of status report and 2005 execution plan by the Hemispheric Coordinator.
Costa Rica

11:40 AM – 12:00 PM

12:00 PM – 12:15 PM

FEMCIDI framework for the second year of Hemispheric Projects
Yacsire Cutler, OAS

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM

Lunch

14:00 PM – 14:40 PM

Regional Education Indicators Project and Evaluation of the Quality of Education . Presentation of status report and 2005 execution plan by coordinators
México and Brazil

14:40 PM – 15:30 PM

15:45 PM – 16:15 PM

Inter-American Program on Democratic Values Education for Peace and Human Rights . Presentation of the Initiative
Colombia

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM

9:20 AM – 10:00 AM

10:00 AM – 10:20 AM

Advances and Challenges of the first year of the Inter-American Committee on Education
Summary and reflections
Daniel González Spencer

Towards the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Education,
Trinidad and Tobago, August 2005.

10:20 AM – 10:40 AM

Recommendations for CIE´s 2004-2005 action plan and presentation of the Draft Agenda and concept of the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Education
Marva Ribeiro, Delegate of the Ministry of Education of Trinidad and Tobago and Vice-president of the CIE and Daniel González Spencer, Delegate from the Secretariat of Public Education of Mexico and President of the CIE

10:40 AM – 10:50 AM

10:50 AM – 11:10 AM

Support activities by the Technical Secretariat and relevant education- related activities within the framework of the Inter-American System
Alice Abreu

11:10 AM – 12:30 PM

Session for dialogue and definition of the CIE's 2004-2005 action plan and Draft Agenda of the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Education.

12:30 PM – 14:00 PM

14:00 PM – 14:20 PM

Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Education Political Declaration,
Presentation of proposed guidelines
Marva Ribeiro

14:20 PM – 15:20 PM

15:20 PM – 15:40 PM

Closing Session
Daniel González Spencer, Delegate from the Secretariat of Public Education of Mexico and President of the CIE