Objectives: Each international organization will give a presentation on the challenges of extreme poverty in the light of its own responsibilities and the strategies developed to face them. They will also reflect on the feasibility of the region achieving the Millennium Goals as well as the Goals from the Summits of the Americas.

- Ronald Scheman, Director General, Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development (Only Available in Spanish)
- Carlos M. Jarque, Manager, Sustainable Development Department, IDB
- Inés Bustillo,Director, Regional Office in Washington DC, ECLAC (Only Available in Spanish)
- Pedro Britos, Manager, Strategic Development of Health Area, PAHO,(Second Document) (Only Available in Spanish)
- Otto Boye, Permanent Secretary, SELA (Only Available in Spanish)
- David Fernando Varela, Representative from the World Bank (Only Available in Spanish)

Objectives: A minister or high-ranking authority on social development from each sub-region will reflect on the results of strategies implemented throughout the sub-region over the last decade to reduce poverty, and on the perspectives for the next decade. They will also offer an analysis on the relationship between these strategies and the Inter-American Program to Combat Poverty and Discrimination.

Moderator: Sofialeticia Morales Garza,Director, Unit for Social Development and Education of the OAS

- Andrés Palma, Minister of Planning and President of the Forum of Ministers for Social Development in Latin America, Chile (Only Available in Spanish)
- Miguel Von Hoegen, Secretary of Planning and Programming of the Presidency (SEGEPLAN), Guatemala (Only Available in Spanish)
- Jacobo Mora, Vice-Minister of Health and Social Development, Venezuela
- Hon. Hamilton Lashley, Minister of Social Transformation, Barbados
- Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, Minister of Loval Government, Community Development and Sports
- Rosabel Vergara, Minister of Youth, Women, Children and Family, Panama (Only Available in Spanish)

Rapporteur: Denis G. Antoine, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Grenada to the OAS

2. Each Plenary Session will follow the same pattern. The moderator will briefly introduce the main theme of the session and present the panelists. Each panelist will be allowed the same amount of time. Following their presentations, the moderator will debrief on the main conclusions and open the floor for dialogue and exchange of ideas.

Objectives: Experts will analyze the challenges of measuring poverty, different definitions and methods, focusing on national examples. They will also address the impact of these challenges on the implementation of public policies on poverty reduction. Emphasis will be given to national efforts to measure poverty.

Moderator: José Antonio Mejia, Coordinator of the Program, MECOVI-IDB

- Raúl Lagos, Secretary of the Presidency (Social Affairs), Uruguay
- Pedro de Armas, Advisor to the Minister of Health and Social Development, Venezuela
- Jorge Andrés Raigosa Echegaray, Assistant General Director for Analyzing the Evaluation of Social Programs, Secretariat of Social Development, Mexico (Only Available in Spanish)

Rapporteur: Andrés Palma, Minister of Planning and Cooperation, Chile

Objective: Representatives of the Social Network will share their successful programs and strategies to overcome poverty. An open dialogue among ministers and heads of Delegations will follow, to allow them to present other experiences successfully implemented in response to the challenges of poverty, equity and social inclusion. This will be followed by reflection on the best mechanisms to share these experiences.

Moderator: Francisco Pilotti, Principal Specialist, Unit for Social Development and Education of the OAS

- Henry Rivas, Director, Venzuelan Social Investment Fund, Venezuela
- Celsa Belotto, General Director, Office of Social Beneficence and Social Assistance (DIBEN), Paraguay
- Margaret Farray, Permanent Secretary, Minister of Social Development, Trinidad and Tobago
- Mario Anibal Borbúa, General Manager, Emergency Social Investment Fund (FISE), Ecuador
- Ezra Jean Baptiste, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Transformation, Culture and Local Government, Saint Lucia
- Diego Antoni Loaeza, Advisor to the Technical Secretary of the Development Cabinet, Mexico (Only Available in Spanish)
- Mario Ossandón, Executive Director, Solidarity and Social Investment Fund (FOSIS), Chile, and President, Social Network of the Americas (Only Available in Spanish)
- Cristino del Castillo, Legal Advisor, The Fund for the Promotion of Community Initiatives (PROCOMUNIDAD), Dominican Republic

Rapporteur: Rosabel Vergara, Minister of Youth, Women, Children and Family, Panama

Objectives: Representatives from international organizations and national governments will analyze the anti-corruption plans developed over the past decade, as well as relevant experiences on reform processes and modernization of the State.

Moderator: Sheila Donovan, Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development of the OAS

- Kathleen Hamann, Department of State, United States
- Juan Carlos Nadalich, Executive Secretary, National Council of Social Policies, Argentina

Rapporteur: Eduardo Ferrero Costa, Ambassador, Permanente Representative of Perú to the OAS

Objectives: International organizations will present their proposed strategies for strengthening the Inter-American Program to Combat Poverty and Discrimination, basing it on collaboration and greater communication with national authorities. The Dialogue among ministers and heads of delegation will be focused on the role of the OAS through existing mechanisms and tools: the Inter-American Program to Combat Poverty and Discrimination, the Inter-American Commission on Social Development, and Meetings of Ministers and high-ranking authorities.

Alfonso Quiñonez, Director, Cooperation Policies, IACD

Rapporteur:
Margarita Escobar, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OAS

Closing remarks by Ambassador Arévalo Méndez, Vice minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Only Available in Spanish)