OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

INFORMATIVE DOCUMENTS

PRESENTATIONS IN THE PLENARY SESSIONS

TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS

PRESENTATIONS IN THE PLENARY SESSIONS

• Introductory Panel: The Inter-American System in the Face of the Challenges Posed by Extreme Poverty
  
  
  • Ronald Scheman, Director General, Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development
    Only Available in Spanish (Word Document, 30 kb)
    
    
  • Inés Bustillo, Director, Regional Office in Washington DC, ECLAC
    Only Available in Spanish (Word Document, 27 kb)
    
    
  • Pedro Britos, Manager, Strategic Development of Health Area, PAHO
    Only Available in Spanish (First Document) (PPT Document, 138 kb)
    Only Available in Spanish (Second Document) (PPT Document, 144 kb)
    
    
  • Otto Boye, Permanent Secretary, SELA
    Only Available in Spanish (Word Document, 25 kb)
    
    
  • David Fernando Varela, Representative from the World Bank
    Only Available in Spanish (PPT Document, 206 kb)
    
    
    

• First Plenary Session: Overview of Political Strategies and Programs for Equity and Social Inclusion, and Their Relationship to the Inter-American Program to Combat Poverty and Discrimination
  
  
  • Sofialeticia Morales Garza,Director, Unit for Social Development and Education of the OAS
    English Version (PPT Document, 206 kb)
    
    
  • Andrés Palma, Minister of Planning and President of the Forum of Ministers for Social Development in Latin America, Chile
    Only Available in Spanish (Word Document, 57 kb)
    
    
  • Miguel Von Hoegen, Secretary of Planning and Programming of the Presidency (SEGEPLAN), Guatemala
    Only Available in Spanish (PPT Document, 57 kb)
    
    
  • Hon. Hamilton Lashley, Minister of Social Transformation, Barbados
    English Version (Word Document, 53 kb)
    
    
  • Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, Minister of Loval Government, Community Development and Sports
    English Version (Word Document, 34 kb)
    
  
  
  • Rosabel Vergara, Minister of Youth, Women, Children and Family, Panama
    Only Available in Spanish (PPT Document, 52,291 kb)
    
    
    

• Second Plenary Session: Challenges to Measuring Poverty and Inequity
  
  
  • José Antonio Mejia, Coordinator of the Program, MECOVI-IDB
    English Version (PPT Document, 41 kb)
    
    
  • Jorge Andrés Raigosa Echegaray, Assistant General Director for Analyzing the Evaluation of Social Programs, Secretariat of Social Development, Mexico
    Only Available in Spanish (PPT Document , 1114 kb)
    
    
    

• Third Plenary Session: Experiences in Applying Policies and Programs to Combat Poverty and Achieve Greater Equity and Inclusion
  
  
  • Diego Antoni Loaeza, Advisor to the Technical Secretary of the Development Cabinet, Mexico
    Only Available in Spanish (PPT Document, 535 kb)
    
    
  • Mario Ossandón, Executive Director, Solidarity and Social Investment Fund (FOSIS), Chile, and President, Social Network of the Americas
    Only Available in Spanish (PPT Document, 9321 kb)
    
    
    

• Fourth Plenary Session: Corruption, a Critical Obstacle for Social Development
  
  
  • Kathleen Hamann, Department of State, United States
    English Version (Word Document, 33 kb)
    
    
    

• Fifth Plenary Session: Identification of Inter-American Mechanisms to Eliminate Poverty, Inequity, and Social Exclusion; Strengthening the Role of the OAS in this Process
  
  
  • The Inter-American Program to Combat Poverty and Discrimination
    English Version (Word Document, 76 kb)
    
    
  • Background from the Inter-American Committee on Social Development
    English Version (Word Document, 71 kb)
    
    
  • CIDI/RES. 131 (VIII-O/03). Inter-American Committee on Social Development
    English Version (Word Document, 27 kb)