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OAS Co-organizes the Forum “Honduras 2030: International Experiences in Competiveness” in Tegucigalpa

  August 13, 2013

The Organization of the American States (OAS) will organize on Wednesday, August 14th, in Tegucigalpa the Forum “Honduras 2030: International Experiences in Competitiveness,” that will bring together eight Honduran presidential candidates to exchange experiences about economic development and competitiveness and to discuss priority issues in public policy that will contribute to the development of a competitiveness agenda by the year 2030.

The event is organized by the OAS in collaboration with the Institute for Research and Public Policy (IIPP) of UNITEC, the Honduran Council for Private Business (COHEP), the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE), and the Inter-American Competitiveness Network (RIAC), and will be moderated by journalist Jorge Gestoso.

The Forum will take place in the auditorium of the BCIE and will feature international experts, as well as the candidates for President of Honduras, Orle Solís of the Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras (DC); Jorge Aguilar of the Partido de Innovación y unidad Social Democrática (PINU-SD); Salvador Nasralla of the Partido Anti Corrupción de Honduras (PAC); Juan Orlando Hernández of the Partido Nacional de Honduras; Mauricio Villeda of the Partido Liberal de Honduras; Romeo Vásquez Velásquez of the Partido Alianza Patriótica Hondureña (APH ); Xiomara Castro de Zelaya of the Partido Libertad y Refundación and Andrés Pavón of the Partido Unificación Democrática y Frente Amplio Político Electoral en Resistencia de Honduras.

The agenda of the event is availale here.

WHAT: Forum “Honduras 2030: International Experiences in Competiveness”

WHEN: Wednesday, August 14, from 7:30 a.m. to 16:10 local time (13:30—22:10 GMT)

WHERE: Auditorio del Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica (BCIE). Edificio Sede BCIE, Boulevard Suyapa. Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Reference: AVI-211/13