Join the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) and the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI) in welcoming the new CIDI Chair, H.E. Lou-Anne Gaylene Gilchrist, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The draft order of business for the meeting is as follows:

1. Consideration and adoption of the draft order of business.

2. Presentation of the Draft Work Plan of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development for the January-June 2025 semester, proposed by the Chair: "Building Equitable and Inclusive Communities in the Americas - Expanding Access and Opportunities for All" CIDI/doc. 440/25

3. Connecting Education and Employment - Improving Youth Access to Labor Markets Concept Note: CIDI/INF.641/25

• Keynote Speaker: Hon. Curtis King, Minister of Education and National Reconciliation, Ministry of Education and National Reconciliation, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Speakers:

• Mr. Andres Espejo, Economic Affairs Officer, Social Development Division, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

• Mrs. María Claudia Camacho, Chief of the Labor and Employment Section, Department of Human Development, Education, Employment and OAS/SEDI

- Speaker Guidelines (for the semester): CIDI/INF.640/25 

- Recommendations for Member State interventions in CIDI (general): CIDI/INF. 617/24

• Dialogue with Member States

4. Presentation of the Draft SEDI Annual Report 2024 to CIDI/doc. 442/25

5. Presentation of the Draft SEDI Work Plan 2025 to CIDI/doc. 441/25

6. Launch of the SEDI Website

7. Other matters