CIDI Regular Meeting: New Avenues for Growth in Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Communities.
Modality
Virtual

Start
6/13/2025

Event Organized by

The Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI), under the chairmanship of Ambassador Lou-Anne Gaylene Gilchrist, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the OAS, will convene a regular meeting on Friday, June 13, 2025, focused on “New Avenues for Growth in Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Communities.”

The meeting, organized by the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI), will provide a forum for OAS Member States to exchange experiences, explore inclusive development strategies, and identify opportunities to strengthen economic empowerment, cultural preservation, and social inclusion within Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities across the Americas.

Order of Business

1. Consideration and adoption of the draft order of business 

2. Remarks from Secretary General Albert Ramdin

3. Report on the XXVII Ministerial of Tourism held on April 3 and 4, 2025 in Washington DC by Mateo Estrella, Minister of Tourism of Ecuador

4. Panel “New Avenues for Growth in Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Communities"

Speakers:

  •  Seleni Matus, Executive Director, George Washington University, International Institute of Tourism Studies.
  • Sobers Esprit – Independent Cultural Industries and Tourism Consultant.

Dialogue with Member States

5. Report on the Americas Competitiveness Exchange (ACE), Illinois, April 27 – May 2, 2025, Mrs. Kim Osborne, Executive Secretary for Integral Development

6. Report of the Chair of the Management Board of the Inter-American Development Cooperation Agency, Amb. Luz Elena Baños Rivas Perm. Rep of Mexico: AICD/JD/doc.237/24

7. Report of the Chair of the Committee on Migration Issues, Ambassador Alejandra Solano Cabalceta, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica: CIDI/CAM.doc.158/25    

8. Report of the Chair of the Committee of Policies. First Secretary Hermes Sebastian Fonseca, Alternate Representative of Ecuador: CIDI/CPD/doc.238/25

9. Consideration of Draft CIDI resolution to the General Assembly: CIDI/doc.454/25 rev.1

10. Draft Annual Report of CIDI to the General Assembly (prepared by SEDI): CIDI/doc.453/25

11. Other matters


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