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Sixth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Committee on South-South Cooperation of ECLAC

25 April 2017|Event

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9 – 9.15 a.m. Opening session

  • Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
  • Yanerit Morgan, Director-General of Regional Agencies and Mechanisms of the Americas of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
  • Noel González Segura, Coordinator of Multilateral and Regional Forums and Mechanisms on International Cooperation for Development of the Mexican Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AMEXCID)

9.15 – 9.20 a.m. Adoption of the agenda

9.20 – 10.05 a.m. Discussion on the role of South-South and triangular cooperation in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals​
Moderator: Noel González Segura, Coordinator of Multilateral and Regional 
Forums and Mechanisms on International Cooperation for Development of the Mexican Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AMEXCID)

  • Daniel Titelman, Chief of the Economic Development Division of ECLAC.Presentation on the ECLAC perspective on South-South and triangular cooperation in Latin America for the fulfilment of the Addis Ababa ActionAgenda and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
  • Jorge Chediek, Director of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (to be confirmed). 
    Presentation on the commemoration of the 40 years of the adoption of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (BAPA+40) as an opportunity for development (by videolink)
  • Martín Rivero, Coordinator of the Social Cohesion and South-South Cooperation Area at the Ibero-American Secretariat (SEGIB).
    Presentation of the document Report on South-South Cooperation in Ibero-America 2016
  • María Josefina Menéndez, Executive Director of Save the Children Mexico.
    Presentation on the role of civil society in South-South and triangular cooperation for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
  • Ana Ciuti, Director-General of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Argentina.
    Remarks on the role andimportance of South-South cooperation in the international agenda and how Argentina engages with other development actors on South- South cooperation
  • Juan Luis Eugenio Pérez Monje, Adviser with the Chilean Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AGCID).
    Remarks on the role and importance of South-South cooperation in the international agenda and how Chile engages with other development actors on South- South cooperation
  • Jaime Miranda Flamenco, Vice-Minister of Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador.
    Remarks on the role and importance of South-South cooperation in the international agendaand how El Salvador engages with other development actors on South-South cooperation
  • Inocencio García, Vice-Minister of International Cooperation in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Planning and Development of the Dominican Republic.
    Remarks on the role and importance of South-South cooperation in the international agenda and how the Dominican Republic engages with other development actors on South-South cooperation

10.05 – 10.25 a.m. Coffee break

10.25 – 11.50 a.m. Discussion

11.50 a.m. – noon Close of the meeting