XXXI Meeting of International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean: unity and solidarity against the pandemic

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The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS) are organizing the "XXXI Meeting of International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean: Unity and solidarity against the pandemic". This activity is aimed at assessing the actions of international cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of the pandemic and analyzing mechanisms to make it more effective and efficient in the short term.

Final Report of the XXXI Meeting of International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean: Unity and solidarity against the pandemic

Final Report

Objectives

This virtual activity aims to: i) Exchange information and experiences in cooperation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the strengths and weaknesses in terms of cooperation (what Member States can offer and demand); ii) provide a space for dialogue and exchange of supply and demand for cooperation in the context of the pandemic, in the priority areas defined by the cooperation directors; and iii) assess the major problems and failures of international aid, how regional cooperation and solidarity is working and what elements should be corrected in the future, in the short and medium term.

Moderators

Ambassador Oscar Hernández, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA).

Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS) / Inter-American Centre for Social Security Studies (CIESS)

Agenda

Thursday, 3 December 2020

10:00 - 10:15	OPENING SESSION Ambassador Javier Paulinich, Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) Gibrán Ramírez Reyes, Secretary-General of the Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS)
10:15 – 10:20	Moderator: Ambassador Oscar Hernández, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
10:20 – 10:30	Latin American and Caribbean reality in times of pandemic Eduardo Piña, Specialist of Studies and Proposals, Permanent Secretariat of SELA. Reality of Latin America and the Caribbean in times of pandemic: weaknesses and challenges (Spanish)
10:30 – 11:40	International cooperation in times of pandemic: How to make it more effective and efficient? - Recent experiences Panel with Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean (10 min. each) Yill Otero, Director for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIRE) of Panama. International cooperation in the context of COVID-19's health emergency in Panama (Spanish) Roberto Mohar Rivera, Assistant Director-General, Directorate-General for Technical and Scientific Cooperation, Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) Nancy Silva Sebastián, Director for Policies and Programmes of the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (ACPI) Juan Ignacio Roccatagliata, Director for Multilateral Cooperation, Directorate-General for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Argentina Olaya Dotel, Deputy Minister of International Cooperation, Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development (MEPYD), Dominican Republic
11:40 – 12:20	The health crisis from a social security perspective (10 min. each) Alvaro Velarca, Coordinator of Interinstitutional and International Monitoring, Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) Santiago Urbizo, Assistant Manager of Planning and Development, Guatemalan Institute of Social Security. The health crisis from a social security perspective (Spanish) Daniel Quesada Rodríguez, Director of the Emergency and Disaster Assistance Center at the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS). Report on measures to address the emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica (Spanish)
12:20 – 12:35	Remarks by Cooperation Directors (15 min.): potential areas of cooperation Orla Kantum Coleman, Director of International Affairs (Cooperation), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belize María Cristina Fuentes Arévalo, Director of Non-Governmental Cooperation and Evaluation, Leader of Technical Bureau No. 8 of the Committee on Emergency Operations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, Ecuador. International cooperation and COVID-19 in Ecuador (Spanish) Sidhartha Marin, Minister, Adviser to the President of the Republic for International Policy and Affairs, Nicaragua. Leonel Barreto, Project Officer, in charge of Cooperation and Technical Assistance, Latin American Centre for Development Administration (CLAD) Questions and answers

Friday, 4 December 2020

10:00 - 10:05	Moderator: Daisy Corrales, Director of the Inter-American Centre for Social Security Studies (CIESS), Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS)
10:05 – 10:50	Contribution of international organizations and bilateral development agencies in the effective response to COVID-19 (10 min. each) Ambassador Soong-chull Shin, President of the Korean Council on Latin America and the Caribbean (KCLAC). International cooperation of the Republic of Korea in the context of COVID-19: KCLAC's cooperation with LAC (Spanish) Ghotai Ghazialam, Operations Manager - COVID-19, International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC). Covid-19 national response in the Americas region Nahuel Oddone, Head of Promotion and Exchange of Regional Social Policies Department, MERCOSUR Social Institute Leonardo Hernandez, Chief of Emergency Operations Unit, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
10:50 – 11:10	The coordinating action of the region's institutions specializing in health Melissa Marcela Hernández, Director of Development Projects at the Executive Secretariat of the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America and Dominican Republic - SE-COMISCA. Coordinated action by health-specialized institutions in the Latin American and Caribbean region (Spanish) María del Carmen Calle, Executive Secretary, Andean Health Agency - Hipolito Unanue Convention (ORAS CONHU)
11:10 – 11:30	Remarks by Cooperation Directors (10 min.): potential areas of cooperation Pedro Albarrán, Director of Mechanisms and Cooperation, People's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Venezuela Questions and answers
11:30 – 12:10	Presentation of the Disaster Protocol for Social Security Institutions in the Americas of the Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS) Moderator: Monica Nuño, Executive Director of Relations and Cooperation, Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS) Ambassador Efraín Guadarrama, Director-General of American Regional Organizations and Mechanisms, Foreign Ministry of Mexico, National Coordinator of Mexico to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Verhonica Zamudio, Social Security Researcher. Executive Directorate for Projects and Research of the CISS. Disaster protocol for social security institutions in the Americas (Spanish) Gibrán Ramírez Reyes, Secretary-General of the Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS)
12:10 - 12:20	General conclusions

Logistics

Date

The "XXXI Meeting of International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean: Unity and solidarity against the pandemic" will be held on Thursday 3 and Friday 4 December 2020, from 10:00 am to 12:00 m (Caracas), through the ZOOM platform.

Languages

The official languages for the event will be Spanish and English. There will be simultaneous interpretation

Support documents and bibliography

Participants

Attendance at this virtual meeting will be open to the public.

Interested parties must complete the registration form by entering the following link, and then they will receive the invitation to join the meeting through the ZOOM platform.

This virtual meeting is aimed at international cooperation directors of the Member States of SELA and CISS, cooperation networks, academia, regional and international organizations and specialized health and social security institutions.

All information on this virtual meeting will be available on the minisite.

Contacts

Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Venezuela

Coordination by the Permanent Secretariat of SELA:

Ambassador Oscar Hernández
Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation
Telephones: (58-212)-955-7111 / 955-7134
E-mail: ohernandez@sela.org

Javier Gordon Ruiz
Coordinator of Relations with Regional and Extra-Regional Organizations
Telephones: (58-212)-955-7111 / 955-7135
E-mail: jgordon@sela.org

Silvia Hernández
Analyst of Relations
E-mail: shernandez@sela.org

Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS)

Coordination by the Executive Directorate of Linkages and Cooperation of the CISS:

Mónica E. Nuño
Executive Director of Linkages and Cooperation (DEVyC, by Spanish acronym)
E-mail: monica.nuno@ciss-bienestar.org

Daniela León
Head of the Cooperation Division at the DEVyC
E-mail: daniela.leon@ciss-bienestar.org