VII Ordinary Meeting of COSIPLAN Ministers

December 7, 2017 San Martín Palace Ceremonial Venue for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine Republic Arenales 761 ,

AGENDA

08:15-08:45 Registration of Participants

08:45-09:15 Opening Session COSIPLAN Presidency Pro Tempore, held by Argentina: , Argentina’s Minister of the Interior, Public Works and Housing , Argentina’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship , Argentina’s Minister of Transport

Video on the COSIPLAN 2017 Activities

09:30-10:00 Technology in the Service of Transparency and Integration − COSIPLAN Geographic Information System and Spatial Data Infrastructure (GIS-SDI) − “South American Border Crossings” Digital Platform − Agua Negra Binational Tunnel Integration Territorial Program (PTI) Management System Fernando Álvarez de Celis, Under-Secretary of Territorial Planning of Public Investment, Argentina’s Ministry of the Interior, Public Works and Housing

10:00-10:30 Logistics and Multimodal Transport: A Key to Competitiveness Freight Transport and Logistics Luis Fernando Londoño, Colombian Ambassador to Argentina

Rail Integration Pablo Genta, National Director of Planning and Logistics, Uruguay’s Ministry of Transport and Public Works

10:30-10:45 Disaster Risk Management in Infrastructure Sergio Galilea Ocón, Vice-Minister of Public Works, Chile’s Ministry of Public Works

10:45-11:00 The Infrastructure Gap and the Fiscal Crisis Jorge Saba Arbache Filho, Secretary for International Affairs, Brazil’s Ministry of Planning, Development and Management

11:00-12:00 The Integration Projects that Provide a Dynamic Thrust to the South American Territory Presentation of API 2022 and API 2027 projects Atilio Alimena, National Director of International Territorial Integration Planning, Argentina’s Ministry of the Interior, Public Works and Housing Dialogue and agreements on the implementation of the priority projects − Connectivity and Territorial Development of the Argentina-Bolivia Border: La Quiaca- Villazón, Salvador Mazza-Yacuiba and Aguas Blancas-Bermejo Border Crossings − Rail Connectivity between Argentina and Bolivia − Integration Bioceanic Rail Corridor between Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru − Cristo Redentor System Border Crossing, between Argentina and Chile − Agua Negra Binational Tunnel and Integration Territorial Program (PTI) between Argentina and Chile − Capitán Carmelo Peralta-Puerto Murtinho Bridge over the Paraguay River, between Paraguay and Brazil − Jaguarão-Río Branco Bridge over the Yaguarón River, between Brazil and Uruguay − Concordia-Salto Border Crossing, between Argentina and Uruguay

12:00-12:30 Approval of the Activity Report 2017 and Work Plan 2018 Signing of the Declaration of Ministers Closing Session Rogelio Frigerio, Argentina’s Minister of the Interior, Public Works and Housing Milton Claros Hinojosa, Bolivia’s Minister of Public Works, Services and Housing

12:30-14:30 Lunch Offered by the Presidency Pro Tempore to the Attending Delegations

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