Reunión De Ministros Y Autoridades De Alto Nivel

MEETING OF MINISTERS AND HIGH-LEVEL AUTHORITIES OEA/Ser.K/XXXVII.1 RESPONSIBLE FOR POLICIES ON DECENTRALIZATION REDMU/doc.2/01 rev. 1 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 29 July 2001 IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN THE HEMISPHERE Original: Spanish July 29-31, 2001 La Paz, Bolivia

SCHEDULE (Adopted by the delegates at the first plenary session, held on July 29, 2001)

Sunday, July 29, 2001

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS Hotel Europa, Second Floor

7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. OPENING CEREMONY GERMANIA Room Statements by:  Ambassador Marcelo Ostria Trigo, Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the OAS (Chair of the Working Group to prepare the Meeting)  Minister of Sustainable Development and Planning of Bolivia, Dr. Ronald MacLean Abaroa  Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. César Gaviria  President of the Republic of Bolivia, Dr. Jorge Quiroga Ramirez

8:00 - 8:30 p.m. FIRST PLENARY SESSION GERMANIA Room 1. Adoption of the Draft Schedule

2. Election of officers  Chair  First Vice-Chair  Second Vice-Chair  Rapporteur

3. Establishment of the Working Group - Election of officers  Chair  Vice-Chair  Rapporteur - 2 -

Monday, July 30, 2001

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. SECOND PLENARY SESSION GERMANIA Room The Hemispheric Processes of Decentralization: Strengthening Municipal and Regional Administrations and Civil Society Participation

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Introductory presentations

 The Bolivian decentralization experience – Dr. Ronald MacLean Abaroa, Minister of Sustainable Development and Planning of Bolivia – Dr. Carlos Hugo Molina, Executive Director, Center for Participation and Sustainable Development (CEPAD)

 The Summit of the Americas process – Dr. Jaime Aparicio, Director, Office of Summit Follow- up of the OAS General Secretariat

 Descentralization in the Americas – Dr. Fernando Carrillo, Inter-American Development Bank

 Priority areas for analysis and action – Dr. Elizabeth Spehar, Executive Coordinator, Unit for the Promotion of Democracy of the OAS General Secretariat

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Statements by delegations from member states  National perspectives

12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Lunch break - 3 -

2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. THIRD PLENARY SESSION GERMANIA Room The Hemispheric Processes of Decentralization: Strengthening Municipal and Regional Administrations and Civil Society Participation continued

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Presentations by invited experts: Comparative perspectives

 Andean Development Corporation (CAF), Dr. Elvira Lupo  Inter-American Development Bank, Mr. Phillipe Dewez  World Bank, Mr. Pablo Alonso  Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mr. Ivan Finot

3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Statements by delegations from member states  National perspectives

Tuesday, July 31, 2001

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. FOURTH PLENARY SESSION GERMANIA Room The Hemispheric Processes of Decentralization: Strengthening Municipal and Regional Administrations and Civil Society Participation continued

Statements by delegations from member states  National perspectives

Statements by invited institutions

12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Lunch break 1/

1 Official ceremony of the Government of Bolivia on the occasion of the enactment of the “Law on Dialogue,” at 3:00 p.m. in the Radisson Hotel. - 4 -

4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. FIFTH PLENARY SESSION GERMANIA Room  Report by the Chair of the Working Group  Adoption of the Declaration of La Paz on Decentralization and Strengthening Regional and Municipal Administrations and Civil Society Participation

4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CLOSING SESSION GERMANIA Room  Report of the Rapporteur  Signing ceremony of the Declaration of La Paz on Decentralization and Strengthening Regional and Municipal Administrations and Civil Society Participation

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WORKING GROUP SCHEDULE

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. FIRST WORKING GROUP SESSION IBERIA Room Consideration of the Draft Declaration of La Paz on Decentralization and Strengthening Regional and Municipal Administrations and Civil Society Participation

12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Lunch break

2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. SECOND WORKING GROUP SESSION IBERIA Room Consideration of the Draft Declaration of La Paz on Decentralization and Strengthening Regional and Municipal Administrations and Civil Society Participation continued

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. THIRD WORKING GROUP SESSION IBERIA Room Consideration of the Draft Declaration of La Paz on Decentralization and Strengthening Regional and Municipal Administrations and Civil Society Participation continued

12:00 p.m. Adjournment of the Working Group

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