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Participant's Handbook Participant’s Handbook Welcome! This Handbook will show you the information related to the XXIX Ordinary General Assembly. Held on September 18, 19 and 20, 2019, Mexico City. 1. Registering for the Ordinary General Assembly You can register for the Ordinary General Assembly by going to the following link. http://registro.rev-developments.com.mx/registro/default/login. Click here 1. Click on Register 2. Complete the full form and click on Submit. 1 3. You will receive a message “Successful Registration”, and a confirmation email. Click on the link you received to enter the registration form. Contact Information: 2. Event Location Address: San Ramón s/n, Col. San Jerónimo Lídice, C.P. 10200, Alcaldía Magdalena Contreras, Ciudad de México. Phone numbers: + 52 55 53 77 47 00 / + 52 55 55 95 00 11 Lobby location: The CISS Hotel lobby locations is to the left of the main entrance of the Inter-American Center for Social Security Studies (CIESS). 2 Route from Mexico City Airport to CISS (Estimated Time: 40 – 50 minutes) Route from Royal Pedregal to CISS (Estimated Time: 16 – 22 minutes) 3 3. Activity Schedule Work Program – General Assembly 2019 September 18 CISS academic event in the framework of the September 19 September 20 General Assembly 08:20 - 08:50 9:00 - 10:00 09:00 - 11:00 Registration Associate Members Meeting Permanent Committee Meeting Benito Coquet Auditorium Commissions Room PB Commissions Room PB 08:50 - 09:05 10:00 - 10:30 12:00 (Expected duration: 5 hours) Inauguration **CDMX Evacuation drill General Assembly Meeting (Photo Exhibition) Sessions Room Auditorio Benito Coquet 11:00 - 13:30 Subregions Meeting 18:00 09:10 - 10:10 North America and Anglo Caribbean Dinner Keynote speech: Social Anguilla - Antigua & Barbuda - Aruba - Bahamas - Barbados - Belice - British Virgin Islands - Canadá - Curacao - Dominica - Auditorium Lobby Security and Welfare Grenada - St. Kitts & Nevis - St. Lucia - St. Vincent & The Benito Coquet Auditorium Grenadines - Trinidad & Tobago - Turks & Caicos Mexico and Latin Caribbean Room 1 End of the event 10:10 - 10:20 Cuba - Guadeloupe - Haití - México - República Dominicana Break Central America - Room 2 Costa Rica - El Salvador - Guatemala - Honduras - 10:20 - 13:45 Nicaragua - Panamá Countries’ Experience Presentation First Round Andean Commission Room PA Benito Coquet Auditorium Colombia - Bolivia - Ecuador - Perú Southern Cone 14:00 - 15:00 Commissions Room PB Lunch Argentina - Brasil - Chile - Paraguay - Uruguay CISS Palapa 13:30 - 15:30 Lunch 15:10 - 16:50 Countries’ Experience CISS Palapa Presentation Second Round Benito Coquet Auditorium 15:30 - 17:30 Commission Meetings 17:00 - 18:30 CAJS - Audiovisual Panel on migration and México - Argentina - Costa Rica - Cuba - República social security Dominicana - Guatemala Benito Coquet Auditorium CAOSA - Room 1 México - British Virgin Islands - Costa Rica - Antigua & Barbuda - México 18:35 - 18:50 CADAM - Room 2 Academic Program Argentina - Bahamas - Curacao - Costa Rica - México - Closure Cuba Benito Coquet Auditorium CAAF - Room 3 República Dominicana - Brasil - Costa Rica - Ecuador - México - Guatemala 19:30 Cocktail CASBSS - Room 7 Turks & Caicos - Guatemala - México - Costa Rica - El CISS Palapa Salvador CAPRT - Room 8 Turks & Caicos - Guatemala - México - Costa Rica - El Salvador 17:30 - 19:00 CIESS Executive Board Meetings Commissions Room PB 19:00 - 21:00 Dinner * The colors correspond to the location map Auditorium Lobby ** Simulation organized by the authorities of the Mexico City 4 4. Countries that need a VISA to travel to Mexico1 The countries that require a VISA to enter Mexico are mentioned below: Antigua and Barbuda Haiti Bolivia Honduras Cuba Nicaragua Dominican Republic Saint Vincent and the Grenadines El Salvador Saint Kitts and Nevis Guatemala Saint Lucia For more information, please contact the Mexican Consulate in your country. Visa Requirements The requirements to obtain your visa are found in the following link: https://www.gob.mx/inm/acciones-y-programas/tramites-migratorios Clarifications CISS is not responsible for visa procedures. 5. Accommodation Accommodations will be covered by CISS for all participants (holders and attendants), from September 17th at 12h00 to September 21 at 12h00. In case you would like to extend your stay in Mexico City, you shall cover such expenses. 1https://www.inm.gob.mx/gobmx/word/index.php/paises-requieren-visa-para-mexico/ 5 6. Meals All meals will be provided by the CISS, as long as they are consumed within the Conference facilities, only on September 18, 19, and 20. In the case of September 21, only breakfast will be covered. In case of staying at the Royal Hotel, only breakfast will be covered. The rest of the food will be provided at the CISS facilities. Any additional expenses must be covered by the participant. 7. Ordinary General Assembly admission For the realization of the plenary session of the General Assembly of September 20th, only the person who serves as head or representative of the institution, may enter. Under any circumstances, the admission of additional staff will be allowed. 8. Internal Shuttles The following shuttles, within Mexico City, will be covered by CISS: Mexico City Airport - CISS CISS – Mexico City Airport There will be a person with a sign with the name of every guest at the terminal assigned for your flight. It is possible for more people to arrive at a similar time, so you might have to wait until the vehicle is full. If you prefer, you can take an authorized taxi from the airport to the CISS facilities, which will not be reimbursed. Any other trips will be paid by the participant. Authorized taxis Phone number: Phone number: (55) 8421-3701, (55) 5571-9344 8421-3702, 5716-1616 Website*: https://www.sitio-300.com Website*: http://taxisaeropuerto.com.mx/ 6 9. Weather 10. Dress Code Formal 11. Voltage Voltage: 127 V Frequency: 60 Hz Sockets: A / B2 12. Additional Recommendations Do not forget your ID documents and make a copy of them. Place an ID tag on your suitcase. Carry CISS contact phone numbers with you. For your safety, we recommend you do not take taxis on the street. There are some “cab stands”, which belong to a business location, and these can be safer, but also more expensive. 2We recommend you to buy the adapter 7 13. Tourist sites We recommend you visit these places in your free time: Expenses and trips will be paid by the participant: If you have one day or less, we recommend you take the Turibus, a tourist bus that goes around Mexico City. There are 4 different tours. The website is in both English and Spanish. For more information for, go to: https://www.turibus.com.mx/#1 Downtown Cathedral: built in stages from 1573 to 1813. Templo Mayor: center used for religious ceremonies in Aztec times. There are guided tours. To the right of the cathedral. https://www.templomayor.inah.gob.mx/ Madero Street: it is a wide walker, quite concurred and beautiful, where you can admire downtown, finding stores and food courts. Torre Latinoamericana: It was the highest building built between 1933 and 1960 (today, it is the 6th highest building) and the only skyscraper built on a seismic area. It has a 360° observation point, and a restaurant, on the top floors of the tower. http://torrelatinoamericana.com.mx/ Fine Arts Palace: Built by President Porfirio Díaz at the beginning of the XXth century, opening in 1934. It is a magnificent building, not only on the outside, but also on the inside. They offer guided tours and a description of the building. If you are lucky, you can go in and see the astonishing crystal curtain on the stage, all made of Tiffany crystals. http://museopalaciodebellasartes.gob.mx/ 8 You can also buy tickets for regional dancing shows representing each state, called “Folkloric Ballet of Mexico”. https://www.balletfolkloricodemexico.com.mx/ Reforma/Polanco: The Angel of Independence: it is on Reforma Avenue. Currently, it is a symbol to the National Independence, and the place where all football championships and demonstrations take place. Anthropology Museum: The most recommended museum in Mexico City. This museum shows the pre-Hispanic history of Mayans in Yucatan, Aztecs in the center of the country, Zapotecas in Oaxaca, etc., you can look at all stone monuments and murals. https://www.mna.inah.gob.mx/ Chapultepec Castle: It is the only Castle in Mexico, and it was the home to emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg, and his wife, Charlotte, who ruled in 1860, supported by the invading French army. It is currently the National History Museum. https://mnh.inah.gob.mx/informacion-general 9 Soumaya Museum: A modern building in Polanco neighborhood. It contains collections of European paintings from the XV to the XVIII century. http://www.museosoumaya.org/ South: Xochimilco: A long canal with “trajineras” (large canoes pushed by men) with colorful and joyful decorations. They usually go by women names, found on the upper side of trajineras. Handicrafts Market (San Ángel): Saturday Bazaar: All products are 100% Mexican. It is located in Plaza San Jacinto 11 | San Ángel, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico. UNAM: Better known as “CU”. It is the first national public university of Mexico. Founded in 1551, it has paintings from Diego Rivera and other relevant Mexican muralists. Frida Kahlo Museum: A house turned into a museum, where famous painter, Frida Kahlo, used to live. https://www.museofridakahlo.org.mx/es/el-museo/ 10 Contacts: San Ramón s/n, San Jerónimo Lídice, C.P. 10200, Mexico City. Switchboards: +52 55 5377 4700 / +52 55 5595 0011 www.ciss-bienestar.org Inter-American Conference on Social @CISS_org @CISS.org.esp Security (Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social).
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