<p>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</p><p>SCHEDULE (Adopted by the delegates at the first plenary session, held on July 29, 2001)</p><p>Sunday, July 29, 2001</p><p>10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS Hotel Europa, Second Floor</p><p>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</p><p>8:00 - 8:30 p.m. FIRST PLENARY SESSION GERMANIA Room 1. Adoption of the Draft Schedule</p><p>2. Election of officers  Chair  First Vice-Chair  Second Vice-Chair  Rapporteur</p><p>3. Establishment of the Working Group - Election of officers  Chair  Vice-Chair  Rapporteur - 2 -</p><p>Monday, July 30, 2001</p><p>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</p><p>9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Introductory presentations</p><p> 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)</p><p> The Summit of the Americas process – Dr. Jaime Aparicio, Director, Office of Summit Follow- up of the OAS General Secretariat</p><p> Descentralization in the Americas – Dr. Fernando Carrillo, Inter-American Development Bank</p><p> Priority areas for analysis and action – Dr. Elizabeth Spehar, Executive Coordinator, Unit for the Promotion of Democracy of the OAS General Secretariat</p><p>10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Statements by delegations from member states  National perspectives</p><p>12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Lunch break - 3 -</p><p>Monday, July 30, 2001</p><p>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</p><p>2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Presentations by invited experts: Comparative perspectives</p><p> 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</p><p>3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Statements by delegations from member states  National perspectives</p><p>Tuesday, July 31, 2001</p><p>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</p><p>Statements by delegations from member states  National perspectives</p><p>Statements by invited institutions</p><p>12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Lunch break 1/</p><p>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 -</p><p>Tuesday, July 31, 2001</p><p>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 </p><p>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 </p><p>09be1f8c1e6247b4105c7b778e5ae4f2.doc - 5 -</p><p>WORKING GROUP SCHEDULE</p><p>Monday, July 30, 2001</p><p>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</p><p>12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Lunch break</p><p>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</p><p>Tuesday, July 31, 2001</p><p>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</p><p>12:00 p.m. Adjournment of the Working Group</p><p>09be1f8c1e6247b4105c7b7 78e5ae4f2.doc</p>