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Fifth meeting of civil society organisations from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean

Lima – 16, 17 and 18 April 2008

PROGRAMME


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WEDNESDAY 16 APRIL 2008
Secretariat-General of the Andean Community[1]
Preparatory meetings
8.30-9 a.m. / Registration of delegates
9 a.m.-1 p.m. / ·  Preparatory meeting of the Employers Group / Gran Salón
1 p.m.-2.30 pm. / Lunch
2.30-6.30 p.m. / ·  Preparatory meeting of the Various Interests Group / Gran Salón
9 a.m.-6.30 p.m. / ·  Preparatory meeting of the Employees Group / Sala Bolívar
8 p.m.
Hotel "Los Delfines" / Reception offered by the European Commission
THURSDAY 17 APRIL 2008
Secretariat-General of the Andean Community
Opening Session
Regional meetings
8.30-9 a.m. / Registration of delegates
9-10.15 a.m.
Sala Bolívar / Opening session
·  Mr Hamro-Drotz, President of the External Relations Section of the European Economic and Social Committee
·  Mr Ehlers, Secretary General of the Andean Community
·  Mr Charasse, French Ambassador, on behalf of the European Union Presidency
·  Mr. Múcio Monteiro, President of the Brazilian Council for Economic and Social Development
·  Recorded intervention by Mrs Ferrero-Waldner, External Relations Commissioner, European Union, introduced by Mr Cardoso Mota, Head of the European Commission Delegation in Peru
·  Mrs Haydée Castillo Flores, member of the Consultative Committee of the Central America Integration System
·  Mr Menéndez del Valle, member of the Euro-Latin American Joint Parliamentary Assembly
·  Mr García Belaúnde, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Peru
10.15-10.30 a.m. / Coffee break
Bilateral meetings:
Capacity building and structuring of Latin American and Caribbean civil society and
The social and environmental dimension of the EU-LAC relations
10.30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Gran Salón / EU-Caribbean Meeting
10.30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Sala Bolívar / EU-Mercosur Meeting
1-2.30 p.m. / Lunch
2.30-4.30 p.m.
Gran Salón / EU-Mexico Meeting
2.30-4.30 p.m.
Sala Bolívar / EU-Central America Meeting
4.30-6.30 p.m.
Sala Bolívar / EU-Andean Community Meeting
4.30-6.30 p.m.
Gran Salón / EU-Chili Meeting
7.30 p.m. / Reception hosted by the French Embassy / French Residence[2]
FRIDAY 18 APRIL 2008
International Labour Organisation Regional Office[3]
Plenary Session
9-9.45 a.m. / First session: Social inclusion and migration in Latin America and the Caribbean
chaired by Mr Hamro-Drotz, President of the External Relations Section, European Economic and Social Committee
·  Mr Ibáñez Cruz, International Labour Organisation
·  Mr Sharma, member of the European Economic and Social Committee
·  Mr Bautista Matoma, President of the Andean Labour Advisory Committee
9.45-11.15 / Discussion
11.15-11.30 a.m. / Coffee break
11.30 a.m.-1 p.m. / Second session: Presentation of the conclusions of the bi-regional meetings
1-2.30 p.m. / Lunch
2.30-3.15 p.m. / Third Session: Climate change and energetic resources: which contribution by the civil society
chaired by Mr Carlos Molina Minero, President of the Consultative Committee of the Central America Integration System
·  Mr Calvo, Vice-chairman of the International Panel on Climate Change
·  Mr Ribbe, member of the European Economic and Social Committee
·  Mr Pons, representative of the Mercosur Economic and Social Consultative Forum
3.15-5 p.m. / Discussion
5.30-6 p.m. / Presentation and adoption of the Final Declaration
chaired by Mr Rodríguez García-Caro, President of the Latin America Follow-up Committee, European Economic and Social Committee
6-6.30 p.m. / Closing session
·  Mr Maninat, Director of the Regional Office of the International Labour Organisation for Latin America
·  Mr Pizarro, Co-Chair of the Joint Euro-Latin-American Parliamentary Assembly
·  Mr Gutiérrez, Vice-Minister of the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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[1] Paseo de la República 3895, esq. Aramburú, San Isidro, Lima 27 – 2nd Floor

[2] Avda Coronel Portillo 302, San Isidro

[3] Las Flores 275, San Isidro, 14-124 Lima