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PLANNING MEETING OF THE AUTHORITIESOEA/Ser.W/XIII.5

CIDI Ministerial Process - CultureCIDI/CIC/RPA/doc. 86/17

November16 and 17, 20175 October 2017

Asuncion, ParaguayOriginal: Spanish

DRAFT SCHEDULE

Monday, November13, 2017 toWednesday, November15, 2017

WORKSHOP ON REVITALIZATION OF HISTORIC CENTERS

Thursday, November16, 2017

8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.SEMINAR ON CULTURAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND CULTURAL SATELLITE ACCOUNTS

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.LUNCH

PLANNING MEETING OF THE AUTHORITIES

1:00 p.m.– 2:00 p.m.Registration of participants

Authorities of the Inter-American Committee on Culture (CIC) and the TROIKA: Paraguay, Barbados, Argentina, Jamaica, Guatemala and Haiti. Other member states can participate as observers

2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.INAUGURAL SESSION

  • Diego Paz Bustamante, OAS Representative in Paraguay
  • Fernando Griffith Torio, Minister-Executive Secretaryof theNational Cultural Secretariat – Paraguay

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Report on the Preparation for the VIII Inter-American Meeting ofMinisters of Culture and Highest Appropriate Authorities

  • Representative from the Ministry of Culture of Barbados

Thursday, November16, 2017 (continued)

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.Report of Activities of the Culture and Tourism Section of the OAS Department of Economic Development and Report of the Virtual Technical Meeting of the CIC and TROIKA

  • Richard Campbell, Chief of the Section of Culture and Tourism of the Department of Economic Development, OAS

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Presentationof the Triennial Ministerial Process

  • Santiago Noboa, Culture and Tourism Specialist, Department of Economic Development, OAS

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Presentationof the Draft Medium-Term Strategy (2018-2021) to Promote Culture for Development in the Americas

  • Richard Campbell, Chief of the Section of Culture and Tourism of the Department of Economic Development, OAS

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.COFFEE BREAK

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Feedback Session onthe Priorities of the Authorities on the Medium-Term Strategyin Relation with the Mandatesand Available Resources in the Framework of the OAS

  • RepresentativeMinistry of Culture of Barbados
  • Representative Ministryof Cultureof Argentina
  • Representative Ministryof Cultureof Jamaica
  • Representative Ministry of Culture of Guatemala
  • Representativeof the National Secretariat of CultureofParaguay
  • OtherRepresentatives

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Elaboration ofthe Medium-Term Strategy (2018-2021) to PromoteCulture for Development in the Americas

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Welcome Reception

Friday, November 17, 2017

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Presentation on the Results of the Workshop on Revitalization of Historic City Centers

  • Leoncio Orellana, Expert

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Elaboration of the Medium-Term Strategy (2018-2021) to Promote Culture for Development in the Americas (continued)

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.COFFEE BREAK

11: 15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Elaboration of the Medium-Term Strategy (2018-2021) to Promote Culture for Development in the Americas (continued)

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. LUNCH

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Elaboration of the Medium-Term Strategy (2018-2021) to Promote Culture for Development in the Americas (continued)

4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.Approvalof the Medium-Term Strategy (2018-2021) to Promote Culture for Development in the Americas

4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.Next Steps towards the Approval by the VIII Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Culture and Highest AppropriateAuthoritiesof the Medium-Term Strategy (2018-2021) to Promote Culture for Development in the Americas

  • Richard Campbell, Chief of the Section of Culture and Tourism of the Department of Economic Development, OAS

4:30 p.m. – 5::00 p.m.CLOSING SESSION

  • Fernando Griffith Torio, Minister-Executive Secretary of the National Cultural Secretariat – Paraguay