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FIFTH INTER-AMERICAN MEETING OF MINISTERS OEA/Ser.K/XXVII.5
OF CULTURE AND HIGHEST APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES CIDI/REMIC-V/doc. 4/11 rev.2
November 9 - 10, 2011 30 November 2011
Libertador Símon Bolívar Room Original: Spanish
Washington D.C.
SCHEDULE
Culture, common denominator for integral development
(Approved during the First Plenary Session held on November 9, 2011)
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration Open to All Participants. Please arrive well in advance for registration. The meeting will begin promptly.
(Lobby, Main Building, 17th Street & Constitution Ave,, N.W)
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. INAUGURAL SESSION
(Simon Bolivar Room, 17th Street & Constitution Ave., N.W.)
Welcome and opening remarks by:
· José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States
· Ambassador Jacinth Henry-Martin, Permanent Representative of St. Kitts and Nevis to the OAS and Chair of the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI)
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. FIRST PLENARY SESSION: Election of Meeting Chairperson and Ratification of Agreements Reached at the Preparatory Meeting
Review of the Draft Agenda (CIDI/REMIC-V/doc.2/11), Draft Annotated Agenda (CIDI/REMIC-V/doc.3/11), and Draft Schedule (CIDI/REMIC-V/doc.4/11 rev.1)
Election of Chairperson of the Fifth Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Culture and Highest Appropriate Authorities
· Remarks by the Meeting Chairperson
Formalization of agreements reached at the Preparatory Meeting
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 (continued)
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. SECOND PLENARY SESSION: From Barbados to Washington: Achievements and Challenges of the Inter-American Committee on Culture (CIC), 2008-2011 (45 min.)
· Report of the Chairman of the CIC. William Orbaugh, Director of International Cooperation, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala
· Report of the Technical Secretariat. Lenore Yaffee García, Director, Office of Education and Culture, Department of Human Development, Education and Culture, OAS
· Culture and Tourism: Opportunities for joint work. Report of the Inter-American Travel Congress. Richard Campbell, Chief, Office of Tourism, Department of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism, OAS
Comments by the Ministers (15 minutes)
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. REFRESHMENT BREAK
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. THIRD PLENARY SESSION: Economic empowerment and social inclusion through Culture - Part I (1 hour 30 min)
· Themes:
- Innovative and creative solutions to the challenges faced by the economies of the countries of the Americas.
- The value of the symbolic: cultural data and indicators.
· Moderator:
- Alejandro Gortazar, Cultural Projects Director, National Bureau of Culture, Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay
· Speakers:
- Maria Claudia López Sorzano, Vice-Minister of Culture of Colombia. Presentation of Indicators of the Contribution of Culture to Development in Colombia.
- Sari Bermúdez, Director. Inter-American Foundation for Culture and Development (ICDF): Cultural Industries: challenges and opportunities.
- Keith Nurse, University of the West Indies, Barbados. General Panorama of Indicators regarding the contribution of Culture to the Economy.
Ministerial Dialogue (45 minutes)
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 (continued)
12:15 – 12:30 p.m. Official photo of the Meeting. (Head of delegation of each Member State).
12:30 p.m. - 2: 15 p.m. LUNCH hosted by the OAS General Secretariat (AMA|Art Museum of the Americas, 201 18th Street, N.W)
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. FOURTH PLENARY SESSION: Culture to promote prosperous communities and peaceful coexistence (1 hour)
· Themes:
- Active citizenship in the construction of secure environments
- Successful experiences
· Moderator:
- William Orbaugh, Director of International Cooperation, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala
· Speakers:
- Diane Ablonzcy, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas and Consular Affairs) of Canada. Culture to promote prosperous communities and peaceful coexistence: Canadian Initiatives.
- Bernard Martínez, Secretary of State for Culture, the Arts and Sports of Honduras
Field Kit Presentation: Towards a Culture of non violence. The role of the Arts and Culture. Office of Education and Culture, OAS.
Ministerial Dialogue (30 minutes)
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. REFRESHMENT BREAK
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. FIFTH PLENARY SESSION: Economic empowerment and social inclusion through Culture – Part II (1 hour)
· Themes:
- Communication and the sense of belonging in vulnerable communities, youth and marginalized groups.
- Recognition and insertion of artists in the labor market
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 (continued)
· Moderator:
- Celia Toppin, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Family, Culture, Sports and Youth of Barbados
· Speakers:
- Manuel Obregón, Minister of Culture of Costa Rica.
- Jennifer Jones, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Arts and Multiculturalism of Trinidad and Tobago.
Ministerial Dialogue (30 minutes)
4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. SIXTH PLENARY SESSION: 2011: Inter-American Year of Culture: “Our Cultures, Our Future.” Progress and Plans (1 hour 15 min)
· Theme:
- Inter-American Year of Culture in the countries of the region.
- Presentation of the Portfolio: Culture, Common Denominator for Development. 18 successful practices
· Moderator:
- Lenore Yaffee García, Director, Office of Education and Culture of the OAS
· Speakers:
- Stanley Sidoel, Permanent Secretary of the Directorate of Culture of the Ministry of Education and Community Development, Suriname. Presentation of the Inter-Guyana Festival, an Inter-American Year of Culture project:.
- Helen Agüera, Senior Program Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, United States. Presentation of a successful practice: Documenting Endangered Languages.
Ministerial Dialogue (20 minutes)
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 (continued)
6:00 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. CULTURAL EVENT and RECEPTION: (Hall of the Americas, 17th Street & Constitution Ave., N.W.)
· Collaborative Project of Canada and El Salvador: EsArtes, Suchitoto, El Salvador and CUSO-VSO–Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Canada
· Presentation of a play by young people of the Es Artes Group, from the city of Suchitoto, El Salvador.
7:00 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Reception hosted by the Permanent Missions of Canada and El Salvador to the OAS.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. SEVENTH PLENARY SESSION: Culture and citizen participation for the strengthening of democracies (1 hour 15 min)
· Themes:
- Citizen participation and strengthening of alliances through Culture.
· Moderator:
- Authority of a Member State (to be confirmed)
· Speakers:
- Susana E. Baca de la Colina, Minister of Culture of Peru. Cultural Encounter for Inclusion, Peace and Development.
- Susan Hildreth, Director, U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services
- France Dionne, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Heritage, Museology and Communications, Ministry of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women of the Government of Québec, Canada. Shaping Québec’s Agenda 21 for Culture.
Ministerial Dialogue (30 minutes)
Thursday, November 10, 2011 (continued)
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. EIGHTH PLENARY SESSION: The OAS as a hemispheric forum for policy coordination in the area of Culture: Challenges and opportunities for the CIC (1 hour)
· Themes:
- Strengthening of the CIC work plan and identification of new areas for action: discussion
- Possibilities for collaboration and alliances
· Moderator:
- William Orbaugh, Chairman of the CIC and Director of International Cooperation, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala
· Election of new authorities, 2011-2013 period
· Remarks by the new CIC Chairperson
10:45 a.m. 11:00 a.m. REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. NINTH PLENARY SESSION: Culture, the Ministerial Process and the Sixth Summit of the Americas (30 min)
Presentation of the advances in preparations for the VI Summit of the Americas (15 minutes)
- Sherry Tross, Executive Secretary. Summit of the
Americas Secretariat, OAS.
- Ambassador Juan Jaime Girón, Coordinator of the Sixth
Summit of the Americas, Colombia.
Ministerial Dialogue (15 minutes)
11:30 a.m.- 11:45 a.m. TENTH PLENARY SESSION: Consideration of the Draft Communiqué (15 min.)
· Consideration and Approval of Draft Communiqué: “Culture, common denominator for integral development”
(CIDI/REMIC-V/doc.6/11)
Thursday, November 10, 2011 (continued)
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. CLOSING SESSION (30 min.)
· Jorge Saggiante, OAS Executive Secretary for Integral Development.
· Ambassador Bayney Karran, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the OAS and Chair of the Permanent Council of the OAS.
12: 30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. CLOSING LUNCH hosted by the Permanent Mission of Mexico (Patio Azteca, 17th Street & Constitution Ave,, N.W)
1:45 p.m. Transport to the Library of Congress of the United States (buses will leave promptly from the OAS Main Building, 17th Street & Constitution Ave., N.W.)
2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Visit to the United States Library of Congress:
- Presentation on the latest advances in archival preservation.
- Presentation on the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Transport to the Corcoran Gallery of Art
6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Photography Exhibit of the joint project of the AMA|Art Museum of the Americas and the Museum of Art of El Salvador (MARTE ) at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Opening reception