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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LOCALIZING MDGs
Local Agendas for Human Development
Chiapas, Mexico, july 28th - 30th, 2010
Convention Center Tuxtla Gutiérrez Chiapas
Preliminary agenda
Wednesday, July 28
10h00-12h00 Participants registration
12h30-15h00 Official openning
  • Jaime Valls, Mayor of Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas
  • Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis, Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Program
  • Juan Sabines Guerrero, Governor of Chiapas
  • Magdy Martínez-Solimán, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Mexico
  • José Ángel Córdova Villalobos, Minister of Health, Mexico
15h00-17h00 Lunch
17h00-19h00
DISCUSSION 1: MDGs AND GOVERNANCE

  • Moderator: Myriam Méndez-Montalvo, Policy Advisor, Bureau of Development Practices, Democratic Governance Group, UNDP
  • Case 1: Saidou Halidou, Director General of Decentralization, Niger
  • Case 2: Max Henderson Hernández, Head of the Unit of Planning and International Relations, Ministry of Social Development, Mexico
  • Case 3: Luciana Brenner, Advisor to the Sustainability and Innovation Program of Industry Social Service, Paraná - Brazil
  • Discussant: Edgar Jiménez, Profesor FLACSO, Mexico
   
17h30-19h00
DISCUSSION 2: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND MDGs
  • Moderator: Stefano Pettinato, MDG Regional Policy Advisor of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNDP
  • Case 1: Layla Saad, Advocacy and Partnership Advisor, Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund
  • Case 2: Fernando Álvarez, Economist of the Socioeconomic Research Office, Andean Promotion Corporation
  • Case 3: Heber Cabrera, General Manager – Local Economic Development Agency / ADEL-CSEM network, Guatemala
  • Discussant: Héctor Uribe Cerón, Director of Special Projects and Natural Disasters of the Unit for Economic Relations and International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico


Thursday, July 29
9h30-11h00 KEYNOTE SPEECH: Dr. Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, Associate Professor of International Relations and Pacific Studies and Director of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego
11h00-11h30 Break
11h30-13h30

DISCUSSION 3: LOCALIZING POVERTY REDUCTION
  • Chair: Xiaojun (Grace) Wang, Practice Manager, UNDP Bureau for Development Policy, Poverty Group
  • Case 1: Paulino Delgado, General Manager, Social Investment for Local Development Fund (FISDL), El Salvador
  • Case 2: Rinzin Wangmo, Planning Officer, Gross National Happiness Commission, Bhutan
  • Case 3: Kadmiel Wekwete, Director of the Local Development Unit, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
  • Discussant: José Molina Farro, President of the Population and Sustainable Cities Institute, Chiapas
13h30-15h30

DISCUSSION 4: LOCALIZING EDUCATION AND HEALTH
  • Moderator: James Gómez, Health Minister, Chiapas
  • Case 1: Gabriel Cortés Gallo, Deputy Director General of the National Commission for Social Protection in Health, Mexico
  • Case 2: Vikas Sheel, Secretary of Health for the State of Chhattisgarh, India
  • Discussant: Susana Sottoli, Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund, Mexico
15h30-17h30 Lunch
18h00-19h30
Round Table 1: LOCALIZING GENDER EQUALITY
  • Chair: Rita Cassisi, Coordinator of the program for the economic empowerment of women and the strengthening of their leadership in the governance of local development, UNIFEM
  • Case 1: Martha Alida Ramírez Solorzano, Coordinator of Advisors of the National Women's Institute, Mexico
  • Case 2: Diego Palacios, Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Mexico
  • Discussant: Isabel Aguilera de Sabines, President of the Local Family Development Institute (DIF), Chiapas
Round Table 2: LOCALIZING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
  • Chair: Lourdes López Moreno, Minister for Environment and Housing, Chiapas
  • Case 1: Lilliam Jarquín, Coordinator Global Environment Fund Small Grants Program, UNDP, Nicaragua
  • Case 2: Roberto Cabral Bowling, Deputy Director of Strategic Financing, Ministry of Environment, Mexico
  • Discussant: César Daniel González, Congressman, Chairman of the Mexican Congress´ Special Committee on Climate Change
Round Table 3: LOCAL FISCAL SPACE: FINANCING THE MDGs
  • Chair: Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva, UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, Senior Economist
  • Case 1: Milwilda Guevara, Chairperson of the Movement for Good Governance and of Synergeia Foundation, Philippines
  • Case 2: Carlos Jair Jiménez Bolaños, Minister of Finance, Chiapas
  • Case 3: Sadun Emrealp, National Coordinator of the LA21 Program, Turkey
  • Discussant: Juan Carlos Moreno, Research Coordinator of the ECLAC Subregional Office in Mexico
   

Round Table 4: PUBLIC SERVICES AND MDGs: PARTICIPATION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
  • Chair: Nguyen Thi Kim Dung, Deputy Director, Central Institute for Economic Management, Ministry of Planning and Investing, Viet Nam
  • Case 1: Eduardo Andrade, CEO Iberdrola, Latin America
  • Case 2: Carlos Navarro, Mayor of Tomalá/Lempira, Honduras
  • Case 3: Mantai Phaila, Director of Maseru City Council, Lesotho
  • Case 4: Patricia Diniz, Program Specialist, UNDP Johannesburg
  • Discussant: María Dolores Franco, UN Habitat National Coordinator, Mexico


Round Table 5: THE MDGs, A COMMON HORIZON FOR PUBLIC POLICIES
  • Co-chair: José Alonso López Pérez, Vice Minister for Evaluation and Planning, Ministry of Finance, Chiapas
  • Case 1: Ashley Palmer, UNDP Capacity Development Program Analyst, Asia Pacific Regional Centre
  • Case 2: Reshmi Raj Pandey, National Program Director, Public Private Partnerships for Urban Environment, Nepal
  • Case 3: Regina Ndopu-Lubinda, Director of Decentralizacion Directorate, Ministry of Local Government, Namibia
  • Case 4: Fausto Barajas Cummings, Technical Secretary for the Infrastructure Cabinet of the Office for Cabinet Coordination and Special Projects of the Presidency, Mexico
  • Discussant: Liliana Meza, Senior Advisor of the Chairman of the National Population Council, Mexico
   
 
19h30-20h30 Final remarks and closing ceremony
  • Luis Felipe López-Calva, UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, Senior Economist
  • Luis Mejía Guzmán, Viceminister for Social and Human Development, Ministry of Social Development, Mexico
  • Magdy Martinez Solimán, Resident Coordinator United Nations, Resident Representative United Nations Development Program, Mexico
  • Juan Sabines Guerrero, Governor of Chiapas
21h00 Dinner

Friday, July 30
10h30 Transportation to San Cristobal de las Casas
12h00-15h00 Visit to San Cristóbal de las Casas
15h00 Lunch
17h30 Transportation to Tuxtla Gutiérrez