International Workshop

JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN – EUROPE: REFLECTIONS AND FOLLOW UP PERSPECTIVES

Place: Santiago de Chile / ECLAC Headquarters
Meeting Place: Raúl Prebisch Room
Dates: 17 –18 November de 2003
Language: Spanish/English (simultaneous interpreting)
Organizers: ECLAC and the Ministry of the Environment of Spain
Monday, 17 November / Panelists
9h00 – Registration
9h30 – Opening remarks:
/ Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary (a.i), UN ECLAC
Rodrigo Egaña Barahona, Undersecretary of the Presidence,
Government of Chile (to be confirmed)
María Jesús Fraile, Undersecretary, Ministry of the Environment, Spain
10h30 – Coffee break
FIRST SESSION : :General Evaluation of the Johannesburg Summit outcomes
10h50 – Presentations
12h30 – General discussions: / Marianne Schaper / Roberto Guimaraes, Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division, ECLAC
Amparo Rambla, Ministry of the Enviroment, Spain
UNEP – ROLAC Representative (to be determined)
Ambassador Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Costa Rican Permanent Representative to the UN and Member of the Bureau of the CSD 12 for LAC
José Luis Samaniego, Regional expert on Environment and Sustainable Development (México) (to be confirmed)
13h00 – Lunch
SECOND SESSIÓN: Biodiversity in the Johannesburg Summit
14h30 – Presentations / Francisca Méndez Escobar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
María Elisa Barahona, Ministry of the Environment, Spain
15h10 – Coffee Break
15h30 – Presentations (cont.) / Mauricio Castro, Executive Secretary, SICA-CCAD (Central American Commission on Environment and Development)
Carlos Loret de Mola, Executive Director, CONAM - Perú
Inés Verleye (Belgium)
16h30 – General discussion
17h45 – Reception
Tuesday, 18 November / Panelists
THIRD SESSIÓN: Energy issue in the Summit
9h00 – Presentations
/ José Goldemberg, Secretary of the Environment of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil (to be confirmed)
Aldo Iacomelli, Ministry of the Environment, Italy
Fernando Sánchez Albavera/Hugo Altomonte, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division, ECLAC
10h20 – Coffe Break
10h40 – Presentations (cont.)
. / Representative of Germany / Europe (to be determined)
Sara Larraín, Chile Sustentable (to be confirmed)
11h20 – General discussion
FOURTH SESSION: Water issue in the Summit
11h45 – Presentations / Olga Luciano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Dominican Republic
Manuel Varela, Ministry of the Environment, Spain
Representative of Europe (to be determined)
13h30 – General discussion
14h00 – Lunch .
FIFTH SESSION : Follow-up perspectives
15h00 – Presentations / Marina da Silva, Minister of the Environment, Brazil (or representative)
Julio García-Burgués, Commission of the European Union
UNDP / Bureau for LAC Representative
16h05 – Coffe break :
16h30 – Presentations (cont.) / María Teresa Szauer, Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)
Alicia Bárcena, , Executive Secretary (a.i), UN ECLAC
17h15 – General discussion
18h00 – Meeting adjourn