Mobilizing Aid for Trade:

Latin America and the Caribbean

September 13-14, 2007

Miraflores Park Hotel

Lima, Peru

Organized by the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) and

the World Trade Organization (WTO)

in collaboration with the World Bank

and hosted by the Government of Peru

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, September 13, 2007

8:30 – 9:00 /
Registration
9:00 – 10:15 /
Opening Plenary Session (Copacabana Room)
Mercedes Araoz ,Minister of Trade and Tourism, Peru
Luis Carranza,Minister of Economy and Finance, Peru
Luis Alberto Moreno,President, Inter-American Development Bank
Pascal Lamy,Director General, World Trade Organization
Pamela Cox Vice President for LAC, World Bank on behalf of Mr. Robert Zoellick, President, World Bank
10:15 – 10:45 / Session 1: Why is the Aid for Trade Initiative so relevant for Latin America and the Caribbean? (Copacabana Room)
Presentation Aid for Trade and Latin America and the CaribbeanAntoni Estevadeordal, Manager, Integration and Trade Sector, Inter-American Development Bank
10:45 –11:00 / Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 / Open Dialogue
The Dialogue will be moderated by Michael Reid, Americas Editor, The Economist, with initial remarks from a Minister of Finance and a Minister of Trade followed by additional triggering comments by:
Pier CarloPadoan,Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
Pamela Cox, Vice President for LAC, World Bank
Larry Mc Donald, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical Assistance Policy, US Department of Treasury
Peter Thompson, Director for Trade and Development, Directorate General of Trade, European Commission
13:00 – 15:00 / Lunch
15:00 – 18:30 / Breakout Sessions (Simultaneous)
15:00 – 15:45 / Session 2A: Mobilizing Aid for Trade: national strategies - focus South America
(Copacabana Room)
Case Study Presentation: PERU Mercedes Araoz, Minister of Trade and Tourism, Peru
15:45 – 16:30 / Networking Break
16:30 – 18:30 / Open Dialogue – Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus South America
The Dialogue will be moderated by Felix Peña,Director, Instituto de Comercio Internacional, Fundación Standard Bank with initial remarks from a Minister of Finance and a Minister of Trade followed by additional triggering comments by:
José Gregorio Pineda,International Trade Agenda Coordinator, Andean Development Corporation, (CAF)
Osvaldo Rosales, Chief, International Trade and Integration Division, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Donor Representative (TBC)
Guillermo Van Oordt, President, Agriexport Union Association,Peru
15:00 – 15:45 / Session 2B: Mobilizing Aid for Trade: regional strategies - focus Caribbean
(Splendido Room)
Case Study Presentation: CARIBBEAN Billie Miller,Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Affairs and Foreign Trade, Barbados
15:45 – 16:30 / Networking Break
16:30 – 18:30 / Open Dialogue – Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus Caribbean
The Dialogue will be moderated by Simon Evenett, ProfessorUniversity of St. Gallen with initial remarks from a Minister of Finance and a Minister of Trade followed by additional triggering comments by:
Havelock Brewster, Senior Advisor, Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery, (CRNM)
Randolph Cato, Director of the Economic Affairs Division, Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Secretariat (OECS)
Kelvin Dalrymple, Chief Research Economist, Caribbean Development Bank, (CDB)
Peter Thompson, Director for Trade and Development, Directorate General of Trade, European Commission
Carol Ayoung, CEO, Caribbean Business Forum
15:00 – 15:45 / Session 2C: Mobilizing Aid for Trade: private sector strategies –
focus Central America, Mexico
(Venecia Room)

Case Study Presentation: Focus Central America and Mexico

Arturo Condo, Dean, INCAE Business School
15:45 – 16:30 / Networking Break
16:30 – 18:30 /

I.Open Dialogue – Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus Central America and Mexico

The Dialogue will be moderated by Alberto Trejos, Former Ministry of Trade, Costa Rica with initial remarks from a Minister of Finance and a Minister of Trade followed by additional triggering comments by:
Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Director, Department of Trade, Tourism and Competitiveness, Organization of American States (OAS)
Patricia R. Francis,Executive Director, International Trade Centre, (ITC)
José Manuel Salazar,Executive Director, Employment Sector, ILO
Paul Bonicelli, Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean, US Agency for International Development
Carlos Araya, President, Artinsoft, Costa Rica
19:00 – 21:00 / Reception - hosted by the government of peru
Friday, September 14
9:00 – 9:45 / Session 3: Mobilizing Aid for Trade - Latin America and the Caribbean
(Copacabana Room)
The Session will be a dialogue moderated by Claudia Uribe, Ambassador of Colombia to the WTO. The Session will be opened with Brief Reports (5-10 minutes) of the main issues discussed at side events by Representatives of the WTO, OECD and Private Sector. In addition the previous day session’s moderators will report on the discussions of the panels and put forward key issues to be addressed during Session 4A and 4B.
9:45 – 11:00 / Session 4A: Supply Side of Aid for Trade – Financing Partnerships
This session will be moderated by Richard Lapper, Latin America Editor, Financial Times and will look at the region’s supply side capacity and infrastructure gaps from a financing perspective.
11:00 – 11:30 / Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 / Session 4B: Demand Side of Aid for Trade: Ministerial Roundtable
(Copacabana Room)
Roundtable with Ministers of Trade and Ministers of Financemoderated by Richard Lapper, Latin America Editor, Financial Times
13:00 – 13:15 / Closing Plenary Session
Alan Garcia,President of Peru
Pascal Lamy,Director General World Trade Organization
Luis Alberto Moreno,President Inter American Development Bank
13:15 – 15:00 / Lunch (by invitation only)

Aid-for-Trade Workshops

(September 12 & 14)

SEPTEMBER 12 (all day)
workshop on the standards and trade development facility
organized by wto and idb
SEPTEMBER 12 (all day)
workshop on private sector and aid for trade initiatives
organized by idb and itc
SEPTEMBER 14 (afternoon)
workshop on needs assessment and monitoring aid for trade
organized by oecd and idb