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SUMMIT IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW OEA/Ser.E

GROUP (SIRG) GRIC/CA-VIII/doc.1/17rev.1

15 September2017

Original: Spanish

CALENDAR AND WORKING PROCEDURE

(Adopted during the II Ordinary Meeting of 2017 of the SIRG

held on September 14, 2017)

Calendar

  • Early September:Presentation of the calendar of meetings, negotiation procedure, and concept paper on the first theme to member states.
  • September 14-15, Washington D.C.:Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group.
  • November 2-3, Lima:Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group.
  • Month of January: Distribution among the delegations of a document on the conclusions and proposed actions arising from the SIRG meetings in September and November. This document will allow the delegations to analyze the information, thus enabling consideration of and agreement on a final document to be presented to the Heads of State.
  • First week of February 2018 (location TBD):Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group.
  • February/March 2018 (to be confirmed):Additional Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group (as necessary).
  • April 13-14: VIII Summit of the Americas

Working Procedure

Themes: Democratic Governance and Corruption; Corruption and Sustainable Development; and Cooperation, International Institutions, and Public-Private Partnerships. These themes will be studied and debated at SIRG meetings. The working procedure for these meetings will be as follows:

  • Prior to each SIRG meeting, the Chair will send the delegations a concept paper for each of the aforementioned themes with an initial approach to each issue. The paper aims to encourage and guide discussion among the delegations, such that they convey and share their opinions, perspectives, and comments in their interventions during meetings, thus, enabling an evaluation of how corruption affects such aspects. The paper also aims to encouragedelegations to propose actions to overcome the problems identified.
  • The Chair, with the support of the Summits Secretariat, will serve as rapporteur for SIRG meetings; minutes will include delegation contributions and proposals. Based on these contributions, the delegations will receive the conclusions of these dialogues in January, as well as the specific proposed courses of actions received, for their analysis and, if the necessary consensus is reached, final consideration by the Heads of State in April 2018.
  • As noted, we have planned three initial SIRG meetings. Each will last two days: September 14 and 15, 2017 (Washington, D.C.), November 2 and 3, 2017 (Lima), and early February 2018 (location TBD). Additional meeting may be held, as necessary.
  • For the September SIRG meeting, on the morning of September 14, the Chair will present the working proceduretothe delegations for their consideration. This will be followed by the commencement of addressing the first theme “Democratic Governance and Corruption.”
  • The first day of the November SIRG meeting will focus on the second theme “Corruption and Sustainable Development” and the second day on the third theme “Cooperation, International Institutions, and Public-Private Partnerships.” At the outset of each working session, the Chair will invite international experts to make an initial presentation to encourage delegate interventions.
  • The delegations may submit comments and proposals in writing, no later than two weeks following each SIRG meeting in September and November. The documents should be sent to the following e-mail addresses:, and .
  • At the February 2018 SIRG meeting, the Chair will present the conclusions of the discussions, as well as specific proposed mandates and courses of action that have arisen from debate of the three conceptual themes during the September and November 2017 SIRG meetings. Prior to this meeting, in January, the delegations will receive a document covering this content for their analysis, so that they can consider a final document to be presented to the Heads of State.
  • During the open SIRG meetings, the Peruvian Chair will provide the necessary space for civil society and social actors, the private sector, and youth to convey their recommendations on the process.
  • The success of the process will depend on delegations focusing their contributions and proposals on the theme slated to be discussed at each respective SIRG meeting. To this end, the Chair invites the delegations to approach the preparatory process with a constructive attitude, geared toward identifying points of consensus that will enable us to adopt specific action-based mandates to overcome challenges and obstacles posed by corruption that hinder democratic governance, as well as to meet the expectations and demands of our peoples.