INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON PUBLIC POLICIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEXICO
CENTRO BANAMEX
Av. Conscripto No. 311, en la colonia
Lomas de Sotelo, Mexico City
February the 7th and 8th, 2007 |
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7:30 - 8:00 |
Registration |
8:00 - 9:30 |
Opening session
• Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General.
• José Luis Machinea, ECLAC Executive Secretary.
• Xavier Coll, World Bank Vice President.
• Eduardo Lora, Manager of the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank
• Enrique Cabrero, CIDE General Director.
• Rebeca Grynspan, UNDP Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Chairperson: Christopher Brooks, OECD Director for Public Affairs and Communications.
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ECONOMIC GROWTH |
9:40 - 11:10 |
1. Macroeconomic Challenges
• José Luis Machinea, ECLAC's Executive Secretary
• Andrew Dean, Deputy Director, Country Studies, Economics Department
• Eduardo Lora, Manager of the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank
• Carlos Elizondo Mayer Serra, CIDE.
• José Luis Machinea, ECLAC Executive Secretary.
Chairperson: Alicia Salgado, Journalist of El Financiero and NRM. |
11:20 - 12:50 |
2. Competitiveness
• Eduardo Sojo-Aldape, Minister of Economy
• José Luis Guasch, Senior Adviser of the Finance Sector for Latin America
• Roberto Newell, IMCO General Director.
• Juan José Sabines Guerrero, Chiapas State Governor.
• Eduardo Pérez Motta, President of the Federal Commission of Competence.
• Kati Souminen, International Trade Specialist, IDB.
Chairperson: Alberto Bello, General Editor of Expansión Magazine. |
| 13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 - 15:30 |
3. Cities
• Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, Mexico City Mayor.
• Sara Topelson de Grinberg, Under Secretary of Urban Development, Secretary of Social Development.
• Mario Pezzini, OECD Head of Division on Regional Development.
• Carlos García Fernandez, COFEMER
• Héctor Salazar Sánchez, Head of Division of Social Programmes, IDB
Chairperson: Alicia Ziccardi Contigiani, Social Research Institute, UNAM. |
FIGHTING POVERTY AND INEQUALITY |
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Simultaneous Panels |
15:40 – 17:10 |
4. Poverty and Inequality
• Isabel Guerrero, Mexico and Colombia Director, World Bank.
• Rolando Cordera Campos, Member of the International Researches System, and Member of the Editorial Round Table of Nexos Magazine.
• Patricia Olamendi Torres, Advisor of the Presidence of the National Council for Discrimination Prevent (CONAPRED).
• Andras Uthoff, ECLAC Head of Social Development.
• Beatriz Zavala Peniche, Secretary of Social Development.
Chairperson: Luis Felipe López Calva, Director of the National Report in Human Development, UNDP-Mexico. |
5. Health and Social Protection
• José Angel Córdoba Villalobos, Health Secretary, Mexico.
• Juan Carlos de la HOz, sub-representative of the IDB in Mexico
• Martine Durand, OEDC Deputy Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs.
• Arie Hoekman, Representative of the United Nations Population Fund in Mexico.
Chairperson: Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid, Research Coordinator in Mexico, ECLAC.
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17:20 – 18:50 |
6. Sustainable Development, Energy and Climate Change
• José Luis Samaniego, ECLAC Head of the Sustainable Development Division and Human Settling.
• Lorents Lorentsen, OECD Director of the Environment Directorate.
• Enrique Leff, PNUD
• Adrián Fernández Bremauntz, President of the National institute of Ecology (INE)
• Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources
Chairperson: Patricia Arendar, Executive Director of Greenpeace in Mexico. |
Thursday, 8 February |
STRENGTHENING OF INSTITUTIONS |
8:30 – 10:00 |
7. The State of Democracy
• José Antonio Crespo, Research Professor, CIDE .
• Yasuhiko Matsuda, WB Senior Specialist in Public Sector Affairs.
• Arturo Núñez Jiménez, President of the Parliamentary Practices Commission, Mexican Senate.
• Fernando Calderón, Special Adviser of the Regional Bureau for latin America and the Carribean, UNDP
• Mauricio Merino, Profesor investigador del CIDE.
Chairperson: Rebeca Grynspan, Regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNDP |
10:10 – 11:40 |
8. Human Rights and the Rule of Law
• Amerigo Incalcaterra, Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Mexico.
• Miguel Sarre, ITAM Researcher.
• Clara Jusidman, INCIDE President Honorary.
• Ana Laura Magaloni, CIDE Research.
• José Ramón Cossio, Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice, Mexico.
Chairperson: Sergio López Ayllón, Research Professor, CIDE. |
11:50 – 13:20 |
9. Infrastructure
• Adriana de Almeida Lobo, Sustainable Transport Centre Director, Brazil.
• Gustavo Saltiel, WB Infrastructure Specialist.
• Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo, Guerrero State Governor.
• Luis Tellez Kuenzler, Communication and Transportation Secretary, Mexico.
Chairperson: Anna Wellenstein, Sector Leader of Infrastructure at the World Bank’s Office for Colombia and Mexico |
| 13:30 a 14:40 |
Lunch |
HUMAN CAPITAL |
INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING |
14:50 – 16:20 - Simultaneous Panels |
10. Education: Equity and Quality
• Bárbara Ischinger, OECD Director for Education.
• Tonatiuh Bravo Padilla, President of the Education Commission, Mexican Chamber of Deputies.
• Eduardo Bohórquez, Executive Director of Este País Foundation.
• Josefina Vázquez Mota, Education Secretary, Mexico.
Chairperson: Gabriela Ramos, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Secretary-General, OECD. |
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11. Federalism: Fiscal Issues and Public Expenditure
• Amalia García, Zacatecas State Governor
• Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, Subsecretario de Egresos, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP).
• Charbel Jorge Estefan Chidiac, President of the Finance Commission, Mexican Chamber of Deputies
• Fausto Hernández, CIDE Researcher.
• Christopher Heady, OECD Head of Division Tax Policy, Tax Statistics & Horizontal Programmes of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration.
•José Antonio González Anaya, Head of the Unit of Coordination with Federal Entities, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
Chairperson: Enrique Cabrero, CIDE General Director. |
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HUMAN CAPITAL |
16:30 – 18:00 |
12. Creating Quality Jobs: Labour Reforms
• Jorge Máttar, Director of Subregional Headquarters in Mexico, ECLAC.
• Gustavo Márquez, Main Labour Consultant, IDB
• Francisco Hernández Juárez, President of the National Union of Workers
• Gladys López-Acevedo, Senior Economist, World Bank.
• Javier Prieto de la Fuente, Undersecretary of Employment and Labour policies
• Miguel del Cid, Director of the International Labour Organization for Mexico and Cuba.
Chairperson: María Isabel Studer, Commission for Labour Cooperation. |
Closing session |
18:30 |
With the presence of the President of Mexico,
Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
• Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Minister of External Relations.
• Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape, Minister of Economy
• Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA)
• Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General.
• José Luis Machinea, ECLAC Executive Secretary.
• David Rosenblatt, Chief Economist of Mexico and y Colombia, World Bank.
• Ad Melkert, Associate Administrator of the UNDP
• Lawrence Harrington, IDB Representative in Mexico.
• Enrique Cabrero, CIDE General Director.
• Juan Carlos Romero Hicks, General Director of CONACYT.
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