Tue, Mar 08 2022

• Chirripó room, first floor
  Commemoration of International Women’s Day
  08:00 am to 09:00 am

  Moderator: María-Noel Vaeza, Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women)

  •  Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
  •  Epsy Campbell, Vice-President of Costa Rica
  •  Erika Mouynes, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama
  •  Jean Gough, Director of the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
  •  Carla Barnett, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) (virtual)
  •  Shi Alarcón, representative of Vecinas Feministas por la Justicia Sexual y Reproductiva en América Latina and member of the LGBTQI+ group of the mechanism for civil society participation in the Sustainable Development Agenda and the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development
  •  Rosa Adriana López Carrillo, representative of RedTraSex of Guatemala and focal point of the mechanism for civil society participation in the Sustainable Development Agenda and the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development
  •  Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, Minister for Women, Gender and Diversity of Argentina (pre-recorded video message)
  •  Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

  Shi Alarcón Intervención de representante de Vecinas Feministas por la Justicia Sexual y Reproductiva en América Latina e integrante del gru
  Rosa Adriana Lopez Carrillo Intervención de la Representante de la RedTraSex de Guatemala y punto focal del Mecanismo de Participación de la Sociedad Civil
  Amina J. Mohammed Intervention of the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Chirripó room, first floor
  Panel 1: From development in transition to development for action: towards renewed international development cooperation
  09:00 am to 10:30 am

  Moderator: Rodolfo Solano Quirós, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica

  Presentation by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC

  Comments:
  • Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships of the European Commission (virtual)
  • E. Paul Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Immigration of Antigua and Barbuda
  • Niels Annen,Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany
  • Luis Felipe López-Calva, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Director of the Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • Karla de Palma, General Director of the El Salvador Agency for International Cooperation (ESCO)
  • Enrique O’Farrill, Head of the Cooperation Division of the Chilean Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AGCID)
  • Sergio Colina Martín, Head of the Department of Cooperation with Andean and Southern Cone Countries of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
  • Abdulnasser Al Shaali, Assistant Minister for Economic and Trade Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Economic Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates
  • Walter Clarems Endara, Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) (virtual)

  Rodolfo Solano Quirós Intervención del Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto de Costa Rica
  Mario Cimoli Presentación de Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la CEPAL
  Niels Annen Intervención del Secretario de Estado Parlamentario del Ministro Federal de Cooperación Económica y Desarrollo de Alemania
  Luis Felipe López-Calva Intervention of the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the UNDP
  Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir Intervention of the Director of the OECD
  Enrique O’Farrill Intervención del Jefe de la División de Cooperación de la AGCID
• Chirripó room, first floor
  Statements by delegations
  10:30 am to 11:00 am
• Room 2 - Corcovados 3 room, ground floor
  Meeting of the Regional Collaborative Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean (closed)
  10:30 am to 12:30 pm

  Chaired by Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations 

• Chirripó room, first floor
  Panel 2: Statistical, quantitative and territorial monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals
  11:00 am to 11:40 am

  Moderator: Mario Cimoli, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC

  Presentation of CEPALSTAT and the Regional Knowledge Platform on the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean (SDG Gateway), by Rolando Ocampo, Chief of the Statistics Division of ECLAC

  • Marco Lavagna, Director of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) of Argentina, in his capacity as Chair of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
  • Carol Coy, Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN)
  • Juan Daniel Oviedo, Director General of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) of Colombia
  • Graciela Márquez Colín, President of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) of Mexico
  • Luciana Mermet, Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme Bolivia

• Chirripó room, first floor
  Statements by delegations
  11:40 am to 12:00 pm
• Chirripó room, first floor
  Panel 3: Natural disasters and the asymmetry of climate change in the Caribbean
  12:00 pm to 01:30 pm

  Moderator: Diane Quarless, Chief of the ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean

  • Ashni K. Singh, Minister of Finance of Guyana (virtual)
  • E. Paul Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Immigration of Antigua and Barbuda
  • Keisal Peters, Minister of State with responsibility for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Carla Barnett, Secretary General of CARICOM (virtual)
  • Rodolfo Sabonge, Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
  • Wayne Henry, Chairman and Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)
  • Lindorna Lambert, Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management of Montserrat
  • Katia Avilés-Vázquez, representative of the mechanism for civil society participation in the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development
  • Raúl Salazar, Chief of the Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
  • Yannick Glemarec, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) (pre-recorded video message)

  Rodolfo Sabonge Presentación del Secretario General de la Asociación de Estados del Caribe (AEC) (English)
• Chirripó room, first floor
  Statements by delegations
  01:30 pm to 02:15 pm
• Lunch
  02:15 pm to 03:00 pm
• Chirripó room, first floor
  Panel 4: Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for sustainable recovery: challenges and opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean
  03:00 pm to 04:30 pm

  Moderator: Jeannette Sánchez, Chief of the Natural Resources Division of ECLAC

  • Franklin Paniagua Alfaro, Deputy Minister for the Environment of Costa Rica
  • Ana María Hernández Salgar, Chair of the Intergovernmental SciencePolicy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
  • Luis Miguel Aparicio, Head of Sustainable Landscapes for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
  • Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
  • Esther Camac Ramírez, leader of the Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA) in Costa Rica
  • Brigitte Baptiste, Chancellor of Universidad Ean in Colombia (virtual)
  • Eva Zabey, Executive Director of Business for Nature (virtual)
  • Amelia Arreguín Prado, member of the Convention on Biological Diversity Women’s Caucus
  • Piedad Martín, Deputy Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (virtual)

  Closing remarks: Joseluis Samaniego, Chief of the Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division of ECLAC

• Chirripó room, first floor
  Statements by delegations
  04:30 pm to 05:30 pm