1st Latin America and Caribbean Regional Meeting June 2014
Established in Brussels in November 2013, the Policy Forum on Development (PFD) is a global forum encouraging dialogue between civil society organizations (CSOs) and local authorities (LAs) on the European development policies. The PFD hold its first regional meeting in Lima on 25th and 26th June.
The meeting, organised with the support of the European Commission (EC), brought together 120 participants, including representatives of CSOs NGOs, cooperatives, trade unions, feminist / women organisations, employers and local and regional authorities (LAs) of all Latin America, which coincided with officials from the European Commission (EC), headquarters and EU delegations in the region. The meeting also included Working Groups (Task Team) composed of participant from all regions (Asia-Pacific, Africa, Latin America and Caribbean region and neighbourhood, besides Europe and globally).
The purpose of the meeting is to enable different Latin American actors, gathered in one place, to discuss issues of common interest, with particular attention to European development policies, which have an impact on the future development of the countries of the region.
In line with this objective, the agenda of the meeting included issues related to both global and regional dimension, specifically future European intervention in Latin America, including regional cooperation programmes of the EU with Latin America and the 2014 multi-year thematic programme 2020 of the EU cooperation with CSOs and LAs.
Attendees were invited to participate in all meetings, promoting debate and make their contributions in different sessions.
Please see here the list of participants.
In the agenda below you will find links to single documents (
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See here the list of participants.
AGENDA
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Lima, 25-26 June 2014 Hotel Delfines (San Isidro) |
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08.00 - 08.45 |
Registration |
| 09.00 - 10.00 |
Welcome & Opening Session
Introduction by Angelo Baglio, European Commission, Head of Unit Civil Society and Local Authorities (DG DEVCO) |
| 10.15 - 11.15 |
Session 1 – The Global Scene A. The Post-2015 Agenda 1. The EU as a global player – contribution from the EC, Angelo Baglio - "A Decent Life for All: from vision to collective action"
Debate |
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11.15 - 11.30 |
Coffee Break |
| 10.15 - 11.15 |
2. Consultation on "Localising the Post-2015 Agenda” |
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13.00 - 14.00 |
Lunch |
| 14.00 - 14.30 |
The EU at global level 1. The State of EU Programming (2014-2020) Session to give a general overview of the programmes and show how CSOs and LAs have been included in the process and how their role is foreseen in the new financial regulation defining the external relations instruments (DCI- thematic and geographic, ENI and EDF) Followed by Q&A |
| 14.30 - 15.30 |
2. The New Communication on Private Sector in Development
Followed by Q&A (15min) |
| 15.30 - 16.00 |
3. The EU Blending Mechanism Followed by Q&A |
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16.00 - 16.15 |
Coffee Break |
| 16.15 - 17.15 |
Session 2 – Regional Focus
Followed by Q&A |
| 17.15 - 18.30 |
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20:00 |
Dinner |
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09.00 - 10.30 |
This session aims to provide the participants with: an overview of the most important and recent EC policies on civil society and local authorities; the situation of country roadmaps to foster greater commitment of EU CSOs and the situation of CSOs and local authorities thematic programme.
Each session followed by Q&A |
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10.30 - 10.50 |
Coffee Break |
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10.50 - 11.00 |
Short introduction to the Group discuss session |
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11.00 - 13.30 |
Group Discussions – Ways and Opportunities to effectively involve CSOs and LAs in programme implementation
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13.30 - 15.00 |
Lunch |
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15.00 - 15.45 |
Reporting back from the groups |
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16.00 - 17.15 Coffee will be served outside |
Group discussion by sectors, Angelo Baglio, CE (DG DEVCO) Topic 4: Aid Delivery mechanisms (45' – including drafting points for reporting) & Sectors' global recommendations to the PFD |
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17.15 - 18.00 |
Reporting back by sector |
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18.00 |
Final conclusions and & Closing session
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19.00 |
Dinner |
