ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
Inter-American Council for Integral Development
(CIDI)3
EIGHTH INTER-AMERICAN MEETING
OF MINISTERS OF EDUCATION
February 4-5, 2015
Panama City, Panama
OEA/Ser.K/V.11.1
CIDI/RME/doc.4/15 Rev. 3
17 March 2013
Original: Spanish
SCHEDULE
“Building an Inter-American Education Agenda: Education with Equity for Prosperity”
(Adopted at the first plenary session, held on February 4, 2015)
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS: Gran Salon, Hotel
Sheraton, Vía Israel & Calle 77, San Francisco, Panama City
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS: Gran Salon, Hotel
Sheraton, Vía Israel & Calle 77, San Francisco, Panama City
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
INAUGURAL SESSION: Remarks by:
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H.E. Marcela Paredes de Vásquez, Minister of Education
of Panama
H.E. Albert R. Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General of the
Organization of American States (OAS)
H.E. Luis Miguel Hincapié, Deputy Foreign Minister of the
Republic of Panama
Launching of the "Forum of Chancellors of the Americas," H.E. Luis
Miguel Hincapié, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of
Panama
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
BREAK
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
(continued)
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
FIRST PLENARY SESSION
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10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Adoption of the Draft Agenda (CIDI/RME/doc.2/15),
Annotated Draft Agenda (CIDI/RME/doc.3/15), and Draft
Calendar (CIDI/RME/doc.4/15 Rev. 1)
Election of the Chair of the Eighth Inter-American Meeting
of Ministers of Education in the Framework of CIDI
Formalization of agreements reached during the Preparatory
Meeting.
SECOND PLENARY SESSION: From Paramaribo to Panama: The
Way Forward
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Ambassador Niermala Badrising, Permanent Representative
of Suriname to the OAS and Chair of the Inter-American
Council for Integral Development (CIDI)
From Paramaribo to Panama: Report on the Work of the InterAmerican Committee on Education 2012-2014.
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Report of the Technical Secretariat on activities undertaken
from 2012 to 2014. Maria Levens, Director of the
Department of Human Development and Education and
Technical Secretary of the Education Ministerial Process
within the framework of the OAS.
11:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
THIRD PLENARY SESSION: “Building an Inter-American
Education Agenda: Education with Equity for Prosperity”
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
“Education and Citizenship in the Americas,” Dr. Fernando
Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of Practice in International
Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ministerial Dialogue
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
(continued)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
FOURTH PLENARY SESSION: Ministerial dialogue on the Lines
of Action and Subtopics of the Inter-American Education Agenda.
Presentation of the topic: Quality, Equity, and Inclusion in
Education.
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Sonia Marta Mora Escalante, Minister of Public education of
Costa Rica
Robert Lewis, Minister of Education of Saint Lucia
Adriana Delpiano Puelma, Chief Advisor to the Ministry of
Education of Chile
Ministerial Dialogue
1:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
LUNCHEON (The Minister of Education of Panama will host a
private lunch in honor of the Ministers of Education and Heads of
Delegation – by invitation only. Another lunch will be hosted for the
remaining members of the delegations.)
3:15 p.m. - 4.15 p.m.
FOURTH PLENARY SESSION: Ministerial dialogue on the Lines
of Action and Subtopics of the Inter-American Education Agenda.
Presentation of the topic: Teacher Education and Professional
Development.
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Roberto Iván Aguilar Gómez, Minister of Education of the
Plurinational State of Bolivia
Carlos Mauricio Canjura Linares, Minister of Education of
El Salvador
Maureen McLaughlin, Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of
Education
Nesmi Manigat, Minister of Education of Haiti
Ministerial Dialogue
4:15 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.
BREAK
4:30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.
FOURTH PLENARY SESSION: Ministerial dialogue on the Lines
of Action and Subtopics of the Inter-American Education Agenda.
Presentation of the topic: Comprehensive Early Childhood
Education Care
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Víctor Sánchez, Deputy Minister for Planning, Ministry of
Education of the Dominican Republic
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David Leacock, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of
Education of Belize (rank of Deputy Minister)
Freddy Peñafiel Larrea, Deputy Minister of Education of
Ecuador
Ministerial Dialogue
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
DINNER AND CULTURAL SHOW: Hosted by the Government of
Panama on the occasion of the Eighth Inter-American Meeting of
Ministers of Education and in honor of the Heads of Delegation and
delegations (Plaza los Libertadores, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Panama. Transportation will leave the Sheraton Hotel at 6:30 p.m.,
with the return scheduled for 9:00 p.m.)
Thursday, February 5, 2015
9:00 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.
FOURTH PLENARY SESSION: Mechanism for Building an InterAmerican Education Agenda: The Intersectoral Approach and
Connecting with Other Areas Involved with Education Issues
Discussion between the Ministers of Education and the Authorities
of the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML)
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José Luis Fernando Stein Velasco, Head of International
Affairs, Secretariat of Labor and Social Security of Mexico,
incoming Chair of the IACML
Luis Ernesto Carles Rudy, Minister of Labor and Workforce
Development of Panama
Pablo Leonardo Alberto Urquiza, Chief Advisor to the
Minister of Education of Argentina
Ministerial Dialogue
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
BREAK
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
FOURTH PLENARY SESSION: The Collaborative Approach of
the Inter-American Education Agenda: Cooperation Practices
Launching and presentation of a hemispheric cooperation initiative
by Ambassador Abigail Castro de Pérez, OAS Coordinator for
Education
Presentation on "The importance of regional cooperation for
educational development. Practices to share by The Commonwealth
of The Bahamas," Jerome Fitzgerald, Minister of Education, Science
and Technology of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
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Invited International and Regional Organizations, academia, and
civil society: Proposals of concrete initiatives and activities to
strengthen Inter-American cooperation on Education.
Ministerial Dialogue
12:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
FIFTH PLENARY SESSION: Different perspectives on institutional
structures in education in the inter-American system
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Ambassador Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General of
the OAS.
Ambassador
Andrés
González
Díaz,
Permanent
Representative of Colombia to the OAS
Ministerial Dialogue
12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
LUNCHEON (The Government of Panama will host a lunch for the
Ministers and accredited delegates, at the restaurant overlooking
the Panama Canal’s Esclusas de Miraflores.)
Official Photograph
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SIXTH PLENARY SESSION: Prosperity with Equity in the
Americas: Ministerial Dialogue on the interaction between the
Eighth Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education and the
Seventh Summit of the Americas
Presentation on the Summit of the Americas Process and its Linkage
to the Ministerial Process, by Ambassador Alfonso Quiñonez,
Executive Secretary of the OAS Summit of the Americas
Consideration of the paragraphs addressing education matters to be
referred to the Seventh Summit of the Americas
(CIDI/RME/doc.5/15)
Ministerial Dialogue
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
SEVENTH PLENARY SESSION: Pending elections within the
Inter-American Committee on Education (CIE): Vacant positions on
the Executive Committee
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Thursday, February 5, 2015
(continued)
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
EIGHTH PLENARY SESSION: Consideration of the draft
resolution on “Constructing an Inter-American Education Agenda:
Education with Equity for Prosperity” and election of the
Coordinators of the Working Groups (CIDI/RME/doc.5/15)
Ministerial Dialogue
4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
CLOSING SESSION
Conclusions and closing remarks, by:
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Sherry Tross, OAS Executive Secretary for Integral
Development
Marcela Paredes, Minister of Education of Panama and
Chair of the Inter-American Committee on Education (CIE)
5.45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
CLOSING RECEPTION: Cocktail reception hosted by the
Government of Panama in honor of the participants at the Eighth
Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education.
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE (Organized by the host country)
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