MEETING OF MINISTERS AND HIGH-LEVEL AUTHORITIES
RESPONSIBLE FOR POLICIES ON DECENTRALIZATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN THE HEMISPHERE
July 29-31, 2001
La Paz, Bolivia
OEA/Ser.K/XXXVII.1
REDMU/doc.2/01 rev. 1
29 July 2001
Original: Spanish
SCHEDULE
(Adopted by the delegates at the first plenary session,
held on July 29, 2001)
Sunday, July 29, 2001
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Hotel Europa, Second Floor
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
GERMANIA Room
OPENING CEREMONY
Statements by:
 Ambassador Marcelo Ostria Trigo, Permanent Representative of
Bolivia to the OAS (Chair of the Working Group to prepare the
Meeting)
 Minister of Sustainable Development and Planning of Bolivia,
Dr. Ronald MacLean Abaroa
 Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. César Gaviria
 President of the Republic of Bolivia, Dr. Jorge Quiroga Ramirez
8:00 - 8:30 p.m.
GERMANIA Room
FIRST PLENARY SESSION
1.
Adoption of the Draft Schedule
2.
Election of officers
 Chair
 First Vice-Chair
 Second Vice-Chair
 Rapporteur
3.
Establishment of the Working Group
- Election of officers
 Chair
 Vice-Chair
 Rapporteur
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Monday, July 30, 2001
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
GERMANIA Room
SECOND PLENARY SESSION
The Hemispheric Processes of Decentralization: Strengthening
Municipal and Regional Administrations and Civil Society
Participation
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Introductory presentations
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The Bolivian decentralization experience
– Dr. Ronald MacLean Abaroa, Minister of Sustainable
Development and Planning of Bolivia
– Dr. Carlos Hugo Molina, Executive Director, Center for
Participation and Sustainable Development (CEPAD)
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The Summit of the Americas process
– Dr. Jaime Aparicio, Director, Office of Summit Followup of the OAS General Secretariat
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Descentralization in the Americas
– Dr. Fernando Carrillo, Inter-American Development Bank
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Priority areas for analysis and action
– Dr. Elizabeth Spehar, Executive Coordinator, Unit for the
Promotion of Democracy of the OAS General Secretariat
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Statements by delegations from member states
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National perspectives
12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Lunch break
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Monday, July 30, 2001
2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
GERMANIA Room
THIRD PLENARY SESSION
The Hemispheric Processes of Decentralization: Strengthening
Municipal and Regional Administrations and Civil Society
Participation continued
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Presentations by invited experts: Comparative perspectives
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3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Andean Development Corporation (CAF), Dr. Elvira Lupo
Inter-American Development Bank, Mr. Phillipe Dewez
World Bank, Mr. Pablo Alonso
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mr. Ivan Finot
Statements by delegations from member states
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National perspectives
Tuesday, July 31, 2001
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. FOURTH PLENARY SESSION
GERMANIA Room
The Hemispheric Processes of Decentralization: Strengthening Municipal
and Regional Administrations and Civil Society Participation continued
Statements by delegations from member states
 National perspectives
Statements by invited institutions
12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
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Lunch break 1/
Official ceremony of the Government of Bolivia on the occasion of the enactment of the “Law on
Dialogue,” at 3:00 p.m. in the Radisson Hotel.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2001
4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
GERMANIA Room
FIFTH PLENARY SESSION
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4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
GERMANIA Room
Report by the Chair of the Working Group
Adoption of the Declaration of La Paz on Decentralization and
Strengthening Regional and Municipal Administrations and
Civil Society Participation
CLOSING SESSION
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Report of the Rapporteur
Signing ceremony of the Declaration of La Paz on
Decentralization and Strengthening Regional and Municipal
Administrations and Civil Society Participation
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WORKING GROUP SCHEDULE
Monday, July 30, 2001
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. FIRST WORKING GROUP SESSION
IBERIA Room
Consideration of the Draft Declaration of La Paz on
Decentralization and Strengthening Regional and Municipal
Administrations and Civil Society Participation
12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Lunch break
2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
IBERIA Room
SECOND WORKING GROUP SESSION
Consideration of the Draft Declaration of La Paz on
Decentralization and Strengthening Regional and Municipal
Administrations and Civil Society Participation continued
Tuesday, July 31, 2001
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
IBERIA Room
THIRD WORKING GROUP SESSION
Consideration of the Draft Declaration of La Paz on
Decentralization and Strengthening Regional and Municipal
Administrations and Civil Society Participation continued
12:00 p.m.
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Adjournment of the Working Group