Meeting for Consultation and Coordination on Food Prices and Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean Provisional Agenda

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1 Sistema Económico Latinoamericano y del Caribe Latin American and Caribbean Economic System Sistema Econômico Latino-Americano e do Caribe Système Economique Latinoaméricain et Caribéen Meeting for Consultation and Coordination on Food Prices and Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean Provisional Agenda Meeting for Consultation and Coordination on Food Prices and Food Security I n Latin America and the Caribbean Caracas, Venezuela 17 and 18 September 2009 SP/RCC-PAYSAALC/DT N 1-09 Rev 1

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3 Meeting for Consultation and Coordination on Food Prices and Food Security In Latin America and the Caribbean SP/RRC-PAYSAALC/DT N 1-09 Rev 1 1 MEETING FOR CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION ON FOOD PRICES AND FOOD SECURITY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 17 and 18 September Caracas, Venezuela. Objectives: i) To analyze the changes in prices of foodstuffs and inputs for agricultural production; ii) To identify regional cooperation, coordination and consultation actions being undertaken at the regional and subregional levels and which are expected to strengthen and promote cooperation and food security in Latin American and Caribbean countries; iii) To identify successful experiences being reported in the region for the definition and implementation of national food security policies and cooperation and support measures in Latin America and the Caribbean; iv) To follow up and evaluate, from a Latin American and Caribbean perspective, the results and conclusions of FAO s High-Level Conference on Food Security, Climate Change and Bioenergy, held in Rome (3 to 5 June 2008), as well as those of other recent events and initiatives on food security being carried out by the OECD and the Government of Spain, among others, within the context of FAO; and v) To make proposals on possible lines of action to be developed by Latin American and Caribbean countries, international and regional organizations and the rest of the international community to efficiently face the food crisis and comply with the suggestions arising from the conclusions and recommendations approved by consensus by the Member States of SELA in the regional meetings on Food Security. THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2009 Morning 8:30 9:00 REGISTRATION 9:00 9:30 OPENING SESSION Address by the Venezuelan People s Minister of Agriculture and Lands, of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Elías Jaua Address by the Representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Venezuela, Diego Montenegro Address by the Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), José Rivera Banuet Break 10:00 10:30 INTRODUCTORY SESSION Presentation of the document entitled Food Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean. Proposal for action at regional level, prepared by the Permanent Secretariat of SELA 10:30 11:00 Exchange of views with participants

4 Permanent Secretariat Intra-regional Relations 2 SESSION I Situation and prospects of food security in Latin America and the Caribbean: Approach of specialized organizations 11:00 11:30 Presentation of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture IICA, by the Director of the Institutional Modernization Unit, Rafael Trejos 11:30 12:00 Presentation of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO, by the Deputy Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Margarita Flores 12:00 12:30 Exchange of views with participants 12:30 2:30 Free time for lunch Afternoon Continuation of SESSION I 2:30 3:00 Presentation of the World Food Programme WFP, by the Head of the Public Policy and Programmes Unit, Raoul Balletto 3:00 3:30 Presentation of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / World Health Organization (WHO) by the Representative of Venezuela, Jorge Jenkins 3:30 4:00 Exchange of views with participants 4:00 4:30 Coffee break 4:30 5:30 SESSION II Situation and prospects of food security in Latin America and the Caribbean: Approach of subregional integration groups Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas (ALBA) Andean Community (CAN) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) Central American Integration System (SICA) South American Union of Nations (UNASUR) 5:30 6:00 Exchange of views with participants

5 Meeting for Consultation and Coordination on Food Prices and Food Security In Latin America and the Caribbean SP/RRC-PAYSAALC/DT N 1-09 Rev 1 3 FRIDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 2009 Morning 9:00-10:30 SESSION III ROUND TABLE: Repeatable initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean on food security and sovereignty: Successful experiences and lessons learned by countries Presided by: Joaquín Arias, Regional Specialist in Trade Policy and Negotiations, IICA Remarks by countries 10:30 12:00 ROUND TABLE: Proposals by the countries of the region to deal with actions of cooperation on security and food sovereignty in Latin America and the Caribbean Remarks by countries 12:00 12:30 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CLOSING SESSION