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Joint Summit Working Group
April 2010
Collaborating to Implement the
Inter-American and Summit Agendas
Securing our citizens’ future by promoting Human Prosperity, Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability
April 2010
Fifth Summit of the Americas: Trinidad & Tobago, 2009
“We call upon the…JSWG to strengthen their commitment and develop coordinated programs of action aimed at achieving the goals for the Americas”
April 2010
Promoting:Human ProsperityEnergy SecurityEnvironmental Sustainability
Strengthening:Public SecurityDemocratic GovernanceThe Summit of the Americas,Follow Up and Implementation Effectiveness
Responding to the Economic Crisis
Haiti
T O P I C S
T O P I C S
April 2010
Promoting Human Prosperity
Social Development
Health
Sustainable Economic Growth
Education
LaborMigration
Trade
Gender Science and Technology
Youth
Public and Private Partnerships
Food Security
Agriculture and Rural Life
* OAS – IDB – ECLAC – PAHO -World Bank- IICA
April 2010
Inter-American Social Protection Network (IASPN)*
Launched on September 22, 2009
Promote Cooperation
Help reduce social inequality and poverty
*ECLAC
April 2010
Action on Ageing*
Paragraph # 41 and 42
Support to Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing
Dissemination of Manual on Indicators of Quality of Life in Old Age
Continuous updates to the Regional System of Indicators on Ageing (SISE)
Strengthening national capacities for conducting the 2010 round of censuses
April 2010
Youth
* OAS/YABT-IDB-World Bank
April 2010
The Development Marketplace Initiative*
Youth Declaration of Port of Spain Competitive grant program
Help young entrepreneurs
Create employment
April 2010
Labor
*ILO
April 2010
Report on Decent Work*
Policies that promote Sustainable enterprise
Company potential in the process of economic and social development
Develop and define specific recommendations
Create conditions for enterprises sustainability
ECLAC/ILO Periodic bulletin Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean
April 2010
Sustainable Economic Growth
* IDB
April 2010
Opportunities for the Majority*
Promote economic development and growth by increasing lending and expanding access to credit by 2012.
Promotes and finances market-based, sustainable business models to improve the quality of life of low-income communities
$7 million loan to expand access to housing solutions in El Salvador
$10 million for innovative program from Chile's Banco de Crédito e Inversiones for unbanked micro-entrepreneurs
April 2010
Health
*PAHO
April 2010
Partners Forum for Action on Chronic Disease*
Paragraph 28
Launched in December 2009
To avoid 3 million of deaths in 10 years
Act on chronic diseases and risk factors
Changes in policies and regulations
Educational programs and interventions to change attitudes
*PAHO
April 2010
Regional Initiative for the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Congenital Syphilis*
Paragraph 35
Integration of HIV- Syphilis prevention into routine health care
Antiretroviral available for HIV positive pregnant women
Challenges and opportunities to fix health care systems
*PAHO
April 2010
Plan of Action for the Reduction of Neonatal MortalityLatin America and Caribbean Newborn Health Alliance *
April 2010
Education
* World Bank
April 2010
Early Childhood Development Initiative*
Develop policies and strategies for comprehensive child development
Providing technical assistance in several areas of ECD
Coordinating a region-wide community of practice
April 2010
Migration
*OAS – IOM – ECLAC - ILO
April 2010
Program of Migration and Development (MiDE)*
Technical cooperation with IOM
Amplification of cooperation agreements with ILO and ECLAC
Cooperation with the Ibero-American General Secretariat
3 projects for the respect of migrants human rights
April 2010
Agriculture and Food Security
*IICA
April 2010
Food security strategy*
Promote technological change
Strengthen market capacity Follow up and dissemination of policies and information
Provided support to national and regional initiatives in collaboration with IDB, ECLAC and others
* IICA-IDB-ECLAC
April 2010
Support for AGRO 2003-2015 plan implementation*
Support to the Ministers and their delegates Support to the countries for the implementation of the Plan
Paragraph 25
ECLAC, FAO, IICA report Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas
April 2010
Promoting Energy Security
* OAS – IDB – ECLAC - JSWG
April 2010
Energy and Climate Partnership for the Americas (ECPA)*
Port of Spain Commitments
President Obama’s announcement
Promote renewable energy
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
JSWG to support the ECPA “clearinghouse” structure
* CABEI – IICA – CAF - ECLAC - UNDP
April 2010
JSWG Initiatives in Energy Security*
CABEI’s ARECA Project - increase the development of renewable energy in Central America
IICA’s Hemispheric Program in Agroenergy and Biofuels
CAF’s Programa Latinoamericano del Carbono y Energías Limpias y Alternativas (PLAC+e)
ECLAC’s Innovative methodology for the formulation of policies for the sustainable production and use of biofuels
April 2010
Promoting Environmental Sustainability
* OAS-ECLAC-UNDP
April 2010
JSWG Initiatives on Climate Change*
Territorial Approach to Climate Change (TACC)
Studies of the economic impact of climate change
Strengthening national technical and institutional capacity for disaster reduction
April 2010
Strengthening Public Security
*OAS
April 2010
Meetings of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA)*
MISPA II
Address violence in a multidisciplinary way to prioritize policies
Develop data and statistics for efficient public security policies
*IOM
April 2010
Caribbean Counter-Trafficking Model Legislation and Explanatory Guidelines*
Paragraph 70
Dutch and English speaking Caribbean partners
Technical resource for Stakeholders
Improve domestic legislation and policy
April 2010
Strengthening Democratic Governance
* OAS
April 2010
Electoral Processes
12 Electoral Observation Missions
Strengthening of Caribbean Electoral Organizations
Electoral Projects and Studies
* OAS-UNDP
April 2010
Second Democracy Report in Latin America*
An Agenda for a Citizen’s Democracy
Promote a participatory debate Publication to be presented in June 2010 Opening new public policies and political dialogues
* CAF
April 2010
Fund for Cooperation and Border Integration*
US$ 4 million dollars
Promote Good-neighborliness among shareholder countries
Support bi-national and multilateral projects and initiatives
Support Common border regions projects
April 2010
Strengthening the Summit of the Americas,Follow Up and Implementation Effectiveness
April 2010
Summits of the Americas Follow-up System (SISCA)*
Launched: January 22, 2010
Provide information and indicators
Easy access
Support the preparation of annual national reports
Facilitate the follow up of mandates
*OAS
April 2010
Summits Virtual Community*
Paragraph 94
Engage Summit Stakeholders
Promote wider participation in the Summits Process
Enhance face-to-face consultations with social actors
*OAS-ICA/IDRC
*ECLAC-UNDP
April 2010
New MDG reports*
Elaborated under leadership of Governments Allows Member States to take stock of progress
Presented to the MDG Review Summit in September 2010
UN Inter-Agency report on MDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean, July 2010 (Coordinated by ECLAC)
April 2010
Responding to the Economic Crisis
*IDB-World Bank-CABEI-CAF-CDB
April 2010
Multi-donor Coordination on Economic Recovery*
Policy-based loans
Partnership to increase collective impact
Increase financial support to the region
Coordinating their crisis response initiatives
*IDB-CABEI
April 2010
Microfinance Growth Fund (MiGroF)*
Replace the loss of capital from international markets
Invest in local currency and US dollar debt
Medium- and long-term debt investments
April 2010
HAITI
*JSWG
Haiti Donor Conference in New York
JSWG can facilitate coordination
Evaluation of the economic and social impact of the earthquake
April 2010
Joint Summit Working Group
April 2010
JSWG
Collaborating to Implement the Inter-Americanand Summit Agendas