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