PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2020

INAUGURATION

8:30	Registration of Participants

9:00	Opening The Honourable Eugène Rhuggenaath, Prime Minister of Curaçao Jaime David Escobar Varela, President of the CESALC Network

9:15	*Presentation Objectives of the Event* John Jacobs, Acting President of the Social Economic Council (SER) of Curaçao

SDG 1	Ending Poverty in All Its Forms Worldwide
*INDICATOR*	Implementing appropriate social protection systems and measures at the national level
*THEME*	*Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean*

9h20	Presentation I: *‘Social Protection in a Context of Change’* Ariel Pino, Technical Specialist, International Labour Organization (ILO)

10h00

Coffee break – Family photo

10h30

Presentation II: ‘Evolution of Social Protection Policies, Institutions and Paradigms in Latin America and the Caribbean’

Shirley Saborio, Vice-President of the Council for the Promotion of Competitiveness of Costa Rica
Jimena Ruy López, Adviser, Collective Bargaining Division, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Uruguay
José Miguel Fernández De La Cruz, Member of the Economic and Social Council of the Dominican Republic and of the High-level Inter-agency Commission on Sustainable Development 2030

11h30

Debate

12h15

Lunch

13h30

Presentation III: ‘Challenges for the Social Cohesion of the Future of Work’

Mr. Juan Moscoso del Prado Hernández, Head of Department of International Relations, Economic and Social Council of Spain

14h00

Debate

*SDG 13*	Take urgent action to combat climate change and its effects
*INDICATOR:*	Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate and natural disaster-related risks in all countries
*THEME*	Climate Change

14h20

Presentation IV: ‘Climate Change: Challenges or Opportunities?’

Albert Martis, Second Vice-President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Darick Jonis, Director of the Local Company for the Production and Distribution of Water and Electricity (AQUALECTRA)

15h00

Debate

15h20

Conclusions

20h00

Cultural event and dinner at the invitation of the Social Economic Council of Curaçao

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020

*SDG 5*	Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering all Women and Girls
*INDICATOR:*	Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable laws to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls at all levels
*THEME*	*Women in the World of Work*

8h30	Registration of Participants

09h00

Opening by

Jaime Escobar, President of the CESALC Network

09h10

Presentation I: ‘ILO initiative on women at work. A decisive step towards gender equality, for a better future of work for all’

Mr. Fernando Garcia Granara, Technical Specialist, International Labour Organization (ILO)

9h40	Coffee-Break

10h00

Presentation II: ‘Evolution and perspectives of female labour participation in Latin America and the Caribbean’

Adonay De Paz, Advisor of the Office of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of El Salvador
Ms. Jimena Ruy López, Adviser, Collective Bargaining Division, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Uruguay

11h00

Debate

11h20

Presentation III: Gender Equality

Juan Moscoso del Prado Hernández, Head of Department of International Relations, Economic and Social Council of Spain
Ms. Daniëlle Haenen, Director of Administrative Affairs, Economic and Social Council of the Netherlands

12h00

Debate

12h20

Lunch

Social Dialogue, the Future of Work and Agenda 2030

13h30

Presentation I: ‘The Tripartite Social Dialogue at National Level’

Fernando Garcia Granara, Technical Specialist, International Labour Organization (ILO)

14h10

Presentation II: The Tripartite Social Dialogue at the level of the European Union

Mr. Juan Moscoso del Prado Hernández, Head of Department of International Relations, Economic and Social Council of Spain

14h40

Presentation III: The Contribution of Social Dialogue to the Future of Work and Agenda 2030; General Recommendations for Effective Social Dialogue

Jairo Castañeda, Deputy Technical Secretary of the Economic and Social Council of Guatemala
Mr. José Miguel Fernández De La Cruz, Member of the Economic and Social Council of the Dominican Republic and of the High-level Inter-agency Commission on Sustainable Development 2030

15h20

Discussion

15h40

Conclusions

16h00

Restricted Session of the Network of Economic and Social Councils of Latin America and the Caribbean (CESALC)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2020

8:30	Registration of Participants

9:00	Opening by Mr. Jocelyne Croes, Special Advisor to the Government of Aruba on Multilateral Affairs and Chairman of the National Commission for ODS in Aruba

*SDG 17*	Strengthening the Means of Implementation and Revitalizing the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
*INDICATOR:*	Mobilizing additional financial resources from multiple sources for developing countries
*THEME*	Strategic alliances to face the future of work and to fulfill the 2030 agenda

9:10	Presentation I: *‘ILO support for the implementation of the Agenda 2030 at the national and Latin American and Caribbean levels’* Fernando Garcia Granara, Technical Specialist, International Labour Organization (ILO)