Fri, Oct 09 2026

• Summa I and II conference room, third floor
  Panel 3: Macroeconomics for development and sound and strong taxation
  09:00 am to 10:30 am

  Moderator: Peter A. Prazmowski, Executive Director, National Competitiveness Council of the Dominican Republic
  • José Antonio Ocampo, Professor Emeritus of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
  • Martín Francos Rodríguez, Deputy Minister of Planning and Public Investment in the Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Dominican Republic
  • Rodrigo Arim, Director of the Planning and Budget Office of Uruguay
  • Guillermo Díaz, Senior Economist in the Unit of Macroeconomic Studies of the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF)
  • Oscar Valencia, Regional Economic Advisor for Mexico, Central America, Haiti and the Dominican Republic at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

  Martín Francos Rodríguez - Íntervención del Viceministro de Planificación e Inversión Pública del Ministerio de Hacienda y Economía - República Dominicana
• Summa I and II conference room, third floor
  Statements by delegations
  10:30 am to 11:00 am
• Summa I and II conference room, third floor
  Report on the activities of the subsidiary bodies of ECLAC
  11:00 am to 12:30 pm

  And the outcomes of other intergovernmental meetings organized by ECLAC since its fortieth session 

  • Marcelo Bisogno, Technical Director of the National Institute of Statistics of Uruguay, in his capacity as Chair of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC

  • Enrique O’Farrill Julien, Executive Director, Chilean Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AGCID) in his capacity as Chair of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Juan Pablo Vial, Head of Digital Affairs, Division of Science, Energy, Education, Innovation and Astronomy (DECYTI), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, in his capacity as Chair of the Ministerial Conference on the Information Society and Digital Transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Tatiana Lemos Sandim, National Secretary for Planning in the Ministry of Planning and the Budget of Brazil, in her capacity as Chair of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

  • Saumíneo Da Silva Nascimento, Director of the Department for Labour Market Inclusion at the Ministry of Social Development and Assistance, Family Affairs and the Fight against Hunger of Brazil, in his capacity as Chair of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Rodrigo Arim, Director of the Office for Planning and Budget in the Office of the President of the Republic of Uruguay, in his capacity as Chair of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Derionne Edmeade, Director of the Department of Environment, Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment, Climate Action and Constituency Empowerment of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in his capacity as Chair of the Conference of the Parties to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement)

  • Candice Ramsaran, Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development of Trinidad and Tobago, in her capacity as Chair of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC)

  • Laura Itzel Castillo, Minister for Women of Mexico, in her capacity as Chair of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (virtual)

  Laura Itzel Castillo - Intervención de Presidencia de la Conferencia Regional sobre las Mujeres de América Latina y el Caribe (México)
  Candice Ramsaran - Discurso a nombre del Honorable Senador Dr. Kennedy Swaratsingh. (Trinidad y Tobago)
• Summa I and II conference room, third floor
  Statements by delegations
  12:30 pm to 01:00 pm
  Jamaica - Statement / Subsidiary bodies
• Summa I and II conference room, third floor
  Presentation of the report on the activities of the Commission, 2025, and the draft programme of work of the ECLAC system, 2028
  01:30 pm to 02:00 pm
• Summa I and II conference room, third floor
  Statements by delegations
  02:00 pm to 02:30 pm
  Jamaica - Statement / Report on the activities
• Summa I and II conference room, third floor
  Consideration and adoption of the resolutions of the Commission at its forty-first session
  02:30 pm to 02:45 pm
• Summa I and II conference room, third floor
  Closing session
  02:45 pm to 03:15 pm

  • Víctor Orlando Bisonó, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic
  • José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC

  José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs - Discurso de clausura
• Magna I conference room, third floor
  Press conference with the Executive Secretary of ECLAC and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic
  03:15 pm to 03:45 pm