GFDD to Attend the 4th Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Sustainable Development

The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) is delighted to announced that it will attend the 4th Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Sustainable Development, at the Headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington DC, on Tuesday October 21, 2014. The foundation will attend two meetings that make up this important event.

The first meeting is entitled “Advancing Public Participation for
Sustainable Development in Central America and the Dominican Republic”, and will be a prelude to the IV Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Sustainable Development (from 3pm to 5.30pm). It will allow civil society organizations, such as GFDD, the opportunity to receive a presentation of manuals on public participation in the area of sustainable development. The manuals aim to support the implementation of the Declaration of Santo Domingo for Sustainable
Development of the Americas, which calls to promote citizen and public participation as a key element in the sustainable development policy decision-making process and to support OAS member States’ efforts to implement the Inter-American Strategy for Public Participation in Decision Making for Sustainable Development (ISP).

The meeting will include welcome remarks by Anne Hall, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary from the Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs, of the U.S Department of State, Ambassador Leónidas Rosa Bautista, Permanent Representative of Honduras to the OAS and Ambassador Albert Ramdin, OAS Assistant Secretary General. Following the introductory remarks, the panel discussion will begin as moderated by Lina Pohl, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, El Salvador. Speakers will include: Patricia Abreu Fernández, Vice Minister for Cooperation and International Affairs, Minister of
Environment and Natural Resources, Dominican Republic, Patricia Madrigal, Vice Minister, Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica and Xiomara Cubas, Coordinator, National Council for Sustainable Development, Honduras. Following the debate, the moderator will open up the debate for an open dialogue with attendees. Sherry Tross, from the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development at OAS will conclude with the final remarks.

The second meeting is entitled
“Sustainable Development Agenda for the Americas”, and will offer GFDD the opportunity to have an open, dynamic, and inclusive debate that contributes to the definition of strategic areas of action of the Inter-American Program for Sustainable Development (PIDS) and the development of a post 2015 sustainable development agenda for the Americas (from 6pm to 7.30pm).

The meeting will include welcome remarks by Glenda Umaña, CNN en
Español Journalist and followed by a dialogue with distinguished panelists that include:- Juan Antonio Hernández, Honorable Representative of the National Congress of Honduras, Chair of the Social Development Committee, Ninfa Salinas, Senator, President of the Commission of Environment and Natural Resources of the Senate, Mexico and Donnalyn Charles, National Ozone officer, Ministry of Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology , Saint Lucia. Following the presentations by each
panelist, an open dialogue will follow with attendees before the OAS Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Albert Ramdin, offers the closing remarks.

For more information about these meetings please visit: http://www.oas.org/en/sedi/dsd/flyer.asp
For more information on the OAS please visit:  http://www.oas.org