(WD-496) Provisional Schedule

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Participants welcomed at airport IICA Staff

Registration at Hotel L. Avila

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08:30 – 09:00 3UHSDUDWRU\6HVVLRQ Heads of Delegation

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• Welcome Remarks by the Director General C. Brathwaite

• 2006 Annual Report C. Hansen

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10:30 – 10:50 _{Current status of quota payments and progress with the}

collection of quotas owed to the Institute K. Kleinheinz

10:50 – 11:20 _{Presentation of the proposed 2008-2009 Program}

Budget F. Barea/Y. Goic

11:20 – 11:40 Discussion of the proposed 2008-2009 Program Budget Delegates of Member States

11:40 – 12:00 Quota Scale to finance the 2008-2009 Program Budget Delegates of Member States

12:00 – 14:00 /XQFK

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2008-2009 Program Budget and Quota Scale Delegates of Member States

15:30 – 15:45 5HIUHVKPHQWV

15:45 – 16:00 Draft Resolutions Secretariat

16:00 – 16:30 2006 Financial Statements of the Institute and Report of

the External Auditors K. Kleinheinz

16:30 – 17:00 Progress with the organization of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Rural Life and the

Fourteenth Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA)

Introduction C. Brathwaite

Address by His Excellency the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food of Guatemala, in charge of all matters related to the Peten

Erasmo Alonso Sanchez Ruiz

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08:30 – 09:30 Thirteenth Report of the Audit Review Committee (ARC) and progress in analyzing the System for determining the salary of the Director General

ARC

09:30 – 10:00 Election of a member of the Audit Review Committee

(ARC) Delegates of Member States

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10:30 – 11:00 Status of the Hemispheric Program on Agro-energy and

Bio-fuels M. Seixas

11:00 – 11:30 Progress with implementation of the Hemispheric

Biotechnology and Biosafety Program A Tewolde

11:30 – 12:00 IICA Forum for leaders in Agriculture C. Brathwaite

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14:00 – 14:15 Draft Resolutions Secretariat

14:15 – 15:00 Presentation and discussion on progress with the

assessment of technical expertise Consultants

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15:30 – 17:00 Continued discussion on progress with the assessment

of technical expertise at the Institute Delegates of Member States

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8:00 – 8:30 Photograph of the 2007 Executive Committee P. Leon

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08:30 – 09:00 IICA’s experience in Agrotourism and Rural Tourism in

the Caribbean E. Harvey

09:00 – 09:30 Plan of action with respect to Agricultural Insurance F. Dagenais 09:30 – 10:00 IICA action in support of the development of organic

agriculture J. French

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10:30 – 11:00 Increasing IICA Member States’ support for

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Discussion on progress with implementation of the 2006-2010 Medium-Term Plan /XQFK  Delegates of Member States )LIWK3OHQDU\6HVVLRQ,QWHU$PHULFDQ$ZDUGV&$7,(DQG&ORVHRIWKH0HHWLQJ

14:00 – 14:30 Draft Resolutions Secretariat

14:30 – 15:00 Proposal by the Awards Committee on Inter-American

Awards in the Rural Sector Awards Committee

Granting of the Inter-American Awards in the Rural

Sector Delegates of Member States

15:00 – 15:30 Request by CATIE to amend its Contract to give it legal capacity to grant professional credentials and academic degrees

P. Ferreira, Director General of CATIE

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• Closing remarks by the del Director General C. Brathwaite

• Close of the meeting Chair of the EC

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