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BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA EVENT
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INTER-AMERICAN INITIATIVE ON SOCIAL CAPITAL, ETHICS AND DEVELOPMENT

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República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Vice-presidencia de la República
Coordinación de Relaciones Institucionales

 


 

 

"TOWARDS AN ETHICS OF DEVELOPMENT"

 

 

FORUM

 

February 22th and 23th, 2001

BCV

 

FORUM OBJECTIVES :

Promote a collective thoughtful space in the Inter-American field on fundamental ethical challenges posed on development for Latin-America, the best practices and the responsibilities of key social actors.

 

PROGRAM

Thursday, February 22th, 2001
Morning
   
8:00 a.m.   Registration for mass media  
       
Inauguration      
       
Place:   Auditorium  
       
09:00 a.m.   Welcome  
    President of Universidad Central de Venezuela  
    Giussepe Gianneto  
       
09:15 a.m.   Opening words  
    President of the Inter-American Development Bank  
    Enrique Inglesias  
       
10:00 a.m.   President of the República Bolivariana de Venezuela  
    hugo Chávez Frías  
       
Guest presentations  
       
ETHICS AND DEVELOPMENT  
       
11:30 a.m.   The relations between ethics and development  
    Bernardo Kliksberg  
    Inter-American Institute fos Social Development Coordinator-INDES/IADB  
       
11:30 a.m.   Press conference with event hosts  
    Sala Egaña - BCV  
       
12:30 m   Lunch for guests at the BCV  
       
        
Thursday, February 22th, 2001.
Afternoon      
       
Place:   Salón Egaña  
       
LATIN-AMERICAN ETHICAL CHALLENGES
       
2:00 p.m.   Key ethical problems  
    David Crocker. University of Maryland, EE.UU  
       
2:30 p.m.   Adding up efforts to face social problems. The social Policy in Brazil  
    Vilmar Faría. Chief advisor of the Executive Cabinet of the Government of the President of Brazil  
       
3:00 p.m.   Inequalities and opportunities  
    Rebeca Grynspan. Former Vice-president of Costa Rica  
       
3:30 p.m.   Democratizing the access to information technology  
    Carlos Genatios. Minister of Science and Technology. Venezuela  
       
4:00 p.m.   Refreshments  
       
BEST PRACTICES
       
4:15 p.m.   Municipal participative budget of Porto Alegre  
    Tarso Genro. Municipal Intendent Porto Alegre, Brazil  
       
4:45 p.m.   The social management in Montevideo  
    Mariano Arana. Intendente of Montevideo. Uruguay  
       
5:15 p.m.   The Bolivarian Schools in Venezuela  
    Hector Navarro. Minister of Education, Culture and Sports of Venezuela  
        
5:45 p.m.   Education for everyone  
    José Octavio Bordón. Minister of Education of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.  
       
6:15 p.m.   Welcome Cocktail  
       
        
Friday Febrero 23th, 2001
Morning      
       
Place:   Salón Egaña  
       
THE ETHICS OF SOCIAL ACTORS
       
8:30 a.m.   Ethical responibilites of media  
    Luis Britto García. Writer. Venezuela  
       
9:00 a.m.   Elements of Ethics against Poverty  
    Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics, Princetown University. USA  
       
9:30 a.m.   Ethical Responsibilities of businessmen  
    Francisco Natera. Former president of the Federación de Cámaras de Venezuela (FEDECÁMARAS). Venezuela.  
       
10:00 a.m.   Refreshments  
       
10:20 a.m.   Economists responibilities  
    Oswaldo Sunkel. Director of the Institute of Public Policy. Universidad de Chile.  
       
10:50 a.m.   Financial Institutions Responsibilities  
    Diego Luís Castellanos. President of the Banco Central de Venezuela.  
       
11:20 a.m.   Press conference with event speakers  
    Salón Egaña - BCV  
       
12:30 m   Lunch for guests (Caracas Hilton Hotel)  
       
Friday Febrero 23th, 2001
Afternoon      
       
2:00 p.m.   The Church and the Ethical challenges of development  
    Priest Juan Vives Suriá. President of FUNDALATIN. Venezuela  
       
2:30 p.m.   Universities responsibilities  
    Roman Mayorga. IADB representatrive in Venezuela. Former president of the Universidad Centro Americana (UCA). El Salvador.  
       
CLOSING      
       
3:00 p.m.   Conclusions briefing  
    Bernardo Kliksberg  
       
3:30 p.m.   Closing words  
    Diego Luís Castellanos. President of the Banco Central de Venezuela ó José Rojas, Finance Minister.  
       
4:00 p.m.   Final words  
    Adina Bastidas. Vice-president of the República Bolivariana de Venezuela.  
       

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