Secretariat Services
Communications
with the Secretariat
All
communications concerning attendance at the annual
meeting should be addressed as follows:
Mail:
Registration of Participants
Stop E-1233
Inter-American Development Bank
1300 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20577
U.S.A.
Telefax: (202) 623-3412
(202) 312-4133
The
offices of the Meeting Secretariat in Milan will open
on 17 March 2003. All communications, however, should
be sent to Washington, D.C., for retransmission to
Milan.
Cyber
Cafés
Computers
will be available to delegates at the meeting site
to access Annual Meeting information and the Internet.
Distribution
of documents and speeches
At
registration, each participant will receive a full
set of the documents published up to that time. Speeches
and other meeting documents will be made available
as soon as they are published. Governors who wish
to obtain additional sets of documents may do so using
a special request form; the additional sets may be
either delivered to them at the close of the meeting
or mailed to their home countries.
Governors
who wish to present an address at one of the plenary
sessions are requested to provide the Documentation
Service with the text of their speech as early as
possible to allow for prompt distribution.
Governors’ speeches and related Annual Meeting
documents will be published on the Bank’s Annual
Meeting website for easy access via the Internet.
Other
services
Mail
Participants
should have their mail addressed to them at their
hotels. In case of emergency, however, any urgent
communication the Bank receives will be forwarded
to the addressee provided the Secretariat has been
advised of the hotel where the person is staying.
Simultaneous
interpretation
Simultaneous
interpretation into English, French, Portuguese, and
Spanish will be provided during the sessions.
Press
The
Press Room will begin operation on Thursday, 20 March,
in Section C, ground floor.
Members
of the press are to register at the registration desk
located at the main entrance.
Journalists
may pick up press passes for the meeting upon presentation
of press credentials (with photograph) or a letter
from their news service stating that they have been
assigned to cover the meeting, according to the following
schedule:
Wednesday,
19 March 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, 20 March 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Friday, 21 March 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, 22 March 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, 23 March 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Monday, 24 March 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Health
unit
An
emergency health unit will be set up in the Convention
Center. Also, all hotels have a designated doctor
on call.
Italy
provides foreign nationals with medical and pharmaceutical
assistance on the basis of international reciprocity
agreements and treaties.
This
is applicable to all European Union nationals and
to the nationals of any other country that has entered
into reciprocity agreements with Italy.
In order to be entitled to medical assistance, foreign
nationals should ensure that they possess the necessary
documents before they enter the country.
Postal
and long-distance telephone services
Postal
and long-distance telephone services will be available
to participants at the Convention Center. Participants
will be charged for these services, at regular rates.
Public
telephones are available all over Milan and require
telephone cards (in denominations of €2.50,€
5 or €
7.50). They can be purchased at newspaper-kiosks,
tobacconist-shops and public telephone points. Some
telephones accept credit cards or International Telephone
cards.
Airline
and tourist information
Airline
and tourist information services will be available
in the Convention Center.
Local
transportation
The
Government of Italy will provide transportation for
participants between the Malpensa and Linate airports
and the official hotels and from the hotels to the
Convention Center and to all the official events of
the meeting.
In
addition, a host country information booth will be
located at each airport. Preregistered participants
will be offered free public transportation passes
for use during their stay.
Emergency
numbers
In
case of accident or health emergency, dial 118 from
any sort of telephone, public or private. The call
is free of charge.
The
number of the Città di Milano Medical Warden
is: Tel. 02.34 567. The hours of service are 8 p.m
to 8 a.m.
For
any sort of emergency or imminent danger, call - free
of charge - any of the following numbers:
CARABINIERI
(Police Force): 112
POLICE: 113
FIRE BRIGADE: 115
POLIZIA MUNICIPALE (Traffic Wardens): Emergency
number 02.77031.
