Agenda and Presentations - First Annual Meeting LAC Debt Group

Inter-American Development Bank

First Annual Meeting

Latin American and Caribbean Public Debt Management Specialists

March 17-19, 2005

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Agenda

March 17, 2005

 
09:00 - 09:30

I. Welcome and Introduction

Joaquim Levy, Secretary of the Treasury, Brazil

Dennis Flannery, Executive Vice-President, Inter-American Development Bank
09:30 - 10:55

II. Experiences in the Organization of Debt Management Offices - Part I

Introduction by the Chairman

Juan Antonio Ketterer, Senior Financial Specialist, Finance and Basic Infrastructure Division 1, Inter-American Development Bank

Institutional Framework - Recent Trends

Elizabeth Currie, Principal Financial Officer, Banking and Debt Management, The World Bank - Presentation

Experiences

1. Country specific experience: Brazil, José Antonio Gragnani, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Brazil - Presentation

2. Country specific experience: Chile, Patricio Sepúlveda, Chief, Debt Office - Presentation
10:55 - 11:10

Coffee Break
11:10 - 12:45

III. Experiences in the Organization of Debt Management Offices - Part II

Experiences

1. Country specific experience: Panama, Aracelly Mendez, Public Credit Director - Presentation

2. Country specific experience: Jamaica, Murna Morgan, Senior Director, Debt Management Unit - Presentation

Chairman - Final Comments

Juan Antonio Ketterer, Senior Financial Specialist, Finance and Basic Infrastructure Division 1, Inter-American Development Bank

Comments and questions
12:45 - 14:00

Lunch: Presentation on Dedollarization

Eduardo Fernández-Arias, Regional Economic Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank
14:00 - 15:00

IV. Experiences in the Development of Secondary Markets and the Trading Environment - Part I

Introduction by the Chairman

Paulo Valle, Head of Public Debt Operations Department, Brazilian National Treasury - Presentation

View from an International Specialist

Esteban Molfino, Chief, Funding Section, Finance Department Presentation

Experience

Country specific experience: Mexico, Gerardo Rodríguez , David López, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico - Presentation
15:00 - 15:15

Coffee Break
15:15 - 16:55

V. Experiences in the Development of Secondary Markets and the Trading Environment - Part II

Experiences

1. Country specific experience: Spain, José María Fernández Rodríguez, Deputy Director of the Treasury and Head of the Public Debt Department - Presentation

2. Country specific experience: Costa Rica, Alberto Quirós, Asset-Liabilities Manager, Central Bank of Costa Rica - Presentation

Chairman - Final Comments

Paulo Valle, Head of Public Debt Operations Department, Brazilian National Treasury

Comments and questions
16:55 - 18:00

VI. Wrap-up First Day and Roundtable Discussion: Group Debt Management Specialists

Wrap-up

Anderson Silva, Head of Public Debt Strategic Planning Department, Brazilian National Treasury

Pietro Masci, Division Chief, Infrastructure and Financial Markets Division, Inter-American Development Bank

Alfonso Revollo, Public Sector Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank

Discussion of the Program for 2005 (e.g. Workshops, Visits to DMOs)

Discussion and Suggestions for the Institutional Framework, Role, Functions and Scope of the Group (Bylaws)
20:30

Dinner - Inter-American Development Bank (Silvia Sagari, Division Chief, Finance and Basic Infrastructure Division 1, Inter-American Development Bank)

March 18, 2005
09:00 - 10:45

VII. Experiences in IT systems and Debt Indicators Methodology in Latin America and the Caribbean

Introduction by the Chairman

Luis Giorgio, Financial Institutions Specialist, Finance and Basic Infrastructure Division 3, Inter-American Development Bank

View from an International Specialist

Fernando Archondo, Senior Debt Management DMFAS Programme, UNCTAD - Presentation

View from an International Specialist

Keith Dublin, Division Chief, Government Finance Division, International Monetary Fund - Presentation

Chairman - Concluding Comments

Luis Giorgio, Financial Institutions Specialist, Finance and Basic Infrastructure Division 3, Inter-American Development Bank

Comments and questions
10:45 - 11:00

Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00

VIII. Experiences in Public Debt Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean - Part I

Introduction by the Chairman

Franquelim Alves, CEO, IGCP, Portugal- Presentation

View from an International Specialist

Ove Sten Jensen , Chairman of the OECD Working Party on Debt Management - Presentation -and Morten Kjaergaard, Advisor, Danish DMO, Danmarks Nationalbank.

Experience

Country specific experience: Colombia, William Ortiz, Grupo Mercado de Capitales Interno, Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público - Presentation
12:00 - 13:30

Lunch: Presentations of BM&F and CBLC
13:30 - 14:20

IX. Experiences in Public Debt Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean - Part II

Experiences

1. Country specific experience: Brazil, Anderson Silva, Head of Public Debt Strategic Planning Department, Brazilian National Treasury Presentation

2. Country specific experience: Italy, Domenico Nardelli, Treasury Department - Presentation
14:20 - 14:35

Coffee Break
14:35 - 15:45

Experience

Country specific experience: Venezuela, Natalia Navarro, Head of the Public Debt Management, Ministry of Finance - Presentation

Chairman - Concluding Comments

Franquelim Alves, CEO, IGCP, Portugal

Comments and questions
15:45 - 16:30

X. Wrap-up and Future meeting

Wrap-up

José Antonio Gragnani, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Brazil

Eloy García, Treasurer, Inter-American Development Bank

Suggestions for topics and time-table for actions in 2005

Comments by the representative of the country hosting the 2006 Annual Meeting

Infrastructure and Financial Markets Division
Private Enterprise and Financial Markets Subdepartment
Sustainable Development Department
Inter-American Development Bank

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