Work calendar for preparation of the Social Charter of the Americas
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CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the AmericasNovember 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C.
Work calendar for preparation of the Social Charter of the Americas
Consolidation of the Chair’s proposal and the comments by delegations
CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the Americas
CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the AmericasNovember 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C.
Tentative Work Calendar TENTATIVE DATE MEETING FORMAT ACTIVITY
Sept. 19 Meeting of Chairs and Vice Chairs of the Working Group and Regional Coordinators
• Dialogue on the procedure for resuming work on the Social Charter of the Americas and its Plan of Action
• Review of the order of business for the next plenary meeting
Sept. 22 Working Group meeting
Presentation by Ambassador Abigaíl Castro de Pérez, Chair of the Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI on the Draft Social Charter of the Americas, on a proposed procedure for resuming negotiations on the Social Charter
Sept. 28 Informal Working Group meeting
• Decisions of Sept. 22 meeting• Review of procedure and of tentative calendar• Reflections on the operative section of the Social Charter
Oct. 19 Working Group meeting
Oral presentation of the summary of the informal Working Group meeting of Thurs., Sept. 28 Consideration of the proposed procedure and tentative work calendar (GTC/CASA/doc.36/06) Comments by delegations: ALADI - (GTC/CASA/doc.36/06 add. 1), Canada
(GTC/CASA/doc.36/06 add. 2), and United States (GTC/CASA/doc.36/06 add.3) Mandates to the Secretariat
CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the AmericasNovember 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C.
Tentative Work Calendar TENTATIVE
DATEMEETING FORMAT ACTIVITY
Oct. 30 Formal Working
Group meeting
Expert presentations on aspects of preparatory documents for the Social Charter. Informational meeting
Speakers: - Víctor Abramovich, Professor, School of Law, University of Buenos Aires, member of the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights - Carmen Artigas, Chief, Human Rights Unit, Social Development Division, ECLAC - Dana Martin, Principal Attorney, Inter-American Development Bank - Andy Norton, Principal Social Development Specialist, World Bank
Dialogue with the Working Group
Nov. 7Formal Working Group
meeting
Presentation of tentative calendar reflecting the comments and presentations by countries and groups of countries
Consideration of the procedure for approaching the tasks in the Plan of Action of the Social Charter
Nov. 20 Formal Working Group
meeting
Presentation of the preliminary draft of the operative section of the Social Charter entrusted to the Secretariat; beginning of negotiations
Nov. 27Informal Working
Group meeting
Presentation and continued negotiation of the operative section of the Social Charter
CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the AmericasNovember 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C.
Tentative Work Calendar
TENTATIVE DATE
MEETING FORMAT ACTIVITY
Dec. 4 Formal Working Group
meeting
Continued negotiation of the operative section
Dec. 11 Formal Working Group
meeting
Follow-up mechanisms. Expert presentations on aspects of preparatory documents for the Social Charter. Informational meetingSpeakers: -PARTICIPATION BY OTHER EXPERTS: PRESENTATION BY JEAN-PAUL HUBERT (CHAIR, INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE)-AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF SUBREGIONAL INSTITUTIONS: CARICOM, ANDEAN GROUP, SICA, ETC.)Dialogue with the Group of Experts
Dec. 15 Informal Working Group
meeting
Continued negotiation of the operative section Deliberations on the Plan of Action
CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the AmericasNovember 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C.
Tentative Work Calendar
TENTATIVE DATE
MEETING FORMAT ACTIVITY
Jan. 15, 2007Formal Working Group
meeting
Continued negotiation of the operative section
Jan. 29Informal Working
Group meeting
Continued negotiation Evaluation and analysis of the status of negotiations
Feb. 12Informal Working
Group meeting
Continued negotiation
Feb. 19Formal Working Group
meeting
Deliberations on the Plan of Action Other business
Feb. 26Formal Working Group
meeting
Status report on the preparation of the Draft Social Charter of the Americas Conclusion of the Chair pro tempore’s work Election of new officers of the Working Group Other business