LARC/04/INF/2-Rev.2


 

TWENTY-EIGHTH FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Guatemala City, Guatemala, 26 to 30 April 2004

PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE

 

Agenda Item

Item No.

Document No.

Day 1

08:30

Opening of Technical Committee Meeting

1

Election of Technical Committee Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson and Appointment of Rapporteur

2

Adoption of Technical Committee Agenda and Timetable

3

LARC/04/1 Rev 1
LARC/04/INF/2 Rev 2

09:30

Food Security as a Strategy for Rural Development

4

LARC/04/2

11:00

Economic and Social Development as a Basis for the Implementation of FAO Actions in Latin America and the Caribbean

5

LARC/04/3

14:30

International Year of Rice (2004)

6

LARC/04/INF/6

16:00

FAO Strategic Framework for Bridging the Rural Digital Divide

7

LARC/04/INF/7

17:30

Other Matters

 

Day 2

09:00

Consultation Meetings and Group Discussions among Delegations

8

15:30

Adoption of Technical Committee Report

9

17:30

Closure of Technical Committee Meeting

10

19:00

Informal Meeting of the Director-General with the Heads of Delegation

 

Day 3

09:00

Opening Ceremony – Plenary Session

1

10:30

Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons and Appointment of Rapporteur

2

Adoption of Agenda and Timetable

3

LARC/04/1 Rev 1
LARC/04/INF/2 Rev 2

11:30

Statement by the Director-General

4

LARC/04/INF/4

15:00

FAO Activities (2002-2003), Trends and Challenges in Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Food Security in the Region. Action taken on the Main Recommendations of the 27th FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean

5

LARC/04/INF/5

16:00

Follow-up to the World Food Summit and the World Food Summit: five years later – Regional Dimensions

6

LARC/04/4

17:00

Initiative to Review and Update National Strategies and Policies for Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Security

7

LARC/04/INF/8

 

Day 4

09:00

Reports of the Regional Commissions: Commission for Inland Fisheries of Latin America (COPESCAL), Western Central Atlantic Fisheries Commission (WECAFC), Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission (LACFC), and Commission on Livestock Development for Latin America and the Caribbean

8

LARC/04/INF/9
LARC/04/INF/10
LARC/04/INF/11
LARC/04/INF/12

10:00

Round Table on Financing for Agricultural Development

9

11:00

Panel on the Southern Cone Subregion

12:00

Panel on the Andean Subregion

14:30

Panel on the Caribbean Subregion

16:00

Panel on the Central America and Mexico Subregion

17:00

General Debate

 

Day 5

09:00

Continuation of General Debate

13:00

Date, Place and Agenda Items of the 29th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean

10

Other Matters

11

14:00

Adoption of Report (including Technical Committee Report)

12

Closure of Conference

13