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RoA’s CSO Forum and Book Launch on South-South Cooperation (Bogota, Colombia)

March 09, 2010

RoA’s Schedule of Activities
High Level Event on South-South Cooperation and Capacity Development
Bogota, Colombia

March 22

Reunión de RoA – América Latina sobre CSS
(RoA Regional Meeting for CSOs in Latin America)
Time: 10:00 - 4:30 pm
Venue: Hotel Dann
Avenida 19 No. 5-72 , Bogota, Colombia

March 23

Desayuno de Trabajo
(Working breakfast: Interchange of experiences between international delegates with Colombian CSO representatives. Londres-Cartagena-Bogotá Process and Observatory of International Cooperation of La Alianza)
Time: 7:45 a.m - 9:30 a.m
Venue: Hotel Dann
Avenida 19 No. 5-72, Bogota, Colombia

Foro Sobre CSS y participación de Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil
(Forum on CSOs and South-South Cooperation)
Time: 12 nn-5:45 pm
Venue: Salon Bolivar 2, HOTEL TEQUENDAMA, CRA 10, Numero 26-21
Bogota, Colombia

ROA SSDC Special ReportLanzamiento del libro: Cooperación Sur-Sur: ?un desafío al sistema de la ayuda?
(Book Launch: South-South Cooperation: A Challenge to the Aid System?)
(editions in French, Spanish and English)
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Salon Bolivar 2, HOTEL TEQUENDAMA, CRA 10, Numero 26-21
Bogota, Colombia

 

 

 

 

PROGRAMME

12 nn

Welcome Remarks
Ms Sandra Alzate, Director of International Cooperation - Accion Social, Government of Colombia
Mr Tony Tujan, Chair of the Reality of Aid

12:15 pm

Discussion of South-South Cooperation Framework of the Reality of Aid (RoA)
Mr Tony Tujan, Chair of the Reality of Aid

12:45 pm

Presentation of the Official Position of the Government of Colombia about South-South Cooperation
Ms Sandra Alzate

1:15 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm

Presentation of South-South Cooperation, A Challenge to the Aid System in the Latin American Context
Mr Ruben Fernandez, Asociacion Latinoamericana De Organizaciones De Promocion Al Desarrollo AC- ALOP

2:30 pm

Panel on Experiences on South-South Cooperation and the Participation of CSOs
Mr Bodo Ellmers, Eurodad/RoA

Mr Meja Vitalice, Roa-Africa

Mr Arjun Karki, LDC Watch

Latin-American CSO Representative
Ms Gloria Carvalho Cinde,  Federacion Centre International de Educacion y Desarollo Humano 

4:00 pm

Break

4:30 pm

Open Discussion on South-South Cooperation and the Role of the CSOs, Conclusions and Recommendations

5:45 pm

Closing Remarks
Mr Brian Tomlinson, Vice Chairperson of the Reality of Aid

6 p.m. (Hotel Tequendama) Launch of the book: South-South Cooperation: A Challenge to the Aid System? (Open to the Public)

6:00 pm

Welcome Remarks by the RoA Management Committee represented by Mr Ruben Fernandez as host organisation

6:15 pm

Presentation by Mr Tony Tujan, Chair of the Reality of Aid

6:30 - 7:00 pm

Comments from Ms Sandra Alzate, and Latin-American CSOs