Meeting Venue

The Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held at the Lima Convention Centre.

LIMA CONVENTION CENTRE
Address: Av. Arqueología 160, San Borja, Lima
  

Meeting coordination

The Conference is being organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Peru, through the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS).

Questions on substantive and logistical matters relating to the meeting may be addressed to the following staff at ECLAC:

Hotel reservations

The ECLAC Conference Services Unit has reserved a limited number of rooms at special rates in the following hotels:

• The Westin Lima Hotel & Convention Center (5*)
  Las Begonias 450, San Isidro
  Telephone: (+51) 1 201 5000
  www.westin.com/Lima

  Deluxe single room: US$ 180*
  Deluxe double room: US$ 195*

  *Rates do not include 18% general sales tax (IGV) or 10% service charge. Foreign visitors are exempt from the 18% general sales tax. Buffet breakfast and wireless Internet are included.

• Swissotel - Lima (5*)
  Vía Central 150
  Centro Empresarial Real, San Isidro
  Telephone: (+51) 1 421 9888
  http://www.swissotellima.com.pe

  Classic single room: US$ 170*
  Classic double room: US$ 185*

  *Rates do not include 18% general sales tax (IGV) or 10% service charge. Foreign visitors are exempt from the 18% general sales tax. Buffet breakfast and wireless Internet are included.

• Hotel Atton (4*)
  Av. Jorge Basadre 595, San Isidro
  Telephone: (+51) 1 208 1225
  http://sanisidro.atton.com

  Standard single room: US$ 150*

  *Rates include 8% service charge, a buffet breakfast and wireless Internet in rooms and public areas. Foreign visitors are exempt from the 18% general sales tax (IGV).

• Hotel Novotel (4*)
  Av. Víctor Andrés Belaunde 198, San Isidro
  Telephone: (+51) 1 315 9999
  www.novotel.com

  Standard single room: US$ 130*
  *Rates do not include 18% general sales tax (IGV) or 10% service charge. Foreign visitors are exempt from the 18% general sales tax. Buffet breakfast and wireless Internet are included.

Reservations should be made directly with the hotel by 9 October 2015. After this date, the hotel cannot guarantee the special rate or the availability of rooms.

Delegates are responsible for making their own reservations and are advised to make sure that their reservation has been processed by the hotel and to request a confirmation number or code.

A credit card number is required in order to make a reservation. Hotels in Peru apply a no-show policy: cardholders may cancel reservations up to 24 hours before they are due to check in, failing which they will be charged for the first night. All delegates must settle their own hotel bill at the end of their stay.
 

Entry and exit requirements

Citizens of most member countries of ECLAC do not require a visa to enter Peru. Participants are advised to consult the following link to check whether they need to obtain a visa: more information (pdf).

For all other visa queries, please contact Paula Warnken (paula.warnken@cepal.org).

Visas for journalists

All foreign journalists require a visa to enter Peru. There is no fee to pay. Please contact the nearest Peruvian embassy or consulate: more information.

Media representatives should submit their visa applications to the Peruvian embassy or consulate, together with this form regarding the temporary admission of professional equipment free of tax: more information.
 

Local transport

Participants are responsible for their own transportation between the airport and the hotel. There are taxi services at the international airport. Participants are advised to use official taxi services. A taxi ride from the airport to the city centre should cost approximately US$ 30.

During the Conference, transport will be provided to and from the venue for participants staying at the selected hotels. Timetables will be available from the hotels upon check-in.

Participants whose transportation will be provided by their countries’ diplomatic missions should contact them directly.
 

Registration of participants

An online registration system will be available on the ECLAC website (/1/en). from 21 September 2015.

Registration of participants will take place from 8 a.m. on Monday, 2 November in the lobby of the Convention Centre. Participants will be given identification badges which, for security purposes, must be shown at all meetings.

Further information on accreditation may be requested from Paula Warnken by e-mail (paula.warnken@cepal.org) or telephone ((+56) 2 2210 2651).

Online registration does not exempt delegations from the requirement to send an official note indicating the names of the head of delegation and accompanying members.

Opening session

The Conference will begin at 10 a.m. on Monday, 2 November.
 

Internet

The offices and rooms set aside for the Conference will have wireless Internet access (Wi-Fi).
 

Languages

The official language of the Conference will be Spanish. Simultaneous interpretation into English will be provided.
 

Medical services

The Government of Peru will provide first aid services in case emergency medical assistance is required at the Conference venue.
 

International press centre

In order to facilitate press coverage of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, an international press centre will be set up in an office close to the conference rooms. Journalists wishing to cover the Conference must register online beforehand at (/1/es).  and obtain accreditation from the press centre, which will be open on a daily basis from 9 a.m.

The centre will have a meeting room, information and documentation office, and work spaces for accredited journalists and media representatives.

Questions relating to media coverage of the Conference should be addressed to María Amparo Lasso, Chief of the Public Information Unit of ECLAC (mariaamparo.lasso@cepal.org, (+56) 2 2210 2664).