October 5th, 2023, from 13:00 to 14:30 hrs

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• NUMBER OF MEETING: 822 9066 4826
• PASS OF MEETING: 773009
• ROOM: Enrique Iglesias

As part of the 5th Meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean and the project ECLAC-BMZ/GIZ "Transformative Reactivation: Overcoming the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean", this parallel event aims to contribute to the reflection on how these challenges will shape the future of social protection and what strategies countries need to mobilise to address them.

Objective: 

As part of the 5th Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean and the activities of the ECLAC/BMZ-GIZ project "Transformative Reactivation: Overcoming the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean", the event aims to strengthen the exchange of experiences and lessons learned on the strategies being discussed and implemented by countries to strengthen their social protection systems in the face of crises and prospects, with a special focus on their cash transfer systems. The aim is to identify common challenges and evidence-based solutions to strengthen universal, comprehensive, resilient and sustainable social protection systems.

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Moderator: Raquel Santos Garcia, Social Affairs Officer, Social Development Division, ECLAC

13:00 a 13:05: Palabras de bienvenida

• Alberto Arenas de Mesa, Director of the Social Development Division, ECLAC

13:05 a 13:20: Presentation of the document "The future of social protection in the face of the protracted crisis in Latin America: keys to move towards universal, comprehensive, resilient and sustainable systems"

• Claudia Robles, Social Affairs Officer, ECLAC

13:20 a 14:10: Round Table - Cash transfer systems and the future of social protection: lessons learned, challenges and opportunities

• José Carlos Cardona, Secretary of State in the Office of the Secretary of Social Development (SEDESOL), Honduras
• Yorleny León Marchena, Minister of Human Development and Social Inclusion, Costa Rica
• Francisca Gallegos, Social Services Undersecretary, Social Development and Family Ministry, Chile
• Laís Abramo, National Secretary of Care and Family Policy, Ministry of Social Development and Assistance, Family and Fight Against Hunger, Brazil
• Camila Arza, Senior Researcher, Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Public Policies, Argentina

14:10 a 14:25: Space for dialogue and questions from the public

14:25 a 14:30: Closing remarks

• Raquel Santos Garcia, Social Affairs Officer, Social Development Division, ECLAC