Wed, Sep 03 2025

• Review of the document Latin America and the Caribbean 30 Years on from the First World Summit for Social Development: Towards a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development
  09:00 am to 06:00 pm
• Panel 1. Inclusive social development in Latin America and the Caribbean: poverty, hunger and the trap of high inequality, low mobility and weak social cohesion
  09:00 am to 11:00 am

  Moderator: Alberto Arenas de Mesa, Chief of the Social Development Division of ECLAC

  •    Wellington Dias, Minister of Social Development and Assistance, Family Affairs and the Fight against Hunger of Brazil
  •    Estefanía Enríquez, Acting Undersecretary of Non-contributory Insurance, Contingencies and Operations of the Ministry of Human Development of Ecuador
  •    Bertha Zapeta,Vice-Minister for Social Development in the Ministry of Social Development of Guatemala
  •    María Inés Esquivel, Technical Secretary of the Social Cabinet of Panama 
  •    Mauricio Rodríguez Amaya, Director of the Administrative Department for Social Prosperity of Colombia
  •    Almudena Fernández, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean of UNDP

  Statements by delegations

• Panel 2. Social protection systems and comprehensive care policies: instruments for social and labour inclusion
  11:00 am to 01:00 pm

  Moderator: Claudia Robles, Social Affairs Officer of the Social Development Division of ECLAC

  •    Javiera Toro, Minister of Social Development and Family Affairs of Chile
  •    Gonzalo Martín Civila, Minister of Social Development of Uruguay
  •    Laís Abramo, National Secretary for Care and Family of Brazil 
  •    Carlos Paris, Vice-Minister for Social Policy of Paraguay
  •    Nicolle Mejía, Advisor in the Ministry of Social Development of Honduras
  •    Youssouf Abdel-Jelil, Senior Advisor to the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 

  Statements by delegations 

• Lunch break
  01:00 pm to 02:30 pm
• Side Event "Preparations for the Second World Summit for Social Development and the First Leaders’ Meeting of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, to be held in Doha (Qatar)"
  01:00 pm to 02:30 pm

  (Auxiliary room, Serpro)

• Panel 3. Social protection systems and exercise of rights to health and education
  02:30 pm to 04:00 pm

  Moderator: Daniela Trucco, Social Affairs Officer of the Social Development Division of ECLAC 

  • Javiera Toro, Minister of Social Development and Family Affairs of Chile
  • Irma Yolanda Núñez, Social Affairs Coordinator, Presidential Commission for Operations and Cabinet of El Salvador
  • Hugo Bai, Coordinator of Social Dialogue, Office of Planning and Budget, Uruguay
  • Cristian Morales, Representative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
  • Marta Encinas-Martín, Education Gender Ambassador and Senior Advisor for Latin America in the Global Relations Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

  Statements by delegations 

• Panel 4. Social protection systems and resilience (moderated by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP))
  04:00 pm to 06:00 pm

  Moderator: Almudena Fernández, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean of UNDP

  •    Gonzalo Martín Civila, Minister of Social Development of Uruguay
  •    Georges Wilbert Franck, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour of Haiti
  •    André Quintão, National Secretary for Social Assistance in the Ministry of Social Development and Assistance, Family Affairs and the Fight against Hunger of Brazil
  •    Alexander Dicunta, Coordinator of the Public Policy Unit in the Ministry of Social Development of Honduras
  •    Elkin Velásquez Monsalve, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme 
  (UN-Habitat)

  Statements by delegations 

• Side Event "Changes in non-contributory pension systems to eradicate old-age poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean"
  06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

  (Auxiliary room, Serpro)

• Side Event "Promoting tax progressivity and revising tax incentives: pathways for financing sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean"
  06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

  (Auxiliary room, Serpro)