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Panel 4. Social protection systems and resilience (moderated by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP))

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 

Session |
Wed, 03/09/2025 - 16:00 to 18:00

The objective of Panel 4 is to highlight resilience as a central pillar of development strategies, encouraging the identification of key actors in building collective resilience, exploring new public policy tools to promote it, proposing measures to expand social protection in Latin America and the Caribbean, and ensuring mechanisms for post-crisis recovery and prosperity.