Two days to discuss the challenges of Latin America and the Caribbean in Washington

One of the headquarters buildings of the CAF. CAF

Day 1- 26th CAF Annual Conference

Live, the 26th CAF Annual Conference

Washington will host this Thursday and Friday a key meeting to discuss the future of Latin America and the Caribbean. The US capital will have an agenda and 30 high-level panelists to analyze the challenges in terms of sustainable development. The Annual Conference of CAF- development bank in the region, will raise the most important points of resilience after the pandemic, financing climate action, migration and economic growth, women's empowerment, democratic governance and foreign policy.

The event, organized annually since 1997, together with the Inter-American Dialogue and the Organization of American States, intends to focus on the solutions that are brewing in the most unequal continent in the world. The conference will be broadcast live on the website of EL PAÍS and will take place between 13:00 p.m. and 17:00 p.m. local time local time in Washington. (From 12:00 to 16:00 Colombian time; from 11:00 to 15:00 Mexican time and from 14:00 to 18:00 Argentine time).

Among the participants of the event are Sergio Díaz-Granados, executive president of CAF, development bank of Latin America, Laura Chinchilla, former president of Costa Rica and co-chair of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Dialogue, Frank Mora, U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Hilen Meirovich, head of Climate Change at IDB Invest, Rebecca Bill Chavez, President and CEO of the Inter-American Dialogue, Beatriz Londoño, former Minister of Health and Social Protection of the Government of Colombia or Thomas Shannon, former Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the Government of the United States of America.

This is the planned agenda of the event:

· Thursday, June 1

Session I - Is LAC prepared for another pandemic?

Session II - Financing the fight against climate change

· Friday, June 2

Session III - Reconciling migration and growth

Session IV - Women's Economic Empowerment - Fostering an Equitable and Inclusive Digital Economy

Session V - Strengthening democratic governance through foreign policy

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