The New Municipality: Meeting the Needs of all Citizens through Collaborative Governance”

Ninth Inter-American Conference of Mayors and Local Authorities

Miami, FL - June 24 - 26, 2003

Radisson Biscayne Bay Hotel

Sponsored by

The Government of Miami-Dade County

Organized by

Institute for Public Management and Community Service

School of Policy and Management/College of Health and Urban Affairs

Florida International University

Monday, June 23

3:00pm - 6:00pm                    Registration at Radisson Biscayne Bay Hotel

7:30pm - 9:00pm                    Welcoming Reception at Radisson Biscayne Bay Hotel

Tuesday, June 24

7:00am – 12:00pm Registration

9:00am - 9:45am                     Welcome and Introductory Remarks

                                                Dr. Allan Rosenbaum, Director, Institute for Public Management & Community Service, Florida International University

                                                Ms. Cristina A. Rodriguez-Acosta, Deputy Director, Institute for Public Management & Community Service, Florida International University

                                                Mr. Anthony J. Ojeda, Director, Jay T. Malina Trade Consortium, Miami-Dade County

                                                Hon. Jose Diaz, Commissioner, Miami-Dade County

                                                Hon. Sen. Javier D. Souto, Commissioner, Miami-Dade County

                                                Hon. Alex Penelas, Mayor, Miami-Dade County

9:45am – 10:30am  Keynote Speaker:

                                                Mr. Dennis E. Flannery, Executive Vice President, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC

10:30am - 10:45am Coffee Break

10:45am – 10:55am                Announcement Regarding the Organization of American States forthcoming Meeting of Ministers and High Level Authorities Responsible for Policies on Decentralization, Local Government and Citizen Participation at the Municipal Level in the Hemisphere, Ms. Anne Marie Blackman, Senior Specialist, Unit for the Promotion of Democracy

10:55am - 12:00pm                Public-Private Collaborative Efforts: Successful Experiences

                                                Moderator: Mr. Allan Rosenbaum, Director, Institute for Public Management & Community Service, Florida International University

                                                Mr. David Valenzuela, President, Inter-American Foundation, Washington, DC

                                                Hon. Enrique Riera, Mayor, City of Asuncion, Paraguay

                                                Hon. Jorge Kaplan Meyer, Mayor of Viña del Mar, Chile

12:00pm - 1:30pm Luncheon at the Hotel sponsored by MasterCard

                                                Speakers:

                                                Mr. Armando Alemany, Vice-President, Corporate Payment Solutions, Latin America and Asia Pacific, MasterCard

                                                Mr. Stephen Gordon, Ph.D., CPPO, Purchasing Agent, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County

2:00pm - 3:30pm                    Employment Generation and Poverty Alleviation: Examples of Collaborative Efforts

                                                Moderator: Mr. Victor J. Flecha, Director, Community and Planning, Paraguay

                                                Mr. Ron Berkman, Dean, College of Health and Urban Affairs, FIU

                                                Hon. David Rivera, Representative, Florida House of Representatives, USA

                                                Hon. Dennis Tenney, Council Member, Sandy City, Utah, US National League of Cities

3:30pm - 3:45pm                    Coffee Break

3:45pm - 5:30pm                    The Importance of Local Development on the Agenda of Multilateral Organizations

                                                Moderators:

                                                Ms. Patricia Jager, Executive Director, Central American Federation of Municipalities (FEMICA)

                                                Hon. Ron Scheman, Director General, Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development, Organization of American States                                  

                                                Mr. Tim Campbell, Principal Specialist and Director of the Urban Management Program, The World Bank

                                                Mr. José Chibbaro, Municipal Development Coordinator for Mexico, Dominican Republic and Central America, Inter-American Development Bank

                                                Mr. Patricio Maldonado, Project Director, Casals & Associates

                                                Ms. Karen Herbert, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Latin America & the Caribbean, United States Agency for International Development Representative (USAID)

5:30pm – 6:30pm                   Special Session Organized by Microsoft – in Spanish, no simultaneous translation

7:00pm – 9:00pm                   Reception sponsored by The Miami Herald and the Latin Chamber of Miami Beach, 100 Herald Plaza, downtown Miami

Wednesday, June 25

8:00am – 12:00pm Registration

8:30am - 12:30pm  Concurrent Workshops:

                                                Workshop I: Local Economic Development

                                                Moderators:

                                                Mr. David Valenzuela, President, Inter-American Foundation

                                                Mr. Angel Vidal Alonso, Director, Delnet Program, International Labor Organization

                                                Ms. Maria Jose Mallo, Coordinator, Delnet Program, International Labor Organization

                                                Workshop II: Collaborative Governance and Public-Private Cooperation

                                                Moderators:

                                                Mr. Ron Arms, Senior Advisor to the President, Inter-American Foundation

                                                Mr. Marcos Rodriguez, National Development Fund (FUNDE), El Salvador

                                                Mr. Enrique Gallicchio, Latin American Center for Human Development, Uruguay

                                                Workshop III: Conflict Resolution and Deliberative Processes

                                                Moderators:

                                                Mr. Ramon Daubon, Vice President for Programs, Inter-American Foundation

                                                Mr. Gabriel Murillo, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Los Andes, Colombia

                                                Mr. Alfredo Carrasquillo-Ramirez, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Sagrado Corazon, Puerto Rico

                                                Mr. Rafael Toribio, Director, Center for Social Management and Governability, Dominican Republic

                                                Mr. Hugo Acero, Under Secretary for Safety, City of Bogota, Colombia

                                                Mr. Roberto Saba, Executive Director, Association for Civil Rights, Argentina

                                                Ms. Lariza Pizano, Council of the City of Bogota, Colombia

                                                Ms. Marisol Pages, Administrative Director, Pages BBDO, Dominican Republic

12:30pm – 2:00pm Lunch at the Hotel sponsored by the Inter-American Foundation

                                                Keynote Speaker:

                                                Hon. Antanas Mockus, Mayor of Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia

2:00pm - 5:30pm                    Concurrent Workshops:

                                                Workshop I: Local Economic Development (cont.)

                                                Workshop II: Collaborative Governance and Public-Private Cooperation (cont.)

                                                Workshop III: Conflict Resolution and Deliberative Processes (cont.)

8:00pm - 10:00pm  Vizcaya Palace Reception

Thursday, June 26

9:00am - 10:30am   Panel I: Collaborative Governance and Citizen Participation

Concurrent Panels               Mr. Silvio Ovelar, Minister of Social Services, Paraguay

                                                Hon. Cristobal Aleman Alas, Mayor of Acajutla, El Salvador

                                                Mr. Shabbir Cheema, Principal Adviser and Program Director of Governance Systems and Institutions, DESA/United Nations

                                                Panel II: Improving Municipal Revenues: New Trends in Fiscal Administration

                                                Mr. Raul Benitez, Tax Specialist, Professional Special Team, Catholic University of Cuyo, San Juan, Argentina

                                                Mr. Sergio E. Rosa Donati, Chief Executive Director, Professional Special Team, Catholic University of Cuyo, San Juan, Argentina

                                                Hon. Jorge R. Hernandez Alcerro, Secretary of Government and Justice, Honduras

10:15am - 10:30am Coffee Break

10:30am – 12:00pm               Mayoral Leadership in Collaborative Governance

                                                Moderator: Mr. Anthony J. Ojeda, Jr., Director, Jay T. Malina Trade Consortium, Miami-Dade County

                                                Hon. Fernando Andrade, Mayor of Miraflores, Peru

                                                Hon. Robert Williams J.P., Deputy Mayor City of Georgetown, Guyana – Chairman of the Finance Committee City of Georgetown

                                                Hon. Saady Bijani, Mayor of San Francisco, Zulia State, Venezuela. President of the Venezuelan Mayors Association         

                                                Hon. Jose Rosas Aispuro Torres, Mayor of Durango, Mexico – President of the Mexican Association of Municipalities and President of the National Federation of Municipalities of Mexico                           

12:00pm - 1:30pm  Lunch on their own

1:30pm - 2:00pm                    Closing Ceremony: Discussion and Approval of the Conference Declaration for the purposes of transmission to the "Meeting of Ministers and High Level Authorities Responsible for Policies on Decentralization, Local Government and Citizen Participation at the Municipal Level in the Hemisphere"

                                                Moderator: Ms. Anne Marie Blackman, Senior Specialist, Unit for the Promotion of Democracy, Organization of American States

* Agenda subject to change