The Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) and the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI) will convene the second session of 2025 to address key challenges and opportunities for rural communities across Latin America and the Caribbean.
With rapid urbanization widening the gap between rural and urban areas, this session will explore strategies to foster inclusive economic growth, improve infrastructure, and enhance access to essential services in rural regions.
The draft order of business for the meeting is as follows:
1. Consideration and adoption of the draft order of business.
2. Unlocking the socio-economic development potential of rural communities Concept Note: CIDI/INF.644/25
Panelists:
• Rhyesa Joseph, Principal Consultant, From Classroom to Community, Saint Lucia
• Juan Sebastián Vergara, Chief Executive Officer, Art Hotels Ecuador, Ecuador
• Tania Liew-A-Sjoe, Founder and President, Wi! Uma Fu Sranan, Women Farmers’ Cooperative, Suriname
• Álvaro Ricardo Lemus Cardona, Director, Asociación de Productores de Olopa, APOLO, Guatemala
Speaker Biographies: (pending)
- Speaker Guidelines (for the semester): CIDI/INF.640/25
- Recommendations for Member State interventions in CIDI: CIDI/INF.617/24
• Dialogue with Member States
3. CIDI Sectoral Ministerial Process Cycle:
i. Science and Technology: Report on the Seventh Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Science and Technology (VII REMCYT) held on December 12 and 13, 2024, by the Chair, Peru. Video
ii. Ports: Report on the 25th Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Ports Executive Board (CECIP) held on February 14, 2025, by the First Vice-Chair, Uruguay.
iii. Tourism: Twenty-Sixth Inter-American Congress of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of Tourism to be held on April 3-4, 2024, Washington D.C.
- Preliminary List of Observers and Special Guests (Revised) CIDI/doc.435 rev.2
-Draft Schedule CIDI/TUR-XXVI/doc.3/25
4. Consideration of the Draft SEDI Annual Report 2024 to CIDI/doc. 442/25 rev.2
5. Consideration of the Draft SEDI Work Plan 2025 to CIDI/doc. 441/25 rev.1
6. Other matters
OAS Webcast available here