CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the AmericasNovember 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C.

Work calendar for preparation of the Social Charter of the Americas

Consolidation of the Chair’s proposal and the comments by delegations

CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the Americas

CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the AmericasNovember 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C.

Tentative Work Calendar TENTATIVE DATE MEETING FORMAT ACTIVITY

Sept. 19 Meeting of Chairs and Vice Chairs of the Working Group and Regional Coordinators

• Dialogue on the procedure for resuming work on the Social Charter of the Americas and its Plan of Action

• Review of the order of business for the next plenary meeting

Sept. 22 Working Group meeting

Presentation by Ambassador Abigaíl Castro de Pérez, Chair of the Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI on the Draft Social Charter of the Americas, on a proposed procedure for resuming negotiations on the Social Charter

Sept. 28 Informal Working Group meeting

• Decisions of Sept. 22 meeting• Review of procedure and of tentative calendar• Reflections on the operative section of the Social Charter

Oct. 19 Working Group meeting

Oral presentation of the summary of the informal Working Group meeting of Thurs., Sept. 28 Consideration of the proposed procedure and tentative work calendar (GTC/CASA/doc.36/06) Comments by delegations: ALADI - (GTC/CASA/doc.36/06 add. 1), Canada

(GTC/CASA/doc.36/06 add. 2), and United States (GTC/CASA/doc.36/06 add.3) Mandates to the Secretariat

CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the AmericasNovember 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C.

Tentative Work Calendar TENTATIVE

DATEMEETING FORMAT ACTIVITY

Oct. 30 Formal Working

Group meeting

Expert presentations on aspects of preparatory documents for the Social Charter. Informational meeting

Speakers: - Víctor Abramovich, Professor, School of Law, University of Buenos Aires, member of the Inter-American

Commission on Human Rights - Carmen Artigas, Chief, Human Rights Unit, Social Development Division, ECLAC - Dana Martin, Principal Attorney, Inter-American Development Bank - Andy Norton, Principal Social Development Specialist, World Bank

Dialogue with the Working Group

Nov. 7Formal Working Group

meeting

Presentation of tentative calendar reflecting the comments and presentations by countries and groups of countries

Consideration of the procedure for approaching the tasks in the Plan of Action of the Social Charter

Nov. 20 Formal Working Group

meeting

Presentation of the preliminary draft of the operative section of the Social Charter entrusted to the Secretariat; beginning of negotiations

Nov. 27Informal Working

Group meeting

Presentation and continued negotiation of the operative section of the Social Charter

CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the AmericasNovember 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C.

Tentative Work Calendar

TENTATIVE DATE

MEETING FORMAT ACTIVITY

Dec. 4 Formal Working Group

meeting

Continued negotiation of the operative section

Dec. 11 Formal Working Group

meeting

Follow-up mechanisms. Expert presentations on aspects of preparatory documents for the Social Charter. Informational meetingSpeakers: -PARTICIPATION BY OTHER EXPERTS: PRESENTATION BY JEAN-PAUL HUBERT (CHAIR, INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE)-AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF SUBREGIONAL INSTITUTIONS: CARICOM, ANDEAN GROUP, SICA, ETC.)Dialogue with the Group of Experts

Dec. 15 Informal Working Group

meeting

Continued negotiation of the operative section Deliberations on the Plan of Action

CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the AmericasNovember 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C.

Tentative Work Calendar

TENTATIVE DATE

MEETING FORMAT ACTIVITY

Jan. 15, 2007Formal Working Group

meeting

Continued negotiation of the operative section

Jan. 29Informal Working

Group meeting

Continued negotiation Evaluation and analysis of the status of negotiations

Feb. 12Informal Working

Group meeting

Continued negotiation

Feb. 19Formal Working Group

meeting

Deliberations on the Plan of Action Other business

Feb. 26Formal Working Group

meeting

Status report on the preparation of the Draft Social Charter of the Americas Conclusion of the Chair pro tempore’s work Election of new officers of the Working Group Other business