At its seventh meeting, the Executive Committee had the opportunity to review the programmes of the working groups set up by Conference and take note of advances in their activities, and to consider the projects of the Programme on Regional Public Goods, which are significant achievements of the Biennial programme of regional and international cooperation 2007-2009 adopted by the Conference. The Executive Committee could also consider and promote the cooperation activities being carried out by the different international organizations in the region. 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Thursday 29 November

9 a.m. - 10 a.m. Registration of participants

10 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. Welcoming address and opening of the meeting

10.30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Adoption of the agenda and organizational procedures

11 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. Coffee break

Agenda item 2: Adoption of measures for implementing the resolutions emanating from the fourth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

11.30 a.m. - 12 noon Approval of the final version of the Biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities, 2007-2009

12 noon - 1 p.m. Programme of work of the knowledge transfer network

1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Lunch break

3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Programme of activities of the new working group on gender statistics

4 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. Technological and methodological cooperation for the conduct of the 2010 round of censuses

4.30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Coffee break 2007-961 2 2 5 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. The 2010 round of censuses

5.30 p.m. - 6 p.m. Monitoring of progress towards fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals

Friday 30 November

9 a.m. - 9.30 a.m. Report on the activities of the Working Group on National Accounts

9.30 a.m. - 10 a.m. Report on the activities of the Working Group on Information and Communications Technologies



Agenda item 3: Status report on the projects of the Programme on Regional Public Goods

10 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. Project on integration and harmonization of instruments for social statistics (INAES)

10.30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Coffee break

11 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. Project for the update of poverty measurement methodology used in Latin America and the Caribbean

11.30 a.m. - 12 noon Project on dissemination and evaluation of harmonized census statistics for social programmes for sustainable development in MERCOSUR, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Mexico

12 noon - 12.30 p.m. Project on migration and the pattern of remittances to Central American countries



Agenda item 4: Consideration of regional and international cooperation initiatives

12.30 p.m. - 1 p.m. Initiative of ECLAC and the Statistical Office of the European Communities (EUROSTAT) relating to the European Statistics Code of Practice

1 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. Lunch break

2.30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Proposal for an integrated programme of statistical activities

3 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. Other regional and international cooperation initiatives

3.30 p.m. - 4 p.m. Agreements

4 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. Closure