Monday, 26 May

14:00 to 14:30

Registration of participants – Raúl Prebisch Conference Room

14:30 to 14:50

Inauguration of the XXXVII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy

• José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary, ECLAC

• Luis Mateos Paraino, Ad interim Business Officer of the Embassy of Spain in Chile

   

Session 1 – Panel of authorities from Ministries of Finance: Fiscal policy challenges in the
region

Moderator: ECLAC

Presentation of the Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025:

• ECLAC

Comments from authorities from Ministries of Finance of the region: Closed Session

Tuesday, 27 May

Registration of participants – Raúl Prebisch Conference Room

09:00 to 11:30

Session 2 – Panel of international organizations: Fiscal policy challenges within a low-growth
context

Moderator: Cecilia Vera Iglesias, Economic Affairs Officer, Office of the Executive Secretary, ECLAC

Presentations:

• Manuela Francisco, Global Director for Economic Policy, World Bank Group
• Juan Toro, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Óscar Valencia, Principal Specialist, Fiscal Management Division, IDB Group
• Jessica Roldán Peña, Director of Macroeconomic Studies, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
• Sebastián Nieto Parra, Head of Latin America and the Caribbean, OECD Development 
  Centre
• Alexander Pick, Head of Tax Data and Statistical Analysis, Centre for Tax Policy and 
  Administration, OECD
• Santiago Díaz de Sarralde, Tax Studies and Research Director, CIAT, virtual
• Noel Pérez Benítez, Officer in Charge and Coordinator of the Fiscal Affairs Unit, Economic
  Development Division, ECLAC

Open dialogue

Coffee break

11:45 to 13:00

Session 3 – Presentation of Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2025

Moderator: Georgina Cipoletta Tomassian, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Development Division, ECLAC

Presentations:

• Sebastián Nieto Parra, Head of Latin America and the Caribbean, OECD Development Centre
• Alexander Pick, Head of Tax Data and Statistical Analysis, Centre for Tax Policy and
  Administration, OECD
• Dalmiro Morán, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Development Division, ECLAC
• Óscar Valencia, Principal Specialist, Fiscal Management Division, IDB Group
• Santiago Díaz de Sarralde, Tax Studies and Research Director, CIAT, virtual
   

Open dialogue

Lunch break

15:00 to 17:30

Session 4 – Expenditures and public investment to reduce structural gaps

Moderator: ECLAC

Presentations:

• Dalmiro Morán, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Development Division, ECLAC
• Helmut Schwarzer, Head of Public Finance, Actuarial and Statistical Services Unit, ILO
• Adela Recio Alcaide, Advisory Member at the Institute of Fiscal Studies, Spain
• Javiera Martínez, Director, Budget Directorate, Chile

Comments:

• María Dolores Almeida Sánchez, Consultant on economics and public finance
• Oscar Cetrángolo, University of Buenos Aires, virtual

Open dialogue

Wednesday, 28 May

08:15 to 9:00

Registration of participants – Raúl Prebisch Conference Room

9:00 to 11:15

Session 5 – Tax policies to reduce inequality and promote environmental sustainability

Moderator: Dalmiro Morán, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Development Division, ECLAC

Exposiciones:

• Andrea Podestá, Consultant, ECLAC
• Débora Freire, Undersecretary of Fiscal Policy, Secretariat of Economic Policy, Ministry of Finance, Brazil
• Cristian Cruz Moreno, Director General of Macroeconomic Policy, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Colombia
• Héctor Villarreal, Director of the Initiative for Economic and Demographic Transition, Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico

Comments

• Alejandra Macías Sánchez, Executive Director, Center for Economic and Budgetary Research, Mexico

Open dialogue

Coffee break

11:30 to 13:45

Session 6 – Mobilizing financing to expand fiscal space

Moderator: Esteban Pérez Caldentey, Senior Economic Affairs Officer and Coordinator of the Financing for Development Unit, Economic Development Division, ECLAC

Presentations:

• Mónica Colomer, Ambassador-at-Large for Financing for Development, Ministry of Foreign
  Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Spain, virtual
• José Antonio Ocampo, Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs,
  Columbia University, virtual
• Poliana Garcia Ferreira, International Tax Cooperation Coordinator, Secretariat of
  International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Brazil
• Alexis Cruz Rodríguez, Highest Authority, Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development,
  Dominican Republic
   

Comments:

• Juan Carlos Moreno Brid, Professor of Economics, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Open dialogue

13:45 to 14:00

Closing remarks

• ECLAC