Monday 4 May

14:00 a 14:30
Registration of participants – Raúl Prebisch Conference Room

14:30 a 14:50
Inauguration

• José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary, ECLAC 

• Laura Oroz, Ambassador, Spanish Embassy in Chile 

14:50 a 18:00
Session 1 – Panel of authorities from Ministries of Finance 

Moderator:
ECLAC

Presentation of the Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2026

Comments from authorities of the Ministries of Finance: Closed Session

16:30 a 16:45
Coffee break

Comments from authorities of the Ministries of Finance: Closed Session

Tuesday 5 May

08:15 a 09:00
Registration of participants – Raúl Prebisch Conference Room

09:00 a 11:30

Session 2 – Panel of international organizations: Fiscal challenges in a context of low growth and high uncertainty 

Moderator

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

Presentations: 

• Rodrigo Valdés, Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 
• Marta Ruiz Arranz, Chief of the Fiscal Management Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB Group) 
• Jessica Roldán Peña, Director of Macroeconomic Studies, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean 
• Sebastián Nieto Parra, Head of the Regional Development Dynamics Division, OECD Development Centre 
• Alexander Pick, Head of Tax Data and Statistical Analysis, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration 
• Márcio F. Verdi, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT), virtual 
• Noel Pérez Benítez, Officer in Charge, Economic Development Division, ECLAC

Open dialogue 

11:30 a 11:45
Coffee break

11:45 a 13:00

Session 3 – Presentation of Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2026

Moderator 

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

Presentations: 

• Sebastián Nieto Parra, Head of the Regional Development Dynamics Division, OECD Development Centre 
• Alexander Pick, Head of Tax Data and Statistical Analysis, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration 
• Michael Hanni, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Development Division, ECLAC 
• Marta Ruiz Arranz, Chief of the Fiscal Management Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB Group) 
• Santiago Díaz de Sarralde, Tax Studies and Research Director, CIAT, virtual

Open dialogue 

13:00 a 14:30
Lunch break

14:30 a 16:15
 

Session 4 – Public expenditure and investment to bridge structural gaps

Moderator 

Alberto Arenas, Director, Social Development Division, ECLAC

Presentations:

• Fabio Bertranou, Deputy Director of the ILO Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Nicole Bidegain, Social Affairs Officer, Division for Gender Affairs, ECLAC
• Héctor Villarreal Páez, Director of the Initiative for Economic and Demographic Transition, Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico
• Sonia González Fuentes, Coordinator of the European Union Regional Programme ‘Inclusive Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean’, Foundation for the Internationalisation of Public Administration (FIAP)

Open dialogue

16:15 a 16:30
Coffee break

16:30 a 18:00

 

Session 5 – Challenges facing subnational public finances

Moderator: 

Ramón Pineda, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Development Division, ECLAC

Key findings from the upcoming document “Overview of fiscal relations between levels of government in Latin American and Caribbean countries 2026”:

• Marta Ruiz Arranz, Chief of the Fiscal Management Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB Group) and Dalmiro Morán, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Development Division, ECLAC

Comments:

• Verónica Leiza, Head of the Institutional Capacity Building Division, Office of Planning and Budget, Uruguay 
• Juan José Galeano, Advisor on Social and Economic Affairs to the President of the Republic of Paraguay
• Celia Carvalho, President of the Ibero-American Forum for Intergovernmental Budgetary and Fiscal Coordination, and of the Group of State Finance Managers (GEFIN), Brazil
• Alejandra Macías Sánchez, Executive Director, Center for Economic and Budgetary Research, Mexico

Open dialogue

Wednesday 6 May

08:15 a 09:00
Registration of participants – Raúl Prebisch Conference Room

09:00 a 10:30

 

Session 6 – Challenges for public revenue policies and options for strengthening tax systems (first module)

Moderator 

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

Presentations:

• Rodrigo Toneto, Undersecretary of Fiscal Policy, Secretariat of Economic Policy, Ministry of Finance, Brazil
• Álvaro Romano, Director of Tax Advisory, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Uruguay
• Cristina García-Herrera Blanco, Director of Studies, Institute of Fiscal Studies (IEF), Spain

Comments:

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

Open dialogue

10:30 a 10:50
Coffee break

10:50 a 12:40

 

Session 6 – Challenges for public revenue policies and options for strengthening tax systems (second module)

Moderator 

Sandra Galaz Monsalve, Senior Research Assistant, Economic Development Division, ECLAC

Presentations:

• Michael Hanni and Dalmiro Morán, Economic Affairs Officers, Economic Development Division, ECLAC
• Ariela Goldschmit and María Belén Fonteñez, Consultants
• Dalmiro Morán, Economic Affairs Officer, and Juan Manuel Badilla, Consultant; Economic Development Division, ECLAC
• Andrea Podestá, Consultant

Comments:

• Michel Jorratt, Consultant

Open dialogue

12:40 a 14:10
Lunch break

14:10 a 16:00

Session 7 – Financing for sustainable development

Moderator 

Esteban Pérez Caldentey, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Development Division, ECLAC

Presentations:

• Shari Spiegel, Director, Financing for Sustainable Development, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), virtual
• Nelson David Chávez, Director of Development and Sectoral Planning, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Dominican Republic
• Martin Kessler, Executive Director, Finance for Development Lab (FDL)
• María Dolores Almeida Sánchez, Consultant in economics and public finance, Ecuador
• Poliana Garcia Ferreira, International Tax Cooperation Coordinator, Secretariat of International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Brazil

Comments:

• Sebastián Nieto Parra, Head of the Regional Development Dynamics Division, OECD Development Centre

Open dialogue

16:00 a 16:10

Closing remarks

• Noel Pérez Benítez, Officer in Charge, Economic Development Division, ECLAC