Venue: George Price Center Date: July 8, 2009 Presented By: Ing. Barry Palacio First National Stakeholders Consultation on the Framework of the Strategy for Rural Development July – August Belmopan, Belize

CONTENT BACKGROUND OF THE FRAME OF REFERENCE PARTICIPATORY PROCESS OF CONSULTATION OBJECTIVES OF THE CONSULTATION INPUTS IN SUPPORT OF THE CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES DURING THE INITIAL CONSULTATION

Background of the Framework of the Strategy Political process behind ECADERT XXXIII Meeting of Heads of State and of Government of the Central American Integration System (SICA) 05/12/08 Inter-governmental Technical Group (GTI) 13/03/09 Group of Experts (GE) 28-30/04/09 Linkages with PACA and ERAS.

PARTICIPATORY PROCESS OF CONSULTATION Participatory and orderly consultations Systematic summary of information derived from the participatory process Organizing the information for the regional analysis Contributions of the formulation stage

OBJECTIVES OF THE CONSULTATION To receive inputs from the various social and institutional actors involved in rural development in each country for the formulation of ECADERT.

OBJECTIVES OF THE CONSULTATION To provide information to participants on the process of formulation of the Central American Strategy for Rural Territorial Development ECADERT

OBJECTIVES OF THE CONSULTATION To promote dialogue and collective reflection for the institutions and organizations in the country to take upon themselves the national processes of formulation of the Strategy.

INPUTS FOR THE CONSULTATION i. Proposed Agenda ii. Participatory methodology for the consultation iii. Executive Summary of the Frame of Reference iv. Video on the Frame of Reference v. Supplementary presentations vi. Methodological guides for Group work

ACTIVITIES DURING THE CONSULTATION Presentation on the Methodology of the Consultation Presentation of video on the FR Plenary discussion of the FR

ACTIVITIES DURING THE CONSULTATION First part of Group work Second part of Group work Presentation of Conclusions and Recommendations of the Group work Summary and Final Remarks

Important Backdrop of Ecadert  It draws heavily from the DDC Structure and Experience for both formulation and implementation  All line Ministries should render their resources to better serve their clientele (the Rural Families). One Government one people.  Belize’s National Rural Development Strategy will fit into the Regional Strategy with its’ uniqueness.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE CONSULTATION To Constitute a Pro tem Working Group.