PAST EVENT
HEALTH and EDUCATION MISSION
WASHINGTON, DC
July 11 to 13, 2007
This mission, organized by Canadian Private Sector Liaison Officer (PSLO) Network, will focus on Social Sectors: a look at Projects in the Education and Health sectors at both the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank at their headquarters in Washington, DC.
Topics
- EDUCATION system reform and promotion of quality education;
- pupil assessment; financial and economic analysis and reform;
- education and technology;
- vocational education and training;
- public/private partnerships
- administration of the education systems and the role of the public sector;
- preschool and early childhood, and alternative delivery modes to reach excluded populations
- HEALTH conditions in Latin American Countries, epidemiological changes, risk factors and their social determinants;
- health and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs);
- health sector structure and performance;
- lessons learned from Bank projects;
- IDB priority interventions in health, monitoring and evaluation issues.
Who Should Attend
- Consulting firms, individual consultants, universities, think tanks and NGOs
- Equipment manufacturers/suppliers
- Prospective sponsors of IDB private sector projects.
Why Attend
- To learn what types of projects the IDB is financing in the sectors of your interest;
- To identify opportunities to market your company's products and services;
- To discover how projects are initiated and developed;
- To find out how your firm can stay in the loop for future projects; and
- To learn abaout the IDB's procurement procedures.
Registration
For more information, contact:
Anthony Watts (PSLO Manitoba)
Phone: 204.945-8245
Email: Anthony.Watts@gov.mb.ca
Workshop Sponsors
- Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
- Province of Alberta
- Province of Manitoba
- Private Sector Liaison Officer
- Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership
