After a successful start, the Central America Donors Forum (CADF) continues this Thursday and Friday with in-depth discussions about the realities and challenges facing Central America.
This Thursday’s sessions begin with discussions about the role of the private sector in rule of law and education as a tool to address migration. There will also be talks about efforts to fight impunity in Honduras and feminist movements as a key driver of change. We will also address progress and migration in the Northern Triangle, LGBTQI and indigenous movements and the role of social enterprises, philanthropy and corporate social responsibility in economic development and mitigating migration.
Millicom, a CADF sponsor, will also host a fireside chat with its president, Mauricio Ramos, about creating opportunities for young people and the growth of the middle class, moderated by the journalist, Glenda Umaña.
On Friday, the agenda includes more panels, conferences and workshops and to close out CADF, the Honduran group Puras Mujeres and the Guatemalan singer and songwriter Sara Curruchich will perform. A total of 120 speakers participate in CADF and more than 40 activities are carried out over three days.
The forum is organized by the Seattle International Foundation (SIF) with the support of its local partners FUNDAHRSE and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Cortes (CCIC), and sponsors like Millicom/Tigo and Ford Foundation.
Among the members of the 2019 CADF host committee are Ricardo Maduro, former President of Honduras, Aline Flores, former President of the National Investment Council, Pedro Barquero, Executive Director of CCIC, Fatima Mena, Governor of San Pedro Sula, and Norma Torres, Congressman from the United States.
CADF is held every year in Central America and is one of the main multisectoral spaces to build partnerships. Proposals are generated throughout the forum addressing how to boost development and create opportunities for more just, peaceful, equitable and prosperous societies.
This is the first time that CADF has been carried out in Honduras. See our agenda for more information on the activities of the forum.
www.cadonorsforum.org #CADF2019
Summary of Agenda 2019
Thursday 24
| 7:30am—8:45 am | THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN CENTRAL AMERICAN RULE OF LAW
Juan Carlos Montoya, Senior Executive, Organization of American States José Antonio Muñoz, Founding Partner, Dentons Muñoz |
Londres |
| 7:30am—
8:45 am
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HOW CAN LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION PROGRAMMING FOR ADOLESCENTS ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF MIGRATION AND PROMOTE SOCIAL COHESION AND TRANSFORMATION?
Erin Murphy-Graham, Associate Adjunct Professor, University of California Berkeley Avi Richman, Program Officer, Tinker Foundation Anina Hewey, Director of Programs, Fabretto Children’s Foundation Alejandro Martínez, Executive Director, Asociación Bayán Paul Teeple, Chief of Party, Empleando Futuros of Banyan Global |
Paris |
| 9:00am—9:15am | CREATING OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE YOUNG CITIZENS AND GROW THE MIDDLE CLASS: A CONVERSATION WITH MAURICIO RAMOS
Mauricio Ramos, CEO of Millicom Glenda Umaña, international journalist |
Plaza España |
| 9:15am—10:00 am
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ANTI-IMPUNITY EFFORTS IN CENTRAL AMERICA: THE HONDURAS CASE
Arturo Aguilar, Executive Director of SIF Ana María Calderón Boy, Special Representative of the Secretary General of MACCIH Luis Santos, Chief of Special Attorney’s Unit Against Impunity and Corruption (UFECIC) |
Plaza España |
| 10:00am
11:00 am
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FEMINIST MOVEMENTS: THE ENGINE OF CHANGE
Fiona Montagud, Director of Programs, Calala Women’s Fund Edlin Hernández, Cofounder, Matria Collective Morena Herrera, Founder, Feminist Collective for Local Development Gilda Rivera, Steering Group Member, Mesoamerican Initiative for Human Rights Defenders |
Plaza España |
| 11:00—11:30am | Coffee break. | Galeria |
| 11:30am-12:30 pm
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THE CENTRAL AMERICA MONITOR: DATA AND ANALYSIS TO FUEL PROGRESS IN THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE
Adriana Beltrán, Director for Citizen Security, WOLA Laura Regina Andrade, Director, University Institute of Public Opinion Migdonia Ayestas, Director, National Violence Observatory at the University Institute for Democracy, Peace, and Security (IUDPAS) Lissette Vásquez, Executive Director, Myrna Mack Foundation of Guatemala |
Plaza España |
| 11:30am-12:30 pm
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SOCIAL ENTERPRISE, IMPACT INVESTING, AND VENTURE PHILANTHROPY: SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Marta Costanzo Youth, Director of the Office of Central American Affairs, U.S. Department of State Paul Carttar, Partner, International Venture Philanthropy Center Cecilia Dougherty, President, Carlos F. Novella Foundation Urs Jäger, Professor, INCAE Business School
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Londres |
| 11:30am-12:30 pm
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HOW A CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY STRATEGY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS CAN BECOME FUNDAMENTAL TO MITIGATING MIGRATION
Julio Felope Gom Gómez, Project Director, Fundahrse José Roberto Paz Ramírez, Executive Directo, Cerveceria Hondureña Foundation Claudia Sandoval, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, GILDAN Karla Sofía Simón, Vice President of Social Corporate Responsibility, FICOHSA Financial Group Blanca Villela, Regional Manager of Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility, Cargill Honduras |
París |
| 12:30pm2:00pm | Lunch | Viena |
| 2:00pm-3:00 pm
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NEW DATA ON ROOT CAUSES OF MIGRATION FROM THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE
Rebecca Galemba, Assistant Professor, Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver Jesse Acevedo, Assistant Professor, University of Denver Amelia Frank-Vitale, Doctoral Candidate, University of Michigan María Pérez, Program Manger for Returned Migrants, Mennonite Social Action Commission |
Plaza España |
| 2:00pm-
3:00 pm
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BUILDING INCLUSIVE TRANSPARENT ECONOMIES TO STEM MIGRATION FROM CENTRAL AMERICA
George Redman, Director, Oxfam Honduras Doris Gutiérrez, Congresswoman, Innovation and Unity Party of Honduras María Elena Méndez Ordóñez, Founder, Honduran Center for Women’s Studies Gabriela Miranda, Coordinator, PolétikaH Claudia Ruiz, Agronomist, ASERJUS |
Londres |
| 2:00pm-
3:00 pm
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OPENING DIALOGUES BETWEEN DONORS & LGBTI, INDIGENOUS AND LAND AND TERRITORY ACTIVISTS
Mónica Enríquez-Enríquez, Program Officer, Foundation for a Just Society Indyra Mendoza, General Coordinator, Lesbian Cattrachas Network Miriam Miranda, General Coordinator, Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras Flory Yax Tiu, Activist, Mayas Kaqla Women’s Group/ Urgent Action Fund Latin America |
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| 3:30pm—4:00pm
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MITIGATING CLIMATE MIGRATION WITH GENDER-BASED STRATEGIES
Andrea Villaseñor de la Vega, Associate Director CAMMINA, Hispanics in Philanthropy Paulo Cerrato, Freelance Journalist Susan Ellen Kandel, Deputy Director, PRISMA Foundation Miriam Miranda, General Coordinator, Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras |
Plaza España |
| 5:30pm—6:30pm | Reception | Clarion Hotel Bar |
| 6:30pm—8:00pm • | Let’s Leave: Pop-Up Magazine, about migration in Central America | Viena |
Friday 25
| 7:30am—8:45am | MIGRANT-LENS INVESTING
Marcos Paya, Project Manager, Dalberg Advisors Daniel Buchbinder, Founder and Executive Director, Alterna Daniel Granada, Partner, Pomona Impact Caroline Kronley, President, Tinker Foundation |
Londres |
| 7:30am—8:45am
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IN THE CROSSFIRE: LOCAL JOURNALISM AND THE FIGHT FOR FREE INFORMATION
Lourdes Ramírez, Media Specialist, Internews Mario Cerna, Co-Founder SmartCom Julia Gavarette, independent journalist Daniel Villatoro, Lead Trainer, International Women’s Media Foundatio |
París |
| 9:00am—9:10am | PROGRAM FOR THE REDUCTION OF POVERTY AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
Carlos Gallegos-Kattán, Officer of the Partnerships and International Cooperation Department (DAECI), BCIE |
España |
| 9:10am—9:30am | THE INTERSECTION OF ART & POLITICS: A CONVERSATION WITH SARA CURRUCHICH
Arturo Aguilar, Executive Director, SIF Sara Curruchich, Guatemalan singer and composer |
Plaza España |
| 9:30am—9:40am | Remembering Sally O’Neill | Plaza España |
| 9:40am—9:50am | ENGINES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Hugo F. Rodríguez Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State |
Plaza España |
| 10:00am—11:00am
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YOUTH ORGANIZATION & ACTIVISM IN CONTEXTS OF POLARIZATION & MISINFORMATION: HOW TO SUSTAIN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN THE REGION
Gabriel Wer, Executive Director, Instituto 25A Regina Blen, Director of Communications and Public Relations, We Help Honduras (OAH) /Student Anti-Corruption Coordinating Committee, CEA Natalia Garavito, Member, JusticiaYa Guatemala Gema Manzanares, Co-Founder Coordinator, enREDadas Rodrigo Morán, Technology and Innovation Liaison, CREA Consultants |
Plaza España |
| 11:00am—11:30am | Coffee break. | Galeria |
| 11:30am—12:30pm
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EXPERIENCES WITH LEGAL EMPOWERMENT IN CENTRAL AMERICA: INCREASING ACCESS TO JUSTICE AT THE GRASSROOTS
Esli María Cruz Nelson, Legal Empowerment Manager, Global Brigades Viviana Patal, Legal Director, Women’s Justice Initiative Lesly Ramírez, Citizen Participation Advisor, Center of Studies for the Equity and Governance in Health Systems Vinicio Sandoval, Executive Director, GMIES |
Plaza España |
| 11:30am—12:30pm
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STRENGTHENING OUR SUPPORT: APPROACHES TO DIRECT & DEMOCRATIC GRANTMAKING
Teresa Crawford, Director, Social Sector Accelerator María Eugenia Arreola, Director, Mesoamerican Reef Leadership Program, Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature Lucía Hodgson, Development Officer, Central American Women’s Fund Pilar Pacheco, Senior Program Officer, Emergency Response – Global Development Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Inés M. Pousadela, Senior Research Specialist, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation |
Londres |
| 11:30am—12:30pm
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CONNECTING MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Salvador Stadthagen, Senior Advisor and Director of LAC Strategy, Creative Associates International Manuel Orozco, Senior Director of Remittances and Development, Inter-American Dialogue Vilma Susana Ferrera, Country Director, Crea Consultants Subsidiary of Creative René A. León, Senior Advisor, Creative Associates International |
París |
| 12:30pm —2:00pm | Lunch | Viena |
| 2:00pm —3:00pm
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KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER: LESSONS IN CROSS-BORDER PARTNERSHIPS FROM THE FAMILY SEPARATION CRISIS AND BEYOND
Caroline Kronley, President, Tinker Foundation Cathleen Caron, Executive Director, Justice in Motion Jorge Escobedo, Executive Director of Pro-Bono Programs, Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice Dora Melara, abogada de la o cina jurídica Melara Gómez Claudia Murga, directora ejecutiva de Pro-Bono Guatemala Foundation |
Plaza España |
| 2:00pm —3:00pm | THE PULSE OF THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF EL SALVADOR: THE HOPES AND OPINIONS OF CITIZENS ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, SECURITY AND JUSTICE
Laura Regina Andrade, Director, University Institute of Public Opinion |
Londres |
| 2:00pm —3:00pm | GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL AMERICA: CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
Eva Rodríguez Bellegarigue, Deputy Director, DCOP Rights and Dignity Project Monserrat Arévalo, Director, Mujeres Transformando Director Gabriell Duarte, Research Coordinator, Visibles Gina Larissa Reyes, Legal Adviser | Consejera legal, Lawyers Without Borders Canada Luis Figueroa, Consultant, Partners El Salvador |
París |
| 3:00pm—3:30pm | Coffee break. | Galeria |
| 3:30pm–4:30pm
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THRIVING CIVIC SPACE IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Ximena Andión–Ibáñez, Program Officer on Civic Engagement and Governments, Office for Mexico and Central America, Ford Foundation Carlos Marroquín, Director of the Unit to Rebuild the Social Tissue, Government of El Salvador Inés M. Pousadela, Senior Research Specialist, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation José Luis Sanz, Director, El Faro |
Plaza España |
| 5:30pm —9:00pm | Closing Reception and Concert feat. Puras Mujeres and Sara Curruchich | Liquidámbar Restaurant |
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| 9:00 am – 11:00 am | The Saturday Bazaar |
