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01-28-2009, 05:10 PM
The multi-sector conference convened by President Leonel Fernandez to discuss national issues in the light of the present global economic crisis begins today amidst a range of expectations and frustrations with previous all-talk and no-action events organized by the government. The "Summit for National Unity Facing the World Crisis," also dubbed the "Summit of the Live Forces" will begin at 9am at the Santo Domingo Hilton.
The coordinating committee has announced that the summit would take place in two stages. Seven topics are on the agenda for discussion, including the economy and productivity, social policies and employment, citizen safety, institutional policies, municipal management and the environment, immigration and the border and energy and hydrocarbons. For the formal discussions there are seven designated "work groups" that will include a representative from each sector and a high-ranking government representative in the corresponding field.
The first phase of the summit begins tomorrow with the participants meeting each weekend leading up to 20 February 2009. This will be followed by the announcement of the "2009 Action Plan". President Fernandez will then present the conclusions during his 27 February speech to the National Assembly on the occasion of Independence Day.
The second part of the summit, which will begin at some point in March, will yield medium and long-term results that will be submitted to Congress for approval.
At today's summit opening, Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado will give the invocation, after which Economy, Planning and Development Minister Temistocles Montas will speak. Montas will be followed by former Inter-American Development Bank president Enrique Iglesias and then by President Leonel Fernandez.
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The coordinating committee has announced that the summit would take place in two stages. Seven topics are on the agenda for discussion, including the economy and productivity, social policies and employment, citizen safety, institutional policies, municipal management and the environment, immigration and the border and energy and hydrocarbons. For the formal discussions there are seven designated "work groups" that will include a representative from each sector and a high-ranking government representative in the corresponding field.
The first phase of the summit begins tomorrow with the participants meeting each weekend leading up to 20 February 2009. This will be followed by the announcement of the "2009 Action Plan". President Fernandez will then present the conclusions during his 27 February speech to the National Assembly on the occasion of Independence Day.
The second part of the summit, which will begin at some point in March, will yield medium and long-term results that will be submitted to Congress for approval.
At today's summit opening, Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado will give the invocation, after which Economy, Planning and Development Minister Temistocles Montas will speak. Montas will be followed by former Inter-American Development Bank president Enrique Iglesias and then by President Leonel Fernandez.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)