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V Regional Congress of Latin America and Spanish Speaking Caribbean Countries

Business and Professional Women of the World Advancing towards New Challenges

Santiago Chile.
April 16 - 17 and 18th, 2007


 
Invitation Letter
Program
Accommodations

Program

Date/Time
Program

Monday 16
Program during this day will be in the rooms of the CIRCULO ESPAÑOL, ALAMEDA LIBERTADOR BERNARDO O`HIGGINS No. 1550, SANTIAGO, tel 4842000.

08.15 Hrs.
Registration

Opening

    Words from the Regional Coordinator
      Mrs. M. Inés Bunning from Brazil

Welcome

    President of BPW Chile. Mrs. Carmen Ojeda C

  Presentation of the Presidents of the Federations from the participating countries.



Greeting from the International President

    Dr. Chonchanok Viravan from Thailand

Greetings from the Representative of the Chilean Government

Words from the Mayor of Providencia


11:00 Hrs. Welcome Coffee

11:20 Hrs. "Education and Training". Basic tools for the autonomous woman”
 

Education Panel:

  • A representative from Education in Chile.
  • A representative from UNESCO.
  • Guest of Latin America and the Caribbean Islands.
  • A representative of University Women.
  • A representative of the Chilean Federation

Training Panel:

Panel composed of five panelists.- 15 minutes for debate.

12:00 hrs.

Panel "Work and employment" Current situation of Women at work and employment. Advances and Challenges.

Panel composed of Representative from Labor, A lawyer from the labor legal area, a Leader of the Working world, Guest from Latin America and the Caribbean.

15 minutes for debate.


14.15 hrs. Lunch

15:30 hrs

Plenary Session.-

    " The Joy and Challenges of BPW International'
      International President Chonchanok Viraran
16:30 hrs. Work shop on revision and reform of the organization, International President.

17:30 hrs. Coffee Break

17:40 – 18:40 hrs. Continuation of Work shop
20:00 hrs. Invitation of the Chilean Federation to the International guests and members of the Chilean Federation
 

Tuesday 17th

09:00 hrs.

"Public Spaces, Private Spaces" Delinquency, intra familiar violence, drugs, family absenteeism. Panel: representative of SERNAM, the new penal justice, representatives of Judges of family courts of Chile, representatives of guest Latin American country.


10:30 hrs.
Coffee break

10:45 hrs.

Panel. "Women in Businesses"- From small to big businesses. Making ways


12:00 hrs.

" A wide and near world"
Regional Integration

14:00 hrs.
Lunch

15:30 hrs.

BPW in our region. Presentation by the Regional Coordinator Mrs. Maria Inés Bunning de Brazil

  • Previous Regional Meeting Report
  • Report of countries
  • Report of Committee Coordinators.

16:45 hrs.
Coffee Break

17:00 -18:00 hrs.

Continuation of the work shop of the Regional Coordinator

20.30 hrs.

Congress Official Dinner

Wednesday 18.-

09:00 hrs.

Panel "Environment a responsibility of all of us" Participants are: representative of the Council of Sustainable Development of Chile, Two representatives from NGOs on the environment issue, Chile, Representative from BPW Brazil.

10:30 hrs.
Coffee Break.

11:00 hrs.
Panel. “Women and Civil participation” In politics. In the syndicate organizations. In the community and NGOs organizations. Panel conformed by guest of the General Secretary of the Government, Guest of MIDEPLAN. Two Chilean NGOs. Two parliamentarians.
12:15 hrs. Debate
12:45 hrs. “Looking at the future” Homage to the girls of today, women of tomorrow.
  Participation of Young BPW. International Committee, Regional Countries and BPW Chile.
13:30 hrs. Transfer to Viña del Mar.
14:15 Hrs. Closing Lunch in Viña del Mar (BPW Viña del Mar).
Visit to Congress (to be confirmed) to Valparaíso and its hills. Tea of friendship.
20:00 hrs Return to Santiago.
   


Pos-Congress Invitation

All trips should consider one more day of stay, this is to say, you should consider returning to your countries on Thursday April 26th.
On this trips you will be accompanied by members of our federation and our members in those regions where there are local BPWs

Think of the south of the world, dream of incredible deserts, beaches, lakes, volcanoes and glaciers

Dream with a colorful country, warm, friendly and beautiful, and then think and COME TO CHILE!

CHILE AWAITS YOU AND IN OUR CHILEAN FEDERATION WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU WITH CORDIALITY, ENTHUSIASM AND HAPPINESS.


Accommodations

PROVIDENCIA Sector

Hotel Diego Velásquez
Guardia Vieja 150, fonos 56-2-2344400
Located a block and a half of the Metro Los Leones

 
Single Room
Double Room
Triple Room
US $ 100
US $ 100
US $ 112
       

Hotel Presidente
Eliodoro Yánez 867, 56-2- 2339090-2358015

     
Single Room
Double Room
Triple Room
US $ 103
US $ 100
US $ 128
       

Hotel Posada Salvador
Eliodoro Yánez 983, 56-2359450-2360991
A block from Metro Salvador

       
 

Single Room
Double Room
Triple Room

  US $ 52
US $ 66
US $ 75
       
N.H. de Santiago
Condell 40, 56-2-3417575
A block from Metro Salvador
       
  Single Room
Double Room
Triple Room
  US $ 179
US $ 179
US $ 179
 
Eurotel
Guardia Vieja 285, Fono 2516111
Two blocks from metro Los Leones
       
  Single Room
Double Room
Triple Room

US $ 65
US $ 80
US $ 90

CENTRO SECTOR

Hotel San Francisco
Av. Bernardo O`higgins 816 (Alameda), fono 56-6393832
A block from Metro Santa Lucía
       
  Single Room
Double Room
  US $ 122
US $ 132
       
Hotel Diego de Almagro Av.
Bernardo O`higgins 1285, 56-2-6726002, fax 56-2-6881946
Alameda (frente a metro) www.diegodealmagrohoteles.cl
  Single Room
Double Room
  US $ 79
US $ 84

We also remind you that many of our Chilean members have delayed part of their vacations in order to accompany you to the pos-congress trips, that according to your preferences, will be Torres del Paine (south of the country) or Easter Island.

The costs of the trip and hotel are: Leaving Santiago April 19th, 2007 and returning to Santiago April 24th, 2007.

National Park Torres del Paine:
  • Includes air travel (Santiago – Punta Arenas – Santiago), transfers and hotel in Punta Arenas (one night ), Puerto Natales (two nights) and in the Torres del Paine National Park (two nights in Hotel Lago Grey, in front of the glaciar)
  • All included with bus at the groups disposal for the two days of Torres del Paine Breakfast and lunch and dinner
 

Total Cost:

  • US $ 800 dollars, (considering double or triple room)
  • US $ 1.100 dollars in single rooms.

Hotels:
     
Hotel Tierra del Fuego in Punta Arenas
Hotel Glaciares in Puerto Natales
Hostería Lago Gray in Torres del Paine

EASTER ISLAND

Leaving Saturday April 21st, returning Wednesday April 25th.

Total cost.

  • Includes air travel Santiago – Isla de Pascua - Santiago
    Air Ticket, hotels 4 nights, breakfasts, lunches and excursions.
  • Complete Program based in single room between US $ 1.000 and US$ 1.500
  • Complete Program based in double room between US $ 850 and US$ 1.250
Hotels ranging from less to more pricey:
     
Hotel Gomero  
Hotel Manutara  
Hotel Taha Tai  
Hotel Iorana  
Hotel Anga Roa  

The people who choose to travel to Easter Island should consider to be in Chile from Monday 16th for the Congress and returning to their countries by the 26th. (This is due to the fact the Easter Island has only 4 flights per week).

For the Torres del Paine National Park you should consider returning to your countries on the 25th.

NOTE:

Confirmation of hotels, registration to Congress, confirmation of Pos-Congress Trips: By March 15th.

Confirmation of works to be presented By March 15th.

 

 
 
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