HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
35th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

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EVIDENCE

Sub-Committee
on

SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Chairman: John English

Meeting No. 8

Wednesday, October 9, 1996

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ORDER OF THE DAY:

Briefing on CIDA's Regional Initiatives Support Program

WITNESSES:

CRC SOGEMA:

André Carrier, Project Manager;

Carlos Manuel Echeverria, Regional Director, PAR Program, Costa Rica.

Canadian International Development Agency:

Jacques Bédard, Acting Regional Director, Central America Program.

Caucus of Development NGO Network of the Philippines:

Carezon Julino-Soliman, Co-Chair, Philippine Council for Sustainable Development;

Katherine Pearson, Advocacy Officer, Canadian Council for International Cooperation;

Dan Songco, National Coordinator;

Karen Tanada, Chair, Women's Action Network for Development.

Economic and Social Investigations Centre for Central America and the Caribbean:

Xabier Gorostiaga, S.J., Rector, Central America University, and President.

Regional Initiatives Support Program:

Irma Acosta De Fortin, Coordinator, International Development Corporation, Tegucigalpa.

Regional Initiatives Support Program, Guatemala City:

Richard Aitkenhead Castillo, Representative of the President of the Republic of Guatemala, Responsible for the Coordination of International Cooperation for Peace.

Superior School of Economy and Business, El Salvador:

Mirna Lievano De Marquez, Director.

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