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Ibero-American Business Meeting to begin this Thursday

Photo: Ibero-American General Secretariat

March 23 |

The XIV Ibero-American Business Meeting, which is organized in the framework of the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, will begin this Thursday afternoon at the Sansouci Convention Center in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

According to its organizers, the event will have the slogan “Together for a fair and sustainable Iberoamerica” and will be held until Friday. On this day, several heads of State and Government are expected to participate, who will discuss the topics on the agenda, in addition to awarding the Ibero-American Quality Award and handing over the Presidency of the Council to Ecuador.

The topics to be discussed will be investment, sustainability, climate action, social commitment and new financing models, and connectivity and digital transformation. Tourism, infrastructure, energy and ecological transition and gender equality will also be discussed.

At this meeting, the report “Latin America Economic Outlook 2022” will be presented and five panels will be held, led by ministers from the Dominican Republic and other personalities from the region.

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The activities will be led by the Vice President of the Dominican Republic, Raquel Peña, and the Ibero-American Secretary General, Andres Allamand. The event will be attended by more than one thousand businessmen from the region.

Meanwhile, the Ibero-American Summit will be inaugurated this Friday and is expected to be attended by 14 presidents, two vice presidents, two prime ministers and 22 foreign ministers, who will adopt important instruments aimed at guaranteeing the development of the region.

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