CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the Americas November 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C. Work calendar for preparation of the Social Charter of the Americas Consolidation of the Chairs proposal and the comments by delegations CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the Americas

November 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C. Tentative Work Calendar TENTATIVE DATEMEETING FORMATACTIVITY Sept. 19Meeting of Chairs and Vice Chairs of the Working Group and Regional Coordinators Dialogue on the procedure for resuming work on the Social Charter of the Americas and its Plan of Action Review of the order of business for the next plenary meeting Sept. 22 Working Group meeting Presentation by Ambassador Abigaíl Castro de Pérez, Chair of the Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI on the Draft Social Charter of the Americas, on a proposed procedure for resuming negotiations on the Social Charter Sept. 28Informal Working Group meeting Decisions of Sept. 22 meeting Review of procedure and of tentative calendar Reflections on the operative section of the Social Charter Oct. 19Working Group meeting Oral presentation of the summary of the informal Working Group meeting of Thurs., Sept. 28 Consideration of the proposed procedure and tentative work calendar (GTC/CASA/doc.36/06) Comments by delegations: ALADI - (GTC/CASA/doc.36/06 add. 1), Canada (GTC/CASA/doc.36/06 add. 2), and United States (GTC/CASA/doc.36/06 add.3) Mandates to the Secretariat

CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the Americas November 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C. Tentative Work Calendar TENTATIVE DATE MEETING FORMATACTIVITY Oct. 30 Formal Working Group meeting Expert presentations on aspects of preparatory documents for the Social Charter. Informational meeting Speakers: - Víctor Abramovich, Professor, School of Law, University of Buenos Aires, member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - Carmen Artigas, Chief, Human Rights Unit, Social Development Division, ECLAC - Dana Martin, Principal Attorney, Inter-American Development Bank - Andy Norton, Principal Social Development Specialist, World Bank Dialogue with the Working Group Nov. 7 Formal Working Group meeting Presentation of tentative calendar reflecting the comments and presentations by countries and groups of countries Consideration of the procedure for approaching the tasks in the Plan of Action of the Social Charter Nov. 20 Formal Working Group meeting Presentation of the preliminary draft of the operative section of the Social Charter entrusted to the Secretariat; beginning of negotiations Nov. 27 Informal Working Group meeting Presentation and continued negotiation of the operative section of the Social Charter

CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the Americas November 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C. Tentative Work Calendar TENTATIVE DATE MEETING FORMATACTIVITY Dec. 4 Formal Working Group meeting Continued negotiation of the operative section Dec. 11 Formal Working Group meeting Follow-up mechanisms. Expert presentations on aspects of preparatory documents for the Social Charter. Informational meeting Speakers: -PARTICIPATION BY OTHER EXPERTS: PRESENTATION BY JEAN-PAUL HUBERT (CHAIR, INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE) -AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF SUBREGIONAL INSTITUTIONS: CARICOM, ANDEAN GROUP, SICA, ETC.) Dialogue with the Group of Experts Dec. 15 Informal Working Group meeting Continued negotiation of the operative section Deliberations on the Plan of Action

CP-CEPCIDI Joint Working Group on the Social Charter of the Americas November 7, 2006 – Washington, D.C. Tentative Work Calendar TENTATIVE DATE MEETING FORMATACTIVITY Jan. 15, 2007 Formal Working Group meeting Continued negotiation of the operative section Jan. 29 Informal Working Group meeting Continued negotiation Evaluation and analysis of the status of negotiations Feb. 12 Informal Working Group meeting Continued negotiation Feb. 19 Formal Working Group meeting Deliberations on the Plan of Action Other business Feb. 26 Formal Working Group meeting Status report on the preparation of the Draft Social Charter of the Americas Conclusion of the Chair pro tempores work Election of new officers of the Working Group Other business