Launch of the Infrastructure report in the development of Latin America (Ideal) 2022
CAF -development bank of Latin America- invites you to the launch of the report Infrastructure in the development of Latin America (Ideal) 2022, entitled "Water, energy and health for a better environment"
Event date:
December 01, 2022
Since the first United Nations Conference on the Environment that took place in 1972, countries have considered environmental care as a key element for the survival and sustainable development of their economies.
Climate change and the conservation of natural capital are the main environmental challenges facing society. This IDEAL 2022 report studies in depth the role of strategic infrastructure sectors in sustainable development.
Within the framework of the commitments for the decarbonization of economic activities, it is based on the current configuration of the energy matrices of the region, and the interventions that aim at the transition towards an energy system based on primary sources with a lower level of energy are analyzed. emissions, a higher electrical component, a reduction in energy intensity and the incorporation of technological developments that facilitate the transition, as well as actions to adapt to climate change, taking into account in a timely manner the capacities of the region.
In the water sector, the control of polluting activities, the improvement in efficiency, the development of the circular economy and an integrated resource management approach contribute to the conservation of water resources. The report reviews policies, regulations, and investments in infrastructure —traditional and those that include natural resources— to achieve this objective, without neglecting access and affordability of the service.
Date: December 1st, 2022
Time: 14:00
Online event. The event will be streamed on this website.
Program
Program
December 01, 2022
Welcome remarks
Speakers:
Sergio Díaz-Granados
Executive President, CAF -Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
Colombia
Malena Galmarini
President of AYSA, Argentina
Sergio Díaz-Granados
Executive President, CAF -Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
Colombia
Sergio Díaz-Granados has extensive experience in public and private service, both nationally and internationally, with special emphasis on regional development and integration issues. Before assuming the presidency of CAF, he served as Executive Director for Colombia at the Inter-American Development Bank. He previously held the positions of Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia, Vice Minister of Business Development and President of the Boards of Directors of Bancóldex and ProColombia. He also has been a congressman and chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee of the Colombia’s House of Representatives.
Malena Galmarini
President of AYSA, Argentina
Degree in Political Science, Government and Administration. In December 2019, she became the first female President of Aguas y Saneamientos Argentinos (Aysa), the second largest water and sanitation company in Latin America and fifth in the world. Ms. Galmarini also chairs the Latin American Association of Water and Sanitation Operators (ALOAS). She is a provincial deputy elected by the Province of Buenos Aires under license and previously served as Secretary of Health Policy and Human Development and Councilor of the Municipality of Tigre, among others.
Presentation of the IDEAL 2022 report
Speakers:
Walter Cont
Senior Executive of Sector Analysis at CAF
Walter Cont
Senior Executive of Sector Analysis at CAF
PhD y MA en Economía - Universidad de California, Los Angeles. Master en Economía del Programa de Posgrado en Políticas Públicas del Instituto Torcuato di Tella. Licenciado en Economía - Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Es profesor adjunto ordinario en la Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Sus intereses en investigación se centran en organización industrial, regulación de servicios públicos y defensa de la competencia. Antes de sumarse a CAF se desempeñó como Economista Asociado en la Fundación de Investigaciones Económicas Latinoamericanas. Ha sido docente, además, en la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de San Andrés y Universidad Torcuato di Tella.
Panel "Energy for a better environment"
Moderator: Nicolás Estupiñán, Director of the Directorate of Sectoral Analysis, CAF -Development Bank of Latin America-
Speakers:
Flavia Royón
Secretary of Energy, Argentina
Juan Ricardo Ortega
President of Grupo Energía, Bogotá
Alejandro Lew
CFO, YPF
Flavia Royón
Secretary of Energy, Argentina
Juan Ricardo Ortega
President of Grupo Energía, Bogotá
Alejandro Lew
CFO, YPF
Panel "Environmental challenges for water resources"
Moderator: Ángel Cárdenas, Manager of Urban Development and Water and Creative Economies, CAF -Development Bank of Latin America-
Speakers:
Pilar Barría
Advisor to the Ministry of the Environment of Chile, Office of Just Socio-Ecological Transition
Emilio Lentini
International specialist in institutional and economic aspects of urban water and sanitation services
Elisa Belfiori
International Environmental Specialist, Torcuato di Tella University
Pilar Barría
Advisor to the Ministry of the Environment of Chile, Office of Just Socio-Ecological Transition
Emilio Lentini
International specialist in institutional and economic aspects of urban water and sanitation services
Elisa Belfiori
International Environmental Specialist, Torcuato di Tella University
Closing remarks
Speakers:
Christian Asinelli
Corporate Vicepresident of Strategic Programming, CAF -Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
Argentina
Leandro Gorgal
Undersecretary of International Financial Relations for Development, Argentina
Christian Asinelli
Corporate Vicepresident of Strategic Programming, CAF -Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
Argentina
Christian Asinelli is a political scientist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), has a Master's degree in Public Administration and Policy from the Universidad de San Andrés (UdeSA) and postgraduate degrees in Urban Economics (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) and in Sociourbana Management (FLACSO). In 2019, he received his Ph.D in Political Science from the National University of San Martín (Argentina). During the last sixteen years he has been appointed in different roles in the public sector and the international arena: Alternate National Director of the State Modernization Project at the Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nation (2005); Deputy of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (2007-2010); Undersecretary of Evaluation of Projects with External Financing of the Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nation (2011-2014); Corporate Director of Institutional Development of CAF (2014-2017); President of the Fundación Banco Ciudad (2019) and Undersecretary of International Financial Relations for Development, Secretariat of Strategic Affairs, Presidency of the Nation. He was a Fellow of the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program (2010), the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies-MIT (2011) and the Singularity University Executive Program (2017). He is the author of the books Buenos Aires: The city we have, the city we want (Buenos Aires, 2009); Modernization of the Argentine State: policies, management and professional scene (Buenos Aires, Edition, 2015) and Financing Development: The role of multilateral banking in Latin America (Buenos Aires, 2021).
Leandro Gorgal
Undersecretary of International Financial Relations for Development, Argentina
Leandro es politólogo y su trabajo profesional se ha enfocado en temas de gobernabilidad y políticas públicas. Cuenta con una amplia experiencia en el sector público en Argentina, desempeñando funciones en procesos de modernización del Estado a nivel federal y subnacional. Entre otros, es coautor del libro "Hacia una política integral de seguridad. Consensos y disensos" (2006). Desde 2014, trabaja en CAF en temas de gestión local, fortalecimiento de capacidades estatales y programas de capacitación en gobernabilidad y liderazgo para toda la región.
