Governance in Colombia's Conflict Zones Conference at CSIS

July 11, 2011

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2011 – The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Americas Program will host a conference on extending state authority into Colombia’s former conflict zones. Two CSIS studies (2009 and 2011) will serve as the basis for an examination of how to address Colombia’s ongoing security and development needs.

WHEN/WHERE:

Wednesday, July 13, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
CSIS B1-B Conference Center, 1800 K Street NW

Agenda:

Introduction:

Stephen Johnson
Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Americas Program

An overview of USAID/OTI's Initial Governance Response Program:

Johanna Mendelson Forman
Senior Associate, CSIS Americas Program and Simon Chair in Political Economy

Robert D. Lamb
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, CSIS Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation (C3)

Views from the field:

*Alvaro Balcazar
First Civil Coordinator of Colombia's Plan de Consolidación Integral de la Macarena (PCIM)

*Diego Meyer Artunduaga
Mayor, San Juan de Arama

Commentary:

Susan Reichle
Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Policy, Planning, and Learning, USAID

*Will be speaking in Spanish, English translation provided.

Credentialed members of the media who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org.

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H. Andrew Schwartz
CSIS
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