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Agenda of GPC 2001 Trip to Mexico
   

Tuesday, November 27

AfternoonArrival in Oaxaca
6:00-7:30pmWelcome and Introduction: A Portrait of Social Development in Mexico
Presenters: Vivian Blair, Senior Advisor to Synergos, Javier Vargas, President, Vamos Foundation and Adriana Cortés, Executive Director, Bajio Community Foundation
8:00-10:30pmInaugural Dinner hosted by Rodolfo and Norma Ogarrio at their home.


Wednesday, November 28

8:00-10:00amBreakfast Presentation on the Socio-cultural Context in Oaxaca
With Javier Vargas, President, Vamos Foundation and representatives of CAMPO, CENTEOTL and EDUCA
11:00am-12:30pmCultural Site Visit to Monte Alban Archeological Zone
4:00-5:30pmTour of the Templo-Museo Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Guided by Pablo González
8:00-10:00pmCultural Evening with Guelaguetza and Dinner


Thursday, November 29

8:15-10:15amBreakfast with CEPCO
10:45am-12:30pmPresentation and site visits with CENTEOTL
3:30-5:30pmPresentation: Alliances and Actors in Oaxaca
With representatives of CAMPO, CENTEOTL and EDUCA
7:30pmDeparture to Guanajuato
Travel on personal airplanes provided by GPC Founding Members Alberto Baillères and Manuel Arango


Friday, November 30

8:00amBreakfast: Introduction to Site Visits
Hosted and presented by the Bajio Community Foundation
10:15am-2:00pmSite Visits hosted by the Board of Directors of the Bajio Community Foundation

The Addictions Network Sites
Resurge Rehabilitation Center
CEDOJC

The Children's Network Sites:
Albergüe Infantil
Villa Infantil

2:30-4:30pmLunch: Hosted by Julio Velasco and Angelica Ortiz at their home
5:00-6:30pmGuanajuato Debriefing
8:00pmCallejoneada and Cocktail Reception


Saturday, December 1

9:00-10:30amBreakfast with the President and First Lady of Mexico at their private ranch in San Cristobal, Guanajuato
11:00am-2:00pmInternational Forum: Local Development in the Face of Globalization
Organized by the Bajio Community Foundation at the Teatro Juárez of the University of Guanajuato. Particpants join sessions on The Challenges of Local Development and Development: A Shared Human Project.
3:00-5:00pmInternational Forum Lunch


Sunday, December 2

MorningTravel to Mexico City
Noon-2:00pmLunch and Presentation of the Access Initiatve
4:00-7:00pmMexico City Cultural Tour including the National Palace, the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Aztec Museum
Arranged by Clemente Serna and Maria Luisa Barrera de Serna and conducted by Carlos McKinley of the Mexico City Tourism Department
7:30-9:30pmDinner hosted by Carlos Slim at the Soumaya Museum


Monday, December 3

8:30-10:00amBreakfast hosted by Manuel Arango with the Executive Committee of the Mexican Center for Philanthropy (CEMEFI)
10:00-11:30amDialogue with CEMEFI on its work and the role of philanthropy in Mexico
Discussants: Jorge Villalobos, Executive Director, CEMEFI; Maria Luisa Barrera de Serna, Chair of the board, CEMEFI; and members of CEMEFI's Executive Committee
 


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Several Mexican and US GPC members. From left to right -- Marie Thérèse Arango, Alberto Baillères, Peggy Dulany, David Rockefeller, Alejandro Baillères, Tere Baillères, Roberto Hernández, Claudia Hernández, Juan Pablo Baillères and Manuel Arango.

 
 

Noon-2:00pmSocial Development Dialogue and Reception on Business Social Responsibility in Mexico Hosted by the Vamos Foundation
Panelists: Josefina Vasquez Mota, Secretary, Mexican Ministry of Social Development; Peggy Dulany, Chair of the board, Synergos; Kimmo Lipponen, Director, Corporate Marketing, Nokia International; David Rockefeller; and Gerardo Villareal, General Director, T1MSN
2:30-4:30pmLunch with the Vamos Foundation
8:00pmDinner and Reflection hosted by Alberto and Tere Baillères


Tuesday, December 4

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Vivian Blair Torres, a senior advisor to Synergos, walks with a group of children during the site visit with CENTEOTL.

 
 
 
 
 




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David Winder, Director of the Global Philanthropy & Foundation Building Program at Synergos, and GPC Founding Member Maria Josepha Serrano.