Welcome 2024!

+ Everyone is invited to discuss about Artificial Intelligence (AI)

+ Preliminary Preparations work begins for the X Summit of the Americas in 2025

+ Health Group: ABD's contribution to the Pan-American Highway for Digital Health

+ Regional Policy Dialogue in Panama: The challenges for agri-food trade

We are ready to embark on this new year with renewed energy. We are an initiative that brings together talent and ideas to enrich dialogue and shape public policies in our continent. We aim to reach the public and private sectors with clear, well-founded, and impactful messages.

Over the years, we have witnessed fruitful results from collaborative, systematic, and organized work. We aspire for this philosophy to permeate every aspect of ABD.

We aim for 2024 to be recognized for the achievements attained, not only because challenges in the region persist but also because their urgency increases daily.

Additionally, key events await us on the horizon, such as the VI Ministerial Meeting of the Alliance of Energy and Climate of the Americas (ECPA), the Americas RISE for Health meeting, and the preparatory meetings for the X Summit of the Americas scheduled for November 2025 in the Dominican Republic.

It is imperative to make the most of our collaborative network to achieve even more tangible results in formulating and implementing public policies. The main goal for this year is to continue advancing in the implementation of the recommendations presented in 2022 and begin the preparatory work for the 2025 Summit.

Let's go for more!

ABD Technical Secretariat

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To mark on your agenda

January, 24

Virtual Meeting of the Energy and Natural Resources group to address ABD participation in the context of the VI ministerial meeting of ECPA.

January, 31

Kick-off Virtual Meeting of the ABD Task Force on Artificial Intelligence.

March, 11

Americas RISE for Health Meeting in the context of the Economic and Health Dialogue of the Americas (EHA) High-Level Meeting. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

March, 14-15

VI ECPA Ministerial Meeting, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

new members

joined ADB in 2023. All of your experience is essential to enrich our work at the organization. Welcome Albagli Zaliasnik, Haleon, CMI Group, Synergia Asuntos Públicos, Organon, Tintra, Braile Biomédica, Ginkgo Bioworks, CIF Chile, CropLife Latin America, Viatris, BD and Ethicist International. We hope that many more will join our efforts to progress this year.

working meetings

were held by the ABD’s groups throughout 2023 to promote its policy recommendations.

Everyone is invited to discuss about Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Since June 2023, ABD members interested in topics around Artificial intelligence (AI) have begun exploratory work, which has already yielded its first results.

Preparations begin for the X Summit of the Americas in 2025

In mid-December, the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of the Dominican Republic signed an agreement to formally initiate preparations for the X Summit of the Americas.

ABD contributes to the development of the Pan American Highway for Digital Health

The health group, led by Patricia Wu from Crowell & Moring International, organized a meeting in mid-December to determine how the private sector can contribute to developing the Pan-American Highway for Digital Health. The initiative, led by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), aims to create a connected health system in the continent.

Regional Policy Dialogue in Panama: Challenges for agri-food trade

In early December, IDB’s Integration and Trade Sector organized a dialogue in Panama with high-level officials from Latin America and the Caribbean. The objective was to exchange ideas and experiences regarding the challenges and opportunities regarding agri-food trade in the region and to provide perspective on the current scenario with recent data.