Tuesday 24 February

Opening of victim assistance workshop

• Mrs Nora Orozco Chamorro, Vice Minister of Health, Republic of Nicaragua
• Mr Carl Case, Director, Office of Humanitarian Mine Action, OAS / OEA
• Mr Kerry Brinkert, Director, AP Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit

Introductory remarks by the workshop chairperson

• Dr Carlos Jarquín González, Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health, Republic of Nicaragua

Challenges and lessons learned in assisting mine survivors and other persons with disabilities

• Overview - Ms Sheree Bailey, Victim Assistance Specialist, AP Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit
• Perspectives of survivors - Mr Jesús Martinez

Emergency and continuing medical care, community-based rehabilitation, and other mechanisms

Presentations by States on their experiences

• Nicaragua – Emergency and continuing medical care – Dr Reynaldo Sandino, National Army
• Nicaragua – CBR – Mr Hector Collado, Ministry of Health
• Colombia – Ms Hilda Fierro Valencia, Adviser on Victim Assistance, Presidential Programme on Mine Action

Physical rehabilitation

• Overview of issue - Mr Peter Poetsma, Head of ICRC Special Fund for the Disabled Regional Office for Latin America

Presentations by States on experiences in providing physical rehabilitation

• Colombia – Ms Novis Jiménez Mora, General Director, REI Foundation
• El Salvador – Dr José Rolando Martínez, Director, Salvadoran Institute for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled
• El Salvador – Ms Nora Centeno de Bell, Fund for Protection of the Disabled and Wounded as a Result of the Armed Conflict
• Peru – Dr Juan Guillen Cabrejos, Director General, National Institute of Rehabilitation
• Nicaragua – Dr Carlos Jarquin González, Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health 

Economic empowerment

• Overview of issue - Ms Wanda Muñoz, Handicap International

Presentations by States on their experiences in implementing economic empowerment activities

• Nicaragua – Mr. Marina Peña Rodriguez, Director of Special Programmes, INATEC  

WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY

The Second Review Conference and beyond: victim assistance priorities for the region

• Overview - Ms Sheree Bailey, Implementation Support Unit, on behalf of the Co-Chairs of the Standing Committee on Victim Assistance and Socio-Economic Reintegration
• Views of the ICBL – Mr Jesús Martinez

Legislation and public policies and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

• Overview of issue - Ms Christel Kristensen, United Nations

Presentations by States on their experiences in implementing the CRPD and other actions to address the rights and needs of persons with disabilities

• Nicaragua – Dr Guillermo Gosenbruch, Ministry of Health
• El Salvador – Ms Lourdes Barrera de Morales, Executive Director, National Council for Comprehensive Attention to Persons with Disability (CONAIPD)
• Peru – Mr Guillermo Cesar Vega Espejo, President, National Council for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (CONADIS), Ministry of Women and Social Development

Main workshop | Assisting the victims

• Understanding Victim Assistance in the Context of the AP Mine Ban Convention - Ms Sheree Bailey, Victim Assistance Specialist, AP Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit
• Presentations by OAS Member States on their efforts to assist survivors

Thursday 26 February

Visit to the National Centre for Technical Assistance and Orthoprosthetics (CENAPRORTO)

Visit to IPADE – OAS and INATEC (National Technical Training Institute) programme for social and economic reintegration of survivors