SUSTAINABLE SECURITY: LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN January 15th, 2010 London Purpose: Increased understanding of the long-term underlying threats to regional security and the implications of responses to those threats. Desired outcomes: Clear understanding of the regional perceptions of threat and some concrete and realistic policy proposals. Program: 09.00 Arrivals   09.15 Welcome and Introduction to Meeting - John Sloboda, Chair of the consultation, ORG - Mariano Aguirre, Managing Director, Noref   09.30 Regional and National Threats to Security This session will draw out the main threats to security in the region   11.30 Root Causes and Interconnections This session will tease out the interconnectedness of the threats and identify the underlying root causes which link individual threats   13.45 Current Policy Responses: Regional and International / Blockages to Change In this session the discussion will focus on current regional and international policy responses to the threats identified in the morning sessions. Which responses are only controlling the threats and which responses are trying to address the root causes? What blockages are preventing these threats from being tackled at their roots?   16.00 Possible Changes to Policy Responses: Regional & National & International This session will explore where there are possibilities to influence policy, including identifying landing points for a sustainable security approach or a shift in emphasis from controlling the threats to tackling the root causes. An assessment will be made regarding which root causes are the most viable to tackle given current political realities in the region.   17.00 Closing remarks