OEA - Resolución CIDI INF 720 de 2026

INTER-AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT

OEA/Ser.W CIDI/INF.720/26 1 July 2026

Original: Spanish

NOTE FROM HER EXCELLECNY GILDA NATALIA ALCÍVAR GARCÍA, MINISTER OF

EDUCATION, SPORT, AND CULTURE, REQUESTING THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE TWELFTH INTER-AMERICAN MEETING OF MINISTERS OF EDUCATION TO THE LAST QUARTER OF 2026MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SPORT, AND CULTURE OF ECUADOR

Official letter No. MINEDECMINEDEC-2026-00544-OF

Quito, July 1, 2026

Subject: Request to reschedule the place and dates of the Twelfth Inter-American Meeting of

Ministers of Education

Isabelle Valois Executive Secretary for Integral Development Organization of American States Washington, D.C.

Dear Ms. Valois:

I have the honor of writing with reference to the Twelfth Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education, originally scheduled to be held in Quito, Ecuador, on July 20 and 21, 2026. In that regard, I would greatly appreciate your kind assistance in rescheduling the meeting to a date in the last quarter of the year.

This decision reflects the resolute commitment of Ecuador, as the country leading this ministerial process through its Ministry of Education, Sport, and Culture, to fostering a high -level dialogue that ensures the broadest possible participation of the reg ion’s education authorities. In that context, rescheduling the meeting will help create more favorable conditions for a substantive exchange on the principal challenges, opportunities, and priorities shared by member states, thereby fostering consensus-building and the identification of concrete actions to strengthen education systems in the Hemisphere.

context, rescheduling the meeting will help create more favorable conditions for a substantive exchange on the principal challenges, opportunities, and priorities shared by member states, thereby fostering consensus-building and the identification of concrete actions to strengthen education systems in the Hemisphere.

I am confident that this adjustment will contribute to the success of the ministerial meeting and promote a more inclusive, representative, and substantive dialogue, in keeping with the objectives of this important mechanism for hemispheric cooperation.- 2Please accept the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.

Sincerely yours,

Gilda Natalia Alcívar García Minister of Education, Sport, and Culture

Cc: Roberto Carlos Kury Pesantes Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility

Carolina Estefania Pelaez Velez Advisor 2

María Gabriela Rodríguez Cortez Director of Cooperation and International Affairs

Katherine Paola Troya Esquivel Specialist in Cooperation and International Affairs