The meeting is a forum for dialogue between the Board of Governors, which are usually the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, and senior management of the IDB in advance of the Annual Assembly of Governors to be held in Calgary, Canada at the end of March.

Attending the meeting are the governors of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic, as well as CEOs and directors of these countries to the IDB.

Participants will discuss the economic outlook and issues of concern to Central American governments and the Dominican Republic regarding public safety, tax reform, climate changes, natural disasters and regional integration.

The representative of Honduras at the IDB, Marlon Tábora, said that “Honduras has the privilege of hosting an event as important as the regional meeting of the IDB governors prior to the General Assembly.”

Mr. Tábora noted that they will discuss the issues of regional security, integration in trade and customs, reforms, fiscal sustainability, and proper management of debt.

The IDB President, Luis Alberto Moreno, will also be meeting with President Porfirio Lobo Sosa.