On 12-13 February 2020 UNIDROIT participated in the third Conference on International Coordination of Secured Transaction Law Reforms: Advancing Reforms Globally and in Latin America Through Enhanced Coordination in Cartagena, Colombia.
Co-sponsored by NatLaw, the International Insolvency Institute, the hosting institutionĀ Universidad de los Andes, and Universidad Externado of Colombia, the Conference brought together representatives from UNCITRAL, UNIDROIT, OAS, EBRD,Ā theĀ World Bank, IFC and Nat LawĀ as well as leading academics to advance the discussions of the prior two conferences (9-10 February 2017 at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and 16-17 October at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid). During the Conference, UNIDROIT Secretary-General Ignacio Tirado presented on two panels: one, chaired by Marek Dubovec, on examining the coordination ofĀ InternationalĀ StandardĀ SettingĀ Bodies inĀ theĀ DevelopmentĀ of International Standards and Instrument, and the other, chaired by Andres F. Martinez (World Bank Group), addressing the coordination betweenĀ insolvencyĀ andĀ securedĀ transactions Ā asĀ wellĀ as coordination between international standard setting bodies on the development of principles and texts on insolvency. UNIDROIT Deputy Secretary-General Anna VenezianoĀ also participated in a panel chaired by Charles W. MooneyĀ on the CoordinationĀ ofĀ InternationalĀ StandardĀ SettingĀ Bodies inĀ theĀ implementation of Specific Texts.
For the full programme of the conference clickĀ here.