Sports as a key investment for the inclusion of people with disabilities

Sergio Díaz-Granados has extensive experience in public and private service, both nationally and internationally, with special emphasis on regional development and integration issues. Before assuming the presidency of CAF, he served as Executive Director for Colombia at the Inter-American Development Bank. He previously held the positions of Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia, Vice Minister of Business Development and President of the Boards of Directors of Bancóldex and ProColombia. He also has been a congressman and chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee of the Colombia’s House of Representatives.

Christian Asinelli is a political scientist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), has a Master's degree in Public Administration and Policy from the Universidad de San Andrés (UdeSA) and postgraduate degrees in Urban Economics (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) and in Sociourbana Management (FLACSO). In 2019, he received his Ph.D in Political Science from the National University of San Martín (Argentina). During the last sixteen years he has been appointed in different roles in the public sector and the international arena: Alternate National Director of the State Modernization Project at the Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nation (2005); Deputy of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (2007-2010); Undersecretary of Evaluation of Projects with External Financing of the Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nation (2011-2014); Corporate Director of Institutional Development of CAF (2014-2017); President of the Fundación Banco Ciudad (2019) and Undersecretary of International Financial Relations for Development, Secretariat of Strategic Affairs, Presidency of the Nation. He was a Fellow of the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program (2010), the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies-MIT (2011) and the Singularity University Executive Program (2017). He is the author of the books Buenos Aires: The city we have, the city we want (Buenos Aires, 2009); Modernization of the Argentine State: policies, management and professional scene (Buenos Aires, Edition, 2015) and Financing Development: The role of multilateral banking in Latin America (Buenos Aires, 2021).

She is Deputy Director General for Social and Human Sciences at UNESCO from where she oversees the institution's contributions to building inclusive societies. Her mandate includes the fight against economic inequalities of income and opportunities, the promotion of social inclusion and gender equality. She also oversees the youth support agenda, the promotion of values ​​through sport, the fight against racism and discrimination, and the ethics of science including neuro-technology and the internet of things. In addition, she has overseen the development and adoption of the first global instrument to promote the ethics of artificial intelligence, approved, by acclamation in 2021, by the UNESCO General Conference. She also launched the Global Forum Against Racism, to catalyze the political support that member countries have given to this cause. In terms of gender, she has advanced various initiatives, particularly to fight against stereotypes and gender bias, including in new technologies. Previously, she worked as Cabinet Director and Sherpa for G20/G7APEC at the OECD, contributing to increasing the global impact of the OECD and leading key initiatives such as "Inclusive Growth", "New Approaches to Economic Challenges", "Climate Change and Growth” gender strategy and work on well-being and childhood. In the G20 she contributes to the international reform of tax systems; to the adoption of the gender quota (to reduce the labor gap) and the establishment of the W20; and the adoption of the principles of artificial intelligence, among others. She also oversees the OECD's global relations and membership enlargement process. In 2019, she launched the “Business for Inclusive Growth” (B4IG) platform, bringing together 40 multinational companies committed to reducing inequalities. She was previously Director of the OECD Office in Mexico and Latin America where she supported reforms in education, telecommunications, gender and health. She was a member of the Mexican Foreign Service. In 2013 she was awarded the Order of Merit (Ordre du Mérite) by the President of France. Her work to promote gender equality has earned her several accolades including by Forbes and Apolitico. She has been a fellow of the Fulbright Foundation and Ford McArthur. She is a former student of the master's degree in public policy from Harvard University and the bachelor's degree in International Relations from the Universidad Iberoamericana. She is a member of the council of the “Paris Forum for Peace”; of the “UNICEF Advisory Council”; of the “Lancet Commissions on COVID and on Violence by men against women”; and Danone's "Entreprise à Mission" Committee.