IX Border Legislative Conference
Hermosillo, Sonora
November 18-20, 2004

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Minutes of the Meeting

Resolution 2004-01 Amending 2003-03

Resolution 2004-02

Annual Report 2004: By Past Chair Ricardo A. Castro Lopez

Speaker Presentations

Fiscal Federalism and Impacts on the U.S. - Mexico Border

Enrique Martinez y Martinez                      
Constitutional Governor of the State of Coahuila
Chair, Border Governor's Conference

David Rex Ochoa
Adjunct General Director of Promotion and Development of Federalism
National Institute for Federalism and Municipal Development
Mexico City
Fiscal Federalism in Mexico (PPT)

Donald J. Boyd
Director, Fiscal Studies Program
Rockerfellar Institute of Government
New York
Federal-State Fiscal Relationships In The United States: Implications for Border States (PPT)

Education: Cooperation, Opportunities and Challenges along the U.S. - Mexico Border Region

Horacio Soria Salazar
Secretary of Education and Culture
State of Sonora
Binational Efforts by the Secretariat of Education and Culture of the State of Sonora (PPT)

Sixto Moya Herrera
General Coordinator of Capacity and Continuing Education
Institute of Educational and Labor Studies of America
Cooperation and Educational Opportunities in the U.S. - Mexico Border (PPT)

Dr. Francisco Lara Valencia
Assistant Professor, School of Planning
Arizona State University
Universities Along the U.S. - Mexico Border: Bridges of Integration (PPT)

Health Update

Special Guest: Dr. Abel Sanchez Cervantes
Obesity in the U.S. and Mexico (PPT)