We invite you to participate in the webinar "Excise Taxes to Prevent NCDs and as a Source of Revenue During COVID-19: the Case of Mexico", on Thursday, 16 July 2020, at 11.00 am - 12:45 pm (time in Washington, DC) I 10:00 am - 11:45 am (time in Mexico City).
→ CONCEPT NOTE (click to download)
→ OBJECTIVES
- Discussing the use of excise taxes on unhealthy products in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Socializing the current decree proposal in Mexico to increase the excise tax (Impuesto Especial sobre Producción y Servicios – IEPS for its acronym in Spanish) on tobacco, alcohol, sugar-sweetened beverages and non-basic food with high caloric density.
→ HOW TO PARTICIPATE
DATE: 16 July, 2020
TIME: 11.00 am - 12:45 pm (time in Washington D.C.) I 10.00 am -11:45 am (time in Mexico City)
LANGUAGE: Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish/English
REGISTER: https://tfk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PbT7McspRx23U1gbwbiQrw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join the webinar.
→ TIME CORRESPONDENCE
8.00 am - Los Angeles
9.00 am - San José, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa
10.00 am - Mexico City, Bogota, Kingston, Lima, Quito
11.00 am - Brigdetown, La Paz, Nassau, Port of Spain, Santiago de Chile, Santo Domingo
12.00 pm - Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Montevideo
For other cities, you can check local times here
→ AGENDA
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11:00 am - Welcome and opening words
- Dr. Anselm Hennis - Director, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, PAHO
- Dr. Juan Rivera - General director, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
- Representative - Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico, TBC
- Dr. Ernesto Acevedo Fernández - Undersecretary of Industry, Commerce and Competitiveness, Ministry of Economy, Mexico -
11:15 am - The use of excise taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Ms. Rosa Sandoval - Regional Advisor on Tobacco Control / Coordinator of the Economics of NCDs team, PAHO -
11:25 am - Mexico – Decree proposal to reform the IEPS legislation (excise tax) on tobacco, alcohol, sugar-sweetened beverages and non-basic food with high caloric density
- Dr. Tonatiuh Barrientos - National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
- Dr. Arantxa Colchero - National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
- Dr. Luz Miriam Reynales - National Institute of Public Health, Mexico -
11:55 am - International panel discussion
- Mr. Daniel Alvarez - Fiscal Policy and Sustainable Growth Unit, World Bank
- Dr. Alan Fuchs - Poverty and Equity Global Practice, World Bank
- Ms. Ceren Ozer - Domestic Resource Mobilization Unit, World Bank
- Mr. Jeremias Paul, Jr - Fiscal Policies for Health team, World Health Organization
- Dr. Bill Savedoff - Social Protection and Health Division, Inter-American Development Bank
Moderated by: PAHO -
12:25 pm - Open discussion
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12:45 pm - Closure
- PAHO Mexico
- Dr. Hugo López-Gatell - Undersecretary of Prevention and the Promotion of Health, Ministry of Health, Mexico