On 7 and 8 February, after the course of the Anthropology of the Poor in Quito (Ecuador), the Visitors and the Provincial Councils of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela held in a zone meeting in the St. Vincent de Paul Seminary of the Province of Ecuador. Fr. Emilio Melchor, C.M. , Executive Secretary of CLAPVI was also present. The principal objective was to consolidate and strengthen the zone structure of CLAPVI, creating spaces of integration in interprovincial help and communication. The final commitments were: make known interprovincial projects; a meeting of the provincial teams for Vocational Promotion; new meetings of the three Visitors and their Councils; interchange of personnel and other resources among the provinces according to the needs of the zone. The next meeting will be in February 2006 in Caracas.