Programme

Mon, Sep 09 2024

Registration

08:00 am to 08:55 am
Security briefing

08:55 am to 09:00 am
Opening of the Eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable

09:00 am to 09:30 am

Statement by Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, Minister of Planning and Development of Trinidad and Tobago

• Statement by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs - Opening statement

Pennelope Beckles-Robinson - Opening remarks
Addressing the challenges to resilient growth and sustainable development in the Caribbean

09:30 am to 10:00 am

Keynote statement by Terrance Drew, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (pre-recorded video)
Group photo - Eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable

10:00 am to 10:30 am
Confronting climate change through risk reduction and resilience building in the Caribbean

10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Panel discussion

Moderator: Gloria Joseph, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Public Service Reform, Social Partnership, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development of Dominica

Panellists:

• Frederick Stephenson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Consumer Affairs of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Mark Bynoe, Assistant Executive Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre
• Elizabeth Emanuel, Head of Corporate Communications Technical Assistance Management Teams of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (virtual)
• Saskia Carusi, Deputy Chief of the Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) (pre-recorded video)
• Dwight Williams, Senior Manager of the Spatial Planning Division at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) of Jamaica
Operationalizing the multidimensional vulnerability index: addressing data needs

02:00 pm to 03:30 pm

Panel discussion
Moderator: Shelton Nicholls, former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago and former Senior Financial Sector Expert, International Monetary Fund

Panellists:

• Anya Thomas, Sustainable Development Officer, Small Island Developing States Unit, Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (by video link)
• Walton Webson, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations
• Jason Cotton, Lead Economist, Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
• Richard Harris, Deputy Director of Statistics, Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia
• Abdullahi Abdulkadri, Coordinator, Statistics and Social Development Unit, ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean
Improving access to innovative climate finance: towards investment in adaptation and structural change

03:45 pm to 05:30 pm

Moderator: Patrick McCaskie, Permanent Secretary a.i., Economic Affairs Division, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment of Barbados

Panellists:

• Hyginus Leon, Programme Lead, Development Bank for Resilient Prosperity (DBRP)
• Rodinald Soomer, Executive Director, CARICOM Development Fund
• Manuel Rodríguez, Managing Director, Head of the Latin America Investment Banking Group at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
• Sheldon McLean, Coordinator Economic Development Unit, ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean

Tue, Sep 10 2024

Scaling up and improving productive development policy for a more inclusive and sustainable future

09:00 am to 11:00 am

Moderator: Albert Ramdin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation of Suriname

Presentation:
• José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
• Marco Llínas, Chief of the Production, Productivity and Management Division of ECLAC

Discussants:

• Vanus James, Economist
• Shelton Nicholls, former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago and former Senior Financial Sector Expert, International  Monetary Fund
Revisiting economic diversification as the key driver of growth and development in the Caribbean

11:15 am to 01:15 pm

Moderator: Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, Minister of Planning and Development of Trinidad and Tobago

Panellists:

• Martin Franklin, Operations Research Professional/Consultant, Media Optimization Services
• Paula Gopee Scoon, Minister of Trade and Industry of Trinidad and Tobago
• Alva Baptiste, Minister for External Affairs, International Trade, Civil Aviation and Diaspora Affairs of Saint Lucia
• Manuel Rodríguez, Managing Director, Head of the Latin America Investment Banking Group at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc
Close of the meeting

01:15 pm to 01:30 pm

• Statement by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
• Statement by Penelope Beckles-Robinson, Minister of Planning and Development of Trinidad and Tobago

Wed, Sep 11 2024

Opening of the 30th Session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

09:00 am to 09:30 am

(agenda item 1)

National anthem of Trinidad and Tobago

• Statement by Albert Ramdin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation of Suriname, in his capacity as outgoing Chair of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC)
• Statement by Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, Minister of Planning and Development of Trinidad and Tobago, in her capacity as incoming Chair of CDCC
• Statement by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Election of Officers

09:30 am to 09:45 am

• Adoption of the agenda

• Procedural matters and organization of work

• Cultural presentation
Commemorating the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee at 30: what next for the Caribbean?

09:45 am to 11:15 am

(agenda item 2)

• Summary presentation of the issues addressed during the eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable,
by Alva Baptiste, Minister for External Affairs, International Trade, Civil Aviation and Diaspora Affairs of Saint Lucia

• Video presentation commemorating the thirtieth session of the Committee, offering delegations an opportunity to celebrate the role it has played in supporting member States’ efforts to address the development challenges faced by the subregion, including the search for solutions, and in providing a space to shape subregional positions on critical issues of regional and global concern (10 minutes)

• Plenary discussion. Delegations will be invited to make statements of no more than five minutes (60 minutes)
Group photograph - 30th Session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

11:15 am to 11:30 am
Rethinking and transforming Latin America and the Caribbean’s development model to make it more productive, inclusive and sustainable

11:30 am to 12:30 pm

(agenda item 3)

• José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, will present his new vision for the Commission (30 minutes)
• Plenary discussion (30 minutes)
Accelerating implementation of the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States

02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

(agenda item 4)

Invitation to the Committee to consider a road map to address issues critical to the sustainable development of the small island developing States of the Caribbean (60 minutes)

Panel discussion
Moderator: Joanna Kazana, United Nations Resident Coordinator for Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten

Panellists:

• Ugo Blanco, Resident Representative of the Multi-country Office for Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Tisa Grant, Liaison Officer a.i. in Trinidad and Tobago United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
• Brian Bogart, Director of the Caribbean Multi-Country Office of the World Food Programme (WFP)
• Gillian Smith, Representative a.i. for Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (virtual)

Discussant:

• Travis Sinckler, Programme Director, Caribbean Learning Nexus Project, Office of the Deputy Principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI),
Cave Hill Campus, Barbados

Joanna Kazana (RCO) - PPT by Joanna Kazana (RCO)

Travis Sinckler (UWI) - Presentation from Travis Sinckler
Addressing the sustainable development challenges of Associate Members of ECLAC

03:00 pm to 04:00 pm

(agenda item 5)

Discussion between representatives of associate members of the Commission and the Committee on the unique challenges the former continue to face. The Committee will be invited to discuss a strategic approach for more effective advocacy within the United Nations system on behalf of these countries (60 minutes)

Panel discussion
Moderator: Alva Baptiste, Minister for External Affairs, International Trade, Civil Aviation and Diaspora Affairs of Saint Lucia

Panellists:

• Jocelyne Croes, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs of Aruba
• Eliezer Benito Wheatley, Special Envoy of the Premier, British Virgin Islands
• Jean-Yves Lacascade, External Relations and Territorial Diplomatic Advisor of Martinique
• Joseph E. Farrell, Premier of Montserrat

Dale Alexander – ECLAC - Addressing the Sustainable Development Challenges of the Associate Members of ECLAC

Alexandre Ventadour – Martinique - Sustainable Development Challenges in Martinique

Jocelyne Croes – Aruba - Developmental Challenges of Aruba Navigating recovery and sustainable development
Working coffee break

04:00 pm to 04:30 pm

Matters relating to the programme of work (agenda item 6)

Presentation on the subregional activities undertaken in the Caribbean in 2023, and an account of the programme of work for 2024 and of the proposed programme of work for 2025, by Diane Quarless, Chief of the ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean (30 minutes)

Diane Quarless - Matters relating to the programme of work
Fortieth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

04:30 pm to 04:45 pm

(agenda item 7)

Briefing of the Committee on the substantive preparations and organization of work for the fortieth session of ECLAC to be held in Lima from 8 to 11 October 2024, by the secretariat (15 minutes)

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs - Fortieth Session of the ECLAC
Consideration and adoption of resolutions

04:45 pm to 05:00 pm

(agenda item 8)

Introduction of draft resolutions for the Committee’s consideration (15 minutes)
Other matters

05:00 pm to 05:15 pm

(agenda item 9)

Invitation to delegations to raise issues not previously discussed (15 minutes)
Date and venue of the twenty-second meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the CDCC

05:15 pm to 05:20 pm

(agenda item 10)
Close of the session

05:20 pm to 05:30 pm

(agenda item 11)

Closing remarks by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC and Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, Chair of CDCC

Pennelope Beckles-Robinson - Closing Remarks

30th Session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

and the Eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable
Port of Spain, 9-11 September

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8th Meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable

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