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