Twenty-sixth session Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

22 Apr 2016 | Event

Topic(s)

International cooperation Regional integration and cooperation

Event information

Participants will take stock of the outcomes of the Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR), and review the implementation of the work programme for the ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean for the biennium 2018-2019.

Date

22 Apr 2016, 06:00 - 15:00

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Event type

Commitees

Participation

By invitation

Address

Marriott Resort and the Royal Beach Casino
Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis
St. Kitts & Nevis

Event registration CDCC/CDR Website

The objectives of CDCC are:

To promote and strengthen economic and social cooperation and integration among the countries of the Caribbean and with Latin America
To promote the sharing of information and experiences among its membership
To promote common positions and strategies on economic and social issues among Caribbean nations, and on their relations with third countries, and to present those positions to international forums and agencies

Practical information

There will be English, Spanish and French interpretation.

Schedule

Opening of the session
1. Opening ceremony
2. Election of officers
3. Adoption of the Agenda
4. Procedural matters and organization of work
The debt burden: balancing adjustment with sustainable development in the Caribbean
Preparing for an ageing population in the Caribbean
Matters related to the programme of work
Thirty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the

Caribbean (ECLAC)
Welcome of new associate members of ECLAC to the Caribbean Development and

Cooperation Committee
Date and venue of the eighteenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean

Development and Cooperation Committee
Consideration and adoption of resolutions
Other matters
Closure of the session