Workshop on Leaving No One Behind in the Caribbean: Building resilience through universal social protection

Day 1

Session 1: Leaving No One Behind in the Caribbean

Moderator: Andrew Pollard, Coordinator, Poverty Alleviation and Reduction Programme, Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Barbados

0945 hrs – 1000 hrs Registration and welcome

1000 hrs – 1010 hrs Opening and introduction

• Diane Quarless, Director, ECLAC subregional headquarters for
  the Caribbean
• Dennis Zulu, Director, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for
  the Caribbean

1010 hrs –1100 hrs Emerging tools and strategies for Leaving No One Behind

Facilitator: Catarina Camarinhas, Social Affairs Officer, ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean

• The socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 in the Caribbean (Introductory video)
  • Ricardo Bharath Hernandez, Chief, Santa Rosa First People's Community
  • Dr. Grace-Ann Cornwall, Head of Social Development Unit, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
  • Collette Robinson, Director, Social Protection and Gender,
    Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)

Discussion

Break (10 minutes)

1100hrs – 1215hrs Social protection systems: institutional arrangements, financing, and experiences

• Simone Cecchini, Senior Social Affairs Officer, Officer-in-Charge of the Social Development Division, ECLAC
• Ariel Pino, Social Protection and Occupational Safety and Health Specialist, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean
• Elizabeth Emanuel, Technical Assistance Manager, CCRIF SPC

Case studies panel debate:

Facilitator: Ariel Pino, Social Protection and Occupational Safety and Health Specialist, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean

• Desmond Dujon Henry, Deputy Director, National Insurance Corporation, St Lucia
  • Kendra Butler, Social Protection Officer, Government of Belize
  • Almira Henry, Director, Department of Social Policy, Research and Planning, Ministry of Social Transformation and Human Resource Development, Youth and Gender Affairs, Antigua and Barbuda
  • Kevin Silston, CEO of Medical Benefits Scheme, Antigua and Barbuda

Discussion

1215 hrs – 1230 hrs Key take-aways and conclusions from day 1

Day 2

Session 2: Building resilience through universal social protection

Moderator: The British Virgin Islands representative, TBC

0945 hrs – 1000 hrs Welcome

1000 hrs –1010 hrs Recap of day 1

1010 hrs –1025 hrs The Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development (RAISD) and its implementation in the Caribbean

• Rodrigo Martinez, Senior Social Affairs Officer, ECLAC Social Development Division

Questions and answers

1025 hrs –1050 hrs Planning for resilience in the Caribbean

Facilitator: Catarina Camarinhas, Social Affairs Officer, ECLAC Caribbean

• Andria Grosvenor, Deputy Executive Director, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)
• Francine Baron, CEO, Climate Resilience Execution Agency of Dominica (CREAD)
• Emrah Engindeniz, Programme Management Officer, UN-Habitat

1050 hrs –1145 hrs Break-out sessions on the implementation of RAISD in the Caribbean. Identification of priorities for each axis, in face of COVID-19 and BBB
recovery process

1. Universal and comprehensive social protection systems (facilitators: ECLAC and Antigua and Barbuda)
2. Policies to promote social and labour inclusion (facilitators: ILO and Barbados)
3. A strengthened social institutional framework (facilitators: ECLAC and CCRIF SPC)
4. Regional cooperation and integration (facilitators: ECLAC and CDEMA)

1145 hrs – 1215 hrs Debriefing (groups’ presentations) and discussion

1215 hrs – 1230 hrs Closing remarks