Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) Member Countries and Associate Members will convene for the 29th session.

Pursuant to resolution 358(XVI) of 1975, the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) was created as a permanent subsidiary body of the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean to promote development cooperation among Caribbean countries.

The objectives of CDCC are:

• To promote and strengthen economic and social cooperation and integration among the countries of the Caribbean and 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.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

0900 hrs – 0945 hrs -  Opening of the session (agenda item 1)

0945 hrs – 1000 hrs - Election of Officers; Adoption of the agenda; Procedural matters and organization of work

1000 hrs – 1100 hrs - Caribbean Recovery and Repositioning in the wake of COVID-19 (agenda item 2)

1100 hrs – 1130 hrs - Group photograph and Coffee break

1130 hrs – 1230 hrs - Towards the Establishment of the Caribbean Resilience Fund (agenda item 3)

1230 hrs – 1300 hrs -  Achieving the SDGs in the Caribbean (agenda item 4)

1300 hrs – 1400 hrs - LUNCH

1400 hrs – 1430 hrs - Review of Implementation of the SAMOA Pathway (agenda item 5)

1430 hrs – 1500 hrs - Support for the sustainable development aspirations of ECLAC Associate Members (agenda item 6)

1500 hrs – 1545 hrs - Matters relating to the programme of work (agenda item 7)

1545 hrs – 1600 hrs - Thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (agenda item 8)

1600 hrs – 1615 hrs - Consideration and adoption of resolutions (agenda item 9)

1615 hrs – 1645 hrs - Other matters (agenda item 10)