Summary report of the Caribbean meeting of experts on Implementation of the SIDS Plan of Action

The Caribbean Meeting of Experts on Implementation of the SIDS Programme of Action,
held at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 17-19 May 1995 was convened
to review progress towards implementation of the SIDS Programme of Action (SIDS-POA), to
discuss constraints on the effective implementation of the Programme and to agree on priority areas
for action.
It was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean/Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (ECLAC/CDCC), in collaboration
with the United Nations Development Programme’s Special Unit for Technical Cooperation among
Developing Countries (UNDP/TCDC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the
University of the West Indies Centre for Environment and Development (UWICED), and the
Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
A copy of the programme and a list of documents are attached to this report as Annex I and
II respectively.