Nota informativa
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
- Universal and comprehensive social protection systems (facilitators: ECLAC and Antigua and Barbuda)
- Policies to promote social and labour inclusion (facilitators: ILO and Barbados)
- A strengthened social institutional framework (facilitators: ECLAC and CCRIF SPC)
- Regional cooperation and integration (facilitators: ECLAC and CDEMA)
1145 hrs – 1215 hrs Debriefing (groups’ presentations) and discussion
1215 hrs – 1230 hrs Closing remarks