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.