Executive Forum of the Caribbean Geospatial Development Initiative, CARIGEO

Event

Work area(s)

Statistics

Topic(s)

Geospatial information

Teaser

The regional workshop is jointly organised by United Nations Regional Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management for the Americas (UN-GGIM: Americas) and ECLAC

Event information

Date

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Event type

Meetings and technical symposiums

Participation

By invitation

This Executive Forum is being staged to share knowledge and create awareness among the region’s senior decision makers on the value of leveraging geospatial and statistical data with related technologies to support policy development and decision making. The Forum also seeks to galvanize countries to action and commitment to participate in CARIGEO, through focused high-level presentations that will highlight the geospatial development imperatives and good geospatial information management practices in support of national sustainable development.The CARIGEO Executive Forum is jointly organised by United Nations Regional Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management for the Americas (UN-GGIM: Americas) and ECLAC.

Programme of work

30 de Outubro de 2020

VIDEO OF THE MEETING

07:00 - 10:00

   

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Presentation(s)

30 de Outubro de 2020

Welcome and opening remarks

07:00 - 07:10

» Moderate: Álvaro Monett, Regional Advisor in Geospatial Information Management, ECLAC

Presentation(s)

- Detailed preliminary program of the Executive Forum


- Concept Note of the Executive Forum


• Julio A. Santaella, President of INEGI of Mexico


• Rolando Ocampo, Director of ECLAC Statistics Division


• Valerie Grant, Vice-president, Private Sector Network, UN-GGIM: Americas

CARIGEO Overview


30 de Outubro de 2020

High level interventions

07:10 - 07:40

» Moderate:  Paloma Merodio, President of UN-GGIM: Americas

Presentation(s)

• William F. Duguid, J.P., M.P., Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance of Barbados


• June Soomer, Secretary General, Association of Caribbean States


• Diane Quarless, Director, Subregional Office for the Caribbean of ECLAC


30 de Outubro de 2020

National perspectives

07:40 - 08:10

» Moderate:  Simone Lloyd, Senior GIS Manager/Trainer National Spatial Data Management Branch, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation of Jamaica

Presentation(s)

• Siau Yong,Director Geospatial and Data & Chief Data Officer of Singapore


• Elizabeth Stair, CEO & Commissioner of Lands, National Land Agency of Jamaica


• Diana Castillo-Trejo, General Director, Statistical Institute of Belize


30 de Outubro de 2020

Floor Discussion

08:10 - 08:30

» Moderate:  Artie Dubrie,  Coordinator, Sustainable Development and Disaster Unit, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean of ECLAC.

Presentation(s)

• Paloma Merodio, President of UN-GGIM: Americas

Closing remarks


Organizing institution

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

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Contact

Álvaro Monett

  • alvaro.monett@cepal.org
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Subsidiary body(ies) / Intergovernmental meeting

Regional Committee of United Nations on Global Geospatial Information Management for the Americas (UN-GGIM: Americas)

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