Distr. LIMITED CDCC 22-3/Add.1 LC/CAR/L.162/Add.1 14 April 2008 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

REPORT ON THE MEETINGS CONVENED

Biennium 2006 - 2007

[Covering the period 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2007]

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MEETINGS CONVENED BY THE SUBREGIONAL HEADQUARTERS FOR THE CARIBBEAN since January 2006

Programme Description Venue No. Representatives/Experts from Budget Duration member States in attendance Code

INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETINGS

116214 Twenty First session of the CDCC 16-17 January Port of Spain 59 Barbados; Belize; Cuba; Dominican session [LC/CAR/L.86] 2006 Republic; Guyana; Jamaica; St. Lucia; Suriname; Trinidad & Tobago; Aruba, British Virgin Islands; Montserrat; Puerto Rico; US Virgin Islands; FAO; UNDP; UNEP/CAR/RCU; UNESCO; UNIFEM; PAHO;WHO; ACS; CARICAD; CARICOM; CDERA; IICA; CRNM; UWI 122802 High-level ministerial dialogue – 14-15 June Antigua and Barbuda 31 Antigua & Barbuda; Barbados; Social Security and sustainable 2006 Dominica; Jamaica; St.Kitts and development in the Caribbean Nevis; Suriname; Trinidad & Tobago; [LC/CAR/L.92] CDB; CIDA; OECS; DFID; ILO; OECS; UNDP; UNIFEM 119163-1 Caribbean Preparatory meeting for 22-24 May Antigua and Barbuda 51 Antigua & Barbuda; Belize; the tenth session of the Regional 2007 Dominica; Dominican Republic; Conference on women in Latin Grenada; Haiti; Jamaica; St. Lucia; America and the Caribbean St. Kitts/Nevis; St. Vincent and the [LC/CAR/L.127] Grenadines; Suriname; British Virgin Islands; Netherlands Antilles; Turks & Caicos; Cayman Islands; Consejo de Mujeres (Ecuador); OHCHR; UNFPA; UNIFEM; CIDA; CARICOM; CGDS

Programme Description Venue No. Representatives/Experts from Budget Duration member States in attendance Code 119163 -2 Caribbean Preparatory Meeting of 14 June 2007 Barbados 20 Antigua/Barbuda, Barbados, the Annual Ministerial Review Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. (AMR) of the Economic and Social Kitts/Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Council (ECOSOC) Tobago [LC/CAR/L.122] 134774 23 August Trinidad and Tobago 5 Netherlands Antilles, United States Meeting of the Associate Member 2007 Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands Countries 134777 Meeting of the Regional 23 August Trinidad and Tobago 20 Dominican Republic, Guyana, Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) for 2007 Jamaica, St. Kitts/Nevis, Suriname, the sustainable development of Trinidad & Tobago, Netherlands Caribbean Small Island Developing Antilles, United States Virgin Islands, States (SIDS) Cayman Islands

116217 13th Meeting of the Monitoring 23-24 August Trinidad and Tobago 30 Dominican Republic, Guyana, Committee of the CDCC 2007 Jamaica, St. Kitts/Nevis, Suriname, [LC/CAR/L.132] Trinidad & Tobago, Netherlands Antilles, United States Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands

119987 High level technical meeting of 2-3 October St Kitts and Nevis 34 Antigua/Barbuda, Bahamas, Caribbean authorities responsible for 2007 Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, water resources management. Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St. LC/CAR/L.146 Kitts/Nevis, St. Vincent/Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago

122803 Caribbean Regional Plan of Action 30 October Trinidad and Tobago 12 Antigua/Barbuda, Dominica, on Population and Development and 2007 Grenada, Jamaica, St. the International Conference on Vincent/Grenadines, Suriname, Population and Development – Focus Trinidad and Tobago, Montserrat, on Ageing LC/CAR/L.142 Netherlands Antilles 262 3

Programme Description Venue No. Representatives/Experts from Budget Duration member States in attendance Code

EXPERT GROUP MEETINGS

119164 Meeting on Development Banking in 23-24 Turks and Caicos 15 the Caribbean: Towards a Regional November Approach 2006 119170 Technical meeting on the status of 27-28 Trinidad and Tobago 28 Antigua/Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, gender indicators in the Caribbean November Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Netherlands 2006 Antilles, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent/Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago 119169 Expert Group Meeting on Changing 12-13 Port of Spain 11 Barbados; Belize; Dominica; age structures and challenges for the December Grenada; Netherlands Antilles; Caribbean [LC/CAR/L.108] 2006 Trinidad & Tobago; CARICOM; IDB; UNFPA; UWI 119168 Technical meeting of the Pro- 11-12 January Port of Spain 13 CNRM; ACS; IDB; UWI; Tempore Secretariat of the Rio 2007 CARICOM; CAF; Guyana; SELA; Group - The Treatment of University of Barcelona Asymmetries in the context of Regional Cooperation 119167 Disaster Management – A Regional 27 Feb – 1 Port of Spain 22 Experts in disaster management Approach (LC/CAR/116) March 2007

133959 Brainstorming Session on the Work 14 March Port of Spain 16 High-level experts from Caribbean Programme of the Caribbean Sea 2007 Sea member countries Commission (LC/CAR/L.117) 119166 Information Specialists Expert 15-16 May St Vincent and the 46 Public and private sector Meeting and Content Management 2007 Grenadines representatives from St. Workshop Vincent/Grenadines 4

Programme Description Venue No. Representatives/Experts from Budget Duration member States in attendance Code 119165 A meeting of senior statisticians and 25-26 June Port of Spain 41 Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, specialized personnel in data- 2007 Belize, BVI, Cuba, Cayman Islands, producing government agencies to Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, discuss and implement the ownership Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts/Nevis, and sharing of information. St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, OECS, UWI, PAHO, UNFPA, UNDP, UNICEF 119171 A meeting of experts to assess 8-9 November Cayman Islands 23 Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman migration data collection, 2007 Islands, Jamaica, Netherlands management and sharing Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks mechanisms in the Caribbean, and Caicos, United States Cayman Islands, 9 November 2007 215 OTHER MEETINGS 119217 Meeting of the Core Group to 15-16 January Port of Spain 10 Barbados; Belize; Cuba; Guyana; consider the establishment of a 2006 Jamaica; St. Lucia; US Virgin Regional Coordinating Mechanism Islands; ACS; CARICOM; UNDP for the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy in the Caribbean [LC/CAR/L.87] Meeting of the expanded Core Group 16-17 March Port of Spain 10 Guyana; Jamaica; St. Lucia; Trinidad for the establishment of a Regional 2006 & Tobago; ACS; CARICOM; OECS; Coordinating Mechanism for the UNDP; UNEP implementation of Mauritius Strategy [LC/CAR/L.90] 20 Total number of persons attending 497 meetings convened by ECLAC/CDCC

WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND OTHER TRAINING PROVIDED BY THE SUBREGIONAL HEADQUARTERS FOR THE CARIBBEAN, Since January 2006

Description Duration Venue Participating countries/individuals No. No of Persons Female attendin s g Training workshop in the use of the ECLAC 10-12 Belize Representatives of various government 22 8 Methodology in assessing the impact of natural January departments in Belize disasters -damage and loss assessment and the impact 2006 of disasters in Belize (LC/CAR/L.89) Training workshop in the use of the ECLAC February Guyana Selected public and private sector 21 8 Methodology in assessing the impact of natural 2006 officials in Guyana disasters Conduct of a training workshop in the use of the CSSD 26-29 April St Kitts/Nevis Representatives of various government 10 8 2006 departments in St. Kitts/Nevis Roundtable on telecommunications and the Knowledge 26 May Port of Spain Experts in Knowledge Management 30 14 Society [ LC/CAR/L.96] 2006 Workshop on Caribbean small and medium-sized 19 July Barbados Representatives of business sector in 28 17 enterprises and trade liberalization: Challenges of 2006 Barbados clusters and network initiatives (LC/CAR/L.93) Training workshop in the use of the ECLAC September Suriname Selected public and private sector 12 2 Methodology in assessing the impact of natural 2006 officials in Suriname disasters Caribbean ICT Policy-makers Seminar [LC/CAR/L.99] 4-5 Barbados Anguilla; Antigua & Barbuda; 51 12 September Barbados; Belize; Dominican Republic; 2006 Grenada; Jamaica; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles; St. Lucia; St. Kitts/Nevis; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; CARICOM; CDB; CDERA; CKLN; Commonwealth Secretariat; CTU; IDB; ITU; UWI; ECCB

Description Duration Venue Participating countries/individuals No. No of Persons Female attendin s g Expert Group meeting on Electronic Content 15-16 May St Vincent and Experts in electronic content 71 59 Management 2007 the Grenadines management

Training workshop in the use of the ECLAC 14-16 Turks and Selected public and private sector 28 5 Methodology in assessing the impact of natural August Caicos officials in the Turks and Caicos Islands disasters 2007 Workshop on Public Policies for the Sustainable Use of 12-14 Port of Spain, Barbados, Dominican Republic, 13 7 Natural Resources: the case of Biofuels November Trinidad & Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts/Nevis, 2007 Tobago, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago Training workshop, UNDP staff and selected country 20-27 Barbados UNDP, Barbados, staff and selected 15 5 partners, in the area of gender sensitive programming November country partners in Barbados for Environmental issues and natural disasters. 2007 Subregional advocacy workshop on the informal sector 3 St Lucia Representatives of various government 24 12 for high-level government officials and technical December departments in Saint Lucia experts 2007 Regional Training workshop in the use of the ECLAC 17-19 Trinidad and Selected public and private sector 32 16 Methodology in assessing the impact of natural December Tobago officials in Trinidad and Tobago disasters - damage and loss assessment and the impact 2007 of disasters in POS

Total number of persons attending workshops and seminars 357 173