Minutes of the Fourth Executive Committee Meeting of the Caribbean for Science and Technology

Presenta la agenda de la cuarta reunion del Comite Ejecutivo del CCCT; el informe que contiene las principales decisiones tomadas en la reunion; un balance para 1982-1983 y el programa de trabajo del Consejo para 1983-1984.

Minutes of the Seventh Executive Committee Meeting

Contiene: adopcion de la agenda; informe de la 6a Reunion del Comite Ejecutivo; informe de la 4a Sesion Plenaria; programa de trabajo 1984-1985 del CCCT; estado financiero del CCCT; solicitud de ingreso de las Islas Virgenes de Estados Unidos y de Martinica al CCCT; fecha y agenda para la Octava Reunion del Comite Ejecutivo y Quinta Sesion Plenaria.

Report of the Joint Meeting of the SIDS Bureau and the Inter-Agency Collaborative Group

Summary An account of the proceedings of the meeting which discussed the following agenda items: report on regional implementation of the SIDS POA; status of regional projects for submission to the meeting of prospective donors and representatives of Small Island Developing States; the regional position on UNDP compendium of project proposals; status of consultations with CARIFORUM and the EU; budget for the regional co-ordinating mechanism and consultation; preparation for the Special Session on the UN General Assembly (UNGASS); to discuss the SIDS plan of action; and a Ministerial meeting on SIDS POA implementation.

Meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Caribbean Planners Network (CPN)

This report summarises discussions and presentations on the following agenda items: the Caribbean Planners Network (CPN); website and the CPN online newsletter. Guidelines for submission of material to the website, the concept, content of and approach to the newsletter, and guidelines for theme-based articles are among the areas covered. Annexes include a list of action items for follow up, and the summary of the preparatory discussions for the Istanbul+5/Habitat meeting.

Subregional preparations for the 2004 international meeting that will undertake a full and comprehensive review of the implementation of the SIDS POA to ensure the most effective participation of Caribbean SIDS

In Part XV (Implementation Monitoring and Review);, of the Programme of Action of Small Island Developing States (SIDS POA);, which was adopted at the United Nations Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (UNGCSIDS);, 26 April- 6 May 1994, in its paragraph 117, it is provided that the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD); should, inter alia: Carry out an initial review of the progress achieved and steps taken to implement the Programme of Action, to be undertaken by the Commission on Sustainable Development in 1996 in accordance with its Multi-Year Thematic Programme of Work. Furthermore, in 1997, when the Commission will carry out the overall review of Agenda 21 with a view to preparing for the 1997 special session of the General Assembly, the Commission should recommend specific modalities for the full review of the Programme of Action in 1999. That full review would include the question of the convening of a second global conference in accordance with chapter 17, Section G of Agenda 21. At the twenty-second special session which convened on 27-28 September 1999 to undertake a "review and appraisal of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States", it was recommended, inter alia, that: "Although periodic reviews of certain aspects of the Programme of Action are envisaged within the context of the work of the Commission on Sustainable Development, a full and comprehensive review of these decisions and the implementation of the Programme of Action would be useful and required in 2004." In the Plan of Implementation adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD);, which convened in Johannesburg, South Africa, over the period, 26 August-4 Septemeber 2002, the relevant recommendation was as follows: "Undertake a full and comprehensive review of the implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States in 2004, in accordance with the provisions set forth in General Assembly resolution S-22/2, and in this context requests the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session to consider convening an international meeting for the sustainable development of small island developing States."

Report of the Expert Group Meeting on the Caribbean Information Society

The meeting was convened as part of this office's strategy to continue to provide support to CDCC Member States in implementing the WSIS Plan of Action. The thirty two participants were in general knowledgeable about the Information Society activities of their respective governments and organisations. The objective of the meeting was to apprise CDCC Member Countries of the activities which the Secretariat had undertaken in the area of Information and Communications Technology for Development as a follow up to the Twentieth Session of the CDCC and in response to the resolution tabled at that session; to facilitate the exchange of information among countries and agencies in the region with respect to ICTs for development in general and the WSIS process in particular; hear reports on progress made at the national level, with special focus on the area of e-government and government policies in the area of ICTs; and to get a snapshot as to where the region is positioned vis a vis the WSIS agenda. A Caribbean ICT Stocktaking report was presented and there was an update on the e-LAC strategy. Several recommendations were made with respect to ECLAC's continuing involvement in this area - among them, that ECLAC should assist countries with preparing national e-strategies, develop strategic partnerships especially with the CARICOM Secretariat, develop databases and other information four use by the CDCC countries and continue its stocktaking work

Note on Meeting of Council of Ministers of the East Caribbean Common Market

Comentarios sobre la 10a Reunion del Consejo de Ministros del Mercado Comun del Caribe Oriental (MCCO). Incluye en anexos la posicion del MCCO sobre algunos puntos de la agenda

Note on the Tenth Meeting of the CARIFTA Council of Ministers

Comentarios sobre la 10a Reunion del Cosejo de Ministros de CARIFTA. El enfasis estuvo en los siguientes puntos de la agenda: a).la posicion presente y futura de los paises menos desarrollados de CARIFTA en el movimiento de integracion regional; b).la relacion entre los paises de CARIFTA y la Comunidad Economica Europea; c).el Arancel Externo Comun de CARIFTA y d).finalizacion del Esquema para Armonizacion de Incentivos Fiscales a la Industria

Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM)

.--Introduction.-- Agenda item 1 – Opening remarks.-- Agenda item 2 - Adoption of agenda.-- Agenda item 3 - Procedural matters and organization of work.-- Agenda Item 4: Consideration of the work programme of the RCM for the period 2008-2009.-- Agenda item 5: Review of preparation for the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD).-- Agenda item 6 – Conclusions of the TAC

Report of the second meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM)

.--Introduction.-- Agenda item 1: Opening remarks .-- Agenda Item 2: Adoption of agenda.-- Agenda item 3: Review of the work programme of the RCM for the period 2008-2009.-- Agenda Item 4: Review of preparations for the MSI Review 2010 .-- Agenda item 5: Proposals for 2010-2011 work programme.-- Agenda item 6: Close

Report of the meeting on methodologies for disaster assessment-a regional approach

.--Background.--Agenda item 1 Welcome and opening remarks.--Agenda item 2 The Vulnerability of Small Island Developing States.--Agenda item 3 Methodologies for Risk Reduction at the Community Level.--Agenda item 4 Methodologies for Disaster Impact Assessment.--Agenda item 5 Ongoing Initiatives in Disaster Risk Reduction.--Agenda item 6 Optimizing the use of existing methodologies for addressing disasters.--Agenda item 7 Innovative financing mechanisms for risk reduction.--Agenda item 8 Regional collaboration for disaster risk reduction.--Agenda item 9 Simulation exercise.--Agenda item 10 Wrap-up, reflection and charting the way forward.--The Way Forward.--Immediate Tasks.--Annex - List of Participants.

The Caribbean and the post-2015 development agenda

This paper will contend that the post-2015 development agenda presents a major opportunity for Caribbean countries to reverse decades of lagging economic performance and make the transition to balanced, holistic, and people-centred growth and development. The MDGs, while valuable in promoting gains in poverty reduction, health, education, nutrition, and maternal well-being were not tailored to the growth and development needs of the region. This can now be changed by a post-2015 development agenda which goes beyond improving the welfare of citizens by meeting basic needs and enhancing access to primary services. The necessary scaling-up of the MDG framework will require that the sustainable development goals, which will anchor the post- 2015 development agenda, are capable of promoting structural change, competitiveness and output gains while advancing social development and meeting environmental concerns. They must also address the unfinished business of the millennium development goals, primarily in the area of human development.