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Eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable

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9 de septiembre de 2024|Evento
CEPAL - Caribe

Confronting the challenges to resilient growth and sustainable development in the Caribbean: from dialogue to action post the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States

The Caribbean Development Roundtable will bring together regional and international development thinkers and practitioners, leaders and senior policy makers from ECLAC member States and associate member countries, representatives of the United Nations system, regional and international financial institutions, academia, and civil society, including the private sector, as well as other development partners. All are invited to contribute to the discussions.

Agenda

Day 1
Session
Detail/description
1 Registration
2

Opening of the Meeting

  • Remarks by Outgoing CDCC Chair
  • Remarks by Incoming CDCC Chair
3

 Statement by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC which frames the discussions

 
 4

Panel 1: Confronting Climate Change Through Strategies for Risk Reduction, Resilience Building and Economic Recovery in the Caribbean:

  • The role of Parametric Insurance in Disaster Risk Management – Liz Emanuel, CCRIF
  • Integrating Early Warning Systems into Caribbean Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies - UNDRR
  • Data Availability and the Role of the MVI – DESA
  • Strategies for building resilience to mitigate the economic and fiscal impact of climate change on Caribbean Economies   - CCCCCs 
5

Keynote Speaker –– Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis   
6

Panel 2: Improving Access to Innovative and Climate Finance: towards investment in Adaptation and Structural Transformation in Caribbean Economies.

  • Climate Finance and the ABAS – Minster Chet Greene
  • Innovative Climate Finance Instruments: Carbon Credits and a Regional Emissions Trading Scheme – Vice President Jagdeo or Minister of Natural Resources, Guyana  
  • Addressing Gaps in Building Resilience and Facilitating Rapid Recovery (and the establishment of Regional SIRF Fund for financing environmental, climate mitigation and adaptation projects) – Ambassador Comacho-Thomas
  • Debt Buy-backs, Blended Finance and Debt for Climate Swaps credible options for Caribbean economies in a climate of high interest rates and limited access to concessional and grant funds? – Lyndon Guiseppi or Manuel Rodriguez

 
7

Panel 3: Enhancing Human Capital and Competitiveness in fueling growth and sustainable development in the Caribbean:

  • The main drivers of productivity (including AI) in the Caribbean – Professor Vanus James
  • Role of Governance in Enhancing Efficiency and Addressing the Implementation Deficit – Diann Black-Layne
  • Closing the Caribbean’s Skills-gap – President of COSTATT

 

Day 2
Session
Detail/description
8

Panel 4: Building Economic Resilience through Diversification

  • The development of Growth Poles centred around the yachting and cruise sectors as a medium for building economic resilience in Caribbean economies – Martin Franklin
  • Harnessing the potential of the Blue Economy as a tool for delivering growth and economic development in Caribbean SIDS – Minister Anthony Smith
  • New and Dynamic Industries for attracting investment – Head of JAMPRO  
9

Panel 5: Deepening Trade and Integration to Promote Growth and Development in the Caribbean

  • The Importance of Negotiating New Bilateral Trade Agreements: Deepening Trade Relations with Latin America - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Belize  
  • Intra-regional Trade and the future of the rules-based multilateral trading system   - Wayne McCook
  • The Role of Modernizing Regional Transportation Infrastructure – Minister Alva Baptiste
10

Closing remarks by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
11

Lunch: Keynote Speaker – A consideration of the essential elements of the proposed SIDS Development Bank for Prosperity

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Scope of Meeting

The CDR is expected to address the Caribbean’s debt challenge and other related issues, while providing a forum for examining opportunities for more effective promotion of sustainable development. Emphasis will be placed on finding innovative solutions to these trenchant problems.  The theme of the Roundtable is “Confronting the challenges to resilient growth and sustainable development in the Caribbean: from dialogue to action 
post the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States”

The meeting will focus on five interrelated topics as follows:

  • Confronting Climate Change Through Strategies for Risk Reduction, Resilience Building and Economic Recovery in the Caribbean.
  • Improving Access to Innovative and Climate Finance: towards investment in Adaptation and Structural Transformation in Caribbean Economies.
  • Enhancing Human Capital and Competitiveness in fueling growth and sustainable development in the Caribbean.
  • Building Economic Resilience through Diversification
  • Deepening Trade and Integration to Promote Growth and Development in the Caribbean.

 

Objective of the Roundtable

The main objective of the Roundtable is to provide a space for intellectual exchange of views and suggestions, with a view to identifying workable solutions to address the vulnerabilities of Caribbean SIDS.  Focus will be given the identification of integrated strategies for building resilience. It is anticipated that such strategies could be mainstreamed into national development planning processes, through policy formulation.