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SIDS:
High-level Roundtable, Bridgetown, Barbados, 25-27 March 2008
High-level Roundtable on International Cooperation for Sustainable Development in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Launching New Partnerships between Iceland and Caribbean Small Island Developing States
Business and Investment Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development and on Sustainable Management of Fisheries
25-27 March 2008
Bridgetown, Barbados
Presentations
| Name | Affiliation/Title | Presentation |
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| Opening Session | ||
| Hon. Christopher Sinckler | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados | Welcome Address |
| Hon. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir | Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland | Address NB: presented by Ms. Kristin Arnadottir, Special Engyo |
| Mr. SHA Zukang | Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations | Address |
| H.E. Angus Friday | Permanent Representative of Grenada to the United Nations and Chairman of the Alliance of the Small Island States (AOSIS) | Statement |
| High-level Roundtable on International Cooperation for Sustainable Development in Caribbean SIDS Session I: Caribbean Small Island Developing States: Enhancing Economic Resilience and Sustainable Development |
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| Prof. Albert Binger | Jamaica | Regional assessment of sustainable development in Caribbean SIDS |
| Mr. Ulric Trotz | Science Adviser and Review Editor of IPCC Working Group II Report, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), Belize | The impact of climate change on Caribbean SIDS |
| Mr. Neil Pierre | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, Sustainable Development Unit, Trinidad and Tobago | Natural disasters, risk reduction, and economic and social sustainability for Caribbean SIDS |
| Mr. Kelvin Dalrymple | Chief Research Economist, Caribbean Development Bank, Barbados | A catalyst for development resources in the Caribbean |
| Ms. Svetlana Bagaudinova | Monitoring, Analysis and Policy Unit, Investment Climate Department, World Bank | Doing business in SIDS |
| Session II: Sustainable Energy Development in Caribbean SIDS |
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| Mr. Roland Clarke | Project Manager, Caribbean Renewable Energy Development PRoject (CREDP), CARICOM Secretariat | Overview of renewable energy development in Caribbean SIDS |
| Mr. William Hinds | Ministry of Energy and the Environment, Barbados | Examples of Barbados' initiatives in renewable energy |
| Mr. Gísli Pálsson | Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA) | Overview on Icelandic development cooperation in the energy sector with Central America and the Caribbean |
| Mr. Thorleifur Finnsson | Reykjavík Energy Invest | Examples of Iceland's initiatives and partnerships in geothermal and hydro energy development |
| Special Keynote Address | ||
| Hon. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir | Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland | Icelandic Development Cooperation with UNIFEM on SIDS |
| Ms. Jocelyn Dow | founding member of Red Thread and businesswoman, Guyana, Member of the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation | Overview on the Programmes for the Advancement of Women in Caribbean SIDS |
| Session III: Sustainable Management of Fisheries in the Caribbean |
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| Mr. Franklin McDonald | UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme and UWI Institute for Sustainable Development, Jamaica | The marine environment in the Caribbean region |
| Mr. Bisessar Chakalall | Senior Fisheries Offcier, FAO Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean, Barbados | The state of fisheries in the wider Caribbean region |
| Mr. Jójann Sigurjónsson | Director General, Marine Research Institute, Iceland | Resource management of fisheries in Iceland and Icelandic development cooperation |
| Mr. Tumi Tómasson | Director UNU FTP, Iceland | Perspectives for the development of the UNU Fisheries Training Programme for the Caribbean |
| Mr. Hugh Saul | Director General, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism | Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism |
| Session IV: Conclusions and Recommendations |
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| Conclusions and Recommendations document | ||
| Closing of the High-level Roundtable | ||
| Hon. Christopher Sinckler | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business, Barbados | Statement |
| Hon. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir | Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland | Statement |
| Mr. SHA Zukang | Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations | Statement |
| Business and Investment Forums on Energy and Fisheries Session A: Energy for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean |
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| Mr. Lárus Elíasson | CEO Enex, Iceland | Solutions in the renewable energy sector: geothermal and small to medium-size hydro energy projects |
| Mr. James Husbands | CEO, Solar Dynamics Limited, Barbados | Energy for sustainable development in Barbados |
| Mr. Guðmundur Þóroddsson | Reykjavik Energy Invest | Experience in geothermal power development |
| Mr. Mark Lambrides | Department for Sustainable Development, Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, D.C. | The Eastern Caribbean Geothermal Energy Project (Geo-Caraibes) |
| Mr. Lúdvik S. Georgsson | Deputy Director, UNU Geothermal Training Programme, National Energy Authority, Iceland | Overview of the Geothermal Training Programmes offered at the United Nations University |
| Mr. Jose Antonio Rodriguez | Executive Director, LaGeo S.A., El Salvador | Geothermal development in Central America |
| Ms. Erouscilla P. Joseph | Research Assistant, Seismic Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago | Geothermal energy potential in the Caribbean |
| Session B: Effective and Sustainable Management of Fisheries Resources in the Caribbean: Potential for Regional and International Cooperation |
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| Mr. Kieran Kelleher | Senior Fisheries Specialist, Agriculture and Rural Development Department, World Bank | PROFISH: The World Bank Global Program on Fisheries |
| Mr. Geir Oddsson | Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA) | Overview on Icelandic development cooperation in the fisheries sector |
| Mr. Kolbeinn Gunnarsson | Trackwell Ltd., Iceland | Remote monitoring of vessels for fisheries management and enforcement purposes |
| Mr. Thorsteinn Ingi Viglundsson | Mode Slurry Ice Systems | Increasing quality through rapid chilling: Mode slurry ice systems |
| Mr. Gylfi Geirsson | Icelandic Coastguard | The Icelandic Vessel Monitoring System |