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High-level Roundtable on International Cooperation
for Sustainable Development in Caribbean Small Island Developing States
25-27 March 2008 Bridgetown, Barbados
Presentations
Opening Session
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Hon. Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados:
Welcome Address
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Hon. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister of
Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland (presented by Ms.
Kristin Arnadottir, Special Engyo):
Address
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Mr. SHA Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for
Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations:
Address
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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
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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
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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
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Mr. Kelvin Dalrymple, Chief Research Economist,
Caribbean Development Bank, Barbados:
A catalyst for
development resources in the Caribbean
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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
Special Keynote Address
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Hon. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister of
Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland:
Icelandic Development
Cooperation with UNIFEM on SIDS
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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
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Mr. Bisessar Chakalall, Senior Fisheries Offcier,
FAO Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean, Barbados:
The state of fisheries
in the wider Caribbean region
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Mr. Jójann Sigurjónsson, Director General, Marine
Research Institute, Iceland:
Resource management
of fisheries in Iceland and Icelandic development cooperation
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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
Closing of the High-level Roundtable
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Hon. Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business, Barbados:
Statement
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Hon. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister of
Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland:
Statement
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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
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Mr. James Husbands, CEO, Solar Dynamics Limited,
Barbados: Energy for sustainable development in Barbados
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Mr. Guðmundur Þóroddsson, Reykjavik Energy
Invest:
Experience
in geothermal power development
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Mr. Mark Lambrides, Department for Sustainable
Development, Organization of American States (OAS), Washington,
D.C.:
The Eastern
Caribbean Geothermal Energy Project (Geo-Caraibes)
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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
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Mr. Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Executive Director,
LaGeo S.A., El Salvador:
Geothermal development in Central
America
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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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