INDICATIVE CALENDAR
OF
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
&
MEETINGS OF INTEREST
TO
THE COMMUNITY
FOR
January-December 2016
11 January 2016
JANUARY 2016
NATIONAL DAYS
1st
1st
New Year’s
Day
All Member States and
Associate Members
Independence
Day
Haiti
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
3
10
17
24
31
4
11
18
25
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
7
14
21
28
1
8
15
22
29
2
9
16
23
30
HOST
COUNTRY
DATE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
5-6
Meeting of Officials Preparatory to the Sixtieth Special Meeting
of the COTED (Energy)
Sixtieth Special Meeting of the COTED (Energy)
(Guyana)
Sixth Special Meeting of the Council for National Security and
Law Enforcement (CONSLE) - via Videoconference
Sixth Meeting of the Regional Transportation Commission
Guyana
11-12
Sixth Meeting of the Regional Transportation Commission
Guyana
11-13
Sixtieth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and
Economic Development (COTED) on Energy
Sixth Special Meeting of the Council for National Security and
Law Enforcement (CONSLE)
CARICOM Committee of Ambassadors
Guyana
Fourth Meeting of the Human Resource Development
Commission
Virtual Clusters Meeting
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
18-19
Sixth Meeting of the Technical Working Group on Associate
Membership
Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Community Council of
Ministers
Meeting of Government Procurement Officials
18-19
Meeting of Government Procurement Officials
Grenada
18-19
Third Meeting of the 11th EDF CRIP Thematic Task Forces
Guyana
18-21
Nineteenth Meeting of the Senior Officials of the Legal
Affairs Committee (SOLAC) on Crime & Twenty-First
Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee (LAC)
Guyana
19-21
CARICOM Agriculture Planners Forum
20-21
20-23
CARICOM Standing Committees of Chiefs of Immigration and
Comptrollers of Customs (CICC)
Tenth Meeting of the Reconstituted Inter-Governmental Task
Force (IGTF)
Waste-To-Energy(W2E) Technology Expo and Conference
21-22
Meeting of Government Procurement Officials
8
6
11
12
13
13
13
14
15
20-21
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Belize
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
TBC
Guyana
Grenada
Guyana
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DATE
21-22
22
HOST
COUNTRY
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
Meeting of Government Procurement Officials
Haiti
Guyana
10th EDF CSME & EIP PCT Meeting
25-26
Meeting of Government Procurement Officials
Dominica
25-26
Meeting of Government Procurement Officials
Antigua and Barbuda
25-29
Tentative
28
Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the COHSOD on Youth and
Culture
Meeting of Government Procurement Officials
28-29
CARICOM Technical Working Group in preparation for the
Fifth CARICOM-Dominican Republic Joint Council
Meeting of Government Procurement Officials
28-29
Guyana
Montserrat
Jamaica
St. Kitts and Nevis
MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY
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FEBRUARY 2016
NATIONAL DAYS
5th
Youman Nabi
7th
1517th
22nd
23rd
Independence Day
Carnival
Independence Day
Republic
Day/Mashramani
Guyana, Suriname, (subject to
sighting of moon)
Grenada
Haiti
Saint Lucia
Guyana
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
1
8
15
22
2
9
16
23
3
10
17
24
4
11
18
25
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
7
14
21
28
OBSERVANCES
4th
13th
World Cancer Day
World Radio Day [UNESCO]
20th
World Day of Social Justice
DATE
1-5
Meeting of Ministers of Intellectual Property
3-4
Meeting of Government Procurement Officials
3-4
CARICOM-SELA Meeting
16-17
HOST
COUNTRY
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
Guyana
St. Vincent and the
Grenadines
Guyana
25
Twenty-Seventh Inter-Sessional Meeting of the
Conference of Heads of Government
10th EDF CSME & EIP Project Steering Committee Meeting
Belize
Guyana
26
155th Meeting of the Executive Management Committee
Guyana
29
10th EDF CSME & EIP Project Steering Committee Meeting
Guyana
MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY
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MARCH 2016
NATIONAL DAYS
6th
Phagwah
9th
10th
National Heroes and
Benefactors Day
Commonwealth Day
14 th
17th
30th
National Heroes’ Day
St. Patrick’s Day
Spiritual Baptist
S
Guyana, Suriname
(as decreed)
Belize
British Virgin Islands, Turks
and Caicos Islands
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Montserrat
Trinidad and Tobago (as
decreed)
6
13
20
27
M
T
W
T
F
S
7
14
21
28
1
8
15
22
28
2
9
16
23
30
3
10
17
24
31
4
11
18
25
5
12
19
26
OBSERVANCES
1st
8th
21st
21st
22nd
23rd
25th
Zero Discrimination Day
International Women’s Day
International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination
World Poetry Day
World Water Day
World Meteorological Day
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of
Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
HOST
COUNTRY
DATE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
2-4
Tentative
7
Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the COHSOD on Youth and
Culture
Meeting of Clusters
Guyana
8
Seventh Meeting of the Secretary-General and Heads of
Community Institutions
Consultative Meeting on Technical Cooperation
Guyana
Fourth Meeting between the Secretariat and its International
Development Partners
Fourth Meeting of the National AIDS Programme Managers
and Key Partners
Twentieth Meeting of the Senior Officials of the Legal
Affairs Committee (SOLAC) and 22nd Meeting of the
Legal Affairs Committee (LAC)
Guyana
9
10-11
15-17
21-24
Guyana
Guyana
Trinidad and Tobago
Guyana
MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY
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APRIL 2016
NATIONAL DAYS
3rd
Good Friday
6th
Easter Monday
28th
Apr.
National Heroes Day
Youman Nabi
S
All Member States
and Associate
Members
All Member States
and Associate
Members (except
Bermuda)
Barbados
Guyana
3
10
17
24
M
4
11
18
25
T
5
12
19
26
W
6
13
20
27
T
F
S
7
14
21
28
1
8
15
22
29
2
9
`6
23
30
OBSERVANCES
7th
24th
World Health Day
Girls in ICT Day
HOST
COUNTRY
DATE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
4-8
Guyana
6
Twenty-First Meeting of the Senior Officials of the
Legal Affairs Committee (SOLAC) and 22nd Meeting
of the Legal Affairs Committee (LAC)
Virtual Clusters Meeting (TEC) and ECN
7
Virtual Clusters Meeting (SOC)
Guyana
7
Virtual Clusters Meeting (ENV)
Guyana
Meeting of Officials Preparatory to the Nineteenth Meeting of
the Council for Foreign and Community Relations
Nineteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and
Community Relations
Guyana
12-15
19-22
Guyana
Guyana
MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY
18-22
First Conservation of Migratory Species Regional Workshop
for The Caribbean Region
Guyana
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MAY 2016
NATIONAL DAYS
1st
Labour Day
4th
Labour Day
5th
17th
18th
21st
23rd
23rd
24th
25th
Arrival Day
Ascension Day
Flag and University Day
Discovery Day
Labour Day
Bermuda Day
Commonwealth Day
Whit Monday
26th
26th
30th
30th
30th
Independence Day
National Heroes’ Day
Mothers’ Day
Indian Arrival Day
Anguilla Day
Barbados, Belize, Dominica,
Grenada, Guyana, Haiti,
Montserrat, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Suriname
Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts
and Nevis
Guyana
Haiti
Haiti
Cayman Islands
Jamaica
Bermuda
Belize
The Bahamas, Barbados,
Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat,
St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
British Virgin Islands
Guyana
Turks and Caicos Islands
Haiti
Trinidad and Tobago
Antigua and Barbuda
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
1
8
15
22
29
2
9
16
23
30
3
10
17
24
31
4
11
18
25
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
7
14
21
28
OBSERVANCES
3rd
31st
World Press Freedom Day
World No Tobacco Day
DATE
9
19-20
27
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
Meeting of Senior Management Committee
Standing Committee of Military Chiefs and Commissioners of
Police (CPMC)
Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for National
Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE)
HOST
COUNTRY
Guyana
Suriname
Video Conference
MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY
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JUNE 2016
NATIONAL DAYS
2nd
4th
4th
Ascension Day
Special Holiday in honour of
HM Queen Elizabeth II’s
Diamond Jubilee
Corpus Christi
5th
11th
11th
13th
19th
20th
20th
Labour Day
Queen’s Birthday
Sovereign’s Birthday
Queen’s Birthday
Labour Day
National Heroes’ Day
Queen’s Official Birthday
Haiti
Cayman Islands
Grenada, Haiti, Saint Lucia,
Trinidad and Tobago
The Bahamas
Montserrat
British Virgin Islands
Anguilla, Montserrat
Trinidad and Tobago
Bermuda
Turks and Caicos Islands
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
7
14
21
28
1
8
15
22
29
2
9
16
23
30
3
10
17
24
4
11
18
25
OBSERVANCES
5th
8th
12th
14th
World Environment Day
World Ocean Day
World Day against Child Labour
World Blood Donor Day
DATE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
HOST
COUNTRY
MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY
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JULY 2016
NATIONAL DAYS
1st
1st
2nd
6th
Emancipation Day
Territory Day
Constitution Day
CARICOM Day
7th
Carnival Tuesday
10th
17th
Independence Day
Eid-Ul-Fitr
28th
29th
Emancipation Day
Somer’s Day
Suriname
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Guyana, St. Vincent and
the Grenadines
St. Vincent and the
Grenadines
The Bahamas
Suriname, Trinidad and
Tobago (tbc
Bermuda
Bermuda
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
3
10
17
24
4
11
18
25
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
7
14
21
28
1
8
15
22
29
2
9
16
23
30
31
OBSERVANCES
11th
18th
30th
World Population Day
Nelson Mandela International Day
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
DATE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
2-4
Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Conference of Heads of
Government of the Caribbean Community
HOST
COUNTRY
6
Virtual Clusters Meeting (TEC)
Guyana
6
Virtual Clusters Meeting (ENC)
Guyana
7
Virtual Clusters Meeting (SOC)
Guyana
7
Virtual Clusters Meeting (ENV)
Guyana
MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY
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AUGUST 2016
NATIONAL DAYS
1st
Emancipation Day
2nd
Culturama
3rd
3rd
August Monday
Emancipation Day
4th
6th
8th
9th
12th
15th
19th
31st
Kadooment Day
Independence Day
Eid Ul Fitr
Indigenous People
Carnival Tuesday
Assumption Day
Constitution Day
Independence Day
Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica,
Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint
Lucia, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
Trinidad and Tobago
St. Kitts and Nevis
Dominica, Anguilla
The Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada,
Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St.
Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St.
Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad
and Tobago, Anguilla
Barbados
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
Suriname
Grenada
Haiti
Anguilla
Trinidad and Tobago
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
7
14
21
1
8
15
22
2
9
16
23
3
10
17
24
4
11
18
25
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
28
29
30
31
OBSERVANCES
9th
12th
23rd
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
International Youth Day
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade
and Its Abolition
DATE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
HOST
COUNTRY
MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY
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SEPTEMBER 2016
NATIONAL DAYS
1st
10th
16th
19th
21st
24th
28th
Labour Day
St. George's Day
National Heroes Day
Independence Day
Independence Day
Republic Day
National Youth Day
S
Bermuda
Belize
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Kitts and Nevis
Belize
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
4
11
18
25
M
5
12
19
26
T
6
13
20
27
W
T
F
S
7
14
21
28
1
8
15
22
29
2
9
16
23
30
3
10
17
24
OBSERVANCES
8th
25th
27th
International Literacy Day
World Maritime Day
World Tourism Day
DATE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
HOST
COUNTRY
MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY
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OCTOBER 2016
NATIONAL DAYS
3rd
4th *
7th
10th
11th
12th
13th
13th
20th
20th
25th
25th
25th
27th
S
Thanksgiving Day
Eid-ul-Azah
Anniversary of the Death of
Dessalines
Maroons Day
Diwali
Pan American Day
National Heroes Day
Columbus Day
National Heroes Day
St. Ursula‘s Day
Thanksgiving Day
UN Day
International Human Rights
Day
Independence Day
Saint Lucia
Guyana
Haiti
Suriname
Guyana, Suriname
Belize
The Bahamas
Turks and Caicos Islands
Jamaica
British Virgin Islands
Grenada
Haiti
Turks and Caicos
2
9
16
23
30
M
3
10
17
24
31
T
4
11
18
25
W
5
12
19
26
T
6
13
20
27
F
S
7
14
21
28
1
8
15
22
29
St. Vincent and the
Grenadines
OBSERVANCES
5th
5th
17th
20th
24th
World Habitat Day
World Teachers’ Day
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
World Statistics Day
United Nations Day
5
Virtual Clusters Meeting (TEC)
HOST
COUNTRY
Guyana
5
Virtual Clusters Meeting (ECN)
Guyana
6
Virtual Clusters Meeting (SOC)
Guyana
6
Virtual Clusters Meeting (ENV)
Guyana
DATE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY
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NOVEMBER 2016
NATIONAL DAYS
S
1st
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
10th
Independence Day
All Saints‘ D ay
All Souls‘ Day
Independence Day
Community Day of Service
Battle of Vertieres Day
Remembrance Day
Antigua and Barbuda
Haiti
Haiti
Dominica
Dominica
Haiti
Cayman Islands
11th
19th
25th
Remembrance Day
Garifuna Settlement Day
Republic Day (Srefidensi)
Bermuda
Belize
Suriname
25th
Independence Day
M
T
W
T
F
S
6
13
20
7
14
21
1
8
15
22
2
9
16
23
3
10
17
24
4
11
18
25
5
12
19
26
27
28
29
30
OBSERVANCES
20th
25th
Universal Children’s Day
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against
Women
DATE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
11
Eighteenth Meeting of the Council for National
Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE)
HOST
COUNTRY
TBC
MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY
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DECEMBER 2016
NATIONAL DAYS
1st
9th
19th
25th
Independence Day
National Heroes
Day
Separation Day
Christmas Day
26th
Christmas Day
(Kerstmis)
Boxing Day
31st
Festival Day
S
Barbados
Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada,
Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St.
Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent
and the Grenadines, Trinidad and
Tobago, Anguilla, Anguilla, British Virgin
Islands, Bermuda, Cayman Islands
Suriname, Turks and Caicos
4
11
18
25
M
5
12
19
26
T
6
13
20
27
W
T
F
S
7
14
21
28
1
8
15
22
29
2
9
16
23
30
3
10
17
24
31
Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada,
Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts
and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Bermuda
St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Anguilla,
British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
Bermuda,
Turks and Caicos
Montserrat
OBSERVANCES
1st
2nd
3rd
10th
World Aids Day
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Human Rights Day
DATE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
HOST
COUNTRY
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DATE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
HOST
COUNTRY
MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY
1
Meeting Of Law of the Sea Experts
Guyana
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