5-7 th
May 2015
UWI & The Hyatt Regency, Trinidad and Tobago
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Welcome to what we believe will be a mould-breaking gathering of progressive Caribbean policy-makers, thinkers, business and civic society leaders. We have ensured that this will be a forum that amplifies the voices of dynamic young leaders willing to challenge the status quo and champion new solutions. We have worked hard to develop an innovative and ambitious forum designed specifically to catalyse disruptive thought, research and action needed to build a transformed and sustainable future for the
Caribbean.
Our key themes will be:
♦ Capturing the ambitions of the region
♦ Embracing Caribbean convergence
♦ Shaping a new global compact through diplomacy
♦ Tackling poverty and inequality
♦ Advocating innovative financing solutions
Day 1 - May 5, 2015
Stimulating Radical Ideas
On the first day academics from across the world, and regional thought leaders and policy-makers will present radical ideas and outline deeply practical outcomes around our key themes, including Caribbean convergence, the resilience of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the quality of data for decision making and pathways to a more sustainable future.
Day 2 - May 6, 2015
Rethinking the Caribbean Future
On day 2, we will begin to build a vision of how the Caribbean could transform itself by 2050. Comprising a series of keynote speeches by internationally renowned experts, followed by moderated roundtable discussions, delegates will discuss themes around global and regional convergence including CARICOM integration and opportunities for convergence from the private sector. We will address too the crucial role that the political economy and governance plays in delivering sustainable development.
Day 3 - May 7, 2015
Taking Action for Sustainable Outcomes
The focus of the final day of the Forum will be on creating the momentum and means to take bold action for the future. Prompted by thought-provoking keynote speeches and roundtable discussions, delegates will be invited to debate innovative, yet practical, ways of tackling poverty and inequality, reducing debt levels, delivering green and blue growth strategies and human capital development, and the role of Caribbean diplomacy in the global world of politics.
In short our objective for the Forum is to generate disruptive thinking, stimulate bold action and deliver practical outcomes.
We hope you enjoy what we hope is the start of an exciting new chapter in Caribbean development.
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8:30 National Anthem of Trinidad and Tobago
Opening Remarks
PVC Professor Clement Sankat
Campus Principal, UWI, St. Augustine
Opening Address
Professor Patrick Watson
Director of The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, St Augustine
Welcome Remarks
Dr Antonio Prado
Deputy Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin American and the
Caribbean
9:15
Moderator David Anyanwu-academic consultant
1. Macroeconomic Instability in Small Island States
Anthony Birchwood
Lecturer, Department of Economics, UWI, St. Augustine
2. Implementation Deficit: Why Member States Do Not Comply With CARICOM Directives
Paul C. Clement
Chair, Department of Social Sciences, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
3. Bank spreads in the Caribbean
Presented by
Dorian Noel
Lecturer, Department of Management Studies, UWI, St. Augustine
Written with
Michael Brei
Assistant Professor, Econoix, Paris
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10:30
Antony Birchwood
Lecturer, Department of Economics, UWI, St. Augustine
Coffee Break
10:45
12:00
Moderator Toni Throne
World Economic Forum Global Shaper Bridgetown hub and CEO of Thorne Publishing
Productions
1. Vulnerability in Small Island Economies
Presented by Sebastian Auguste
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Written with
Magdalena Cornejo
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2. Situating the Caribbean within the new Global Political Economy of Development
Mathew Bishop
Senior lecturer Institute of International Relations, UWI, St. Augustine
3. Case study for Building Resilience: A New Path to Sustainable Industry Development
Indera Sagewan-Alli
Executive Director Caribbean Centre for Competitiveness
Lunch
1:00
Moderator Jennifer Raffoul
World Economic Forum Global Shaper Port of Spain hub and Founder and CEO of Made in the
Caribbean
1. Governance in the Caribbean SIDS – Evidence From Governance Global Indicators
Lino Briguglio
Director, Islands and Small States Institute, University of Malta
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2:15
2. Appropriate multidimensional indicators and measurements of poverty and vulnerability for the Caribbean
Presented by
Valérie Angeon
University of French West Indies
Written with
Samuel Bates
PSL Research University, Paris
3. An Empirical Analysis of Poverty and its Determinants in Trinidad and Tobago
Presetned by
Raynata Wiggins
PhD candiate, The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, St. Augustine
Written with
Sandra Sookram
Research Fellow, The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, St. Augustine
Moderator Kirk-Anthony Hamilton
World Economic Forum Global Shaper Kingston hub and Founder and CEO of The Infiniti
Partnership
1. Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Coastal Zone Management
Presented by
Rahanna Juman
Institute of Marine Affairs, Hilltop Lane, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago
Written with
Kahlil Hassanali
Institute of Marine Affairs, Hilltop Lane, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago
2. The Impact of Tropical Storms on the Fiscal Sector: A High Frequency Analysis of the
Caribbean
Presented by
Eric Strobl
Ecole Polytechnique
Written with Bazoumana Ouattara
University of Manchester
Jan Vermeiren
Kinetic Analysis Corporation
Stacia Yearwood
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility
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3:45
3:30
5:00
3. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises as Indicators of Resilience to Climate Change in the
Caribbean
Presented by
Perry Polar
Caribbean Network for Urban and Land Management, UWI, St. Augustine
Written with
Asad Mohammed
Caribbean Network for Urban and Land Management, UWI, St. Augustine
Moderator Kaierouann Imarah Radix (World Economic Forum Global Shaper Georgetown hub and Executive director S4 Foundation)
1. Measuring the Effectiveness of Models of Cooperation:
Regional Integration and Cooperation as one of the Crucial Elements of Caribbean Development
Viktor Sukup
Policy officer European Commission
2. Participatory Mapping: Caribbean Small Island Developing States
Presented by
Alison K. DeGraff
Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management, UWI, St. Augustine
Written with
Bheshem Ramlal
Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management, UWI, St. Augustine
3. New Pathways to Sustainable Development in the Caribbean
Shariann Henry
UWI, St. Augustine
The Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean is a global academy for Caribbean
Diplomacy, the first of its kind in the region, which seeks to provide learning and training to a cross-section of target groups and beneficiaries involved in international cooperation negotiations and transactions within the CARICOM region and beyond.
The Academy is a joint project between the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and
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its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and The UWI through its Institute of International
Relations.
5:30 Reception hosted by Professor Clement Sankat
UWI Campus Principal, St. Augustine
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8:00 National Anthem of Trinidad and Tobago
Introduction
Ms. Frances Seignoret
Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
Welcome
Ambassador Irwin LaRocque
Secretary General, Caribbean Community
Ambassador Alfonso Múnera Cavadía
Secretary General Association of Caribbean States
Opening Statement
Sir Hilary Beckles
Vice Chancellor designate, UWI
8:45
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
To disrupt the current paradigm of Caribbean integration and place the region in the global convergence process.
How does the Caribbean optimally position itself to benefit from a rapidly progressing global convergence agenda? What are the limits to Caribbean convergence: economics, politics or both? How can the Caribbean generate the political will to drive convergence? How can the region deepen integration with Latin America? How does the renewed US-Cuba relation impact the Caribbean? What lessons can be learnt
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from highly successful integration models? Where does the Caribbean stand in the global convergence process?
Opening Remarks and Introduction
Moderator
Mark Wilson
Economic Intelligence Unit
A Convergence of Caribbean Economies: Will the Opportunity be Missed Again?
Introductory keynote
The Honorable Mr. Winston Dookeran
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
Round Table
Improving Cooperation among Caribbean States
Ambassador Alfonso Múnera Cavadía
Secretary General Association of Caribbean States
CARICOM as an Integration Model
Irwin LaRocque
Secretary General Caribbean Community
Convergence of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras
The Honorable Mr Sergio de la Torre
Minister of Economy Guatemala
Canada’s Convergence in the Hemisphere
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10:45
11:00
Discussants
Caribbean convergence
Mathew Bishop
Lecturer, Institute of International Relations, UWI, St. Augustine
US-Cuba relations
Jacqueline Laguardia Martinez
Lecturer Institute of International Relation, UWI, St Augustine
Question and Answers
Coffee Break
Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business
To extract lessons for Caribbean convergence from disruptive action by the private sector.
The private sector is a leading driver, beneficiary and blocker of regional integration.
Caribbean convergence is moving a pace among private sector players. What incentives would encourage the private sector to play an active role in regional policy debates and push convergence? What are the best opportunities and examples of
Caribbean convergence from the private sector including Small and Medium
Enterprises?
Presenter and Moderator
Miguel Carillo
Executive Director Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business
Presenters
Is there a Caribbean Sclerosis: A Critical assessment of the Private Sector
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1:00
2:00
Inder Ruprah
Regional Economic Advisor Inter-American Development Bank
Building Hemispheric private sector partnerships: Is it Real or Illusionary?
Mr. Albert Ramdin-Assistant Secretary General, Organization of American States
Round Table
Valmiki Kempadoo
Social Entrepreneur and Founder of Kittitian Hill, St. Kitts
Key Private sector players
Questions and Answers
Lunch
The Commonwealth Secretariat
To capture the burning aspirations of the Caribbean, outline concrete proposals for achieving them and to show the consequences of inaction.
Concrete steps to improve Caribbean development require visioning techniques and a careful assessment of the current development challenges, in particular citizen security, youth development, energy, private sector development and innovation.
What is the ideal Caribbean in 2050? Where would the current growth and development strategies in the Caribbean lead? How can the Caribbean improve development prospects and build resilience to external shocks and new vulnerabilities? What are the practical outcomes for achieving an ideal Caribbean in
2050?
Moderator and Presenter
Presentation of the Strategic Vision
Mr. Deodat Maharaj
Deputy Secretary-General for Economic and Social Development
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3:45
4:00
Presenters
Visioning
Sylvia Charles
President of the Organization of Women of the Americas
Development strategies
Christine Clarke
Lecturer UWI, Mona
Economic Modelling
Winston Moore
Senior lecturer, UWI, Cave Hill
Coffee Break
To get the reaction of political leaders on adopting disruptive and innovative ideas and ways to avoiding implementation deficit.
Political leaders play a crucial role in shaping the development path of nations. Top leaders with proper vision and decisive action are crucial for development. How can leaders in the region build the political will to take hard decisions?
Opening Remarks
The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Moderator
Sir Hillary Beckles
Vice Chancellor designate, The UWI
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7:30
Dr. The Honourable Ralph Gonsalves
Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
The Honourable Freundel Stuart
Prime Minister of Barbados
Dr. The Honourable Kenny Anthony
Prime Minister of St. Lucia
The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
The Honourable Mike Eman
Prime Minister of Aruba
The Honourable Perry Christie
Prime Minister of the Bahamas
Formal Reception hosted by The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar
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8:00 Welcome Message and Introduction
Mr. Richard Blewitt
United Nations Resident Coordinator
Introductory Keynote Address
A New Approach to Sustainable Development Governance in the Caribbean: Is it happening?
The Honourable Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie
Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development, Trinidad and Tobago
9:00
Moderator
Giovani di Cola
Panel
Education: The Anchor for Caribbean Sustainability
Dr. Didacus Jules
Director General of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
Gender Deficit: The Challenge for Social Sustainability
Professor Patricia Mohammed
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10:45
Centre for Gender and Development Studies
The Quest for Good Governance in the Caribbean
Professor Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine
Deputy Dean, Outreach Faculty of Law
Bernando Alvarez
Secretary General of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America and
President of PETROCARlBE
Hamilton Moss
Vice President of Energy of Latin American Development Bank (CAF)
Coffee Break
11:00
(parallel
session)
United Nations Development Programme
Finding innovative solutions and measurements of multidimensional poverty, well-being and inequality to improve resource allocation and decision making.
In the fight against poverty innovative approaches to resource mobilization and decision making is critical. Moreover, poverty is multidimensional and should be measured beyond income to include wider human deprivations. What are appropriate multidimensional poverty and well-being indicators? How can they be used to improve resource allocation, decision making and monitor policy interventions? How to improve data dissemination, quantity and quality to better inform the public? What best practices can be adopted to improve data quantity and quality? What are innovative solutions to poverty and inequality reduction?
Opening Remarks and Introduction
Moderator
Patrick Watson
Director of The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, St Augustine
Are Measurement Indicators for Poverty and Inequality the Problem?
Introductory keynote
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11:00
(parallel session)
George Gray Molina
Chief Economist Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNDP New York)
Panel
Is Mexico’s Experience on Data Transparency Transferrable to the Caribbean?
Martha Moreno Perez
The National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval)
Are there Really Data solutions for the Caribbean?
Philomen Harrison
Project Director, Regional Statistics, CARICOM
Discussants
Education
Clement Sankat
Principal UWI St Augustine
Child poverty and gender
Joaquin Guzman Aleman
Regional Adviser Social Policy UNICEF
Health
James Hospedales
Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency
Questions and Answers
United Nations Development Programme
To advocate bold action and solutions to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development
What is the role of good governance in localizing the post-2015 sustainable development agenda? What is the role of political will and leadership required to overcome challenges to sustainable development challenges? How can the citizenry be adequately involved in the
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1:00 localization of the development agenda through inclusive and participatory decision-making and increase accountability and transparency? What are the new growth strategies for sustainable development? How can the rule of law be promoted at the national and regional level to foster a legal and political framework for sustainable development?
Opening Remarks and Introduction
Moderator
Susan McDade
Deputy Director Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
Presentations
Governance Challenges in Development Planning
Amina Mohammed
Secretary-General’s Special Adviser
New Governance Scenarios for Small States
Lino Briguglio
Director, Islands and Small States Institute, University of Malta
Is the Politics in Caribbean Governance our Problem?
Wendy Grenade
Lecturer Department of Government, Sociology & Social Work UWI, Cave Hill
Caribbean Governance and multidimensional security threats
Caribbean Governance: Are we missing Forecasting Skills?
Anthony Clayton
Alcan Professor of Caribbean Sustainable Development, Institute for Sustainable
Development, UWI Mona
Has Caribbean Growth Strategies Failed?
Justin Ram
Director of Economics, Caribbean Development Bank
Gerard Johnson
General Manager of the Caribbean Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank
Questions and Answers
Lunch
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2:00
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
To advocate innovative financing solutions for the Caribbean amid high debt, reduced aid and stricter loan concessionalities.
What can the Caribbean expect from the ongoing discussion on financing for development and what are the new opportunities for access to finance? What are the new and emerging opportunities for development financing domestically, regionally and internationally? How can the region identify strategies, partnerships and arrangements to create a new compact which seeks to establish a multi-stakeholder platform with governments, international development organizations, private sector and academics to arrive at practical solutions?
Opening Remarks and introduction
Moderator
Dillon Alleyne
Deputy Director, ECLAC, sub-regional headquarters for the Caribbean
Presentations
Addressing financing for development issues in the Caribbean
Gail Hurley
Policy Specialist, Development Finance, UNDP Bureau for Policy and Programme Support
New thinking on Bond Financing (diaspora and “blue” bonds)
Jwala Rambarran
Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
Discussants
Ransford Smith
Former Deputy Secretary-General for Economic Affairs and Development of the
Commonwealth of Nations
Compton Bourne
Former Executive Director Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance
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3:45
4:00
Questions and Answers
Coffee Break
Institute of International Relations, UWI, St. Augustine
To take bold action through diplomacy and advocacy in creating a new global compact that supports development in the Caribbean.
Diplomatic activity has to contend with a more plural and complex world that is experiencing tension resulting from concurrent processes of fragmentation and integration. In such a context, is there a role for small states? What are the
Economics of new space diplomacy?
Opening Remarks and introduction
Moderator
Andy Knight
Director of the Institute of International Relations, UWI, St Augustine and Professor and former Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta
Opening Remarks and Introduction
Presentations
Small states diplomacy: Has it vanished?
Andrew Cooper
Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada
Diplomacy: Are the Global Institutions becoming Redundant?
Obijiofor Aginam
Head of Governance for Global Health, UNU International Institute for Global Health,
Kuala Lumpur (Global Health Diplomacy)
Strategic Diplomacy in the 21st Century
Jochen Prantl
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5:30
Associate Professor, Australia National University
Discussants
Gender Diplomacy
Alissa Trotz
Caribbean Studies at New College and Women and Gender Studies University of
Toronto
Outer Space Diplomacy
Camille Wardrop Alleyne
Aerospace Engineer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Questions and Answers
Professor Clement Sankat
Principal UWI St Augustine
The Honorable Mr. Winston Dookeran
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
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Dr. The Honourable Ralph Everard Gonsalves, Political
Leader of the Unity Labour Party (ULP), was appointed by
His Excellency the Governor-General to the Office of
Leader of the Opposition with effect from October 1, 1999.
Dr. Gonsalves succeeded the distinguished statesman, the
Honourable Vincent Ian Beache, who voluntarily demitted that Office. On December 6, 1998, Dr. Gonsalves was elected Political Leader of the ULP in succession, to Mr.
Beache.
The Right Honourable Freundel Stuart, QC MP
Following the success of the Democratic Labour Party in the
February 21, 2013 General Elections, Mr.Stuart assumed the office of Prime Minister a second time. Over the years, he has supported many community organisations, including the
Dayrells United Achievers Community Club and the Notre
Dame Sports Club.
The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP created history by becoming the first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and
Tobago in 2010.
She was also the first woman to be appointed Leader of the Opposition in the Republic of
Trinidad and Tobago.
Dr. Kenny Davis Anthony , currently serves as your Prime
Minister and also served in this position from 1997 to 2006, is a noted scholar and attorney. Anthony remains in high demand in regional and international fora, as a greatly respected, dynamic leader of integrity and vision.
The Honourable Perry G. Christie became prime minister of the Bahamas in May of 2002 after a long career in his
Caribbean island-nation's main legislative body, the
National Assembly. Christie heads the Progressive Liberal
Party (PLP) of the Bahamas, which dominated the political landscape even before the country won independence from
Britain in 1973.
Michiel Godfried (Mike Eman) is the Prime Minister of
Aruba and the leader of the Christian Democratic party of
Aruba, "Arubaanse Volkspartij" (AVP). He is vice-president of the International Centrum Democrats (IDC) and also a board member of the organization of Christian Democrats of
America (ODCA), with special responsibility for Caribbean
Affairs.
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Professor Lino Briguglio is a Professor of Economics at the
University of Malta. His research is based on small island states and their respective economic structures.
Professor Amitav Acharya is Professor at School of
International Service, American University Washington. He holds the position of Chair in Transnational challenges and
Governance and is also responsible for the ASEAN Studies
Centre. Ms Gail Hurley is a UNDP policy specialist on development finance. Some of her research analyses the
Caribbean as one of the world’s most heavily indebted regions.
Ms Amina Mohammed assumes the role of Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki- Moon. Mohammed is currently in charge of Post-2015 Development Planning. Mr Deodat Maharaj is appointed to the role of Deputy
Secretary-General for Economic and Social Development under the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Dr Mukhisa Kituyi , of Kenya, is UNCTAD’s seventh
Secretary-General and has an extensive background as an elected official, an academic, and a holder of high government office. He also has wide-ranging experience in trade negotiations, and in African and broader international economics and diplomacy. development.
Dr George Gray Molina is the Chief Economist in the
Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean,
UNDP New York. His research covers the fields of poverty and inequality, middle income challenges and human
Ms Vanessa Rubio Márquez was appointed undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean by the President of
Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, in 2013. She previously worked for the National Commission for the Retirement
Savings System, where she was director general for
Communication and Institutional Relations as well as secretary of the Board of Directors and of the Advisory
Committee.
Professor Anthony Clayton is a Professor of Caribbean
Sustainable Development at The University of the West
Indies, Mona Campus. Clayton’s research consists of policy analysis and strategic and development planning.
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America and the Caribbean on 22 August 2014. She previously served as Director of Country Actions with the
UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All
(SE4All) initiative.
Dr Andrew Cooper is a Professor of Political Science hailing from The University of Waterloo, Canada. He also holds the position of Associate Senior Fellow at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research.
Sir Hilary Beckles is a distinguished name throughout the
Caribbean academic sphere. Beckles is the Vice Chancellor designate.
Dr Obi Aginam was educated in Nigeria and Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (magna cum laude) from the
University of Nigeria; Master of Laws from Queen’s
University at Kingston, Canada, and a Ph.D. from the
University of British Columbia, Canada. He joined the UNU
Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP).
Professor Clement Sankat is the Pro- Vice Chancellor and
Principal at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
Campus. As a pioneer in Caribbean education, he has developed partnerships with the wider Caribbean and internationally so to promote the quality education at The
UWI.
Professor Compton Bourne is the Executive Director of the
Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance. He is a graduate of the University of London, the University of Birmingham and the University of the West Indies and was President of the Caribbean Development Bank. present title is Minister of Planning and Sustainable
Development. Minister Tewarie has served Trinidad and
Tobago and the Caribbean region in areas of public policy, public and private sector governance and education.
Senator Dr. the Honourable Bhoendradatt Tewarie was appointed as a Government Minister in May 2011. His
A career diplomat of nearly 30 years standing in the
Jamaican Public and Foreign Service, Mr. Smith previously served as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce and Technology, and also Permanent Secretary to the
Ministry of Industry and investment.
Dr. Philomen Harrison is currently the Project Director,
Regional Statistics, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Secretariat. At the CARICOM Secretariat she has been engaged in the process of strengthening the range and quality of statistics in the region.
Joaquin Gonzalez-Aleman is the Regional Adviser on Social
Policy at the UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean since November 2013.
Susan McDade is the Deputy Assistant Administrator and
Deputy Director for UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Latin
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Dr. Didacus Jules is currently the Director-General of the
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Dr. Jules career has spanned the public, private and NGO sectors.
Antonio Prado assumed the position of Deputy Executive
Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on 1 November 2009, having been appointed by the Secretary-General of the United
Nations, Ban Ki-moon.
Dr Jacqueline Laguardia Martínez
is a lecturer in
International Economics and Globalization, Economic
History, Cultural Industries and Publishing Industry,
Sustainable Development, Latin American and Caribbean
Studies, Cuban Studies at the University of the West Indies,
St Augustine.
Dr. Matthew Bishop came to Institute of International
Relations, the University of the West Indies in 2009 as
Lecturer in International Relations, and he was promoted to
Senior Lecturer in 2013.
Professor. W. Andy Knight is Director of the Institute of
International Relations (IIR) at The University of the West
Indies and Professor and former Chair of the Department of
Political Science at the University of Alberta.
Ambassador Irwin LaRocque , a national of Dominica, is the seventh Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM). Ambassador LaRocque is firmly committed to deepening integration within CARICOM and advancing cooperation within the wider Caribbean.
Mr. Jwala Rambarran is Governor of the Central Bank of
Trinidad and Tobago. He is no stranger to the Central Bank having worked with the Bank for approximately fourteen
(14) years. During his tenure at the Bank, he represented
Trinidad and Tobago as Technical Assistant in the Office of the Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund .
Professor Patrick Watson is the Director of Sir Arthur Lewis
Institute of Social & Economic Studies. His areas of expertise include Econometric Modelling of Caribbean phenomena (in particular monetary and fiscal policy),
Economic Measurement and Statistical Analysis.
Winston Dookeran personifies the statesman, the principled political leader; the passionate intellectual and the humble public servant. He is currently a Member of Parliament,
Minister of Foreign Affairs and has acted as Prime Minister
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of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on several occasions.
Dr. Wendy C. Grenade is a Lecturer in Political Science and the Deputy Dean (Outreach), Faculty of Social Sciences, the
University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. Her research interests include: comparative regionalisms, security studies with an emphasis on non-traditional security threats among small developing countries, governance and democracy and politics.
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