SEPTEMBER 2004 |
| DATE
|
MEETING |
VENUE |
2-3
Postponed |
Twenty-Ninth
Meeting of the Customs Committee of the Council
for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) |
Guyana |
| 4 |
Meeting
of Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Land
Management |
Belize |
| 5 |
Inter-Agency
Consultative Meeting on the Regional Coordinating
Mechanism |
Belize |
| 7-9 |
Multi-Disciplinary
Workshop on Barbados Plan of Action+10 Review |
Belize |
8
Postponed |
Seminar
on Compulsory Licensing in the Caribbean |
Trinidad
and Tobago |
| 8-10 |
Train
the Trainers Workshop on Technical Barriers
to Trade |
Barbados |
| 9 |
CARICOM-UNEP/SIDS
Programme of Horizontal Cooperation |
To
be advised |
| 9 |
Third
Board Meeting and Launch of the Caribbean Community
Climate Change Centre |
Belize |
9-10
Postponed |
Fifth
Meeting of the Working Group on Intellectual
Property Rights |
Trinidad
and Tobago |
13-17
Postponed |
Workshop
on Customs Valuation |
Antigua
and Barbuda |
| 14 |
PANCAP
Meeting on TRIPS |
Trinidad
and Tobago |
| 15-16 |
Special
Meeting of CARICOM Stakeholders on the Reform
of the EU Sugar Regime |
London |
| 15-17 |
PANCAP
Meeting |
Trinidad
and Tobago |
17
Postponed |
Special
Meeting of the Budget Committee |
Guyana |
| 18 |
Regional
Coordination Meeting on Fisheries Subsidies |
Guyana |
| 20 |
Technical
Meeting on the Regional Development Fund |
To
be determined |
| 21 |
Meeting
with Key Stakeholders on Chapter Four of the
Revised Treaty |
To
be determined |
| 21-23 |
CARICOM/IDB/INTAL/WTO
Regional Seminar of WTO Agreement on Sanitary
and Phytosanitary Measures |
Jamaica |
| 23-25 |
Meeting
of the Technical Team on Investment Policy |
Barbados |
| 26 |
Caucus
of CARICOM Ministers of Health |
Washington,
DC |
| 27 |
Meeting
of CARICOM Stakeholders on the EU's Proposal
for a Tariff-Only Regime for Bananas |
Guyana |
| 27 |
Meeting
of the Working Group on Fiscal Policy |
Barbados |
| 27-29 |
CARICOM/INTAL/WTO
Regional Seminar on WTO Rules on Regional Trade
Agreements |
Guyana |
| 27-1
October |
Sixteenth
Meeting of Regional Chief Parliamentary Counsel |
To
be determined |
| 28-29 |
Meeting
of CARICOM Stakeholders on the Reform of the
EU Sugar Regime |
Guyana |
| 29 |
Eighth
Informal Consultations of the Council for Foreign
and Community Relations (COFCOR) |
New
York, NY |
| To
be determined |
Meeting
of Special Technical Team on Investment Policy |
Barbados |
| To
be determined |
Meeting
of the Working Group on Fiscal Policy |
Saint
Lucia |
| To
be determined |
Joint
Meeting of the COFAP/COTED/COHSOD on Investment
Policy Harmonisation |
Guyana |
OTHER MEETINGS OF IMPORTANCE
TO CARICOM |
| DATES
|
MEETINGS |
VENUE |
| 9 |
IMF-IBRD
CARICOM Constituency Meeting |
Trinidad
and Tobago |
| 12-16 |
Caribbean
Preparatory Meeting to the World Conference
on Disaster Reduction |
Jamaica |
| 12-16 |
Caribbean
Regional Conference on Hazard and Disaster Management |
Jamaica
(Convened by CDERA) |
| 13-17 |
United
Nations Symposium on Population and Housing
Censuses |
New
York, NY |
| |
United
Nations Expert Group Meeting to Review Critical
Issues Relevant to the Planning of 2010 Round
of Population and Housing Censuses |
New
York, NY |
| 2nd
Week |
Meeting
of the OECS Economic Affairs Committee |
Saint
Lucia |
| 21-23 |
Meeting
of WTO Council on Trade-Related Intellectual
Property Rights |
Geneva |
| 28
Sept-8 Oct |
Meeting
of the Thirty-Fifth Session of the International
Civil Aviation Organisation Assembly |
Montreal,
Canada |
OCTOBER 2004 |
| DATE
|
MEETING |
VENUE |
| 6 |
CARICOM
Consultation Preparatory to the Meeting of the
WTO Committee on Regional Trade Agreements |
Geneva,
Switzerland |
| 8 |
Training
of Officials in the Use of Free Intra-Regional
Movement of Skills Database |
Guyana |
| 11-12 |
Second
Consumers Affairs Meeting |
Guyana |
| 11-15 |
Sixteenth
Meeting of Regional Chief Parliamentary Counsel |
Trinidad
and Tobago |
| 11-15 |
Customs
Valuation Workshop |
Antigua
and Barbuda |
| 12 |
Meeting
of Directors of Government Information services/
Chief Information Officers |
Barbados |
| 13 |
Meeting
of Officials Preparatory to the Third Meeting
of Ministers responsible for Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) |
Barbados |
| 14 |
ICT
Seminar |
Barbados |
| 15 |
Third
Meeting of Ministers responsible for Information
and Communication Technology |
Barbados |
| 18-20 |
Regional
Seminar on Transparency in Government Procurement |
Trinidad
and Tobago |
| 20 |
Meetings
of PANCAP Sub-Committees
Meeting
of Regional Coordinating Mechanism for the
PANCAP
|
Barbados |
| 21
(a.m.) |
Joint
Meeting of PANCAP Regional Coordinating Mechanism
and Sub-Committee on Resource Mobilisation and
Capacity Building |
Barbados |
| 21-22 |
Fourth
PANCAP Annual General Meeting |
Barbados |
| 22 |
Meeting
on the CARICOM Passport |
Saint
Lucia |
| 24-25 |
Retreat
of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations
(COFCOR) |
Barbados |
| 25 |
Meeting
on Accreditation |
Guyana |
| 25-26 |
CARIFORUM-EC
Technical Session on Market Access Issues |
Barbados |
| 26 |
Retreat
of the Community Council of Ministers |
Barbados |
| 25-26 |
CARIFORUM-EC
Technical Session on Market Access Issues |
Barbados |
| 26-27 |
Regional
Seminar on Deposit of Treaty Actions with the
United Nations Secretary-General and Registration
of Treaties |
Barbados |
| 26-27 |
Meeting
of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism for Technical
and Vocational Education and Training |
Guyana |
| 28-29 |
Eleventh
Meeting of the Council for Human and Social
Development (COHSOD) (with emphasis on Labour
and Education) |
Guyana |
| 28-29 |
CREDP
Emergency Task Force Meeting |
Trinidad
and Tobago |
OTHER MEETINGS OF IMPORTANCE
TO CARICOM |
| DATE
|
MEETING |
VENUE |
| 2-3 |
Meeting
of OECS Council of Ministers of Tourism |
Anguilla |
| 2-3 |
IMF/World
Bank Annual Meeting |
Washington,
DC |
| 3-8 |
CRN+
Annual Conference |
Guyana |
| 4 |
International
Donor Conference for Grenada |
Washington,
DC |
| 4-5 |
Planning
Workshop on Remapping the Americas : Globalisation,
Regionalisation and the FTAA |
Trinidad
andTobago |
| 5-8 |
Caribbean
Hotel Association PROINVEST Tourism Investment
Conference |
Jamaica |
| 7-8 |
Meeting
of WTO Committee on Regional Trade Agreements |
Geneva,
Switzerland |
| 7-8,
11 |
SIDS
Informal Meetings (Resumption of Negotiations
on Strategy Document) |
New
York, NY |
| 12-13 |
Special
Session of the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment |
Geneva,
Switzerland |
| 14-15 |
Meeting
of WTO Committee on Trade and Environment |
Geneva,
Switzerland |
| 15 |
Meeting
of the Caribbean Forum for Development (CGCED) |
Barbados |
| 2nd
week |
Meeting
of the OECS Economic Affairs Committee |
To
be confirmed |
| 18-19 |
Final
Meeting of the Open-Ended Ministerial Support
Group of Senior Policy Officers on South-South
Cooperation between Latin America and the Caribbean
SIDS |
Havana,
Cuba |
| 18-20 |
Thirty-Fourth
Annual General Meeting of the Caribbean Shipping
Association |
Cartagena,
Colombia |
| 18-22 |
Triennial
Meeting of the Caribbean Congress of Labour |
Suriname |
| 20-21 |
Meeting
of WTO General Council |
Geneva,
Switzerland |
| To
be determined |
Fifth
Meeting on Inter-Secretariat Cooperation in
the Greater Caribbean |
Guyana |
| First
Week |
Eleventh
Meeting of the ACS Special Committee on Transport |
Aruba
or Venezuela |
NOVEMBER 2004 |
| DATES
|
MEETINGS |
VENUE |
| 2-3 |
Meeting
of SIRHASC Project Management Group |
Antigua
and Barbuda |
| 4-5 |
Meeting
of SIRHASC Project Advisory Group |
Antigua
and Barbuda |
| 8-9 |
Special
Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government |
Trinidad
and Tobago |
| 10-11 |
Meeting
of the Executive Council of Caribbean Organisation
of Tax Administrators (COTA) |
Trinidad
and Tobago |
| 11
(a.m.) |
Fifth
Meeting of the Sub-Committee on the Harmonisation
of Laws |
Suriname |
| 11
(p.m.) |
Eighth
Ordinary Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee
(LAC) |
Suriname |
| 15-17 |
CRNM/Commonwealth
Secretariat Meeting of Caribbean Legal Experts
on EPA Negotiation Guidelines |
Belize |
| 19-20 |
Fifth
Meeting of the CARICOM Advisory Group : CARICOM
Programme on Strengthening Capacity in the Composition
of Social/Gender and Environment Statistics
and Indicators in the CARICOM Region |
Bermuda |
| 22-23 |
CARIFORUM-EC
Technical Negotiating Session on Market Access
Issues |
Barbados |
| 22-24 |
CARICOM-UK
High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination |
St.
Kitts and Nevis |
| 22-24 |
Twenty-Ninth
Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean
Statisticians (SCCS) |
Bermuda |
| 22-23 |
Meeting
of Officials Preparatory tot he Eighteenth Meeting
of the Council for Trade and Economic Development
(COTED) |
Guyana |
| 22 |
Forty-Fourth
Meeting of Directors of Caribbean Meteorological
Services |
St.
Kitts and Nevis |
| 23-24 |
Meeting
of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Institute
of Meteorology and Hydrology |
St.
Kitts and Nevis |
| 25-26 |
Forty-Fourth
Meeting of the Caribbean Meteorological Council |
St.
Kitts and Nevis |
| 25 |
Twelfth
Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating
Committee |
Bermuda |
| 25-26 |
Eighteenth
Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic
Development (COTED) |
Guyana |
| To
be determined |
Seventeenth
Meeting of Chief Parliamentary Counsel |
To
be determined |
| To
be determined |
Second
Meeting of CARICOM Ministers of Foreign Affairs
and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
Antigua
and Barbuda |
| To
be determined |
Annual
Meeting of Regional Institutions on Regional
Economic Performance |
Barbados |
| To
be determined |
Meeting
of the Committee of Central Bank Governors |
St.
Kitts and Nevis |
| To
be determined |
Technical
Meeting on Removal of Measures affecting the
Free Movement of Capital and Financial Services |
Guyana |
| To
be determined |
Meeting
of Special Technical Team on Investment Policy |
Grenada |
OTHER MEETINGS OF IMPORTANCE
TO CARICOM |
| DATES
|
MEETINGS |
VENUE |
| 7-8 |
Meeting
of Technical Working Group on Economic Partnership
Agreement (EPA) |
Haiti |
| 9 |
Meeting
of Technical Working Group on EPA Market Access |
Haiti |
| To
be Confirmed |
Meeting
of EPA College of Negotiators |
Kingston,
Jamaica |
| 11-12 |
Fortieth
Meeting of the OECS Authority |
To
be advised |
| 13-16 |
Meeting
of WTO General Council |
Geneva.
Switzerland |
| 2nd
Week |
OECS
Donors Meeting |
To
be Advised |
| 18-25 |
Eighth
Session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly |
The
Hague, Netherlands |
| 22-23 |
First
Formal Negotiation Meeting of Replenishment
Contributors to the Special Development Fund
VI |
Guyana |
| 29-3
Dec |
Eightieth
Session of the ACP Council of Ministers |
Brussels |
| To
be confirmed |
ACS
Ministerial Meeting |
To
be confirmed |
| 30-2
Dec |
Meeting
of WTO Council for Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights |
Geneva |
| 4th
Week |
Meeting
of OECS Trade Negotiating Group |
To
be determined |
| |
Annual
General Meeting of the Caribbean Association
of Indigenous Banks (CAIB) |
Saint
Lucia |
| |
Meeting
of FTAA Negotiating Group on Investment |
Mexico |
| |
Meeting
of Steering Group on OECD Secretariat Caribbean
Rim Initiative |
Grenada |
| |
Conference
on OECD Secretariat Caribbean Rim Initiative |
Grenada |
| |
Meetings
of ITIO/CARIB |
London,
UK |
| |
Regional
Programme of Monetary Studies Meeting |
Jamaica |
DECEMBER 2004 |
| DATES
|
MEETINGS |
VENUE |
| 7-8 |
Meeting
of Technical Working Group on Economic Partnership
Agreement (EPA) |
Haiti |
| 9 |
Meeting
of Technical Working Group on EPA Market Access |
Haiti |
| 10 |
Meeting
of EPA College |
Haiti |
| To
be confirmed |
Meeting
of EPA College of Negotiators |
Jamaica |
| To
be determined |
Meeting
of Chief Veterinary Officers and Chief Environmental
Health Officers |
Jamaica |
| To
be confirmed |
Meeting
of Plant Protection Personnel to Strengthen
Regional and National Capacity to meet Sanitary
and Phytosanitary Obligations |
Barbados |
| To
be determined |
Meeting
of the Steering Committee of the Regional Transformation
Task Force |
Barbados |
| To
be determined |
Meeting
of Working Group of the Regional Transformation
Task Force |
Barbados |
| To
be determined |
Nineteenth
Meeting of Regional Chief Parliamentary Counsel |
To
be determined |
OTHER MEETINGS OF IMPORTANCE
TO CARICOM |
| DATES
|
MEETINGS |
VENUE |
| 13-16 |
Meeting
of WTO General Council |
Geneva,
Switzerland |
| 2nd
Week |
OECS
Donors Meeting |
To
be advised |
| |
|
|