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Caribbean Forum: Shaping a Sustainable Development Agenda to address the Caribbean Reality in the 21st Century and Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the development agenda beyond 2015 and Rio+20
5-6 and 7-9 March 2013 | Bogotá, Colombia
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Highlights for Tuesday, 5 March 2013
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The Caribbean Forum: Shaping a Sustainable Development Agenda to Address the Caribbean Reality in the 21st Century, opened on Tuesday, 5 March, at the Crowne Plaza Tequendama Hotel in Bogota, Colombia. Over 50 representatives from Caribbean governments, international and intergovernmental organizations and civil society met with the objective of discussing Caribbean views on the follow-up to Rio+20, sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the post-2015 development agenda.
In the morning, the opening plenary heard a message from, among others, Chair Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guyana, who stressed the importance of shaping the sustainable development agenda to address the Caribbean reality. Diane Quarless, Director of the Economic Comission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, said the Forum provides an opportunity to ensure that, in the evolving global discourse on the post-2015 development agenda, the special needs of small island developing states (SIDS) are considered. Crispin Gregoire, UN Development Group-Latin America and the Caribbean (UNDG-LAC), suggested convergence between the post-2015 development agenda and the SDGs. Elizabeth Tompson, Former Executive Coordinator of Rio+20 and consultant for the post-2015 development agenda, presented an overview of progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the post-2015 agenda in the Caribbean SIDS.
In the afternoon, a session on advancing development in addressing the vulnerability of Caribbean SIDS through resilience building was held, and participants heard presentations by different stakeholders, including governments and international agencies. The themes addressed: promoting human development, citizen security and human rights in Caribbean SIDS; the promotion of inclusive growth, through diversification, creativity and innovation; and building resilience and social cohesion by leveraging cultural capital and community empowerment.
The session closed at 6:58 pm and the meeting will resume on Wednesday.
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A view of Cerro de Monserrate from the venue. |
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Opening of the Forum
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The dais during the opening of the meeting. L-R: Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana; Amb. Colin Granderson, Assistant Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM); Crispin Gregoire, UNDG-LAC; Carlos Morales, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombia; Paula Caballero, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombia; Diane Quarless, Director of the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean; and Guillermo Acuña, ECLAC. |
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Session 1 - Overview of progress towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, the Post-2015 development agenda and implementation of the sustainable development agenda of SIDS
Session 2: Consideration of the Millennium Development Goals, the Post-2015 development agenda and Rio+20 follow-up initiatives
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L-R: Janice Miller, Under-Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica; Alva Baptiste, Minister for External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation, Saint Lucia; Gisela Alonso, member of the High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and President of the Cuban Agency of Environment; Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guyana; Diane Quarless, Director of the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean; Amb. George Talbot, Guyana; and Garfield Barnwell, CARICOM |
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Session 3: Theme 1: Advancing development in addressing the vulnerability of Caribbean SIDS through resilience building
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L-R: Jacqueline Sharpe, Immediate Past President, International Planned Parenthood Federation; Anthony Harriott, University of the West Indies; John Maginley, Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation and Culture, Antigua and Barbuda; Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guyana; Diane Quarless, Director of the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean; Carissa F. Etienne, Regional Director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); and Guillermo Acuña, ECLAC |
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Session 3: Theme 2: Promoting inclusive growth through diversification, creativity and innovation in the Caribbean SIDS
Session 3: Theme 3: Building resilience and social cohesion in the Caribbean SIDS
Around the Forum
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Daily web coverage
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ECLAC resources
Meetings website
Preliminary programme for the Caribbean Forum
Preliminary programme for the Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
ECLAC website
Information note
General resource
Sustainable development knowledge platform website
IISD RS resources
IISD RS summary report of the Eighth Session of the Committee on Food Security and Sustainable Development (CFSSD-8) and Africa Regional Implementation Meeting (Africa-RIM) in preparation for the Twentieth Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable (CSD-20), 19-21 November 2012, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of Rio+20: Third PrepCom and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), 13-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
IISD RS coverage of the UNCSD or Rio+20 Regional Preparatory Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean, 7-9 September 2011, Santiago, Chile
IISD RS coverage of CSD-19, 2-14 May 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
IISD RS archive of sustainable development meetings
SDG - A mailing list for news on sustainable development policy
SDG - A mailing list focused on internationally-relevant activities related to setting the post-2015 development agenda
Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Preparing for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development
Sustainable Energy Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Sustainable Energy Activities
Forests Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Adressing Forests Policy
Chemicals and Wastes Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Addressing Chemicals and Wastes Policy
Land Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Activities Addressing International Sustainable Land
Biodiversity Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing International Biodiversity Policy
SIDS Policy and Practice - A Knowledgebase on the Sustainable Development of small island developing states
Water Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Activities Addressing Sustainable Water and Sanitation
Climate Change Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing Global Climate Change Policy
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
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Latin America and Caribbean Regional Coverage |
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