Seminar On The Way Forward For The Caribbean

by Barbados GIS
Oct 15, 2009

BRIDGETOWN (BGIS) - Key decision makers and stakeholders from the public and private sectors of CARIFORUM countries will convene in Barbados over the next two days to discuss ways of dealing with the worldwide economic recession.

The seminar on "Policies and Strategies To Face the Global Economic Downturn: The Way Forward For the Caribbean," will take place tomorrow, Thursday, October 15 and Friday, October 16, at the Hilton Barbados from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. each day.

The official welcome and opening remarks will be given by Executive Vice President of the Inter-American Development Bank, Daniel Zelikow, President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Compton Bourne, and Prime Minister David Thompson. The Keynote speaker will be Professor of Law and Social Science at Columbia University Law School, Charles Sabel.

The two-day conference is being staged to identify the policies and strategies needed to support the economic transformation of the Caribbean region. It is also designed to help governments identify the interventions needed to face the financial crisis in the short term and to build an enabling environment to strengthen private sector development. In addition, the meeting will include discussions on how to structure public-private partnerships to support economic growth.