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XXXIII Meeting of the Special Committee on Trade Development and External Economic Relations

XXXIII Meeting of the Special Committee on Trade Development and External Economic Relations

XXXIII Meeting of the Special Committee on Trade Development and External Economic Relations. June 13th, 2018. Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

XVIII Meeting of the Caribbean Sea Commission

XVIII Meeting of the Caribbean Sea Commission

XVIII Meeting of the Caribbean Sea Commission. June 13th, 2018. Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.

XXVI Meeting of the Special Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction

XXVI Meeting of the Special Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction

The XXVI Meeting of the Special Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction, June 11th, 2018, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Nicaragua Elected Chair of Ministerial Council

Nicaragua Elected Chair of Ministerial Council

The Republic of Nicaragua has become the Chair of the Association of Caribbean States, and will lead the Association’s Ministerial Council for the year 2018-2019. Foreign Affairs Vice Minister for the Caribbean, Valdrack Jaentschke, received the Chairmanship at the 23rd Meeting of the Ministerial Council in Isla de Margarita, Venezuela on Friday March 16, 2018.
Photos from the XXIII Meeting of the Ministerial Council.

News

Second Annual Cooperation Conference

ACS Member States, Associate Members, and Observers gathered in Margarita, Venezuela to consider how to collaborate on Disaster Risk Reduction at the Second Annual Cooperation Conference. According to the theme: Reducing Risk, Building Resilience, The ACS Secretariat presentations on the preservation and protection of the Caribbean Sea, and improving disaster resilience. Secretary General Dr. June Soomer said, "We know that you've come from far and near to help us build a tradition of cooperation." More photos at: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmcnKpDL

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ACS & CARILEC sign MoU

The MoU between the ACS & CARILEC commits to work toward improving regional resilience of electrical systems after disasters.

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Meeting with the George Washington University and the Directorate of Sustainable Tourism

On Thursday January 18, 2018 Mrs. Seleni Matus, Executive Director of the International Institute of Tourism Studies at The George Washington University (GWU) met with H.E. Dr. June Soomer, ACS Secretary General and Ms. Tanya Amaya, Advisor of the Directorate of Sustainable Tourism. The overall objective of the meeting was to report on the progress obtained during the joint collaboration between the ACS and GWU, as well as members of the Sustainable Tourism Zone of the Greater Caribbean (STZC) Steering Committee which also consists of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) to produce a report that reflects the health of Caribbean tourism destinations based on third-party assessments of sustainability. Final report data for the Pilot Phase will be aligned around a singular scoring system and based on indicators that were categorized into five main themes as outlined by the UNWTO International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development’s publication. The report includes insights and trends about destination sustainability and the adoption of internationally recognized sustainability criteria. The meeting concluded with both organizations agreeing to strengthen their collaboration as they continue to work together on conducting future research that will continue to provide National Tourism Authorities and Key Stakeholders with information that will result in a deeper knowledge of the challenges, trends, benefit and importance of developing tourist destinations with a sustainable approach. The aforementioned institutions have agreed to meet in order to revise their sustainability programmes and work on a joint grant proposal to expand the scale and scope of the research and generate opportunities for tourist destinations committed to pursue a high level of sustainably.

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Workshop for Regional Artisan Network of the Greater Caribbean

3rd Meeting and 4th Workshop for the Strengthening of Capacity Building of the Regional Network of Artisans in Tourism of the Greater Caribbean.

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ACS Worskshop on Implementation of Tourism Progress Indicators

Second Workshop for the Verification of the Implementation Progress of the Indicators in the Destinations of the Sustainable Tourism Zone of the Greater Caribbean (STZC).

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XXXIII Meeting of the Special Committee on Trade Development and External Economic Relations

Declarations and Resolutions

Declaration on the Impact of Disasters in the Greater Caribbean

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Meeting Documents for the 26th SCT

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Meeting Documents for the 25th SCDRR

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SCST-28 Documents - Part 2

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SCST-28 Documents

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