ACS Advocates for SIDS at 2024 UNCTAD Global Supply Chain Forum
Safiya Reid, the ACS officer in charge of the Directorate for Transport, Trade, and Sustainable Development, attended the 2024 UNCTAD Global Supply Chain Forum in Bridgetown, Barbados, from May 21 to May 24. The forum aimed to foster knowledge exchange, collaboration, and the development of innovative strategies to optimize supply chain operations amid a rapidly evolving business environment.
As a panelist, she highlighted the challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) as a result of ocean carrier consolidation, advocating for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangements to enhance regional shipping and logistics solutions.
During her intervention, she emphasized the importance of streamlined trade facilitation procedures and the importance of fostering an enabling environment for intra-regional trade growth.
La Asociación de Estados del Caribe es la organización para la consulta, la cooperación y la acción concertada en la esfera del comercio, el transporte, el turismo sostenible y los desastres naturales en el Gran Caribe. Sus Estados Miembros son Antigua y Barbuda, Las Bahamas, Barbados, Belice, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, República Dominicana, El Salvador, Granada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haití, Honduras, México, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, St. Kitts y Nevis, Santa Lucía, San Vicente y las Granadinas, Surinam, Trinidad y Tobago, y Venezuela. Sus Miembros Asociados son Aruba, Curazao, (Francia, en nombre de Guyana Francesa, San Bartolomé y San Martín), Guadalupe, Los Países Bajos, en nombre de Bonaire, Saba y Sint Eustatius, Martinica, Sint Maarten, Islas Turcas y Caicos.