ACS Secretary General Addresses Regional Planning at the XXX Meeting of the ILPES Presiding Officers
The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Secretary General, Rodolfo Sabonge, participated as a panelist in the session titled “Current and Emerging Trends in Regional Planning: Current and Emerging Challenges”, held within the framework of the XXX Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Planning Council of ILPES. The event took place on November 27 and 28, 2024, at the headquarters of ECLAC in Santiago, Chile. During his intervention, the Secretary General addressed the challenges and opportunities for the Caribbean subregion in strengthening capacities to build a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive future. This event served as a key platform to promote regional cooperation and sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Association of Caribbean States is the organization for consultation, cooperation and concerted action in trade, transport, sustainable tourism and natural disasters in the Greater Caribbean. Its Member States are Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela. Its Associate Members are Aruba, Curacao, (France on behalf of French Guiana, Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin ), Guadeloupe, Martinique, Sint Maarten, (The Netherlands on behalf of Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius ), Turks and Caicos.