The Special Committee on Transport

 

The Special Committee on Transport

The Special Committee for Transport meets once per year and involves co-operation among Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Member States and various regional stakeholders specialized in issues of transport.

The 22nd Meeting of the Special Committee on Transport of the ACS was held in Port of Spain, the Republic Trinidad and Tobago, on October 25th, 2013. The Executive Board comprised Suriname as Chairman in addition to Cuba and Venezuela as Vice-Chairs.  The Meeting was attended by 12 Member States, 0 Associate Members and 1 International Organisation.

Items on the Agenda of this meeting were as follows;

  1. Presentation on the mandate of the V Summit
  2. Report and presentation on the project “Maps of Maritime Routes of the Greater Caribbean”
  3. Report on the Project “Port and Maritime Strategy of the Greater Caribbean” 
  4. Discussion on Connectivity within the Greater Caribbean
  5. Report on the Promotion of regional commercial cooperation among the airlines whose primary headquarters are located in the territories of ACS countries
  6. Presentation and Discussion of the Directorate of Transport’s Work Programme 2014-2015

 

In addition, the following items were included on the agenda:

  • Initiatives and projects of common interest, by the Special Committee on Sustainable Tourism
  • Initiatives and projects of common interest, by the Special Committee on Trade