ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Nov 21, Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell will address the three-day meeting of the Network of Caribbean Chambers (CARICOM) that gets underway here on Monday.
The Grenada Chamber of Industry and Commerce (GCIC), which is hosting the face-to-face meeting, said Mitchell would address the private sector grouping on Tuesday.
CARICOM comprises 24 Chambers throughout the region, including Suriname, Haiti, Martinique, St Kitts- Nevis, Dominica, and Trinidad and Tobago. The meeting here will be held under the theme “Regional Private Sector Collaboration for Business Continuity in A Rapidly Evolving Global Business Environment.”
The meeting is being attended by representatives from the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the World Bank, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Climate Risk Early Warning Systems (CREWS), as well as regional disaster management and meteorological professionals.
“This meeting will be two-fold; it is geared toward building strategic initiatives for the members of CARICOM for the next three years. The aim is to ensure maximum benefits to all member Chambers and their constituent members and to develop working relationships with regional stakeholders such as the CDB, UNDRR, and the World Bank.
“Additionally, UNDER representatives will be carrying out a review of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for Enhanced Resilience. This discussion is extremely important considering the region’s exposure to significant hazards and challenges of natural disasters,” the GCIC said in a statement.
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