Brussels Development Briefings

On 4th April, 2012, CTA organised a Briefing on “ACP Small island economies: from vulnerabilities to opportunities” with  the European Commission (DG DEVCO), the ACP Secretariat, Concord and various media partners.

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Video documentation

On this page, you can find the video documentation of all the speeches that were given at the conference. Simply click here to display the videos. In the next interface, you will be able to navigate to the speaker of your choice (cf. list of speakers on this page). You can also download their PowerPoint Presentations from this page.

Introductory remarks:

• Ambassador Shirley Skerritt-Andrew, Chair of the ACP Committee of Ambassadors and ambassador of the Eastern Caribbean States in Brussels [Speech]
•  Denis Salord, Head of Unit, Regional Programmes Sub-Saharan Africa and ACP wide, European Commission [Speech]
• Michael Hailu, Director of CTA

Panel 1: Reducing vulnerability and enhancing resilience for SIDS

Chair: H.E. M. Jagdish Dharamchand Koonjul, Ambassador of Mauritius to the EU and Belgium

Panellists:

•  The multifaceted impact of financial, food and climate crisis on small island economies [PowerPoint]
  Cheick Sidi Diarra, Under Secretary General and High Representative for the LDCs, Land Locked Developing Countries and SIDS, United Nations

•  Measuring economic vulnerability of SIDS [PowerPoint]
  Professor Lino Briguglio, Director, Islands and Small States Institute, University of Malta

•  Building resilience for sustainable development in small island economies [PowerPoint]
  Robert Read, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom

•  Addressing the vulnerabilities of SIDS more effectively [PowerPoint]
  Pierre Encontre, Chief Special Programmes, Division for Africa, Least Developed countries and Special Programmes, UNCTAD

Panel 2: Enhancing Sustainable Development of small islands

Chair: H.E. M. Roy Mickey Joy, Ambassador of Vanuatu to the EU and Belgium

Panellists:

• Rio 2012: Reviewing the Institutional Framework for the Sustainable Development of SIDS [PowerPoint]
  Constance Vigilance, Economic Adviser, Economic Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat

• Agrotourism: renewed opportunities for the Caribbean [PowerPoint]
  Ena Harvey, Agrotourism Specialist and Caribbean Management Coordinator, IICA

• Supporting climate adaptation and increasing resilience in SIDS: experience with the Global Climate change Alliance (GCCA) [PowerPoint]
  Walter Kennes, Environment and Climate change expert, DG DEVCO, European Commission

Conclusions:

• Cheick Sidi Diarra, Under Secretary General and High Representative for the LDCs, Land Locked Developing Countries and SIDS, United Nations
• Michael Hailu, Director of CTA