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Regional Meeting
“Agrotourism – A Strong Business Opportunity
for the Caribbean Region” |
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Monday September 19,
2011 |
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Opening Ceremony &
Welcome Reception
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
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5:30 - 9:00 p.m.
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Musical selections – Royal
Barbados Police Force Band |
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Opening Ceremony |
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Welcome - Master of
Ceremonies |
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Remarks – Ministry of
Tourism, Ministry of Agriculture |
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Remarks – IICA, OAS, CTO |
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Remarks – CARICOM
Secretariat |
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Feature Address – The Prime
Minister of Barbados or Hon. Chris Sinckler,
Minister of Finance & Economic Affairs |
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Vote of Thanks – Master of
Ceremonies |
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Cocktail Reception -
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Regional Meeting
“Agrotourism – A Strong
Business Opportunity for the Caribbean Region” |
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Tuesday September 20,
2011 |
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TECHNICAL SESSION – DAY
1
Where Are We Now ? –
Status, Trends & Opportunities in the Caribbean |
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09:00 – 09:10 |
Introduction of Keynote
Speaker |
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09:10 – 09:40 |
Breakfast with Keynote
Address
“Investment Opportunities
in Linkages between Agriculture and Tourism”
Dr. Keith Nurse,
Director
Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade
Law, Policy and Services
University of the West
Indies
Cave Hill Campus
Barbados
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To be confirmed. |
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Moderator Public Sector panels: Earlston McPhee,
Director, Sustainable Tourism, Ministry of
Tourism, Bahamas
Moderator Private Sector Panels: Kim Osborne,
OAS Representative, Belize |
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9:40 – 10:00 |
Introduction of Moderators,
Facilitators, and Instructions re Agenda,
Management of the Meeting and Expected Outcomes |
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10:00 – 11:15 |
Panel #1 – 6 countries
Synopsis by Moderator
of Presentations from
public-sector
teams from OECS (Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts
& Nevis, Commonwealth of Dominica, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada)
Comments from Panelists and
Discussion |
Public
Sector participants from Ministries of Tourism
and Agriculture (2 per country) |
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11:15 – 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30 - 12:00 pm |
Panel #2 – 6 OECS
countries
Six, 5 min Presentations
from private-sector
investors from OECS
Discussion |
Private
Sector participants from OECS |
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12:00 – 01:00 |
Panel #3 – 5 countries –
Northern Caribbean
Synopsis by Moderator
of Presentations from
public-sector
teams from Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican
Republic, Belize
Comments from Panelists /
Discussion |
Public
Sector participants from Ministries of Tourism
and Agriculture (2 per country) |
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01:00 – 02:30 |
LUNCH |
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02:30 – 03:15 |
Panel #4 – 5 countries –
Northern Caribbean
Five, 5-min Presentations
from private
sector investors from Bahamas, Jamaica,
Haiti, Dominican Republic, Belize
Discussion |
Private
Sector participants |
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03:15– 03:30 |
Coffee Break |
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03:30 – 04:30 |
Panel #5 – 5 countries –
Southern Caribbean
Synopsis by Moderator
of Presentations from
public
sector teams from Barbados, Trinidad &
Tobago, Guyana, Suriname
Comments from Panelists /
Discussion |
Public Sector participants
from Ministries of Tourism and Agriculture (2
per country) |
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04:30 – 05:15 |
Panel #6 – 5 countries –
Southern Caribbean
Five, 5-min Presentations
from private
sector investors from Barbados,
Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Suriname
Discussion |
Private
Sector participants |
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05:15– 06:00 |
Presentation on Summary of
Discussions |
Rapporteurs |
To be confirmed
Moderator Public
Sector Panels: Shanice Taylor, Ministry of
Tourism; Dr. Sherma Roberts, UWI; Bertram Johnson,
Min. Finance & Economic Affairs, Barbados; Richard
Campbell, OAS Washington
Moderator Private
Sector Panels: Marie Louise Norton Murray, CDE;
Chanda Chellah, Com. Sec; Rosemarie Thomas, UK
Travel Foundation, Tobago
Discussion
Facilitators: Kim Osborne, OAS Representative,
Belize; Ena Harvey, IICA Agrotourism Specialist and
Caribbean Management Coordinator; Judy Karwacki,
Canada; Dr. Janice Cumberbatch, UWI.
Rapporteurs:
Tracy Phillips, UNDP GEF, Celia Pollard, Ministry of
Tourism
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Regional Meeting
“Agrotourism – A Strong
Business Opportunity for the Caribbean Region” |
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Wednesday September 21,
2011 |
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CREATION OF AN ACTION
PLAN – DAY 2 |
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08:30 – 08:45 |
Introduction of Panel -
Chairperson |
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08:45 – 10:00 |
“Institutional and
Policy Models and Success Stories - Case
Studies of Agrotourism development in the
Americas”
Panel:
Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Belize |
Panelists to be
confirmed |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Discussion |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 – 01:00 |
BREAKOUT INTO WORKING
GROUPS – 2 hours |
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GROUP 1: OECS- GROUP
2: Northern Caribbean – GROUP 3- Southern
Caribbean |
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01:00 – 02:30 |
LUNCH |
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02:30 – 03:30 |
WORKING GROUPS (continued) |
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03:30 – 05:00 |
Group Presentations in
Plenary |
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05:00 – 05:30 |
Discussion |
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05:30 – 6:00 |
Identification
of Working Group to prepare the reports of the
sessions and draft the Framework for the Action
Plan |
1 member of
each group, rapporteurs, facilitators, IICA,
Carisec, members of the planning Committee
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Working Dinner
for Group to prepare Framework for Presentation
to the meeting on Day 3 |
Notes on Breakout
Groups:
EACH OF THE THREE
GROUPS will be required to develop for their group
of countries, a framework for a Caribbean
AgroTourism Programme, comprising Actions to be
implemented in the short, medium and long term,
based on areas of common interest and/or need, viz:
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Short-term,
immediately implementable projects (low hanging
fruit);
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Medium term
actions (next 2-3 years) needed at national,
sub-regional and/or regional level;
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Long term
actions (3-5 year) at national, sub-regional
and/or regional level.
For each of these
levels of action, groups may consider support
required with respect to:
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Institutional
mechanisms (national linkages committees, resource
centres, joint ministerial forums)
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Policies in support
of Trade along the value chain (domestic markets,
intra-regional trade)
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Policies in support
of Investment in agro and rural based tourism
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Human resource
development (skills development and capacity
building)
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Marketing and
Promotion and Public Awareness
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ICT tools,
Information and Communication
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Insurance and Risk
Management (environment, health, climate change
impacts)
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Finance and
Investment
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Regional Meeting
“Agrotourism – A Strong
Business Opportunity for the Caribbean Region” |
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Thursday September 22,
2011 |
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THE WAY FORWARD – DAY 3 |
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08:30 – 08:40 |
Introduction of Panel -
Chairperson |
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08:40 – 10:30 |
“Financial and Technical
Support for Agrotourism in the Caribbean”
(Each agency will
provide a description of relevant programmes and
areas of focus, provision of information on
available funding and assistance, and guidance
on how to access) |
GIZ, CDE, OAS, CDB, IDB,
EU, Caribbean Export, Caricom, IICA,
Commonwealth Secretariat, OECS-EDU |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Discussion / Coffee Break |
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Working Group
from Day 2 continues to work on framework of
Action Plan (parallel activity) |
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11:00 – 11:40 |
ICT tools for Networking,
Marketing and Promotion |
Theo Chambers
Positive Tourism, Jamaica |
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11:40 – 12:00 |
Discussion |
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12:00 – 01:00 |
Presentation of Draft
Action Plan, Next Steps and The Way Forward |
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01:00 – 01:30 |
Discussion and Wrap Up |
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02:00 – 05:30 |
Packed Lunch, Field Trip (2
choices of rural tourism sites) |
Sponsor: Ministry of
Tourism and BTA (To be confirmed)
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7:00 – 9:00 |
Closing Ceremony &
Cocktails
(Venue to be confirmed) |
Sponsor: Min.
Finance & Economic Affairs (To be confirmed) |
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