SAVINGRAM

                                               

 

FROM:            Secretary-General, Caribbean Community

 

TO:                  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antigua and Barbuda

Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Bahamas

                        Minister of Foreign Affairs, Barbados

                        Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belize

                        Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dominica

                        Minister of Foreign Affairs, Grenada

                        Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guyana

                        Minister of Foreign Affairs, Haiti

                        Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jamaica

                        Hon. Chief Minister, Montserrat

                        Minister of Foreign Affairs, St Kitts and Nevis

                        Minister of External Affairs, Saint Lucia

                        Minister of Foreign Affairs, St Vincent and the Grenadines

                        Minister of Foreign Affairs, Suriname

                        Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago

 

COPIED:         Hon. Chief Minister, Anguilla

                        Hon. Premier, Bermuda

                        Hon. Chief Minister, British Virgin Islands

                        The Leader of Government Business, Cayman Islands

                        Hon. Chief Minister, Turks and Caicos Islands

                        Heads of Statistics Division

                        Ministers with responsibility for CARICOM Affairs                 

                        Ambassadors of Member States accredited to CARICOM

                        High Commissioner for Jamaica to Trinidad and Tobago,  

                        Barbados, Guyana and the Eastern Caribbean States

                        and Ambassador to Suriname

                        High Commissioner for Trinidad and Tobago to Jamaica

 

No.  647/2006                                                                                                             9 August 2006

 

 

THIRTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF

CARIBBEAN STATISTICIANS (SCCS), 6-8 NOVEMBER 2006

AND

FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CENSUS COORDINATING

COMMITTEE (RCCC), 9-10 NOVEMBER 2006

PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

 

 

(CONVENING)

                                                                                                                                                                              

 

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat wishes to advise Member States that it proposes to convene the Thirty-First Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 6-8 November 2006. The SCCS Meeting will be followed by the Fourteenth Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee (RCCC) Meeting on 9-10 November 2006.  Trinidad and Tobago has tentatively been identified as the venue for these Meetings. The Secretariat will advise Member States as soon as the venue and information on the meeting site and hotel accommodation for delegates have been confirmed.

 

1.                  The theme suggested for the Thirty-First Meeting of the SCCS is "The Preparedness of the National Statistical Systems in Member States to Meet the Demands of the Establishment and Monitoring of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME)".  The issue of regional development with reference to the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) will also be included under this theme.

 

2.                  The Provisional Agenda for both Meetings are attached.  The Secretariat would be grateful to receive by 29 September 2006, any additional item(s) which Member States may wish to have included on the Agenda of the above-captioned Meetings. This information should be accompanied by an explanatory memorandum on the proposed item(s).  Member States are also requested to inform the Secretariat of papers related to the Items on the proposed agenda that they wish to present at these Meetings.

 

3.                  Member States are asked to note that the SCCS Meeting will focus on the implementation of the Regional Statistical Work Programme (RSWP) and the Resolution calling on Member Governments to invest in statistics as a priority in the Region, as the mechanisms through which up-to-date empirical data on the establishment and monitoring of the CSME may be derived. The RSWP and the Resolution were endorsed by the Community Council of Ministers in January 2005. Member States are therefore requested to focus their progress reports on the various themes of the RSWP. Further, Member States will also be requested to report on any initiatives already in progress or proposed, to restructure their respective National Statistical Offices/Systems.  

 

4.                  In respect of the measurement issues of the MDG, the Agenda will also focus on the availability of information within Member States to produce the MDG Statistics and Indicators and other core social, environmental and economic indicators that are considered relevant to guide the process of development at the national and regional levels.                                                                                                                         

5.                  The Fourteenth Meeting of the RCCC will focus on moving forward with the 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses in Member States, relative to the regional strategy of support and initiatives and national plans that may have already commenced.  The completion of the Census Data Analysis of the 2000 Round will also be reviewed.

 

6.                  The Secretariat would appreciate receiving electronic copies of papers which Member States wish to present to the Meetings by 13 October 2006 for posting on its Website.  Information about the Thirty-First Meeting of the SCCS and the Fourteenth Meeting of the RCCC will be made available and updated on www.caricomstats.org on a continuing basis.  

 

7.                  You are requested to forward to the Secretariat, the name(s) and designation(s) of the members of their respective delegations no later than Friday, 6 October 2006.   This information should be submitted to the Secretary-General, CARICOM for  the  attention of - 

 

            Dr Philomen Harrison

                        Programme Manager, Statistics

                        CARICOM Secretariat

                        Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara

                        Guyana

                        Tel.  No.:          (592) 222-0001/222-0075

            Fax No.            (592) 222-0098/0171

                                    E-mail: harrison@caricom.org

                                                stats3@caricom.org

           

            and copied to

 

            Ms. Carol Salim

                        Ag. Senior Statistician

                        Central Statistical Office

                        Port of Spain

            Trinidad and Tobago

                        Tel. No.   868-624-2436 - 4122

                        Fax No:   868-625-3802

                        Email:   carol.salim@statistics.gov.tt

 

 

 

Signed

/f/SECRETARY-GENERAL