Morning

08:30 – 9:00

REGISTRATION

9:00 – 9:15

OPENING SESSION

• Mr. Javier Gordon Ruiz, Director (a.i.) of Relations for Integration and Cooperation , Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA).
• Mr. Joseph Cox, Assistant Secretary General, Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM).
• Honourable  Dominic Gaskin, Minister of Business, Guyana.

9:15 – 09:20

Departure of the Honourable Minister and the Media

9:20 – 09:45

SESSION I. THE CARIBBEAN AND TRADE AND COOPERATION RELATIONS WITH LATIN AMERICA
Moderator: Mrs. Valerie Alleyne-Odle, Adviser to the ASG, Foreign and Community Relations, CARICOM Secretariat

Presentation of the study: “Analysis of trade flows between the CARICOM and Latin America. Policy recommendations for their promotion, stabilization, and diversification” (SP/Di No. 2-16).
Speaker: Víctor Olivo, SELA´s Consultant

09:45 – 10:30

PANEL WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CARIBBEAN

• Lou Anne Burns, Ambassador of Belize to the Republic of Cuba.
• Bertram  Johnson, Chief Economist of the Ministry of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development of Barbados.

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee break

10:45 – 11:30

PANEL WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CARIBBEAN (CONTINUATION)

• Yvette Rokadji, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Suriname.
• Andrea Marie Dubidad Dixon, Acting Deputy Director, Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica

11:30 – 12:30

General Discussions 

12:30 – 2:30

Free time for lunch

Afternoon

2:00 – 3:00

SESSION II. MEXICO AND TRADE AND COOPERATION RELATIONS WITH LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Moderator: Javier Gordon Ruiz, Director (a.i.) of Relations for Integration and Cooperation, Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 

Presentation of the study: “Assessment of the economic and cooperation relations between Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico” (SP/Di No. 4-16) – Analysis of the Caribbean subregion.

PANEL WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF MEXICO AND CUBA 

• Selene Magdaleno Duran, Director for the European Union Ministry of Economy of Mexico.
• Ramiro Leon, Specialist of the Department of Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of Cuba.

General Discussions

4:00 – 4:15

Coffee break

SESSION III. VIEWS OF SUBREGIONAL INTEGRATION SCHEMES AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Moderator: Lou Anne Burns, Embajadora de Belice en la República de Cuba 

• Desiree Field-Ridley, Adviser, Single Market and Sectoral Programmes, CARICOM Secretariat.
• Edgardo Sandoval, Director of cooperation of the Central American Integration System (SICA).
• Julio Orozco, Director of Sustainable Tourism of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS).
• Delores Francis, Officer Program of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

 General Discussions

Morning

SESSION IV. TRADE AND COOPERTATION RELATIONS BETWEEN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE REST OF LATIN AMERICA
Moderator: Edgardo Sandoval, Director of Cooperation of the Central American Integration System (SICA)

Presentation of the study: “Analysis of trade flows between SICA and Latin America and the Caribbean. Policy recommendations for their promotion, stabilization, and diversification” (SP/Di No. 3-16)
Speaker: Víctor Olivo, SELA´s Consultant

10:00 – 10:45

PANEL WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF CENTRAL AMERICA

• Ana Villalobos, Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of Costa Rica in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
• Melida Chew, Director of Economic Analysis of the Ministry of Economy of Guatemala.

10:45 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:00

PANEL WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF CENTRAL AMERICA (CONTINUATION)

• Erick Antonio Cerpas, Director of Trade Policy of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade of Nicaragua.
• Marcelo Salazar, Economic Integration Manager of the Vice Ministry for Economic Affairs and Trade Negotiations of the Dominican Republic.

12:00 – 13:00

General Debate

13:00 – 2:30

Free time for lunch

Afternoon

02:30 -03:30

SESSION V: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Moderator: Javier Gordon Ruiz, Director (a.i.) of Relations for Integration and Cooperation , Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

• Víctor Olivo, SELA´s Consultant

03:30 – 04:30

General debate

04:30

CLOSING SESSION 

• Javier Gordon Ruiz, Director (a.i.) of Relations for Integration and Cooperation , Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA).
• Leela Ramoutar, Deputy Programme Manager of Private Sector Facilitation and  Industrial Development of the Caribbean Community Secretariat.