May 13, 2016: THA Chief Secretary Orville London will join a Trinidad and Tobago contingent for the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in Jamaica from May 18-19.
The meeting, themed “Economic Growth for Transformation and Poverty Reduction” will be held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.
The contingent, led by Minister of Planning and Development Camille Robinson-Regis, Governor of the CDB for Trinidad and Tobago, will leave the country on Tuesday (May 17). It will also include a representative from the Ministry of Finance, as well as Selvon Hazel of the Division of Finance and Enterprise Development.
The Chief Secretary will attend the meeting in his capacity as temporary alternate governor for Trinidad and Tobago to the CDB.
At the meeting, representatives of the various Caribbean countries will discuss the importance of restructuring regional economies to ensure sustained economic growth.
Before the two meeting days of the conference, various committees of the board will meet from May 15-17. These include the Oversight and Assurance Committee, the Human Resources Committee and the Procedures Committee.
London will return on May 21.
