EXCLUSIVE EVENT: UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund
10:30 – 13:30, 20 January 2016
10 Grosvenor Gardens, SW1W 0DH, London.
The Caribbean Council would like to invite you to an event to provide more detailed information about the £300million UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund announced by the Prime Minister during his visit to Jamaica in September.
DFID Minister Baroness Verma and Caribbean Development Bank President, Dr Warren Smith (TBC), together with senior officials from DFID and FCO, will provide attendees with the latest information about the main objectives of the fund, the types of projects which will be eligible and the procedures by which funds will be allocated. The event will be chaired by our President, Lord Foulkes.
The UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund will be delivered through the Caribbean Development Bank to support economic growth in the eight ODA-eligible Commonwealth countries in the region: Jamaica, Guyana, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia, Antigua, St Vincent, plus the Overseas Territory of Montserrat.
Typical projects will include: highways and bridges; water treatment & storage; sea and river defences; port upgrades; solid waste management. In addition there will be an extra £30 million to strengthen hospital infrastructure to resist natural disasters (the Smart Hospitals programme), and an extra £30 million to help Government’s in the region manage their public finances (the Skills for Growth programme). Further details of the fund can be found here.
The agenda for the meeting will be as follows:
Agenda (subject to change)
The agenda for the meeting will be as follows:
10.30am -11.00am: Coffee upon arrival and networking
11.00am: Welcome remarks: Lord Foulkes, President of the Caribbean Council
11.05am: ‘The Caribbean Infrastructure Fund and its Objectives’: Baroness Verma, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development
11.25am: ‘The Role of the CDB’: President of CDB – Warren Smith, President Caribbean Development Bank (via video conference link)
11.45am: Q&A
12.00pm: ‘The procurement process for the Fund’: Bo Sundstrom, DFID
12.20pm: ‘Supporting UK companies in the Caribbean’. Panellists to include: Alan Gogbashian, Head of the Caribbean Team, FCO (TBC); Eddie Malone, Head of Aid Funded Business, UKTI; Chris Bennett, Caribbean Council; Nigel Peters, British Expertise
12.40pm: Q&A
12.55pm: Closing remarks: Lord Foulkes, President of the Caribbean Council
1.00pm-1.30pm: Networking reception
Price
Tickets to this event are offered at a rate of £70 exc VAT to Non-Members of the Caribbean Council. Spaces are limited, so please do book your tickets as soon as possible here.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact juan.perez@caribbean-council.org or call the Caribbean Council office on +44 207 583 8739.
