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REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON AGRICULTURE-TOURISM LINKAGES

Agriculture and Tourism Working Together,

A Strong Business Opportunity for the Caribbean Region

Tuesday September 20, 2011

REGISTRATION (7:45 8:30)

OPENING CEREMONY (8:30 09:30)

Welcome CARICOM Secretariat

Remarks IICA, OAS

Feature Address Senator Jepter Ince, Parliamentary Secretary,

Ministry of Finance & Economic Affairs

TECHNICAL SESSION

Where Are We Now? Status, Trends & Opportunities in the Caribbean

09:30 - 09:40 Introduction of Keynote Speaker

09:40 - 10:10 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

10:10 10:30 BREAK

10:30 10:45 Introduction of Moderators, Facilitators, and Instructions re Agenda, Management

of the Meeting and Expected Outcomes

10:45 11:45 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

Moderator: Earlston McPhee,

Director, Sustainable Tourism,

Ministry of Tourism, Bahamas

11:45 - 12:30 pm Panel #2 6 OECS countries

Six, 5 min Presentations from private-sectorinvestors from OECS

Discussion

Private Sector participants from

OECSModerator: Francis McBarnette,

OAS Representative, Barbados

12:30 01:30 Panel #3 5 countries Northern Caribbean


from public-sector teams from Bahamas,



Agriculture (2 per country)


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Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Belize

Comments from Panelists / Discussion

Moderator: Earlston McPhee,

Director, Sustainable Tourism,

Ministry of Tourism, Bahamas

01:30 02:30 LUNCH

02:30

03:15 Panel #4

5 countries

Northern CaribbeanFive, 5-min Presentations from private sector

investors from Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti,

Dominican Republic, Belize

Discussion

Private Sector participants

Francis McBarnette, OAS

Representative, Barbados

03:15 04:15 Panel #5 5 countries Southern Caribbean


from public sector teams from Barbados,

Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Suriname

Comments from Panelists / Discussion



Agriculture (2 per country)

Moderator: Nicole Alleyne

Ministry of Tourism, Barbados

(tbc)

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

Francis McBarnette, OAS

Representative, Barbados




Wednesday September 21, 2011CREATION OF AN ACTION PLAN DAY 2

08:00 08:30 Summary of DAY 1 Rapporteurs

08:30 08:45 Introduction of Panel - Chairperson

08:45 10:30 Institutional and Policy Models and Success

Stories - Case Studies of Agrotourism

development in the Americas

Panel: Brazil, Canada, Venezuela, Belize

Discussion

Panelists to be confirmed

10:30

11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 01:00 BREAKOUT INTO WORKING GROUPS 2 hours

GROUP 1: OECS- GROUP 2: Northern Caribbean GROUP 3- Southern Caribbean

01:00 02:30 LUNCH

02:30 03:30 WORKING GROUPS (continued)

03:30 05:00 Group Presentations in Plenary and 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

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:

1. Short-term, immediately implementable projects (low hanging fruit);2. Medium term actions (next 2-3 years) needed at national, sub-regional and/or regional level;3. 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:

Institutional mechanisms (national linkages committees, resource centres, joint ministerial

forums)

Policies in support of Trade along the value chain (domestic markets, intra-regional trade)

Policies in support of Investment in agro and rural based tourism

Human resource development (skills development and capacity building)

Marketing and Promotion and Public Awareness

ICT tools, Information and Communication

Insurance and Risk Management (environment, health, climate change impacts)

Finance and Investment




Thursday September 22, 2011

THE WAY FORWARD DAY 3

08:30 08:40 Introduction of Panel - Chairperson

08:40 10:30 Financial and Technical Support for

Agrotourism in the Caribbean

(Each agency will provide a description ofrelevant 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,

CommonwealthSecretariat, OECS-EDU

10:30 11:00 Discussion / Coffee Break

11:00 11:40 ICT tools for Networking, Marketing and Theo Chambers


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Promotion

Discussion

Positive Tourism, Jamaica

11:40 01:00 Presentation of Draft Action Plan, Next Steps

and The Way Forward

01:00 01:30 Discussion and Wrap Up

01:30 - 03:00 LUNCH and CLOSING REMARKS

agriculture-tourism workshop agenda sept13

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