High-Level Delegation arrives in Turks and Caicos for CDB Annual Meeting

#TurksandCaicos, June 9, 2022 – It is anticipated that over 200 delegates, including country Leaders, Government Ministers from the Caribbean Development Bank’s borrowing and non-borrowing member countries and a delegation from the African Development Bank, are arriving in the Turks and Caicos Islands for the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) which is scheduled to take place on June 13-16, 2022.

The Meeting, held under the chairmanship of the Honourable Charles Washington Misick, Premier of Turks and Caicos Islands and CDB Governor for the British Overseas Territories, will see discussions on key development challenges facing the region and innovative solutions.

Premier of Turks and Caicos Islands, the Honourable Charles Washington Misick said,” We are happy to host this 52nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank under the theme Measure Better to Target Better: Adaptation and Resilience. Working with the staff of the CDB, we have shaped an exciting series of activities to make this Annual Meeting memorable and impactful. The meetings, seminars, and other events promise to enrich and enlighten. In conclusion, our region will be better equipped with resources and strategies to more readily adapt and build increasingly resilient societies. Moreover, as each Borrowing Member Country implements their national vision to create their best future, this Meeting will provide some of the tools necessary for us to make more deliberate steps and close gaps to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”.

Following the theme “Measure Better to Target Better: Adaptation and Resilience,” this year’s Meeting will promote greater use of knowledge-based decision-making and address the region’s economic and environmental challenges.

The schedule of events has been designed to span the gamut of sustainable development and will see invited private sector representatives, members of civil society and academia. The media will be engaged during the four-day Meeting.

A substantive agenda will cover a variety of topics with a specific focus on sustainable development:

• The William G. Demas Memorial Lecture, a signature event where distinguished speaker Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of The African Development Bank, will provide the Keynote address.
• Youth Outreach Programme: Turks and Caicos Islands youth on sustainable development issues.
• Seminar: Measuring Vulnerability and Resilience for Small States: The Recovery Duration Adjuster

The CDB’s Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors is held annually in one of the Bank’s 29-member countries. This official gathering is the organisation’s flagship forum for discussion among the institution’s governors and sector leaders.