The 24th CDCC will, inter alia, review the Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) for implementation of the outcomes of the Mauritius Strategy for the further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, review the implementation of the work programme for the UN Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, and address the matter of strengthening statistical capacities in the Caribbean. The CDCC was created in 1975 as a permanent subsidiary body of ECLAC to promote the economic and social development of ECLAC Member and Associate Member States in the Caribbean. It meets at the ministerial level every two years.  

date: 31 May 2012   location: Georgetown, Guyana   contact: ECLAC Secretariat   phone: +868-224-8000   fax: +868-623-8485   www: http://www.eclac.cl/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/portofspain/noticias/noticias/1/46411/P46411.xml&xsl=/portofspain/tpl-i/p1f.xsl&base=/portofspain/tpl-i/top-bottom.xsl