State Minister for Legal Affairs Hon. Damian Gomez was in Ecuador this week to attend a preparatory meeting for the 2020 plan of action of the Economic Community of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

The action plan is essentially a proposal setting out the goals of the hemisphere such as poverty eradication and social inequality. Member states are required to have their domestic planning units submit data to ECLAC together with comments on the 2020 agenda. Also on the agenda was a discussion on ECLAC’s relationship with China and the Europe Union (EU).

A meeting is also scheduled for Brussels, Belgium in June where CARICOM Chair Prime Minister Christie will lead this discussion on ECLAC’s relationship with the EU. Leading CARICOM at this Brussels meeting is expected to be Prime Minister Christie’s final official duty as Chairman of CARICOM.

The incoming Chair of CARICOM is Hon. Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados.