PRELIMINARY CALENDAR

OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS

ANDMEETINGS OF INTEREST

TO THETHE COMMUNITY

FOR

January-December 2018

6 April 2018

JANUARY 2018NATIONAL DAYS

1st New Year’s Day All Member States (except Haiti) and Associate Members

1st Independence Day Haiti2nd Day After New Year’s

DaySaint Lucia

2nd Heroes Day/ Ancestors Day (Founding Father’s Day)

Haiti

2nd Carnival Day (Last Lap) St. Kitts and Nevis

7th Independence Day Grenada10th Majority Rule Day The Bahamas22nd Errol Barrow Day Barbados22nd National Heroes’ Day Cayman Islands

OBSERVANCES4th World Braille Day18th International Religion Day23rd International Freedom Day26th International Fisherman Day

International Environmental Education DayInternational Customs Day

27th International Holocaust Remembrance Day28th International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day30th International Nonviolence and Peace Day31st Street Children’s Day

DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

9 Meeting between CARIFORUM Directorate and Executive of the CARIFORUM Members of the Consultative Committee

Guyana

10 Consultancy to Develop a Framework for an Effective Platform for Structured and Continuous CARIFORUM/FCOR/OCT Dialogue at the Political and Technical Level

Guyana

11 Second Meeting of the Technical Working Group on HS Transposition

Guyana

12 Sixth Meeting of the CARICOM Committee of Ambassadors (CCA)

Guyana

15 Forty-First Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers Meeting

Guyana

18 Seventieth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) – Transportation

Guyana

18-19 Meeting of CARIFORUM Senior Officials on the Exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union

St. Kitts and Nevis

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DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

19 Meeting on Caribbean Regional Project (P162877) - Working Session

Guyana

19-20 Training in Youth Advocacy Trinidad and Tobago

19-20 PANCAP Training and Advocacy Meeting for Youth Leaders

22-23 Third Meeting of EPA Coordinators Guyana

22-23 RBM Sensitisation Seminar Suriname

23 The FAO Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture Guyana

24 Meeting of Competition Officials Barbados

25-26 RBM Sensitization Seminar Guyana

26 175th Meeting of the Executive Management Committee Guyana

27 Executive Management Committee Retreat Guyana

29* CARIFORUM-UK Technical Dialogue (Brexit) St. Kitts and Nevis

30 (TBC) CARIFORUM Preparatory Meeting to CARIFORUM-EU Political Dialogue

St. Kitts and Nevis

30-31 Jan Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP): Sixth Project Board Meeting

St. George’s, Grenada &Via Video-Conference

30 – 1 Feb RBM Sensitization Seminar St. Vincent and the Grenadines

30 Jan-2 Feb CLME+ SAP M&E and CLME+ SOMEE Workshops Cartagena, Colombia

31 (TBC) CARIFORUM-EU Political Dialogue St. Kitts and Nevis

TBD(2 days)

CARICOM Technical Working Group (TWG) Preparatory To CARICOM/Costa Rica Committee On Market Access

Video-Conference

TBD Meeting of the CARICOM Reparations Commission Video-Conference

MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITYTBD CELAC Summit El Salvador

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FEBRUARY 2018NATIONAL DAYS7th Independence Day Grenada12th Carnival Monday Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago13th Carnival/Shrove

TuesdayHaiti

13th Carnival Tuesday Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago14th Ash Wednesday Jamaica, Cayman Islands16th Chinese New Year Suriname22nd Independence Day Saint Lucia23rd Republic Day/

MashramaniGuyana

25th Day of Liberation and Innovation

Surname

OBSERVANCES1

4th World Cancer Day13th World Radio Day [UNESCO]20th World Day of Social Justice

DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

1-2(Tentative)

Special Meeting of the Council of Ministers of CARIFORUM St. Kitts and Nevis

26-27 Twenty-Ninth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Haiti

7-9 Meeting of Faith Leaders and Key Populations Suriname

8 Meeting of the STECO on the Establishment of a CARIFORUM Single Administrative Document

Barbados

9 RBM Leadership Meeting Guyana

12-15 Early Childhood Development Conference Antigua and Barbuda

19 10th Meeting of the 11th EDF Thematic Task Forces Guyana

20-21(Tentative)

Meeting on Market Access and Market Presence Opportunities and Challenges-Services

The Bahamas

25 Feb-2 Mar Second Regional Project Steering Committee of the GEF IWEco Project

Cuba

26 Workfront Soft Launch Guyana

27-28 Special Meeting of the Priority Areas Coordinating Committee (PACC) for Streamlining and Refocusing of PANCAP

Guyana

27-28 CARIFORUM-UK Technical Dialogue (Brexit) U.K

TBD(2 days)

CARICOM/Costa Rica Committee On Market Access Costa Rica

1 day(TBD)

CARICOM Technical Working Group (TWG) Preparatory to the Extraordinary Meeting of the CARICOM/Dominican Republic Joint

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1 Some dates for Observances in Member and Associate States, may vary.

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Council (Video-Conference)TBC Meeting of the Caribbean Association of National Training

Authorities (CANTA) – Via Video-ConferenceTBC

MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY

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MARCH 2018NATIONAL DAYS2nd James Ronald Webster

DayAnguilla

2nd Holi Phagwa Guyana, Suriname5th H. Lavity Stoutt’s

BirthdayBritish Virgin Islands

5th National Heroes and Benefactors Day

Belize

12th Commonwealth Day British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands

14th National Heroes’ Day St. Vincent and the Grenadines

19th St. Patrick’s Day Montserrat30th Spiritual Baptist

Liberation DayTrinidad and Tobago

30th Good Friday All Member and Associate States

31st Holy Saturday Belize

OBSERVANCES

8th International Women’s Day21st International Day for the Elimination of Racial

Discrimination21st World Poetry Day22nd World Water Day23rd World Meteorological Day25th International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of

Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 25th Observance of National Genocide Day

DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

1-2 Special Meeting of the Priority Areas Coordinating Committee (PACC)

Trinidad and Tobago

8 Meeting of the COTED Officials on the Comprehensive Review of the CARICOM CET and Rules of Origin

Guyana

12-13(Tentative)

CARIFORUM-EU Meeting on Monitoring Mechanism for the CARIFORUM-EU EPA

St. Kitts and Nevis

12-14 6th Meeting of National AIDS Programme Managers and Key Partners

Trinidad and Tobago

13-14 CSME MER Focal Point Training Barbados

14 13th Meeting of the CARIFORUM 11th EDF Programming Management Committee

Barbados

14 Thirteenth Meeting of the Bureau of the CONSLE Guyana

15 7th Meeting of the 11th EDF Technical Committee Barbados

15-16 Knowledge for Health Share Event (NAP managers and CSOs only)

Trinidad and Tobago

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DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

20-21 Fifth Meeting of the Special Committee on Customs Cooperation and Trade Facilitation

Dominican Republic

20-22 Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-Building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

Montreal, Canada

21-23 Sensitisation Meeting – HRD 2030 Strategy Suriname

23 (TBC) CARIFORUM-UK Technical Dialogue (Brexit) Guyana

30 CARICOM Results-Based Management Leadership Group Guyana

2 days(TBD)

Extraordinary Meeting of the CARICOM/Dominican Republic Joint Council (Video-Conference)

TBD(2 days)

CARICOM Briefing Meeting for Eighth CARICOM-US Trade and Investment Council (TIC)

Guyana(TBD)

TBD(2 days)

Eighth CARICOM-US Trade And Investment Council (TIC) Guyana(TBD)

MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITYTBC Ordinary Meeting of the ACS Ministerial Council Venezuela

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APRIL 2018NATIONAL DAYS

1st Agriculture and Labour Day

Haiti

1st Easter Sunday Suriname2nd Easter Monday All Member and

Associate States except Bermuda

17th Easter Monday All Member and Associate States except Bermuda

28th National Heroes Day Barbados

OBSERVANCES

7th World Health Day22nd International Mother Earth Day24th Girls in ICT Day25th World Malaria Day26th World Intellectual Property Day

DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

2-5 Regional Drug Observatories Meeting Guyana

3 Staff Meeting and Weekly Briefing Barbados

4 Nineteenth CARICOM –Japan Consultation Guyana

5-6 Meeting of Senior Officials Preparatory to the Twenty-first Meeting of the COFCOR

Guyana

9 Virtual Pillar Meeting Guyana

9 CARICOM-CPA Special Meeting on Trade in Poultry and Poultry Products

Guyana

9 OTN’s Public/Private Sector Consultations on the Region’s External Trade Policy and Strategy

The Bahamas

10-12 Workshop for Customs Officials on the CARIFORUM Single Administrative Document (SAD) and Customs Valuations

Guyana

12 Meeting of Trade Officials on the Regional Implementation of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation

Guyana

13 Thirteenth Meeting of the Bureau of National Security and Law Enforcement

Guyana

17 Meeting of Senior Officials to consider the Draft Final Report o the Development of an Appropriate Monitoring System for the CARRIFORUM-EU EPA

Guyana

17-18 Fifteenth Interim Festival Directorate Meeting Guyana

17-19 Seventy-Third Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED)(Energy)

Guyana

18-19 Regional Consultation – Regional Biodiversity Strategy and Road-Map

Guyana

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DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

19 37th Senior Management Committee Meeting Guyana

20 Seventy-Second Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED)(ICT)- Officials

Guyana

20-25 Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee/Law Week activities

Guyana

Week of the 16th

CARIFORUM-UK Meeting on Brexit U.K

23 Nineteenth Meeting of Officials on Free Movement of Skills and Facilitation of Travel

Guyana

24-25 CARIFORUM Meeting on the Review Clauses Barbados

24-25 Joint Parliamentarians, Faith Leaders and Key Populations’ Dialogue Trinidad and Tobago

24-26 RBM Sensitisation Seminar Belize

25-26 CARICOM Islamic Regional Dialogue/Workshop on Implementation of Trade Facilitation Agreement

Guyana

26-27 Meeting of Officials Preparatory to the 46th Meeting of the COTED Guyana

30 2nd Meeting of the Open Ended Committee on Article 238

1 day(TBD)

CARICOM Technical Working Group (TWG) Preparatory to the CARICOM/Costa Rica Committee on Market Access (Video-Conference)

-

TBD CARICOM-Education for Employment Project – Video-Conference TBD

TBD Meeting of the CARICOM Reparations Commission Video-Conference

April/May Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee Video-Conference

30Apr-2 May PAHO: STI Training (tentative) TBD

MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITYTBC Commonwealth Heads of Government United Kingdom

TBC UK-Caribbean Forum United Kingdom

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MAY 2018NATIONAL DAYS

DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

2-3 CARICOM/Islamic Development Bank Regional Dialogue/Workshop on Implementation

Guyana

2-4 Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) - Education

Guyana

3-4 PAHO: Model of Care Workshop (tentative) TBD

7-8 Twelfth/Thirteenth Meeting of the Security Policy Advisory Committee (SEPAC)

Guyana

8 38th Senior Management Committee Meeting Guyana

7-11 RBM Sensitisation Seminar Dominica

9-10 39th Board Meeting of the Global Fund Board TBD

10-11 Consultations on Market Access and Market Presence Opportunities and Challenges - Goods

FCORs

10-12 Eighth Meeting of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative St. Kitts & Nevis

14 Eighth Meeting of the Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Heads of Community Institutions Guyana

14-15 Forty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED)(Ministerial)

Guyana

15-16 CARICOM Committee of Ambassadors Guyana

17 Nineteenth Meeting of the Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE)

Guyana

18 Forty-Second Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers Guyana

18-19 2nd Annual Meeting of Youth Leaders Trinidad and Tobago

21 Regional Consultation on Effective Platforms for Wider Caribbean Dialogue

Barbados

21-23 STI Meeting TBD

23-24 RBM Sensitization Seminar Haiti

24-25 Special Meeting of the Customs Committee of the COTED on the CARICOM Customs Procedure Manual and Implementation of Memorandum of Understanding between the Caribbean Community and the World Customs Organization

Trinidad and Tobago

24-25 Hands-on combination prevention workshop TBD

28-30 Twenty-Third Meeting of Senior Officials of the Legal Affairs Committee (SOLAC)

Guyana

30-31 CARIFORUM-UK Technical Dialogue (Brexit) Barbados

April/May Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee Video-Conference

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1st Labour Day/May Day

Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize,Grenada, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Suriname (Arbeidersdag), Anguilla

1st Agriculture and Labour Day

Haiti

1st National Workers’ Day

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

5th Arrival Day Guyana7th Labour Day Barbados, Dominica, Montserrat18th Flag and University

DayHaiti

21st Discovery Day Cayman Islands21st Whit Monday The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica,

Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Anguilla,British Virgin Islands

21st Sovereign’s Day/ Commonwealth Day

Belize

23rd Labour Day Jamaica24th Bermuda Day Bermuda26th Independence Day Guyana27th Mothers’ Day Haiti28th National Heroes’

DayTurks and Caicos Islands

30th Indian Arrival Day Trinidad and Tobago30th Anguilla Day Anguilla31st Corpus Christi Grenada, Haiti, Saint Lucia,

Trinidad and Tobago

OBSERVANCES

3rd World Press Freedom Day12th International Nurses Day17th World Telecommunication and Information Society Day18th World AIDS Vaccine Day31st World No Tobacco Day

DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

TBD Final Meeting of the 11th EDF Thematic Task Forces Guyana

TBD CARIFORUM-EU Meeting on Services Antigua and Barbuda

TBD Meeting of Senior Officials Preparatory to the 25th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of CARIFORUM

St. Kitts and Nevis

TBD 25th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of CARIFORUM St. Kitts and Nevis

TBC Twenty First Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR)

The Bahamas

TBC Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) – Education; Culture; Sustainable Development; Crime Prevention

Guyana

MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY28 May-1

JuneACP Council of Ministers Meeting Tokyo

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JUNE 2018NATIONAL DAYS

1st Randol Fawkes Labour Day The Bahamas11th Queen’s Birthday Montserrat, Cayman Islands,

Turks and Caicos Islands15th

Eid-Ul-Fitr Suriname (Id Ul Fitre),

Trinidad and Tobago (*)16th Queen’s Birthday British Virgin Islands18th National Heroes’ Day Bermuda18th Queen’s Official Birthday Anguilla19th Labour Day Trinidad and Tobago

OBSERVANCES

5th World Environment Day6th World Pest Day8th World Oceans Day12th World Day against Child Labour14th World Blood Donor Day15th World Elder Abuse Awareness Day26th International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

4 Final Meeting of the CARIFORUM 11th EDF Programming Management Committee

Guyana

4-8 RBM Sensitisation Seminar Antigua and Barbuda

St. Kitts and NevisMontserrat

5 (TBC) Final Meeting of the 11th EDF Technical Committee Guyana

7 CARIFORUM Meeting on Mutual Recognition Arrangements for Architectural Services

VC

9 Exploring the Establishment and Strengthening of DTC Adults and/or Juveniles

Kingston, Jamaica

13-14 Meeting of Ministers of Finance TBD

14-15(TBC) CARIFORUM-UK Technical Dialogue (Brexit) Guyana

18-22 RBM Sensitisation Seminar JamaicaThe Bahamas

21 CARIFORUM Preparatory Meeting to Meeting of CARIFORUM Officials on the Protection of Geographical Indications

Suriname

22 Meeting of CARIFORUM Officials on the Protection of Geographical Indications

Suriname

26-27 Meeting of Migrants: Development of a Framework for Migrants TBD

29-30 Meeting of Trade Officials on the Treatment of Goods under Article 164 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas

Videoconference

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1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 1617 18 19 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28 29 30

DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

TBD Forty-Second Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers TBD

TBD Meeting of CARIFORUM on HS Transposition Guyana

2 days(TBD)

CARICOM/Costa Rica Committee on Market Access Costa Rica

MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY19-20 CARIFORUM Preparatory Meeting to Clovis Beauregard Conference Martinique

21 Clovis Beauregard Conference Martinique

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JULY 2018NATIONAL DAYS

1st Freedom Day (Dag der Vrijheden)

Suriname

2nd CARICOM Day Guyana2nd Territory Day (in lieu of

Saturday 1 July)British Virgin Islands

2nd Constitution Day Cayman Islands9th Carnival Monday St. Vincent and the

Grenadines10th Carnival Tuesday St. Vincent and the

Grenadines10th Independence Day The Bahamas31st Somers’ Day Bermuda

OBSERVANCES

11th World Population Day17th World Day for International Justice18th Nelson Mandela International Day26th International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove

Ecosystem30th World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

4-6 THIRTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT

Montego Bay, Jamaica

10-11 Second Meeting of the Special Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries

Belize

12-13 CARIFORUM-EU Meeting on the Protection of Geographical Indications

Belize

17-19 PAHO: Access to Health and Social Services to reduce inequalities TBD

23-24 CARIFORUM Preparatory Meeting and 3rd Meeting of the Technical Sub-Committee on Development Cooperation

VC

TBD CARIFORUM Meeting on Service Statistics VC

TBC Thirty-Ninth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community

TBC

2nd week Virtual Pillar Meeting

30 Meeting of CARIFORUM NAOs Guyana

MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY

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AUGUST 2018NATIONAL DAYS

1st Emancipation Day Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands

2nd Emancipation Day Bermuda6th August Monday Montserrat, Anguilla6th Independence Day Jamaica6th Emancipation Day The Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada,

Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, 6th Kadooment Day Barbados6th Carnival Monday Antigua and Barbuda6th Festival Monday British Virgin Islands7th Culturama St. Kitts and Nevis7th Carnival Tuesday Antigua and Barbuda7th Festival Tuesday British Virgin Islands8th Festival Wednesday British Virgin Islands9th August Thursday Anguilla9th Day of the Indigenous

People (Dag der Inheemsen)

Suriname

10th Constitution Day Anguilla12th Carnival Monday Grenada13th Carnival Tuesday Grenada15th Assumption Day Haiti 21st Eid-Ul-Azha* Guyana (*), Suriname31st Independence Day Trinidad and Tobago

OBSERVANCES

9th International Day of the World’s Indigenous People12th International Youth Day19th World Humanitarian Day23rd International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its

Abolition

DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

3 Exploring the Establishment and Strengthening of DTC Adults and/or Juveniles

Kingston, Jamaica

26-30 CCAS Expert Summit TBD

NO MEETINGS

MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY

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SEPTEMBER 2018NATIONAL DAYS

3rd Labour Day Bermuda10th St. George's Caye Day Belize17th National Heroes Day St. Kitts and Nevis19th Independence Day St. Kitts and Nevis21st Independence Day Belize 24th Republic Day Trinidad and Tobago28th National Youth Day Turks and Caicos Islands

OBSERVANCES

8th International Literacy Day16th International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer25th World Maritime Day27th World Tourism Day

DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

12 Fourteenth Meeting of the Bureau of CONSLE Guyana

13-14 CARIFORUM Meeting Preparatory to 8th Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee

Saint Lucia

24-25 4th Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Consultative Committee Belgium

25-27 Thirty-Ninth Meeting of the Customs Committee of COTED Guyana(Secretariat)

TBC Eleventh Special Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR)

New York, USA

TBD(2 days)

CARICOM TWG Preparatory to 11th CARICOM-Cuba Joint Commission

Videoconference

1 day(TBD)

CARICOM Briefing Meeting for Eighth CARICOM/US Trade and Investment Council (TIC)

CARICOM Member State (TBD)

MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY24-25 Fourth Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Consultative Committee Belgium

26

27

CARIFORUM-ACP Consultations and CARIFORUM Pacific Forum ConsultationsCARIFORUM Preparatory Meeting to 4th Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee

Brussels

Belgium

28 Fourth Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee Belgium

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OCTOBER 2018NATIONAL DAYS

1st Thanksgiving Day Saint Lucia8th National Heritage Day Turks and Caicos Islands8th National Heroes Day The Bahamas8th Pan American Day Belize10th Maroons Day Suriname15th National Heroes Day Jamaica17th Anniversary of the Death of

DessalinesHaiti

22nd St. Ursula‘s Day British Virgin Islands25th Thanksgiving Day Grenada27th Independence Day St. Vincent and the Grenadines

OBSERVANCES

5th World Habitat Day5th World Teachers’ Day17th International Day for the Eradication of Poverty20th World Statistics Day24th United Nations Day

DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

5 First Meeting of the 11th EDF Institutional Support Programme Steering Committee

Guyana

11-12 CARIFORUM-EU Meeting on the Review Clauses Saint Lucia

12 Training Programme for CARICOM Secretariat Administrators on the CIMSuPro

Guyana(Secretariat)

15 Meeting of Senior Officials Preparatory to CARIFORUM-EU Political Dialogue at the Level of Senior Officials

Saint Lucia

16 CARIFORUM-EU Political Dialogue at the Level of Senior Officials Saint Lucia

30-31 CARIFORUM-EU Meeting on the Transposition of the HS in the EPA Guyana

TBD(2 days)

11TH CARICOM-Cuba Joint Commission Cuba

2nd week Virtual Pillar Meeting TBD

MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY

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NOVEMBER 2018NATIONAL DAYS

1st Independence Day Antigua and Barbuda1st All Saints‘ D ay Haiti2nd All Souls‘ Day Haiti3rd Independence Day Dominica4th Community Day of Service Dominica7th Deepavali Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and

Tobago12th Remembrance Day Bermuda, Cayman Islands 18th Battle of Vertieres Day Haiti19th Garifuna Settlement Day Belize21st Youman Nabi Guyana23rd National Day of Thanksgiving Turks and Caicos Islands25th Independence Day

(Onafhankelijkheidsdag)Suriname

30th Independence Day Barbados

OBSERVANCES

20th Universal Children’s Day25th International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

1 Knowledge Awareness – EPA Opportunities and Benefits Event Guyana

21-22 Fourteenth Meeting of the SEPAC Guyana

26 Twentieth Meeting of the Council for National Security and Law Enforcement

Guyana

27 8th Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee

Belgium

28 8th Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee

Belgium

TBD(2 days)

CARICOM TWG Preparatory to the Sixth CARICOM-DR Joint Council Videoconference

TBD Twenty-Second Budget Committee Meeting Guyana

TBD 2nd Meeting of the Steering Committee of the 11th EDF TAPSEC Barbados

TBD Meeting of Senior Officials Preparatory to the 26th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of CARIFORUM

Saint Lucia

TBD 26th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of CARIFORUM Saint Lucia

1 day(TBD)

Eighth CARICOM/US Trade and Investment Council (TIC) CARICOM Member State (TBD)

MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY

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11 12 13 14 15 16 1718 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

DECEMBER 2018NATIONAL DAYS

9th National Heroes Day Antigua and Barbuda13th National Day Saint Lucia19th National Heroes and

Heroines DayAnguilla

25th Christmas Day All Member States and Associate Members26th Boxing Day All Member States and Associate Members31st Festival Day Montserrat

OBSERVANCES

1st World Aids Day2nd International Day for the Abolition of Slavery3rd International Day of Persons with Disabilities10th Human Rights Day

DATE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HOST COUNTRY

6 CARIFORUM-EU High Level Summit TBD (Saint Lucia/Brussels)

TBD(2 days)

Sixth CARICOM-DR Joint Council TBD

TBC Twenty-Second Meeting of the Budget Committee

MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY

NOTE: (*) this date is decided upon sighting of the moon.

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