Introduction to the Seminar

Mr. Ciro de Falco, Manager, Regional Operations Department 3, Inter-American Development Bank

Opening remarks

Mr. Dennis Flannery, Executive Vice-President, Inter-American Development Bank
Speech

Rt. Hon. Owen S. Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados W.I.
Speech

Water Resources in the Caribbean – Developments and Challenges

Introductory Remarks: Mr. Alvaro Llosa, Chief Environment and Natural Resources Management Division 3, Inter-American Development Bank
Presentation

• Integrated Water Resources Management: Issues and Challenges in the Caribbean. Why an integrated resources approach is needed for the Caribbean.
  
  Ms. Ana Treasure, President, Caribbean Water & Wastewater Association.
  Presentation

• Tourism, water and development. A macro view of the relationships between water and sanitation, the tourism industry and the link with the economic development of the Caribbean region.
  
  Mr. Cecil Pemberton, Executive Director, Caribbean Basin Water Management Programme.
  Presentation

• The Water and Sanitation Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and the Caribbean. An overview of the MDG for the Caribbean.
  
  Professor Anthony Clayton, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
  Presentation

Panel Discussion 

Financing Water and Sanitation: The Alternatives

Introductory Remarks: Mr. Bruce Juba, IDB Barbados Country Office Representative
Presentation

• The Caribbean Development Bank Experience in the Water Sector. The CDB experience in financing sanitary infrastructure in the Caribbean. Options and alternatives in financing the water sector.
  
  Mr. Desmond Brunton, Vice-President of Operations, The Caribbean Development Bank.
  Presentation

• Budgets, Water Tariffs and the Financing of the Water Sector in the Caribbean: The role of tariffs and the public sector budget in financing the water under tight fiscal scenarios. The experience of Jamaica and how it may be applied in other Caribbean countries.
  
  Mr. Wesley Hughes, Director General, The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ).

• Sewerage and Wastewater Treatment Financing. Is the wastewater treatment a public good or should tariffs be applied to recover costs? Which wastewater treatment amenities can be considered public goods?
  
  Mr. Geoffrey Hewings, Professor and Director, Regional Economics Applications Laboratory, University of Illinois.
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• The role of the private sector in the water sector, financing alternatives. The private sector and the possibilities of engaging it in the water sector as managers or financiers.
  
  Mr. Guillermo Yepes, Consultant
  Presentation

Panel Discussion

Institutions and Water – What has been done, what is lacking? Are the institutions of the Caribbean ready for the challenges ahead?

Introductory Remarks: Mr. Klas Ringskog, consultant.
Presentation

• The Experience of Jamaica. How the institutional setting changed the Water Sector of Jamaica. After a severe drought in the last decade, Jamaica modernized the institutions for the water sector, creating a Ministry of Water and separating the roles of the regulator from the provider. What has been the results of this sector modernization?
  
  Mr. Donovan Stanberry, Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Water and Housing of Jamaica
  Presentation

• The Experience of Trinidad and Tobago: The country has important experience regarding treatment plants around the country and is planning to have a new institutional policy.
  
  Hon. Penelope Beckles, Minister of Environment and Public Utilities, Trinidad and Tobago
  Presentation

Panel Discussion

Coffee Break

The Tourism Industry and Water Sanitation

Introductory Remarks: Mr. Klas Ringskog, consultant.
Presentation

• The Tourism Industry: Options and constraints  financing the water and sanitation sector.
  
  Mr. Royston Hopkin, Chairman, Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism
  Presentation

• Water and Sanitation: A restriction for the Tourism Industry. The options from the government perspective.
  
  Hon. Noel Lynch, Minister of Tourism of Barbados

Panel Discussion

Final Session – Summary and Conclusions

Mr. Dennis Flannery, Executive Vice-President, Inter-American Development Bank