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Caribbean Ministers to Attend OAS Co-Sponsored Meeting in Grenada on Civil Registration

  September 26, 2010

The Organization of American States (OAS) is jointly sponsoring a meeting in Grenada to promote social inclusion through a discussion of Best Practices on Civil Registration.

The event, titled, “Best Practices on Civil Registration: Promoting Social Inclusion,” will feature the Assistant Secretary General of the OAS, Ambassador Albert Ramdin; the Minister of Finance, Planning, Economy, Energy and Cooperatives of Grenada, Nazim Burke; as well as high-level United Nations officials. Ministers and officials from the Caribbean region responsible for Civil Registration in their respective territories are expected to attend the meeting, to be held at the Rex Hotel in Grenada from September 27 to 28, 2010.

The event will start with an opening ceremony at 9 a.m. on Monday, September 27.

This gathering seeks to strengthen cooperation among Caribbean states to establish a Regional Action Plan for the modernization of civil registry institutions. Such modernization is essential in strengthening democratic governance, promoting social inclusion and fostering development in the region.

The event is sponsored jointly by the OAS with the support of the Spanish Agency for International Development and Cooperation, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). It is the first of its kind in the Caribbean region and is part of a wider initiative of the OAS Secretariat for Political Affairs, Department for Effective Public Management’s Civil Identity Program in the Americas (PUICA).

PUICA, with more than 10 years of experience, supports OAS Member States in their efforts to eradicate under-registration, therefore promoting the right to identity of people in the region.


WHAT: “Best Practices on Civil Registration: Promoting Social Inclusion”

WHEN: Monday, September 27, at 9 a.m. (13:00 GMT) and Tuesday, September 28, 2010

WHERE: Rex Hotel, Grenada

Reference: AVI-243/10