Energy Summit – Panels discuss key issues

By Kendol Morgan On Jan 26, 2015

SG at Energy Summit — CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (2nd from left) speaking on a panel discussing public sector catalysing international finance during the Caribbean Energy Summit in Washington, D.C. USA on Monday 26 January 2015. Others in photo are (from left) Mr. Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the IDB; Dr. William Smith, President of CDB and the Hon. David Anderson, Parliamentary Secretary in Canada’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders joined United States Vice President Joseph Biden in Washington for Monday’s Caribbean Energy Summit.

The Summit format included three panel discussions with CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque participating in the panel on “Public Sector Catalysing International Finance”.

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The other panels were “Overcoming Barriers to Investment” and “Comprehensive Approaches to Energy Transformation”. Dr the Honourable James Fletcher, Minister of Public Service, Sustainable Development, Science, Energy and Technology of Saint Lucia and Chairman of CARICOM’s Task Force on Sustainable Development, participated in the latter panel.

Caricom Energy Summit - Fletcher — Chairman of the CARICOM Task Force on Sustainable Development, Dr the Hon James Fletcher (right) takes part in a panel discussion at the Caribbean Energy Security summit in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Others (from left) are Mr. Jorge Familiar, VP World Bank Group, Latin America and the Caribbean; the Hon. Michael Eman, Prime Minister, Aruba; Hon. Tomas Gonzalez Estrada, Minister of Mines and Energy, Colombia and Jose Maria Figures, Former President of Costa Rica

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