Prime Minister meets with UNDP Associate Administrator in Brazil

1 May 2011

The World Economic Forum focused on issues such as business, competitiveness, global redesign initiative, risks and scenario planning. Photo: weforum.org/issues

 

Rebecca Grynspan, UNDP Associate Administrator and UN Under Secretary-General, met with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The forum was held between April 27 and 29 with the theme "Laying the Foundation for a Latin American Decade". Their talks focused on:

• Women Leaders as Agents of Change Programme

• Constitutional reform

• UNDP's research on Citizen Security in the Caribbean and the UN System

• UNDP's activities in Trinidad and Tobago

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Photo: news.gov.tt

Rebecca Grynspan, UNDP Associate Administrator. Photo: United Nations Radio

 

During the forum the Prime Minister gave opening remarks on the session entitled "Five Regional Challenges, One Solution: Women - How can empowering girls and women radically impact five acute challenges facing Latin America"; and  participated in the Arena Session, "The Education Challenge: Bridging the Talent Gap" where the issues of technical training, the quality of education and promoting understanding among government, schools and businesses were addressed.

 

Ms. Grynspan also participated in an interactive session addressing the following issues:

 

Macroeconomic imbalances   Illegal economy   Water-food-energy nexus   Global governance failures   Economic disparity

 

      To view the full programme, please click here.