CARICOM delegation at ICAO meeting in Qatar
Amb. David Prendergast, Director Sectoral Programmes (l) and Dr. Pauline Yearwood, Deputy Programme Manager, Transportation (4th, l) with Lt. Colonel Egbert Field, Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (5th, l) and students from the Qatar Civil Aeronautical Academy
A delegation from the CARICOM Secretariat is in Doha to participate in the 2025 International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Facilitation Conference in Doha, Qatar, from 14 - 17 April. The delegation comprises Ambassador David Prendergast, Director Sectoral Programmes and Dr. Pauline Yearwood, Deputy Programme Manager, Transportation.
The theme of the conference is ‘Facilitating the Future of Air Transport: Collaboration, Efficiency, Inclusivity’. Some of the topics participants will discuss are Cooperation, Collaboration and Inter-Agency Coordination; Travel Document Integrity and Border Control; Passenger Experience; Passenger Data Systems; Addressing Inadmissible Persons - Deportees, Refugees and Stateless Persons; Accessibility in International Civil Aviation; Innovation in Facilitation and Artificial Intelligence; and Capacity-Building and Implementation Support for States.
Here are some images from the conference:
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