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:
Amb. David Prendergast, Director Sectoral Programmes and Dr. Pauline Yearwood, Deputy Programme Manager, Transportation at the conference venue CARICOM and Belize delegations at the opening ceremony of the conference. From left are Mr. Chris Barks, Regional Director, ICAO North American and Central American and Caribbean (NACC) Office; Amb. David Prendergast, Director Sectoral Programmes; Ms. Kennedy Carrillo, Belize’s Representative Designate to ICAO; Dr. Pauline Yearwood, Deputy Programme Manager, Transportation; and Mr. Nigel Carter, Director, Civil Aviation, Belize His Excellency Mohamed Faleh Al-Hajri, Acting President, Qatar Civil Aviation Authority, addresses the opening ceremonyMr. Nari Williams-Singh, Chairman of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS) and Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, makes a presentation during the High-Level Panel on Cooperation, Collaboration and Inter-Agency Coordination Mr. Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the ICAO Council, delivers remarks at the opening ceremony
