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LOCATION:Bridgetown\, Barbados
SUMMARY:Empowering Small Island States in the Caribbean: Leveraging Pooled 
 Procurement and Innovative Technologies for Supply Chain Resilience 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The session will highlight the significance of connectivity and
  economic interdependence in global supply chain management.It will spotli
 ght procurement and supply chain challenges in Caribbean small island stat
 es\, highlight successes with pooled procurement (PPS) and explore the rol
 e of technology and capacity building in effective supply chain management
 .The session will foster an interactive exchange between panellists and au
 dience\, showcase collaborative efforts and present innovative approaches 
 to enhance supply chain resilience and competitiveness in the Eastern Cari
 bbean region. Programme Moderator:Jean-Jacques Verdeaux\, Procurement Ma
 nagement\, Latin America and Caribbean\, World BankSpeakers:Roselyn Opel\,
  Head\, Pooled Procurement Services (PPS)\, Organization of Eastern Caribb
 ean States (OECS) CommissionDouglas Fraser\, Head of Procurement\, Caribbe
 an Development Bank (CDB)Felix Ohnmacht\, CCO and co-founder\, Axmed PBC&l
 t\;p&gt\;The session will highlight the significance of connectivity and e
 conomic interdependence in global supply chain management.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\
 ;p&gt\;It will spotlight procurement and supply chain challenges in Caribb
 ean small island states\, highlight successes with pooled procurement (PPS
 ) and explore the role of technology and capacity building in effective su
 pply chain management.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The session will foster an in
 teractive exchange between panellists and audience\, showcase collaborativ
 e efforts and present innovative approaches to enhance supply chain resili
 ence and competitiveness in the Eastern Caribbean region.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;
 p&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\;u&gt\;Programme&lt\;/u&gt\;
 &lt\;/h4&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Moderator:&lt\;
 /p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Jean-Jacques Verdeaux&lt\;/strong&gt\;\,
  Procurement Management\, Latin America and Caribbean\, World Bank&lt\;/p&
 gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Speakers:&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt
 \;Roselyn Opel&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Head\, Pooled Procurement Services (PPS)
 \, Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission&lt\;/li&gt\;
 &lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Douglas Fraser&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Head of Proc
 urement\, Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;st
 rong&gt\;Felix Ohnmacht&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, CCO and co-founder\, Axmed PBC&
 lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.or
 g/meeting/empowering-small-island-states-caribbean-leveraging-pooled-procu
 rement-and-innovative
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