BAHAMAS TO HOST INTER-AMERICAN MEETING

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the current chair of the Inter-American Committee on Education, The Bahamas will host the 9th Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education in Nassau in February 2017. During his working visit to Washington D.C. last week, the Hon. Jerome Fitzgerald, Minister of Education, Science and Technology, presided over a preparatory meeting for the event at the Organization of American States (OAS) from October 26 – 28, 2016. At the preparatory meeting, agreement was reached the draft political documents of the Ministerial and it is expected that at the Ministerial Meeting in February 2017 the Inter-American Education Agenda for 2017-2022 will be adopted. Pictured at the head table during the preparatory meeting from left to right: Ms. Maria Claudia Camacho, OAS Technical Secretary for the Inter-American Committee on Education; Dr. Neil Parsan, OAS Executive Secretary for Integral Development; Minister Fitzgerald; Ambassador of Costa Rica Mr. Rogelio Sotela Munoz, Chair of the OAS Council on Integral Development; and Ms. Maryse Robert, OAS Director of Economic Development. Delegations attending preparatory meeting are pictured in the second photo.