PSI is holding a Sub-regional Advisory Committee (SUBRAC) Meeting for the Caribbean on 6-7 September 2022 from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm (AST) at the Normandie Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The SUBRAC meeting will be preceded by a Subregional Women’s Advisory Committee (SUBWOC) Meeting for the Caribbean on 5 September 2022.

SUBWOCs and SUBRACs are held in all PSI’s subregions. They are advisory bodies to the Regional Executive Committees (RECs).

While many of you customarily use the word “conference” to describe the activities, these are in fact the first layer of PSI’s annual constitutional meetings.

PSI aims to ensure that the meetings are as interactive and engaging as possible, providing opportunities for in-depth discussion on key issues using a rights-based perspective.

While we respect and follow the usual and accepted meeting protocols and practices, we in the Caribbean have sought to ensure that the sub-regional meetings assist affiliates and the sub-region in defining strategic actions.

Using the examples of actions taken by affiliates, successes and lessons learnt, affiliates are able to draw on the various tools and resources provided through PSI and allies to deal with the various issues that affiliates are facing.

The meetings also have an eye on the horizon, helping affiliates to practise foresight. The intent is to encourage affiliates to use various methods to help them think ahead. By doing so, affiliates can shape, create and develop plausible and different futures. Foresight produces and uses information that helps organisations anticipate change.