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CAR/NAM Regional Meeting

The Caribbean and North America (CAR/NAM) Regional Meeting was held in Montego Bay, Jamaica 29-
30 October 2019. It was opened by the Director General of Civil Aviation for Jamaica, Mr. Nari Williams Singh,
who stayed and participated in the meeting for a few hours.

All the Member Associations (MAs) in the Region provided updates which gave a clear picture of how the
industry is progressing. The meeting welcomed 25 attendees from Canada, USA, Jamaica, Leeward Islands,
Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Cayman Islands.

Bahamas was the only MA not able to be present as they were dealing with Hurricane damage. There were
also presentations related to safety and the interaction with ICAO as well as briefings from the Alliances
explaining how they worked hand in hand with the MAs and Regions.

The PGA session was very productive outlining some different needs from this Region but also providing
interesting feedback for PGA to work on.

The session on the Matrix provided some immediate assistance for the Leeward Islands who had recently
changed their Board and were struggling to rebuild the Association. The meeting as a whole was a great
opportunity for everyone to get to know each other better and extend support to each MA. Outreach continues
into the CAR/West part of the Region to enable more MAs.