BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 24, CMC – Barbados will host the inaugural meeting of security chiefs from eight regional central banks later this month.
The May 31 to June 1 event will discuss issues pertaining to harmonization of procedures, fighting criminal activity, and sharing information and intelligence.
It will bring together security chiefs from Jamaica, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Guyana, Cayman Islands, Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, as well as local law enforcement and government security agencies.
Coordinator of the conference and Chief of Security of the Central Bank of Barbados, Charles Pile, said that the meeting would cover issues pertaining to regional cooperation, the regional legislative framework as it applies to a central bank’s security operations, security units’ support for departments within a central bank and the management of emergency situations.
There will also be demonstrations on countermeasures and workflow software.
Pile described the meeting as a groundbreaking exercise given the nature of the topics to be discussed, and the number of central banks that will be represented.
Barbados Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, QC and Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr. DeLisle Worrell, will address the opening ceremony on May 31.
