Ma ka lā 22 a 23 o Iulai, 2015 e hui pū nā luna mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe a me nā lunamakaʻāinana mai nā hui kūloko a kūwaho hoʻi i ke kapena nui o Port-of-Spain, Trinidad a me Tobago.

Aia ia i kēlā mau lā e hoʻokipa ai ka Directorate o Sustainable Tourism o ka Association of Caribbean States (ACS) i kāna hālāwai 26th o ke Kōmike Kūʻokoʻa no ka Hoʻokipa Kūpono (SCST-26). Hoʻākoakoa ke Kōmike Kūʻokoʻa no nā hālāwai hoʻokipa kūkaʻikaʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki e hōʻuluʻulu i nā Kuhina a me nā luna kiʻekiʻe o ka huakaʻi mai ACS Member Countries a hāʻawi i kahi papa e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka Hoʻomohala hoʻomau ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma kēia ʻāpana. Hāʻawi pū ka hui i kahi manawa kūpono e loiloi a hōʻoia i nā papahana a me nā hana o ka ACS ma kahi o ka Sustainable Tourism, a me nā hana e pili ana e hāpai i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka ʻOihana Huakaʻi. ʻO ke kumu nui o kēia ʻākoakoa ʻana ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā kamaʻilio kūkākūkā maha i mea e hoʻonui ai i ka laulima ʻana ma waena o nā ʻāina i kēia wahi koʻikoʻi loa.

Me ka manaʻo o ka Member ACS a me nā Member Member Associate, hoʻolālā ka SCST-26 Hui e ʻimi i nā ala no ka hoʻolauna ʻana, ka ulu ʻana a me ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o ka ʻĀpana Huakaʻi Āpana. Ma kēia mea, e kūkākūkā nā ʻelele ma ka hālāwai o kēia makahiki i waena o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, nā holomua i hana ʻia a me ke ala i mua e pili ana i nā hana a ka ACS i ka hoʻokō ʻia o ka Sustainable Tourism Work Program.

Ma waena o nā kumuhana mua no ke kūkā kamaʻilio ʻana e hōʻike ʻia nā hopena o ka Regional Co-operation Mechanism o ka Sustainable Tourism Zone o ka Greater Caribbean (STZC) papahana, kahi hana e hoʻokō ʻia me ka laulima a me ke kōkua mai ka Regional Council of Martinique a ka INTERREG IV Caribbean Space Program. ʻO kēia papahana e hana nei no ka makahiki i hala me ka hoʻomohala ʻia ʻana o kahi pūnaewele, ka paʻi ʻana o nā pepelu, a me nā puke kuhikuhi hoʻokele huakaʻi e hoʻonui ai i ka ʻike a me ka waiwai o ka STZC i nā lālā lālā o ACS. ʻO ka lā mua o ka hālāwai, Iulai 22nd, e nānā i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā hopena o ke kūkākūkā e kōkua ai i ka wehe ʻana o ka mana o ka pūnaewele, palapala a me nā collaterals ʻē aʻe.

ʻO kekahi hana e pili ana e kākoʻo i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka Māhele ma ke ʻano he Zona Hoʻokipa Kūpono, ʻo ia ka "Hoʻomaʻamaʻa no nā ʻoihana ma ka Papahana Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi Sustainable," e hoʻokō ʻia nei me ka hana pū ʻana a me ke kōkua mai ka French Development Agency (AFD). Pono kēia papahana i kahi noiʻi e ʻike ai i ke kūlana a me nā pono o ka ʻenehana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa aʻoaʻo (TVET) ma ka ʻĀpana Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻĀina a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi Framework TVET Regional no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻoihana loea a me nā papahana kūkulu hale. ʻO nā hopena o kēia hoʻolālā a me nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka Framework TVET e mālama ʻia ma Iulai 23, ka lā ʻelua o ka hālāwai.

ʻO ka hālāwai SCST-26 ka walu o ka hana hou ʻana o kēia hanana auspicious i mālama ʻia ma ka Lepupalika ʻo Trinidad a me Tobago, ka mea e hoʻokipa nei i ke keʻena poʻokela o ka hui a me ka noho o ka Secretariat. E alakaʻi ʻia ka hālāwai e ka Guatemala Tourism Institute ma ka inoa o ka Lepupalika ʻo Guatemala, ka luna o ke Kōmike Kūʻokoʻa no ka Hoʻokipa Kūpono, me ke kākoʻo o Hope Noho, Costa Rica a me Panama, a me ka Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ma ke ʻano Rapporteur.

Manaʻo ka ACS Directorate o Sustainable Tourism i kahi pae kiʻekiʻe o ke komo ʻana mai nā lālā lālā a ke manaʻo nei i nā kūkā maikaʻi a me nā hua.

ʻO Julio Orozco ka Luna Hoʻokele o Sustainable Tourism a ʻo Amanda Charles ka mea aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi ʻoi loa o ka ʻAhahui o nā Aupuni Caribbean. Pono e hoʻouna i nā manaʻo a me nā manaʻo i [pale ʻia ka leka uila]

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

Among the primary topics for discussion will be presentation of the results of the Regional Co-operation Mechanism of the Sustainable Tourism Zone of the Greater Caribbean (STZC) project, an initiative which is being implemented with cooperation and assistance from the Regional Council of Martinique and the INTERREG IV Caribbean Space Program.
The meeting will be presided by the Guatemala Tourism Institute on behalf of the Republic of Guatemala, Chair of the Special Committee on Sustainable Tourism, with the support of Vice-Chairs, Costa Rica and Panama, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as Rapporteur.
This project entails a study to identify the status and needs of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Tourism sector in the Region and the development of a Regional TVET Framework for future professional training and capacity-building programs.