Major General (Retired) Rodney Smart, CEO of the ODPM, is representing Trinidad and Tobago at the16th Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency. The meeting brings together leaders of National Disaster Offices and regional institutions involved in disaster management. It is taking place in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) from April 7-11, 2025.
Major General Smart was appointed the Chairman of the TAC for the period 2024-2025, at the last meeting that was hosted by Trinidad and Tobago in April 2024. On Tuesday, 8th, April 2025, he presented his annual report at the official opening ceremony that was attended by the Governor, Acting Premier and Cabinet Ministers of the TCI, along with the Executive Director and senior members of CDEMA.
