GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – TRANSPORTATION is on the agenda of the Thirty-Fourth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government in Trinidad and Tobago during the period July 4 to 6, which will be attended by President Donald Ramotar.
Cognisant of the challenges intra-regional transportation pose, CARICOM leaders
will focus on transportation matters that emanated during a Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development last May in St Vincent and the Grenadines, a release from the CARICOM Secretariat stated.
Over the three days, the organisation of efficient, reliable, affordable transport services throughout the Community, development and expansion of air and maritime transport capabilities, the promotion of cooperative arrangements for the provision of transport services, efficient internationally competitive ancillary transport services, the development of human resources for employment in all areas and at all levels of the transport sector, and the implementation of standards for the development of safe road, riverine, sea and air transport services will be examined.