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Welcome Remarks By H.e. Edwin W. Carrington Secretary-General of The Caribbean Community at The CROSQ Seminar On Supporting The Competitiveness of CARICOM Goods And Services, 28 September 2005, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown
Mr. Chairman Assistant Director-General of Health of Canada Members of the Diplomatic Corps Executive Secretary, CROSQ Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Ladies and Gentlemen As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community it gives me very special pleasure to welcome you to our new Headquarters here at Turkeyen, and I hope that your deliberations will not only be enjoyable but…
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CARICOM EYES GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS AS CARICOM SINGLE MARKET DEADLINE APPROACHES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) As Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prepare for the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) by 31 December 2005, specific attention is being given to the area of Standards to ensure that CARICOM countries can compete effectively in the international market arena. This point was emphasised by CARICOM Secretary-General H.E Edwin Carrington…
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Sugar, Bananas, Rum Feature In Talks With EC
GROS ISLET, SAINT LUCIA – “For small developing economies, trade is an important mechanism for nurturing economic growth. In the current international trading environment, however, there is a scaling down and in some cases dismantlement of special arrangements for key Caribbean export products. As a result, there has been dislocation in key agricultural sectors.” This was the message delivered by…
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Bernal: Qualitative Shift In CARIFORUM-EU Negotiations Imminent
GROS ISLET, SAINT LUCIA – “CARIFORUM-EU negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement are at a propitious juncture, having successfully advanced through two preliminary phases. Emerging from the current Regional Integration phase, both sides have a better understanding of their respective economic spaces, as the two regions move closer to docking. We have had a successful Phase II, and stand ready…
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CARIFORUM And EC To Consider Next Phase Of Negotiations
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – CARIFORUM[1] Trade Ministers and EC officials will meet in Saint Lucia at the end of the month, to review progress in Phase II of Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations, provide political instructions on the future orientation of those negotiations and consider issues germane to Phase III. In this regard, the Second CARIFORUM-EC Ministerial Meeting will be…
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CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTERS AND US SECRETARY OF STATE DISCUSS REGIONAL CHALLENGES AT UN WORLD SUMMIT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and United States Secretary of State Dr. Condoleeza Rice held discussions on 14 September, 2005, in the margins of the High Level Segment of the 60th Session of the UN General Assembly. The discussions gave priority to the challenges of disaster mitigation, preparedness and response, in light of the…
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Gill: Market Access Simulation Exceeds Expectations
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Senior Director Mr. Henry Gill described a market access negotiating skills workshop that concluded today in Christ Church, Barbados and that brought together trade negotiators from across the Caribbean as “one of the most important preparatory exercises organized to date, as regards the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations or any other…
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Regional Survey of Development through Sport Programmes implemented at the country level
This report aims to identify best practices observed in the administration of Development Through Sport Programmes across the region; to raise awareness of the powerful role that sport can play in the lives of the most vulnerable; and to utilize the information to inform the design of regional and country level programmes . Methodology:> The CARICOM Secretariat designed and tested…
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REGIONAL INTERNET GOVERNANCE TASK FORCE AMONG GEORGETOWN FORUM RECOMMENDATIONS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialists from the Caribbean concluded their recent Internet Governance Forum in Georgetown, Guyana, with a number of recommendations aimed at strengthening the Region’s involvement in the governance and use of the Internet. High among the recommendations emanating from the Forum is the establishment of a regional Internet Governance Task Force or…
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