CSME

  • December 10, 2005
    452

    CARICOM FINANCE MINISTERS MEET IN JAMAICA

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With three weeks to go before the launch of the CARICOM Single Market on 1 January 2006, Finance Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Kingston, Jamaica on Monday 12 December to finalise plans for the operation of a critical element of the Single Market. CARICOM’s Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP)…

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  • December 5, 2005
    407

    CARICOM LEADERS MEET TO DISCUSS SINGLE MARKET LAUNCH

    CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will hold a Special Meeting at the Sherbourne Centre, Barbados on Wednesday 7 December to discuss the finalisation of arrangements for the launching of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) on 1 January 2006. The target date had been set by the Conference of Heads of Government in 2002…

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  • November 2, 2005
    411

    CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASISES IMPORTANCE OF CSME DEVELOPMENT FUND

       (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington has received an indication of interest from the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) to assist in exploring contributions to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Development Fund. The Fund is considered a critical element of CSME arrangements. The CARICOM Secretary-General received the indication…

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  • July 5, 2005
    690

    DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MUST BE CUSHIONED IN THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

      (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are leading by example in streamlining the required arrangements to cushion any fall out that may occur as a result of the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM). Speaking with reporters following his brief to CARICOM Heads of Government in Saint Lucia on Monday 4 July, the…

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  • June 27, 2005
    404

    NO EXTENSION FOR CSME DEADLINE.

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are experiencing setbacks in being Single Market ready by December 2005 need to speak up now so as receive resources necessary to assist them in meeting the deadline. This is the word from CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington, as he addressed a Media Clinic in Saint Lucia…

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  • May 21, 2005
    435

    COFAP DELIBERATES ON SINGLE ECONOMY FRAMEWORK

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Progress reports on the harmonisation of a range of Instruments required to complement and give effect to the macro-economic policy framework for the Single Economy were considered by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers attending the Tenth Meeting of CARICOM's Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) in Georgetown on Saturday 21 May. The Single Economy is one…

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  • April 8, 2005
    519

    WORKSHOP ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES FOR CARICOM MEMBER STATES

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will benefit from a Regional workshop on International Trade in Services set for 11-14 April in Barbados, geared to equip the Region for its new trade arrangements in the international arena and more so within the context of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The three-day exercise will…

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  • January 12, 2005
    470

    STATEMENT BY HON. DAME BILLIE MILLER, SENIOR MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, BARBADOS, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR) ON BEHALF OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPEN DEBATE AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE SITUATION IN HAITI, 12 JANUARY 2005, NEW YORK

    Mr. President, The Caribbean Community deeply appreciates this opportunity to address the Security Council on the situation in Haiti. One year ago, we were all gravely concerned about deteriorating political and security conditions in Haiti. With Haitian agreement and international support, the Caribbean Community launched a diplomatic initiative. Underpinned by the principles of democracy and good governance enshrined in the…

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  • January 5, 2005
    439

    CARIBBEAN TRADE MINISTERS HOLD TALKS WITH EU TRADE COMMISSIONER

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)   Trade Ministers of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States, Cuba and the Dominican Republic will participate in a meeting with the European Union Commissioner For Trade, His Excellency Peter Mandelson on Thursday, 6 January 2005. The meeting will take place in Georgetown, Guyana, where Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers are scheduled to convene the Eighteenth Meeting of the…

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  • January 4, 2005
    345

    COMMUNITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING, REGIONAL EDUCATION, SINGLE MARKET AND OTHER ISSUES

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The challenges of globalization and the implications for higher education in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), facilitation of CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Implementation, preparations for the February 16-17 Sixteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government and the Community’s position on the recent tsunami disaster in Asia will be among the major issues…

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