Areas of Work
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CARICOM MINISTERS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH AGRICULTURE AND ITS LINKAGES TO OTHER SECTORS
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Agriculture and Trade participated in the Seventeenth Meeting of the Council For Trade and Economic Development (COTED), at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 16-17 June 2004, under the chairmanship of Hon. Montgomery Daniel, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The main focus…
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PLANNING ESSENTIAL FOR CARICOM’S AGRICULTURE SURVIVAL
Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been urged to act now and plan for “eventualities” as the Region grapples with ensuing challenges facing its rice, sugar, and rum and banana industries. This position was put to the Ministers by Chairman of CARICOM's Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED, Minister of Agriculture, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Hon.…
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CARICOM PUSHING REGIONAL AGRICULTURE PROGRAMME
Regional Governments and their international partners are moving to establish a comprehensive development programme in agriculture for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This comes against the background of their recognition that the sector continues to play a critical role in the economies of CARICOM Member States. Government Ministers representing a range of portfolios which impact on trade and development in the…
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SPECIAL COHSOD TO FOCUS ON A NEW CARIFESTA
The Region should expect a breath of new life and meaning, to the Region's premiere cultural festival, CARIFESTA, when a special meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development [COHSOD] on Culture is convened next week. The two-day meeting scheduled for June 2-3 will take place in Georgetown, Guyana where a strategic plan for the reorganisation of CARIFESTA drafted…
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Regional Trade Officials Consult on CARICOM-Canada Trade Talks
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The ‘CARICOM Exploratory Group on CARICOM-Canada Trade Negotiations’ met in Barbados, May 28. The consultation was convened with a view to taking stock of deliberations between CARICOM and Canada on the scope and elements of negotiations for a CARICOM-Canada enhanced trade arrangement. Officials sought to refine positions on areas that would be under negotiation, including Services,…
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CARICOM Welcomes EU Initiative to Revive Global Trade Talks
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – CARICOM welcomes elements of a joint letter on the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Development Agenda (DDA), issued by European Commissioners for Trade and Agriculture, Pascal Lamy and Franz Fischler, respectively. This according to the Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM), Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal. Ambassador Bernal was speaking to members of the international…
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A CLEANER, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT FOR THE REGION
The CARICOM Region should look to breathing much cleaner air and accessing cheaper electricity over the next few years with the execution of the Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP). A Global Environmental Facility (GEF) grant of US$3.726 million made available through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is the most recent addition to the international financial assistance already secured…
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CARICOM COUNCIL TO FOCUS ON HEALTH
Health, Sustainable Development and the Environment will be the focus of the deliberations of the Tenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which takes place at the Tobago Hilton, Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago, on 28-30 April 2004. As the Community continues to put in place the polices and programmes to accelerate the integration process, significant among…
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