Areas of Work
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CARICOM AND ITALY TO DEEPEN COOPERATION IN TECHNOLOGY & TOURISM.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has received the assurances of the Government of Italy's representative in the Region that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) are among the areas in which Italy is interested in increased cooperation with CARICOM. While giving this commitment to the Secretary-General of CARICOM, His Excellency Mr. Edwin Carrington on Monday (July12), Italy's Plenipotentiary Representative to CARICOM, His…
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN SAYS SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY VITAL TO THE PEOPLE
The implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) by 2005 is crucial to the social and economic advancement of the peoples of the Region in an era of increased globalisation and dominance by large economic groupings, Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Baldwin Spencer told staff of the CARICOM Secretariat…
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RNM DG meets with Prime Minister Manning
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM), Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal, met with The Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, in Port of Spain today. Ambassador Bernal and the Prime Minister had an exchange of views on the status of negotiations across the three major external trade negotiating…
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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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