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Creative mechanisms required to make service providers competitive – CARICOM Ambassador
… there is need for us to turn the market access opportunities provided under the CSME, the OECS Economic Union and the EPA into market presence and penetration. The challenge here is that many of our service providers are small micro enterprises that have significant internal capacity constraints. The recommendations and Action Plan emanating from this Symposium should also address…
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Services Sector critical to Region’s survival – Antigua/Barbuda’s Trade, Industry Minister
Stakeholders in the Region’s Services Sector who have gathered in Antigua and Barbuda for a development symposium have been warned that the Region’s very survival was linked to the performance of the sector and their efforts to make it succeed. Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Trade, Industry, Sports and Culture Chet Greene told the Symposium’s Opening Ceremony, Monday, that Services…
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Seeking growth in Services: Stakeholders open symposium Monday
A wide cross section of stakeholders in the Region’s services sector began a three day symposium in Antigua and Barbuda Monday, aimed at developing strategies and action plans to boost investment, output, employment and trade in the sector. The event will focus on increasing business in several priority areas including: Professional Services Information and Communication technologies (ICT) Financial Services Health…
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Consultations to improve Region’s education and human resources launched in Guyana
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Monday, 17 October, in Guyana, launched the first in a series of consultations geared to improve the Region’s education system and human resources. Other consultations will be held across the CARICOM Member States and are expected to provide insight for the crafting of a Regional Education and Human Resource Development Strategy. Speaking at the official opening at…
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HRD Consultations to kick off Monday in Guyana
The CARICOM Secretariat along with the Human Resource Development Commission will be hosting a series of national consultations across the Region in its quest to develop a strategy that will shape the future of the Region’s education and human resources. The first consultation will be held in National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD), Georgetown, Guyana on 17 October, 2016. Other consultations will be…
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CARICOM to support relief and recovery efforts in Haiti and The Bahamas post Hurricane Matthew
Barbados, October 14, 2016 (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Community will rally support for its Member States, Haiti and The Bahamas, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew. This was presented during CARICOM’s high level mission to both countries from October 11 – 13, 2016. The delegation which was led by Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community,…
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Region to target growth opportunities in Services Sector
Stakeholders in the Services Sector across the Region will seek to develop Regional Strategies and Action Plans to boost investment, output, employment and trade in the sector when they meet at a Regional Symposium in Antigua and Barbuda, 17 – 19 October, 2016. The event, which will bring together public and private sector representatives from CARICOM/CARIFORUM Member States will focus…
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Region observes Caribbean Statistics Day
Caribbean Statistics Day will be observed on Saturday, 15 October, 2016, ahead of World Statistics Day on 20 October. The theme of Caribbean Statistics Day is Improving the Lives of People – Advancing the Action Plan for Statistics in CARICOM. For the past eight years, the Region has been observing the Day that was identified to create more awareness of the production,…
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Dominica donates US$100,000 to hurricane-ravaged Haiti, The Bahamas
ROSEAU, Dominica, Dominica News Online – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, has said the government of Dominica has donated US$100,000 to The Bahamas following the passage of Hurricane Matthew. US$100,000 was also donated to Haiti, the hardest hit by Matthew, to meet that country’s immediate needs. Skerrit, who is a heading a CARICOM delegation to the affected countries as Chairman of…
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‘Serious situation’ in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew – CDEMA Head
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC — The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) says “a serious situation” is developing in in Haiti after it was ravaged by Hurricane Matthew last week. “There are still five or so communities, maybe a little more, where we have not been able to establish communication. From the aerial assessment conducted, most of the buildings in that…
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