COTED
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COTED focuses on transportation
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Enhanced cooperation among regional airlines and the feasibility of providing a fast ferry service in the Community to boost transportation will be among the main topics Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Transport will consider on Wednesday in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Discussions will be held during a special meeting of the Council of…
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CARICOM ENERGY POLICY APPROVED BY ENERGY MINISTERS AT FORTY-FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COTED ON ENERGY
he Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Energy, inter alia, Ministers of Energy approved the CARICOM Energy Policy. The significance of this decision was highlighted by the Honourable Rayburn Blackmoore who was also Chairman of the Special COTED in his observation at the Opening Session that the adoption of the policy was “historic, bearing…
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SOME IMPORTANT DECISIONS BY ENERGY MINISTERS AT THE 41ST COTED ENERGY
In addition to the approval of the CARICOM Energy Policy and regional level targets for Renewable Energy (RE) contribution to electricity generation of 20%, 28% and 47% for years 2017, 2022 and 2027 respectively, Energy Ministers also approved and agreed on a number of areas for supporting sustainable energy development in CARICOM. Some of these include, that: • where feasible…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL AT THE THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), GUYANA PEGASUS HOTEL, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 2 MAY 2013
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Honourable Minister, I take this opportunity to welcome you – certainly not to your first COTED, but in your capacity as Minister for Trade of Grenada. And, of course, you have arrived in style – to take up your place as Chairman of this Council. I also want to especially welcome the Hon. Erwin…
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COTED CHALLENGED TO RE-STRATEGISE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been charged to rethink, re-organize and re-strategise the way the business of the Council is conducted. The challenge was thrown out Thursday morning by Chair of COTED, the Hon Oliver Joseph, Minster of Economic Development, Trade, Planning and Cooperatives of…
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CALL FOR PRIVATE SECTOR PLACE AT COTED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A place for the private sector at the table of meetings of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) is gaining traction with the Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana and Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), both making strong recommendations in this regard on Thursday. Secretary-General…
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ADDRESS BY SENATOR THE HON. KEVIN RAMNARINE, MINISTER OF ENERGY AND ENERGY AFFAIRS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FORTY-FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) – ENERGY, FRIDAY 1 MARCH 2013, HYATT REGENCY, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good morning, on behalf of Prime Minister the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar and the Government welcome to Trinidad and Tobago. Almost forty years ago on the 4th of July 1973, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and Guyana signed the Treat of Chaguaramas. By some coincidence that was Independence Day for the United States. The treaty…
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Address by Senator the Honourable Kevin Ramnarine Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs on the occasion of the Official Opening Ceremony of the FORTY-FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) (ENERGY) Friday 01 March,
Hyatt Regency Good morning, on behalf of Prime Minister the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar and the Government welcome to Trinidad and Tobago. Almost forty years ago on the 4th of July 1973, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and Guyana signed the Treat of Chaguaramas. By some coincidence that was Independence Day for the United States. The treaty came into force on…
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REMARKS BY MS DESIREE FIELD-RIDLEY, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FORTY-FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED)- ENERGY, 1 MARCH 2013, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On behalf of the Secretary-General of Caribbean Community, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Forty-First Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development on Energy being held here in Trinidad and Tobago. The Secretary General sincerely regrets that he could not be here at this so important COTED…
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DOMINICA-ENVIRONMENT-Dominica seeking COTED support for energy initiatives
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica will use a meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council on Trade and Economic Development (COTED) in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday for support for its renewable energy development programme. The Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat said the meeting “will discuss and seek agreement on a CARICOM Energy Policy. The ministers will also discuss regional targets for…
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