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  • Photo of Barbados Considers CARICOM Model Bill for Public Procurement

    Barbados Considers CARICOM Model Bill for Public Procurement

    A major national consultation on public procurement gets underway in Barbados today. The one-day consultation is to examine the Draft CARICOM Model Bill to facilitate the national implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Public Procurement Regime. The proposed regime aims to establish an integrated and single public procurement space for Member States. Representatives of public and private…

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  • Photo of Greater CSME Awareness for Barbados Private Sector and Rural Communities

    Greater CSME Awareness for Barbados Private Sector and Rural Communities

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is ensuring that vital stakeholders continue to be well informed about the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and its significant benefits. On Wednesday, October 5, a one-day CSME sensitization workshop is being hosted in Barbados. Approximately 30 participants from private sector bodies and rural communities  will convene at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre for…

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  • Photo of Regional Youth Leaders urged to help shape solutions for climate change and other issues

    Regional Youth Leaders urged to help shape solutions for climate change and other issues

    Participants at the fourth staging of the  Caribbean Youth Leaders’ Summit in Belize were encouraged to help shape the framing of solutions for issues such as climate change, reproductive health rights and reparations for native genocide slavery.  This charge was given to them by Programme Manager for Culture and Community Development at the CARICOM Secretariat Dr. Hillary Brown.  She was making remarks at…

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  • Photo of CSME Public Procurement Training Gets Underway

    CSME Public Procurement Training Gets Underway

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat continues its drive toward establishing an integrated and single CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Public Procurement Regime. A week-long train- the-trainers workshop began on Monday, September 19 at the Secretariat’s CSME Unit in Barbados. The workshop’s aim is to train procurement specialists on the instruments that make up such a regime. Representatives from Antigua…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Tackles Regional Social Dialogue and Social Protection

    CARICOM Tackles Regional Social Dialogue and Social Protection

     (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is hosting a one-day regional consultation on the establishment of a regional tripartite social dialogue mechanism and a regional social protection floor. It takes place on Monday, September 19 at the Secretariat’s headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana. The aim is to discuss a proposed social dialogue mechanism and…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Secretariat Engages Jamaica’s Private Sector and Immigration Officers

    CARICOM Secretariat Engages Jamaica’s Private Sector and Immigration Officers

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is ensuring that key stakeholders are knowledgeable about the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and how they can maximise benefits under the CSME [carcom_csme] processes. On Monday, September 12, the Secretariat is convening a one-day CSME sensitization workshop for the private sector in Jamaica at The Pegasus Hotel. Approximately 35 participants from Jamaica’s corporate…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Promotes Public Awareness of Free Movement

    CARICOM Promotes Public Awareness of Free Movement

    The CARICOM Secretariat is pressing ahead with its public education programme regarding the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). It will be hosting a series of three (3) public sensitisation sessions on the facilitation of travel within the CSME. The first of these will be held in Dominica on Friday, September 9 and a wide cross-section of the public is…

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  • Photo of More steps underway to produce high quality statistics

    More steps underway to produce high quality statistics

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is embarking on a project to strengthen capacity to measure the contribution of international trade in services to the economies of Member States by their trading partners. The project is to be funded by the European Union under the Tenth European Development Fund (10th EDF). The general objective of the project is to provide the decision-makers in…

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  • Photo of Take advantage of CSME – CARICOM Secretariat Economic Adviser tells businesses

    Take advantage of CSME – CARICOM Secretariat Economic Adviser tells businesses

    Regional private sector organisations should take advantage of the free movement of factors of production that the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) allows in order to achieve production efficiency and competitiveness. This was the view of Adviser, Directorate for Trade and Economic Integration of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Ms. Desiree Field-Ridley. Ms. Desiree Field-Ridley, Adviser, Single Market and Sectoral Programmes, CARICOM…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Presses Ahead with Training for Immigration Officers

    CARICOM Presses Ahead with Training for Immigration Officers

    Approximately fifty immigration officers are to be trained in Saint Lucia this week on issues related to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and the free movement of skilled CARICOM nationals.  This is part of a series of training workshops facilitated by the CARICOM Secretariat which seek to ensure immigration officers are equipped to carry out their duties regarding…

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