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EPA to benefit Departments of Statistics, Bureau of Standards
Basseterre, St. Kitts – The Launch of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)/CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Standby Facility for Capacity Building Projects, held on Thursday morning at the Ocean Terrace Inn, has been described as a momentous occasion by the Minister of International Trade, Commerce and Consumers Affairs, the Honourable Lindsay Grant. Minister Grant, who spoke to St. Kitts and…
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CARICOM SG unveils software for visually impaired at Belize library
Belize City, 12th February, 2016. The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Secretariat Ambassador Irwin LaRocque visited the Belize National Library Service on Thursday, February 11th, 2016 to officially unveil software, donated by the CARICOM Secretariat, for the visually-impaired. In 2015, the CARICOM Secretariat donated and installed software for the visually-impaired at the Belize National Library Service that would be available to the public. The…
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Free Movement of Labour workshop underway in Belize
Belize City, 10th February, 2016 – Twenty Belizeans from the private sector, public sector and union representatives attended day one of a two-day workshop on the Free Movement of Labour in Belize City at the Radisson Fort George Hotel and Marina. The workshop opened with four key speakers that highlighted the history, present progress and the benefits of the CSME.…
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CARICOM Strengthens Consumer Protection in the CSME
As 2016 gets underway, the CARICOM Secretariat continues its drive toward a fully functioning single market with consumer protection training for CSME-participating Member States kicking off this month. This Monday, February 8, a week-long training exercise on consumer protection policy and competition law and policy takes place in Guyana. Government officials responsible for consumer and competition- related matters, non-governmental agencies…
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CSME consultation feeds into Regional Electronic Notice Board
Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 02, 2016 (SKNIS): Two consultations with the objective of discussing and negotiating a regional procurement regime, specifically pertaining to a regional electronic notice board for CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) member-states were held January 28 and 29 in St. Kitts. CSME Deputy Programme Manager, Philip McClauren, outlined that there has been consultation on the procedures…
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Regional Procurement Regime Consultations Continue
The CARICOM Secretariat continues its series of national consultations in Member States to advance the implementation of the Community Procurement Regime within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). On Tuesday, January 19, Belize wrapped up its two-day consultation that focused on the system requirements and infrastructure for a fully functioning Community Public Procurement Notice Board (CPPNB). The (CPPNB) is…
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Labour, employers, government in Guyana commend CSME Free Movement regimes
Representatives of Guyana’s trade unions, employers and government are commending the Free Movement regimes within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) as important contributors to the region’s development. The groups are part of a two day Free Movement sensitization workshop, which began Wednesday. “It is about people and peoples’ development, which is central to the Region’s development”, said General…
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Minister plugs protection of vulnerable –at opening of two-day sensitisation on CSME
By Svetlana Marshall (Guyana Chronicle) “AS we envisage free movement of peoples, we must also address the fact that we need to protect the welfare of vulnerable groups such as non-unionised workers, workers with disabilities, youth and unskilled persons who may be exploited by unscrupulous employers,” Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence said yesterday as she addressed a CARICOM forum…
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Guyana’s Labour and Employers organisations sit together on regional free movement
Representatives of Guyana’s private sector, employers organisations and trade unions came together Wednesday for a two day sensitisation workshop on Free Movement within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy CSME. The workshop is expected to build awareness among the participants about the provisions of some key CSME regimes, including free movement of skills/labour and the facilitation of travel generally; the…
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Guyana presses other CARICOM states to respect free movement and CSME privileges
Minister Volda Lawrence made the call while joining Guyanese stakeholders from the private sector, employer organizations and trade unions on Wednesday for the opening of a sensitization workshop on free movement within the CSME. Guyana’s Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence, has called on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states to ensure that there are no discriminatory acts meted to persons…
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