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Implementation of CSME to be examined through gender lens
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) got underway on Wednesday at the CARICOM Headquarters in Georgetown Guyana. The Council is being chaired by Minister of Health and Social Services from Montserrat, Hon. Colin Riley and is being hosted with support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN…
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Equal and equitable gender participation under CSME should be ensured – Secretary General LaRocque
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The ability of men and women to participate equally and equitably in all aspects of life under the CSME must be ensured. Those were sentiments expressed by Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Wednesday as he addressed the opening ceremony for the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and…
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Reform Consultations and Commission on Economy endorse relevance of CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Speaking about the on-going CARICOM Reform Process, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said it had validated the relevance of the CSME as the platform from which to build the Community’s economic resilience. Ambassador LaRocque was speaking during the opening ceremony of the Twenty-Fifth Intersessional Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of…
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CARICOM and Canada Assist Suriname to Incorporate Regional Integration and the CSME into School Curricula
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Approximately four hundred teachers in Suriname will be trained on the operations of the Caribbean Community and CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The sessions begin on Monday 3 March, 2014 at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Paramaribo and will run until 24 March, 2014. The activity in Suriname falls under the CARICOM Trade…
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Regional Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO) to be introduced in Guyana
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A number of Guyanese youth interested in starting their own businesses will soon be benefitting from entrepreneurial workshops and seminars hosted through the regional Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO). The programme will start with a training of trainers workshop Monday October 21- Thursday October 24. The four day youth-focused seminar, which will…
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CSME Project Launched In Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A Caricom project backed by Canada was launched in Kingston Tuesday to drive implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The CSME aims to harmonise rules for the movement of capital, goods and services, as well as skills among the member countries of the regional trading bloc. Phase two of the CARICOM-Canadian International Development Agency…
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CARICOM STUDIES SHOW THE CSME OPERATING AT ABOUT 64% LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) is operating at about sixty-four percent (64%) overall level of compliance. This is based on the findings of studies commissioned by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. The five core CSME regimes are functioning but not at the level of effectiveness contemplated by the Community. The studies were…
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TRADE MINISTERS MOVING TOWARDS CHARTING A NEW PATH
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Trade Ministers have begun discussions on how to strategically position the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to deliver on its mandates to the Community. Ministers and their representatives, who were in Georgetown for the Thirty-Third Meeting of the COTED, placed their initial thoughts on the table on…
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