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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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HAITI ONE YEAR LATER – CARICOM CONTINUES SUPPORT TO ITS MEMBER STATE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the first Anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake which rocked Haiti on 12 January 2010 looms, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is continuing its steady and multi-pronged support to this Member State. At a recently concluded meeting co-ordinated by the Office of the Special Representative of CARICOM Heads of Government on Haiti, the Most Honourable…
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CSME and Rural Communities
Service providers may also move to establish businesses under the Companies Act or the Registration of Business Names Act. The procedure in those cases would be the same as those applying to the establishment of business for the provision of goods by a Company. Additionally, however, service providers may make their services available in other member states using another mode,…
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More countries offering CVQs
The Caribbean Community Secretariat is moving full speed ahead to put in place the necessary procedures to enable additional Member States to issue the Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQ) in 2011. To date, only three Member States of the 15-member grouping can issue the CVQ. The CVQ was launched in October 2007 to facilitate the movement of artisans and other skilled…
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CARICOM media workshop underway in Grenada
St. George’s, July 27, 2010 (GIS) – Local and regional broadcasters and newspaper editors are meeting in Grenada to discuss the free movement of skilled persons and other issues related to the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) This week’s workshop is organised by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which is trying to engage media workers in the attempt at “demystify…
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ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE DR. KENNETH BAUGH, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, JAMAICA, TO THE NEWSPAPER EDITORS’ WORKSHOP ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 22-23 OCTOBER 2009, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
Representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat Association of Caribbean Media Workers Representatives of press and media associations Representatives of the Jamaican mediaLadies and Gentlemen Let me take this opportunity to extend to you, on behalf of the Government of Jamaica, a warm welcome and to thank you for journeying here to participate in this workshop. It demonstrates not only your…
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MORE CONCESSIONS FOR HAITI UNDER THE CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The recovery efforts in Haiti was definitely a priority item on the agenda of the 31st Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community when they got down to dealing with the business of the Community at the Rose Hall Resorts and Spa in Montego Bay, Jamaica. With the…
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HAITI, CSME, FINANCIAL CRISIS IMPACT ON CARICOM SUMMIT AGENDA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti’s ongoing recovery, the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), and the challenges the Region has faced due to the global economic and financial crisis, are among topics that will be addressed at the 31st Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government from 4-7 July 2010, in Montego Bay,…
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