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Second Meeting of EPA Joint Council held in Brussels
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Second Meeting of the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was held at the Headquarters of the Council of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium on 26 October 2012. The Meeting delved into challenges that have arisen in the implementation of the EPA and provided political guidance, with a view…
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2nd CARIFORUM International Financial Services Conference
On October 30-31, the 2nd CARIFORUM International Financial Services Conference took place in Antigua and Barbuda at the Sandals Grande Resort. The two-day conference examined the emerging framework of governance of international finance and new non tax business models to guide the future of Caribbean financial centres in an increasingly competitive international environment. Just over a hundred experts and practitioners…
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CARIFORUM, EU Conclude “Successful” Meeting of EPA Trade and Development Committee
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) and the European Union (EU) convened the Second Meeting of the Trade and Development Committee (TDC) under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 27 September. Both sides characterized the intensive one-day Meeting as “successful.” The Meeting was…
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CARIFORUM gears up for key EPA Meeting
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trinidad and Tobago will, on 27 September 2012, play host to the Second Meeting of the Trade and Development Committee (TDC) under the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM)-European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). A preparatory meeting of CARIFORUM Officials, also to be held in Trinidad and Tobago, will be…
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CARIFORUM DG Wraps Up Official Visit to the Dominican Republic
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Director-General of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) Directorate, Mr Ivan Ogando Lora, has just completed an official visit to the Dominican Republic. Mr Ogando’s trip to this CARIFORUM State came against the backdrop of its assumption of the Chairmanship of CARIFORUM from 1 July 2012, a position it…
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CARIFORUM moves to ensure Non-State Actors participation in EPA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) is moving to finalise its team for its side of the Consultative Committee with the European Union (EU). The Committee is one of the five institutions required under the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). A Meeting in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 11…
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EPA market intelligence platform one step closer to becoming reality
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Director General of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) Directorate, Mr Ivan Ogando Lora, expressed satisfaction with recent progress made by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) to bring on stream its Market Intelligence Platform. When it begins operations, the Platform is expected to be of great benefit…
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Report: EPA provides Comprehensive Framework to Improve Flow of Investments
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) provides a comprehensive framework to improve the flow of investments between the two parties. This is according to a new report commissioned by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat-based EPA Implementation Unit. This was one…
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THIRD/FOURTH ISSUE OF THE EPA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Secretariat-based Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Unit today, 9 January 2012, published the combined third/fourth Issue of its flagship newsletter, EPA Implementation Bulletin. It is a Special Issue, dedicated to examining the state-of-play of EPA implementation at an important juncture in the implementation of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA. October 2011 marked the third…
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Inaugural meeting of EPA customs committee to be convened
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARIFORUM Officials will meet with their European Union counterparts in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on December 8, to convene the First Meeting of the Special Committee on Customs Cooperation and Trade Facilitation under the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). This Special Committee Meeting will be preceded by a CARIFORUM Preparatory Meeting on December 7.…
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