(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Regional Media Workshop on the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), organized by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat-based EPA Implementation Unit, will be convened in St George’s, Grenada on 12-13 November. It is the second such Workshop that the Unit has organized, this time around in collaboration with the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Grenada National EPA Implementation Unit (NEPAIU).

(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 to ensuring that EPA implementation remains on track.

Thirteen of the fifteen signatory CARIFORUM States were in attendance, with eight Delegations led by Ministers.

 (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.”

(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 will hold until 30 June 2013. The visit, which took place from 3-4 September, was mounted on behalf of the Secretary-General of CARIFORUM Ambassador Irwin La Rocque.

(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.