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CARIBBEAN MEDIA DIALOGUE MODEL NOW IN USE BY ACP AGENCY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A format to facilitate dialogue between media professionals and the agriculture sector, which was pioneered by the Caribbean, is now being used by countries of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states to assist in bridging the divide between the two sectors.

The adoption of the Caribbean formula by the ACP has come in for praise by the Executive Director of the Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Dr. Arlington Chesney.

ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MR. CAROL EVELYN, PRESIDENT, CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE (CAIC), AT THE CONVOCATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 9-10 OCTOBER 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

Mr. Chairman, the CARICOM Single Market and Economy is an instrument conceived by Heads of Governments of the CARICOM Community to facilitate the economic development of the member states of CARICOM. As we have heard many times, and with which many of us can agree, the private sector is the driver of social and economic development, and welfare, in any modern society. Our ability to identify and exploit market opportunities is instrumental in creating jobs, and in affording many other-wise unemployed citizens the opportunity to earn a living.

REMARKS BY MS. JACQUELINE JACK, PRESIDENT, CARIBBEAN CONGRESS OF LABOUR, AT THE CONVOCATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY (CSME), 9-10 OCTOBER 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

 
Honourable David J. H. Thompson, Prime Minister of Barbados and Lead Head Minister with responsibility for CSME
His Excellency Edward Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community
President of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen
My Fellow Trade Union Colleagues
Representatives of the Media

Good Morning.

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CONVOCATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 9 OCTOBER 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

It is with a sense of great expectation, that as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I address you at this Opening Ceremony of this historic Convocation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy.

Let me at the outset thank the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honourable David Thompson, Head of Government with Lead Responsibility in the Community for the CSME, for not only being the host of this Convocation but also for conceiving this seminal forum and for contributing so much to making it a reality.

CARICOM OFFICIAL CALLS FOR FORMAL EDUCATION ON GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Director of Human and Social Development in the CARICOM Secretariat, Myrna Bernard is advocating for formal education on Gender-Based Violence (GBV).

In a presentation to the two-day meeting of the Bureau of Women’s/Gender Affairs in Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday, Ms Bernard told gender directors and coordinators that they should consider more seriously the introduction of GBV in the Health and Family Life Education curriculum, a curriculum which was intended to address violence in the schools context.

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CONVOCATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 9 OCTOBER 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

  It is with a sense of great expectation, that as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I address you at this Opening Ceremony of this historic Convocation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy.

Let me at the outset thank the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honourable David Thompson, Head of Government with Lead Responsibility in the Community for the CSME, for not only being the host of this Convocation but also for conceiving this seminal forum and for contributing so much to making it a reality.

SINGLE MARKET WORKING BUT MORE COMMITMENT NEEDED

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Single Market is working but varying levels of commitment and emphasis on specific initiatives “bedevil implementation in a consistent and timely manner,” the Hon David Thompson, Prime Minister of Barbados said Friday.

PRIVATE SECTOR AND LABOUR AGREE: MORE EFFORT TO ADVANCE CSME

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Region’s private sector and labour are of one accord on the necessity for a more concerted effort by Member States to advance the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNATURE OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR THE CIDA-FUNDED CARICOM TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS PROGRAMME, 7 OCTOBER 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

 
Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance, Government of Barbados, Mr William Layne
Minister Counsellor Mr Douglas Williams of the Canadian High Commission in Barbados and other representatives of the High Commission
Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Integration, CARICOM Secretariat, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque
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