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REGIONAL CULTURAL INDUSTRY TASK FORCE LAUNCHED - CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL WANTS CUTTING EDGE IDEAS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General HE Edwin W Carrington has charged the newly established Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries to recommend cutting edge ideas and approaches that would guarantee sustainability in Caribbean Cultural Industries and to adopt a coordinated regional approach that would build on, energise and promote the development of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy.

A FORCE OF CHANGE FOR REGIONAL ARTISTS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With the Launch of the newly established Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries, the new Co-Chairman, Mr Adrian Augier envisages that the Task Force would begin a process of change by providing new avenues and opportunities for artists and cultural workers to explore and excel in their creative endeavours.

GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNTRIES LIKE GUYANA / BY MAURICE ODLE, PH.D., ECONOMIC ADVISER TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, TO THE GEORGETOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 20 OCTOBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Mr. Chairman
Fellow Panelists
Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen

Introduction

Making an effective contribution to a panel discussion could be tricky proposition in that the audience could be quite bored with repetition, unless the presenters had previous consultation and reached an agreement among themselves on the allocation of different aspects of the subject matter.

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL,  CARIBBEAN FORUM OF ACP STATES (CARIFORUM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN CARIFORUM AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, 15 OCTOBER 2008, BRIDGETOWN,  BARBADOS

Mr Chairman
The Honourable Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados;
Other Ministers of Government and Heads of Delegation of the Member States of CARIFORUM and the European Community;
Your Excellency Jean Paul Dumont Representative of the Presidency of the European Union;
Mr Siim Kallas, Vice President of the European Commission;
Honourable Gareth Thomas, Under Secretary of State, United Kingdom;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps;

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL,  CARIBBEAN FORUM OF ACP STATES (CARIFORUM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN CARIFORUM AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, 15 OCTOBER 2008, BRIDGETOWN,  BARBADOS

Mr Chairman
The Honourable Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados;
Other Ministers of Government and Heads of Delegation of the Member States of CARIFORUM and the European Community;
Your Excellency Jean Paul Dumont Representative of the Presidency of the European Union;
Mr Siim Kallas, Vice President of the European Commission;
Honourable Gareth Thomas, Under Secretary of State, United Kingdom;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps;

CARIFORUM AND EC SIGN EPA

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)   Thirteen of the 15 Member States of the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) and the European Community today 15 October signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) which ushered in a completely new trading relationship between the Region and Europe.

EDUCATION TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT AT SEVENTEENTH COHSOD

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On 18-19 November, 2008, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Education meet in Georgetown, Guyana, for a comprehensive review of the last ten years of the Community’s work in education.

CARIBBEAN WEEK FOR AGRICULTURE GOOD FOR THE REGION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Defined by the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, the Agriculture Policy for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) came into focus in several ways during the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2008.

Addressing the audience on Wednesday, 8 October in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the official opening of CWA 2008, CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration, Ambassador Irwin Larocque said CWA provided several avenues to profile the positives in Caribbean agriculture.

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