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WELCOME REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, TO THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CULTURAL COMMITTEE, 23-25 APRIL 2008, LE RESSOUVENIR, EAST COAST DEMERARA, GUYANA

The Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport
The Hon. Junia Regrello, Parliamentary Secretary, Trinidad and Tobago
Distinguished delegates of the Ninteenth Regional Cultural Committee
Members of the Interim Festival Directorate
Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat

REGIONAL CULTURE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS POLICY FOR CULTURAL INDUSTRIES

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The relentless call for coordinated national and regional action to address the developmental needs of a growing cultural industry within the Caribbean Community has not fallen on deaf ears. When the Regional Culture Committee (RCC) meets for its Nineteenth conference in Guyana on Wednesday (23 April 2008), it will discuss the development of a Regional Policy Framework on Cultural Industries and identify the elements to be included in such a framework.

CYAP WELCOMES HAITI’S NEW AMBASSADORS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) For the first time in four years, Haiti has appointed two Youth Ambassadors for the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYA) programme.

SHAPING A CARIBBEAN ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE POLICY FRAMEWORK IN A COMMUNITY FOR ALL : REMARKS BY DR EDWARD GREENE ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT , AT THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) (ENVIRONMENT), 17-18 APRIL 2008, LILIENDAAL, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

This Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) is significant as much for the fact that it is actually taking place, as it is for its ultimate goal in helping to fashion a Caribbean Environment and Natural Resource Policy Framework. This is not an easy task given the multifaceted ambit of environmental issues, its widespread impact on the social and political landscape and on the lives and livelihood of the citizens of the Caribbean, and indeed on the future of the Region as a whole.

REMARKS BY HON. ROBERT M. PERSAUD, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, GUYANA, TO THE TWENTY-FIFTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (ENVIRONMENT), 17-18 APRIL 2008, LILIENDAAL, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

At a time when the world is grappling with climate change and its consequences, this 25th special meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (Environment) is timely. Our Agenda Items speak to critical issues facing the Region, and our deliberations in Georgetown will seek to charter a course for meaningful action for the future.

Within this context, it is appropriate that this COTED Meeting will discuss the development of a Regional Policy on Environment as a direct response to the common challenges and opportunities we face.

COMMUNITY APPROACH TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of the Environment have given the green light for a Community approach to tackle environmental and natural resource management and have mandated the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat to coordinate consultations with national and regional stakeholders to develop the proposed CARICOM Environment and Natural Resource Policy Framework (CENRPF).

CARICOM DETERMINED TO GET THE MOST FROM AGRICULTURE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Regional Agriculture Investment Forum will provide a platform for Caribbean and international parties with an interest in investing in the agriculture sector to seek business alliances with existing and potential agriculture entrepreneurs.

This was emphasised today by H. E Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana and Lead CARICOM Head of Government on agriculture at the launching of the event in a ceremony at the CARICOM Secretariat in Guyana.

GOVERNANCE IMPORTANT TO ENVIRONMENT ISSUES

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The recognition of the need to focus on the governance of the various strands of the environment and natural resources issues was one of the most instructive outcomes of the meeting of officials of the Twenty-Fifth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Integration (COTED) on the Environment.

GUYANA TO LAUNCH CARIFESTA X

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In what is expected to be a cultural extravaganza designed to whet the Region’s appetite for more, Guyana will officially roll out on Wednesday, (23 April, 2008) its slate of activities for the tenth staging of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA X) in August.

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