Heads of State and Government of CARICOM Member countries and the Head of Government of Spain met for a joint working meeting with the aim of reviewing political and economic issues as well as matters related to cooperation which affect both parties. At the end of the III CARICOM-Spain Summit, held in Madrid (Spain) on 10-11 May 2006, the following Joint Declaration was signed_
JOINT DECLARATION
1. POLITICAL DIALOGUE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be in Europe this week attending two Summit Meetings.
Seven of the leaders accompanied by Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, His Excellency Edwin Carrington, will attend the Third CARICOM-Spain Summit in Madrid, Spain, on 10-11 May and the Fourth European Union (EU) – Latin American Caribbean (LAC) Summit in Vienna, Austria, on 12-13 May.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Statistical officials of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met at the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana on 2-3 May to discuss the completion of national reports for the 2000 round of census exercises.
These are a series of monthly articles aimed at informing the general public of developments in the external agricultural trade negotiations that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is involved. It is produced jointly by the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM), which co-coordinates CARICOM’s external trade negotiations, the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation in Agriculture (IICA) which provides technical assistance to Caribbean countries and the Caribbean Agri-Business Association (CABA), the voice of the private agri-business sector.
For the second time in less than a week, it is a great pleasure for me as Secretary-General of CARIFORUM to be participating in a signing ceremony with a representative of the European Union.
Just last Saturday in Barbados, Ambassador Amos Tincani, the European Delegate to that Member State in he Region, and I signed a rider to an agreement which benefited the West Indies Rum and Spirits Producers Association (WIRSPA). That was a good agreement.
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For the second time in less than a week, it is a great pleasure for me as Secretary-General of CARIFORUM to be participating in a signing ceremony with a representative of the European Union.
Just last Saturday in Barbados, Ambassador Amos Tincani, the European Delegate to that Member State in he Region, and I signed a rider to an agreement which benefited the West Indies Rum and Spirits Producers Association (WIRSPA). That was a good agreement. |
Ladies and Gentlemen_ It is a great pleasure to be with you this morning for the signing of this financing agreement between CARIFORUM and the European Commission. It is some time since I have been able to sign a Regional financing agreement but I hope soon to be able to sign more since there are several other projects in the pipeline.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Tertiary institutions in Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be brought into the fold of distance and e-learning via the Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network (CKLN) through the financial assistance of the European Union (EU).
With specific focus on issues pertaining to health, the Fourteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) was held at the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, (ECCB) St. Kitts and Nevis on 27-28 April 2006, under the chairmanship of the Hon. Bernard Nottage, Minister of Health of The Bahamas.