The creative industries have emerged to be a key growth sector in the Caribbean economy through its contribution to GDP, exports, and employment as well as its impact on destination and intellectual property branding. The region has created for decades many globally recognizable artists and events that have generated global reach beyond what the region’s size would suggest.

Served as a tool for guiding programmes for Development Partners

Benchmark against which Member States can measure progress regarding goals and targets set for children

Presentation   At  Regional Meeting On Public  Procurement Systems In Latin America  And The Caribbean  15-16 July 2015  Quito, Ecuador

The Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States of the on e part, an d the E uro pean Community and its Member States, of the other pa rt was signed by the P arties on 15 O ctober 2008 1 . All Parties (with the ex ce ption of Ha iti) are provisionally applying the EPA . 2. The basis for the Five Year Review of the CARIFORUM - EU EPA is s et ou t in the Declaration on the Signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement .

Food security is a key national priority for Trinidad and Tobago. The goal is to “create a food secure nation” by providing access to adequate, nutritious, safe and affordable food to all people at all times. Some factors negatively affecting the country’s food security include_ a high food import bill estimated at TT$4 billion; vulnerability to adverse impacts of climate change and; an increase in the incidence of nutrition-related chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).

The Air Transport Sector in the CARICOM Region is close to reaching a tipping point. Some domiciled carriers that have made significant contributions to the socio-economic welfare of the economies they have served over the years, are going through a period of uncertainty. The airlines continue to make losses, with shareholder governments concerned about having to prop them up indefinitely.

The Strategic Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the Countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is in tended to form a road map for action and resource mobilisation at both the regional and country levels. The Plan also includes recommendations for country plans, and at the national level, countries need to own the Plan by adapting it according to their priorities, adopting it and identifying their own sustainable funding for NCDs, e.g., a National Health Fund. Regional funds can and may be injected.

The Plan looks at the follwoing_

Limit The  Adverse Effects of A Changing Climate on Agriculture and Food Security, water resources, Use of forests to support sustainable development while reducing GHG emissions, 

Limit The  Adverse Effects of A Changing Climate on  Coastal and Marine Resources

Reduce GHG emissions through  the promotion and use of renewable  and alternative energy sources 

Limit the Effects of Climate Change on Human Health