Distinguished Members of the Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it is such a great pleasure for me to welcome you to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat for the Launch and Inaugural Meeting of the Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The newly established Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries was officially launched today (23 October 2008) by the CARICOM Secretary-General at the CARICOM Secretariat.
(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.
(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.
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.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Â I note with great distress the untimely death of our young media practitioner and the varying degrees of injury suffered by others, while on assignment, as a result of the horrific accident on the Linden highway last Saturday evening.
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;
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;
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Â Â 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.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Â The Commissioners of the CARICOM Competition Commission have announced the appointment of Mrs. Barbara Lee to the position of Executive Director of the Commission, effective 18 August, 2008.