(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) will convene on Friday 19 May in Montego Bay, Jamaica for its Third Special Meeting.
The Council is expected to discuss the operalisation of the regional Development Fund which was established to address imbalances across disadvantaged countries, regions and sectors within the operation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Eighteenth Meeting of the Caribbean Community Council of Ministers will take place on Friday 19 May in Georgetown, Guyana. The Council is expected to consider the agenda and arrangements for the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM slated for 3-6 July in St Kitts and Nevis.
Madam Deputy Secretary-General,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is with honour that I present to you Letters accrediting me as Ambassador of Barbados to the Caribbean Community.
Allow me to begin by thanking you for the warm welcome which you are extending to me today in these excellent new facilities that now house the CARICOM Secretariat.
It is a great honour and privilege for me to have been asked by my country to perform these duties as Ambassador, at a time when the Community is entering a critical phase in its existence and making strides as never before.
Today, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) joins with the rest of the world as it celebrates World Telecommunications Day and World Information Society Day. This celebration is recognition of the fact that as a global society we have continued to make significant progress in the fields of information and telecommunications in relatively short time.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of the Caribbean Community, meeting at the Twenty First Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) in Trinidad and Tobago on May 12-13, 2006, expressed serious concern about the stance being taken on agriculture by the European Commission (EC) in the current negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
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Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Heads of Government, Members of the Board of Governors, Members of the Board of Directors, Mr. President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Directors and Officers of the Bank, Observers, Ladies and Gentlemen_
It has always been for me, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, a great pleasure and a privilege to address the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of CDB. |
SALUTATIONS
I am very pleased for the invitation to address this gathering.
I am very pleased that the forum is addressing the issue of Science and Technology (S&T), and may I add "Innovation", and their contribution to Caribbean Development. The Conference is covering a number of very important topic areas, such as Regional Priorities, the issues of Partnership and Networking among regional institutions, Innovation and Inventions, Capacity Development, Policy Framework, and Funding, among others.
Mr. incoming Chairman, all hands are on deck and accounted for inclusive of a new quartermaster in the person of Minister Clarke. The vessel is fit for sail. I now turn over the bridge to you. And no captain, the ship is not sinking, but rather, stands in majestic glory ready for any challenge posed by our Caribbean waters.
Colleagues, when we last met I addressed you as incoming Chair of this illustrious Council. I now do so as outgoing Chairman.
The Hon. Kenneth Valley, Minister of Trade and Industry, Trinidad & Tobago, our host Minister,
Colleague Ministers,
Assistant Secretary General of the Caribbean Community
Your Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community
Distinguished Delegates
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Ladies and Gentlemen
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown) Spain is taking a first step towards joining the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) by contributing to the Special Development Fund of the Bank. Spain also specifically offered assistance in establishing the Regional Development Fund which is a key element of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy.
The announcement was made by Spain during the III CARICOM- Spain Summit which ended in Madrid on Thursday.