(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) By the second quarter of 2009 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nationals should expect to have further hassle free movement at ports of entry within the Caribbean Region, as the CARICOM Travel Card (CARIPASS) will be implemented.
Speeches
Dr. Weggoro, Director, Productive and Social Sector of the East African Community Secretariat, and Head of the East African Community delegation;
Representatives from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda;
Colleagues, staff of the CARICOM Secretariat including those of the CSME Unit in Barbados who are participating via Video Conference;
I am honoured to have the opportunity to welcome you today to the CARICOM Secretariat.
Dr. Weggoro, Director, Productive and Social Sector of the East African Community Secretariat, and Head of the East African Community delegation;
Representatives from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda;
Colleagues, staff of the CARICOM Secretariat including those of the CSME Unit in Barbados who are participating via Video Conference;
I am honoured to have the opportunity to welcome you today to the CARICOM Secretariat.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) An eleven-member delegation from the East African Community Secretariat (EACS) is on a three-day study tour at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, to draw on the experiences of the regional integration movement.
The delegation, led by Dr. Nyamajeje Weggoro, Director, Productive and Social Sector of the EACS, comprises representatives from the five Partner States of the East African Community (EAC) - Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Burundi.
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A $60 million (US) annual marketing campaign has been proposed by the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Tourism Ministers to aid the regional industry.
Agreement to forge ahead with the campaign came at a Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Tourism and Transportation held in Trinidad and Tobago recently.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington and the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Mr Hans Winkler, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on CARICOM-Austria Co-operation on Saturday 27 September in New York, USA. The major areas of focus of the MOU will be disaster management and alternative energy.
OVERVIEW/STRUCTURE
When I was given this assignment yesterday, I assumed that, despite the title, I would be expected to take into account financial market developments in other areas of the world besides the USA. My presentation will therefore take the following form_
• Origins of the Crisis
• The Meltdown and Regulatory Response
• Global Contagion Effect and Recession Tendencies; and
• Impact on the Caribbean’s Financial and Non-Financial Sectors.
OVERVIEW/STRUCTURE
When I was given this assignment yesterday, I assumed that, despite the title, I would be expected to take into account financial market developments in other areas of the world besides the USA. My presentation will therefore take the following form_
• Origins of the Crisis
• The Meltdown and Regulatory Response
• Global Contagion Effect and Recession Tendencies; and
• Impact on the Caribbean’s Financial and Non-Financial Sectors.
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) One year ago, on 15 September, 2007, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held the World’s first ever Summit of Regional Leaders, to address the challenges of non-communicable diseases. These diseases are estimated to cause more that 50 percent of the World’s deaths.