Having already established a Single Market for intra-regional trade in goods, the Caribbean Community has taken a significant step towards the creation of a Single market for Services, Capital and the Establishment of Businesses by CARICOM Nationals.
CSME
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) signed four Instruments at their Thirteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting in Belize City, Belize to fast track the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The Instruments signed were_ Protocol on the Provisional Application of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Agreement Establishing the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ).
Officials and Ministers of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), one of the chief organs of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), meet in Guyana on 23-25 January, to deliberate on a host of trade related and economic issues affecting the regional integration movement.
The COTED Officials will first meet on 23-24 January at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel to set the agenda for the Ministerial session on 25 January.
Caribbean governments have agreed to implement an aggressive advertising programme to get tourism, the main foreign exchange earner for a number of countries, back on track following the decline in arrivals after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
This was a major decision emerging from the Summit on Tourism held at Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, The Bahamas 8-9 December 2001, under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Rt. Hon Hubert Ingraham.
Mr. Chairman, Rt. Hon Hubert Ingraham
Distinguished Heads of Government
Secretary General of CARICOM
Ministers of Government
Your Excellencies
Tourism Public and Private Sector Colleagues
Mr. Chairman, the Right Honourable Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas,Â
His Excellency the President of Guyana;
Other Esteemed Heads of Government;
Honourable Ministers;
Representatives of Regional Organizations;
Senior Government Officials;
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen.
The Caribbean Hotel Association wants to place on the record, its gratitude to CARICOM, for hosting this historic summit.
In less that two months, CARICOM Heads of Government are once again meeting in The Bahamas, this time for a Tourism Summit on 8-9 December at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, The Bahamas.
We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, meeting in Special (Emergency) Session in The Bahamas, 11-12 October, 2001, to undertake consultations on the grave situation confronting our nations as a consequence of the terrorist attacks in the United States of America on 11 September 2001 and its aftermath_
Recognise that these dastardly acts have exacerbated an incipient global economic crisis which threatened international peace and security.
Preparations for the historic Caribbean Trade, Tourism and Cultural Fair billed to run for four days in Tokyo, Japan next year, moved into high gear with the Region's processed food and beverage manufacturers, and the public and private sectors getting ready for what promises to be a grand Caribbean exposition.
The Caribbean exposition is mooted as the stepping stone to opening-up new avenues of CARICOM/Japan Cooperation, stimulating trade and investment opportunities between this Region and Japan.
Important measures and areas where implementation is critical to the achievement of the establishment of CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) are expected to feature prominently in the four-day deliberations of the leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), slated for Nassau, the Bahamas, 3-6 July 2001.