COFAP

  (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) Jamaica, on Tuesday at the Second Special Meeting of the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP), joined Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago in making an initial pledge to the regional Development Fund. Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago had made initial pledges last December at the First Special Meeting of COFAP.

The First Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) took place on 12 December, 2005, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica with the Minister of Finance of Jamaica, Dr the Honourable Omar Davies presiding.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With three weeks to go before the launch of the CARICOM Single Market on 1 January 2006, Finance Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Kingston, Jamaica on Monday 12 December to finalise plans for the operation of a critical element of the Single Market.

Mr. Chairman
The Hon Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Hon Denzil Douglas, Chair of the Council for Finance and Planning
The Right Honourable Owen Arthur Prime Minister of Barbados
Other Distinguished Ministers
Central Bank Governors
Representatives of International and Regional Institutions
Distinguished Delegates and Officials
Staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Progress reports on the harmonisation of a range of Instruments required to complement and give effect to the macro-economic policy framework for the Single Economy were considered by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers attending the Tenth Meeting of CARICOM's Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) in Georgetown on Saturday 21 May. The Single Economy is one arm of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) with the other being the Single Market.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)     The Tenth Meeting of the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) Council For Finance and Planning (COFAP) will be convened in Georgetown on Saturday 21 May, with the stabilisation and transformation of CARICOM economies topping the agenda for discussions.

Madam Chair,
Honourable Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis
Other Ministers of Finance and Planning
Central Bank Governors
Representatives of International, Hemispheric and Regional Organisations
Distinguished Delegates and Officials
Staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

Mr. Secretary-General; Hon. Omar Davies, Minister of Finance and Planning of Jamaica; Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM; Hon. Prime Ministers; Colleague Ministers of Finance; Central Bank Governors; Representatives of the Donor Community; Delegates and Officials.

Mr. Chairman;
Right Honourable Prime Minister of Barbados;
Outgoing Chairman of the Council for Finance and Planning;
Other Ministers of Finance and Planning;
Central Bank Governors;
Representatives of International, Hemispheric and Regional Organisations;
Representatives of the Private Sector;
Distinguished Delegates;
Staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat;
Members of the Media;
Ladies and Gentlemen;