CARICOM moves step closer to Regional Strategy for Services Sector
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has moved a step closer to a Regional Strategy for the Services Sector with Ministerial approval of the Strategy in March.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has moved a step closer to a Regional Strategy for the Services Sector with Ministerial approval of the Strategy in March.
A workshop that is exploring the feasibility of trying to obtain data by trading partners is underway in Antigua and Barbuda. The workshop at the Jolly Beach Resort began on Monday and concludes Friday.
The workshop is being conducted as part of the CARICOM Project – Support to the Forum of Caribbean States in the Implementation of Commitments undertaken under the Economic Partnership Agreement – Services Sector Development – Component 5. The Project is funded by the European Union under the Tenth European Development Fund (EDF).
Four Options/Models were identified during field work in 2001 and further developed and modified during the Assessment Phase of the establishment of the coalitions. Each Member state was given the option to adopt the most suitable Model.
The Terms of Reference for this concept paper demands a very short document, on a very broad topic, with very little published material to be presented in 5 minutes to a knowlegeable audience. Direct and desk research tapping the resources of the
Internet, personnel from CRNM, CEDA, Trinidad & Tobago Coalition of Services, DFID, CDB and Scientific Information Services (SIS) Ltd was conducted. The following is a snapshot of continuing research which it is hoped will generate intense discussion.
This overview provides an insight into the importance of services in selected CSME economies, a definition of services and an outline of the paper. From the onset it is important to note that the paper is mainly an extraction of various paragraphs from the following publications. 1. ISIC Rev.4 publication, Series M, No 4, Rev. 4 2. Draft chapters of the revised Manual on Statistics of International
A regional Symposium on services
CARICOM Secretariat Regional Symposium on Services Antigua & Barbuda
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Single ICT Space Working Group COTED ICT and Focal Point, Trinidad and Tobago
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ)
Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT)
Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL)
CARICOM Youth Ambassador Programme (CYAP)
University of Guyana (UG)
University of Guyana (UG)
Mona Campus
University of the West Indies (UWI)
Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)
Caribbean Association of National Training Agencies (CANTA)
Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology
Jamaica
Ministry of ICT
Grenada
Department of Transformation and Digitization
Office of the Prime Minister Bahamas
Caribbean Employers Confederation (CEC)
CARICOM Private Sector Organisation (CPSO)
Single ICT Space Working Group COTED ICT and Focal Point, Trinidad and Tobago
Education, EPR, Human Rights and Gender Consultant
Guyana
Carlton Samuels & Associates
Jamaica