Development of the Services Sector

CARICOM moves step closer to Regional Strategy for Services Sector

A teacher engages students virtually | Education Services are among the seven priority sectors for which SWOT analyses were approved (Image via CDB)

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.

Trade in services workshop underway in Antigua and Barbuda

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).

MODELS FOR NATIONAL SERVICES COALITION ESTABLISHMENT

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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.

Draft Model Professional Bill 2011

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Other Business Services : Consulting Services

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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.

COMPUTER AND RELATED SERVICES IN THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY (CSME)

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REPORT OF THE REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SERVICES

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Classification of Services - Regional Symposium on Services 15-17 July 2009 Grand Royal Antiguan Beach Resort Antigua and Barbuda

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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