Social Security in CARICOM

The CARICOM Agreement on Social Security was signed in Georgetown, Guyana on 1 March 1996 and came into effect on 1 April 1997. From this date persons can thus apply for benefits under the Agreement.The Agreement is intended to protect CARICOM Nationals’ entitlement to benefits and provide equality ...
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CSME and Rural Communities

​Service providers may also move to establish businesses under the Companies Act or the Registration of Business Names Act. The procedure in those cases would be the same as those applying to the establishment of business for the provision of goods by a Company. Additionally, however, servic...
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More countries offering CVQs

The Caribbean Community Secretariat is moving full speed ahead to put in place the necessary procedures to enable additional Member States to issue the Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQ) in 2011. To date, only three Member States of the 15-member grouping can issue the CVQ. The CVQ was la...
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CARICOM media workshop underway in Grenada

St. George’s, July 27, 2010 (GIS) – Local and regional broadcasters and newspaper editors are meeting in Grenada to discuss the free movement of skilled persons and other issues related to the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) This week’s workshop is organised by the Cari...
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ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE DR. KENNETH BAUGH, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, JAMAICA, TO THE NEWSPAPER EDITORS’ WORKSHOP ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 22-23 OCTOBER 2009, KINGSTON, JAMAICA

  Representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat Association of Caribbean Media Workers Representatives of press and media associations Representatives of the Jamaican mediaLadies and Gentlemen Let me take this opportunity to extend to you, on behalf of the Government of Jamaica, a warm welcome an...
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MORE CONCESSIONS FOR HAITI UNDER THE CSME

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The recovery efforts in Haiti was definitely a priority item on the agenda of the 31st Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community when they got down to dealing with the business of the Community at t...
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HAITI, CSME, FINANCIAL CRISIS IMPACT ON CARICOM SUMMIT AGENDA

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Haiti’s ongoing recovery, the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), and the challenges the Region has faced due to the global economic and financial crisis, are among topics that will be addressed at th...
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Competition Policy and Law

Many CARICOM countries have lost important export markets in recent years, and are experiencing more intense competition from international firms because of lowered trade barriers (e.g., shortened negative lists and reduced tariffs) to entering domestic markets. A key development strategy of these c...
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