CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC -A three-day consultation on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) gets underway here on Tuesday
The CSME allows for the free movement of goods, skills, labor, and skills across the 15-member regional integration movement.
The Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat said that the seventh meeting of National CSME Focal Points is being carried out in collaboration with the island’s Ministry of External Affairs, International Trade, Civil Aviation, and Diaspora Affairs.
”These national sessions include engagements with ministries, departments, and agencies responsible for CSME matters and other key stakeholders to provide an opportunity to assess the arrangements in place to support the implementation of the CSME.
“It is also expected to offer insight into the constraints limiting implementation and engage stakeholders in identifying possible solutions. This will require an inclusive approach to the engagement involving critical state and non-state actors,” the CARICOM Secretariat said, adding that national consultations are scheduled for other CARICOM member states.
It said that from April 25, the CARICOM Secretariat would host a two-day seventh meeting of National CSME Focal Points here. Delegates will present and discuss areas of priority for implementing the CSME based on CARICOM’s 2024 work program.
The agenda includes reports from member states on their national plans for CSME implementation and engagements on any related challenges, among other areas.
The consultation and meeting are being executed with the assistance of the 11th European Development Fund: Strengthening the Framework of CARICOM Integration and Cooperation Process (SFCICP).
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