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packed agenda including the continued implementation
of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM), the inevitable
repositioning of the Region’s traditional agriculture
industries and disaster mitigation are among the major
issues up for discussion by the Caribbean Community’s
Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED).
The
Twentieth Meeting of COTED will get underway in Georgetown,
on Thursday 12 January, one day before the Community
Council of Ministers, the penultimate ministerial
meeting prior to the upcoming Seventeenth Inter-Sessional
Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government slated
for 9-10 February. The Council for Finance and Planning
(COFAP) is scheduled to hold a Special meeting in
Kingston, Jamaica on 31 January.
The
Community Council which also meets in Georgetown on
Friday 13 January will largely review the economic,
human and social impetus for the operation of the
CSM as well as to finalise the agenda and programme
for the Inter-Sessional Meeting.
Reports
from the Council for Human and Social Development
(COHSOD), COFAP and COTED will be examined by the
Community Council.
With the staging of Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 earmarked
as a premier event for the Region, the Community Council
is also set to discuss preparatory legal requirements
set out for the staging of the games. Also down for
discussion are matters related to CARIFESTA 1X which
is due to be staged later this year.
The
Council is also expected to consider and approve the
proposed 2006-2007 budget and work programme of the
CARICOM Secretariat. The Budget Committee of the Community
met in Georgetown on Wednesday to prepare and submit
recommendations to the Community Council on this matter.
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