8/9/2019 Agriculture Agenda July 5-11
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a project of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
Agriculture (IICA) and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and
Rural Cooperation
tthhee AAggrriiccuullttuurree AAggeennddaaWeek July 05 -11,
2010Events directly and indirectly related to agricultural
development
July NB:Some more for your information!
Mon 05 31st Conference of theCARICOM Heads of
Government
57 July 2010
Jamaica
The Conference of Heads of Government (CHoG), which consists of
the Heads o
Government of the Member States, is the supreme Organ of the
Community tha
determines and provides policy direction for CARICOM.
Strengthening regiona
integration, through implementation of the CARICOM Single Market
an
Economy (CSME), a priority item for CARICOM is expected to among
the variou
items on the agenda. Other items include the recovery process in
Haiti and th
continued impacts of the global economic and financial crisis on
the region
development prospects. UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon; IMF
Managin
Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn; and OAS Secretary-General,
Jose Miguel Insulz
are expected to make an appearance at the meeting.
Due to the confidential nature of the CHoG meetings availability
and circulatio
of associated documentation restricted. Outcomes of these
meetings ar
disseminated through official channels and post meeting press
conferences.
Tues 06
Wed 07 Workshop on GoodPractices for
Participation in SPS
Forums
78 July 2010
Port of Spain, Trinidad
The IICA Office in Trinidad and Tobago in collaboration with the
Ministry of Foo
Production Lands and Marine Affairs will host a sub-regional
workshop in Trinida
on Good Practices for Participation in SPS Forums. Topics for
discussion include
(1) The agreement on the application of sanitary and
phytosanitary measures (SP
Agreement) and trade facilitation; (2) country agendas developed
from th
application of the SPS performance, vision and strategy (PVS)
tool in Trinidad an
Tobago, Guyana and Suriname; (3) establishment and functioning
of Belize SP
enquiry point and notification authority; (4) the codex
alimentarius standar
setting process importance of the national codex committee and
su
committees, among others.
Thur 08
Fri 09 2nd Meeting of the Teamof Consultants and the
Advisory Group for the
preparation of the
Strategic Plan for
Regional Development
(SPRD)
910 July 2010
Port of Spain, Trinidad
This initiative finds its legitimacy in the agreement by CHoG to
establish a CSME.
The Single Market is already established and work is proceeding
to establish the
Single Economy. In CSME there is a need for a strategic plan to
guide regional
developmentto give a sense of direction. The first part of the
plan was the
preparation of the Single Development Vision paper which was
approved by
CHoG July 2007. It contains two elements that form the basis of
the work for
strategic plan moving forwards: the Mission Statement and
Development Vision.
There are three other elements contained which provides the
basis for the work to
develop strategic plan - the four dimensions of the
visioneconomic; social;
environment and governance and the five drivers of economic
development
energy; manufacturing; agriculture-fisheries-forestry;
sustainable tourism and agro
tourism and emerging export services. The meeting is expected to
review progres
in the preparation of the working documents of these 5 economic
drivers.
Sat 10
Sun 11
Also in the month of July:
Trinidad and Tobago Mango Festival; CaRAPN Medium Term Strategic
Planning Workshop,
Details provided in next weeks the Agriculture Agenda
The full July and other monthly calendars can be viewed
onwww.carapn.net.
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