 “THE NEED TO WORK EXPEDITIOUSLY TOGETHER TO DEEPEN THE INTEGRATION PROCESS AND STRENGTHEN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY IN ALL OF ITS DIMENSIONS TO RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED BY THE CHANGES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.”  DECISION TO CREATE THE CSME.  RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO INCLUDE SERVICES AND FREE MOVEMENT OF SKILLED AND PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL. 2

 THE REVISED TREATY CONFERS RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ON NATIONALS AND MEMBER STATES  RIGHTS AND DECISIONS ARE ENFORCEABLE  THE REVISED TREATY OF CHAGUARAMAS IS ENACTED INTO DOMESTIC LEGISLATION OF MEMBER STATES  UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES OF THE TREATY ARE NATIONAL TREATMENT AND MOST FAVOURED NATION TREATMENT 3

 CSME LAUNCHED IN 2006  PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES: ◦ ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ◦ BARBADOS ◦ BELIZE ◦ DOMINICA ◦ GRENADA ◦ GUYANA ◦ JAMAICA ◦ ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ◦ SAINT LUCIA ◦ ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ◦ SURINAME ◦ TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 4

 BAHAMAS DECIDED NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CSME  HAITI PLANS COMMENCE TRADING IN GOODS BY JANUARY 1, 2010  MONTSERRAT HAS NOT RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO ACCEDE TO THE REVISED TREATY INCLUDING THE CSME 5

 THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY IS INTENDED TO COMPRISE A SET OF RIGHTS, BINDING OBLIGATIONS, COORDINATED POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS THEREBY ENABLING THE INDIVIDUAL CARICOM ECONOMIES TO OPERATE AS A SINGLE ECONOMIC SPACE 6

 FREE TRADE IN GOODS  FREE TRADE IN SERVICES  FREE MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL  FREE MOVEMENT OF CARICOM NATIONALS  RIGHT OF CARICOM NATIONALS TO ESTABLISH ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES ANYWHERE IN THE CSME  MACRO-ECONOMIC POLICY COORDINATION AND HARMONISATION  SECTORAL POLICY COORDINATION AND HARMONISATION 7

 The right of every CARICOM national to engage in any non-wage-earning activities of a commercial, industrial, agricultural, professional or artisanal nature and to create and manage economic enterprises for the production of or trade in goods or the provision of services owned or controlled by a CARICOM national  “Non-wage” earning means activities undertaken by self employed persons 8

 “Service” means the services provided against remuneration other than wages in any approved sector and the “ the provision of services” means the supply of services:  from the territory of one Member State into the territory of another Member States ( Mode I);  in the territory of one Member state into the service consumer of another Member State( Mode II);  service supplier of one Member State through commercial presence in the territory of another Member State( Mode III);  and by a service supplier of one Member State trough the presence of natural persons of a Member State in the territory of another Member State( Mode IV). 9

 THE RIGHT TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT BY APPROVED CATEGORIES : - UNIVERSITY GRADUATES - MEDIA WORKERS - SPORTSPERSONS - ARTISTES - MUSICIANS - NURSES - TEACHERS - ASSOCIATE DEGREES HOLDERS - ARTISANS WITH A CVQ - HOUSEHOLD DOMESTICS WITH CVQ OR EQUIVALENT (EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2010) 10

 THE RIGHT OF ESTABLISHMENT –  RIGHT TO PROVIDE SERVICES- - REGISTER AS A SERVICE PROVIDER IN HOME COUNTRY - PROOF OF COMPETENCE OR PROOF OFCONTRACT TO OFFER THE SERVICE  MOVEMENT OF SKILLED NATIONALS - CARICOM CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION OF SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS  6 MONTHS AUTOMATIC ENTRY 11

 PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES SECTOR IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  DESIGN PROGRAMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO IMPROVE COMPETITIVENESS AND  ESTABLISH A REGIME OF INCENTIVES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AND TRADE IN SERVICES  ESTABLISH AN APROPRIATE INSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK INCLUDING PRIVATE SECTOR 12

OBJECTIVE: SEEKS TO HARMONISE THE REGISTRATION AND LINCENCING REQUIREMENT AND ROCEDURES TO FACILITATE FREE MOVEMENT OF PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE REGION 13

 MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS  DENTISTS  NURSES AND MIDWIVES  VETERINARIANS  ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS  PHARMACISTS  ENGINEERS  ARCHITECTS  ACCOUNTANTS  MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS  NUTRITONISTS AND DIETICIANS  LABORATORY TECHNICIANS 14

 THE TREATY REQUIRES CONSULTATION WITH REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS  STAKEHOLDERS RECOGNISED THE NEED FOR AN ORGANISED SERVICES PRIVATE SECTOR TO REPRESENT THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE INTERESTS.  CURRENTLY THERE ARE 8 COALITIONS AND ARE: BARBADOS, BELIZE, GUYANA, ST. LUCIA, ST. VICENT AND THE GRENADINES, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, DOMINICA AND ST. KITTS AND NEVIS  THERE IS ALSO NEED FOR A REGIONAL COALITION OF SERVICES PROVIDERS 15

 THE VISION IS THE REGION’S ROADMAP FOR DEVELOPMENT UP TO THE YEAR 2015, IN SUPPORT OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION  INFORMED BY REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS  The VISION IDENTIFIED THE REGION’S ECONOMIC DRIVERS INCLUDING SERVICES, AS A PLATFORM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT  THE VISION WAS APPROVED BY THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, WHO MANDATED THE PREPARATION OF STRATEGIC PLAN FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 16

 ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS SYMPOSIUM IS TO IDENTIFY THE ELEMENTS OF THE SERVICES COMPONENT OF THE REGIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE CSME. 17

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