OECS Heads to meet in St Vincent
Thursday, May 20, 2004
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: St Vincent and the
Grenadines will host the 39th Meeting of OECS Heads of Government, May 20-21.
Heads of the nine OECS Member States face a packed agenda of wide ranging
issues. Key among them is advancing the OECS
Economic Union process. The Meeting will receive a report on plans for new
Treaty to more adequately provide for deeper integration of the sub-regional
organisation. It will also get an update on how the constitutional review
process in the Member States fits into the movement towards an Economic Union.
Two companies will make presentations to the Meeting on design features for an
OECS passport, and there will be a consultant report on a proposed OECS Prison
service. Economic development issues are also
high on the agenda. Heads will receive recommendations coming out of the
recent inaugural meeting of the OECS Council of Tourism Ministers. They will
consider proposals for greater collaboration in the yachting sector and the
promotion of an Eastern Caribbean shared space for the sector.
The Heads will also deliberate on a plan of action for the OECS agriculture
sector. The Meeting will also discuss policy
issues related to air transportation, energy, ICT, and energy resource
management. It will also receive plans for the creation of an OECS Business
Forum. Heads will be given an assessment of
performance of the OECS School system and presentation on the Caribbean
Knowledge and Learning Network. The meeting
will also discuss strategic issues in the ongoing external trade negotiations
for the Caricom Single Market and Economy CSME), World trade Organisation (WTO),
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), and European Partnership Agreements
(EPA). The OECS Judicial and Legal Reform
project will be one of several legal matters before the Heads.
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