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Providing direct contributions to GDP and job creation as well as other important inputs for the rest of the economy, CARICOM’s Services Sector, particularly its transportation and tourism sectors continue to make significant economic contributions.

The Caribbean Community, however, has started the process of establishing a single economic space for this sector which would allow it to respond to the rapidly changing global economy. In this context, its Strategic Plan has identified the Services Sector as a key economic growth driver to build the economic resilience of CARICOM; selecting the following sub-sectors for priority attention:

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Trade in services workshop underway in Antigua and Barbuda

Posted: 23 November 2016 - Press Releases
A workshop that is exploring the feasibility of trying to obtain data by trading partners is underway in Antigua and Barbuda. The workshop at the Jolly Beach Resort began on Monday and concludes
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Services Sector Stakeholders to present actionable plans to Antigua-Barbuda PM

Posted: 19 October 2016 - Regional News
Services sector stakeholders from across the Region were Wednesday meeting in Working Groups to develop Strategies and Action Plans to carry priority areas of the sector forward over the next three
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Creative mechanisms required to make service providers competitive – CARICOM Ambassador

Posted: 18 October 2016 - Regional News
… there is need for us to turn the market access opportunities provided under the CSME, the OECS Economic Union and the EPA into market presence and penetration.The challenge here is that
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Services Sector critical to Region’s survival – Antigua/Barbuda’s Trade, Industry Minister

Posted: 18 October 2016 - Regional News
Stakeholders in the Region’s Services Sector who have gathered in Antigua and Barbuda for a development symposium have been warned that the Region’s very survival was linked to the
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Seeking growth in Services: Stakeholders open symposium Monday

Posted: 18 October 2016 - Regional News
A wide cross section of stakeholders in the Region’s services sector began a three day symposium in Antigua and Barbuda Monday, aimed at developing strategies and action plans to boost
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Region to target growth opportunities in Services Sector

Posted: 14 October 2016 - Press Releases
Stakeholders in the Services Sector across the Region will seek to develop Regional Strategies and Action Plans to boost investment, output, employment and trade in the sector when they meet at a
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CCLEC Pernamant Secretary addresses the Caribbean Postal Union’s Council of Ministers at the 18th Annual Conference.

Posted: 07 October 2015 - Regional News
The Permanent Secretary (PS) of CCLEC, Mr Paul Hilaire, addressed the Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Postal Union Meeting held in the BVI from the 14-18 September 2015 under the theme
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Services Programme Advisory Committee meets

Posted: 27 July 2015 - Press Releases
A two-day meeting of the Regional Services Programme Advisory Committee began Monday morning at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana.Among the matters
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AMCHAM Jamaica, T&T turn to SOCA to expand services sector under CBI

Posted: 19 March 2015 - Regional News
THE American Chambers of Commerce (AMCHAM) of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago have teamed to promote trade and investments in services between Caribbean Community
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Caribbean Export Supports the Caribbean Network of Service Coalitions (C-NSC) towards strengthening the Region’s Services Sector

Posted: 11 February 2015 - Regional News
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) facilitated the planning session for the 2015 work programme and annual general meeting of the Caribbean Network of Service Coalitions last
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An Interview with Saint Lucia’s SERVICES Go Global Trainers

Posted: 18 December 2014 - Regional News
SGG Trainer Interview - Listen here!The Saint Lucia Coalition of Service Industries (SLCSI) is embarking on the provision of yet another round of export development training for local service
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An Interview with Saint Lucia’s SERVICES Go Global Trainers

Posted: 18 December 2014 - Regional News
SGG Trainer Interview - Listen here!The Saint Lucia Coalition of Service Industries (SLCSI) is embarking on the provision of yet another round of export development training for local service
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The Enhancement Of Caribbean Basin Intiative Into Services Sector Services Of The Caribbean (soca) Effort Launched In Washington, DC

Posted: 21 November 2013 - Regional News
A coalition of Caribbean private sector organizations has launched today in Washington, DC a new multi-year program to develop, design, and implement a policy and business advocacy campaign to
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Regional Symposium on Services

Posted: 14 July 2009 - Press Releases
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than a hundred representatives of the Services Sector in the Caribbean will gather in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda to begin
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