Trade Agreements which CARICOM has concluded with third countries, as well
as to expand trade generally to all countries.
3.
ECN 3 – Introduce Measures for Macroeconomic Stabilisation – which will include
addressing financial stability and debt management in Member States and establishing
an advisory mechanism for Member States on debt management – as proposed by the
CARICOM Commission on the Economy.
The CARICOM Commission on the Economy in its Preliminary Report (February 2014)
has proposed Immediate-term and Medium-term programme of action as follows:
Immediate-term: Macro-economic stability, specifically fiscal sustainability and the
management of the domestic and external debt; promoting a conducive environment for
private sector growth and development; formulation of a proactive resource mobilization
strategy. Medium-term: defining a production integration model for the Community with
supportive frameworks for trade facilitation and finance; and addressing 'labour market
issues' within the context of the CARICOM production integration model; determining a
regional public private partnership model along with a set of regional public goods in
respect of the targeted sectors;
4.
ECN 4 – Build Competitiveness and Unleash Key Economic Drivers to Transition to
Growth and Generate Employment - Enabling a Competitive Business Environment
within the Region through promoting and enabling research and development,
innovation, ICT and entrepreneurship (special emphasis on youth entrepreneurship);
promoting productivity and the social dimensions of labour in collaboration with labour
representatives; and stimulating and creating an enabling environment for the private
sector, particularly the regulatory environment to enhance intra-regional and external
trade,8 for example:
(a)
Harmonization and simplification of business regulations and processes in
Member States and in the Community, including advancing work on the Single
Jurisdiction for the Registration and Incorporation of Companies (within the
CSME arrangements);
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Specific initatives within this strategy will adjust based on the work of the CARICOM Commission on the Economy
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