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CARICOM facilitates regional media workshops

Regional integration and its importance to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is the focus of Broadcasters and Newspaper Editors workshops which will be held in Grenada at the Flamboyant Hotel and Villas on the 26-27 and 29 -30 July respectively.

Broadcasters and newspaper editors from across the region will benefit from presentations on a variety of topics including; The CSME – Looking ahead; Free Movement of Skills and Occupation and Providing Professional Services in the CSME. In addition, there will be presentations on issues affecting the regional broadcast and print media.

Representatives from the Grenada Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) and the CARICOM Secretariat are scheduled to speak.

The workshops are organized by the CARICOM Secretariat with funding provided by the 9th European Development Fund (EDF), Caribbean Integration Support Programme (CISP). The activities are part of the Secretariat’s on-going efforts to engage regional media workers on the CSME. Over the last five years, similar workshops have been held in Saint Lucia, Jamaica, Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda.

Read Press Release here: PR3312010 RegionalMediaWorkshop

Additional Info

  • Content Source: CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana
  • Press Release Ref#: 331/2010
  • Contact: [email protected]
  • Published Date: 26th July, 2010