Caribbean Policy Development Centre

Economic Partnership Agreement Text, Annex, Investment & Services

Ashley Payne — 2008-02-04T16:44:34Z

The EPA text was initialed by negotiators the end of 2007. Please see the attached annexes...

Economic Partnership Agreement between the Cariforum States, of the one part and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part

Ashley Payne — 2008-01-23T13:46:53Z

HAVING REGARD TO the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community and Caribbean Single Market and Economy, the Treaty of Basseterre establishing the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Agreement establishing a Free Trade Area between the Caribbean Community and the Dominican Republic, on the one part, and the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the other (...)

Implications of the Cariforum-EC EPA

Ashley Payne — 2008-01-22T13:11:48Z

The Cariforum-EC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is more than just a trade agreement: its scope embraces many subjects that have up to now been solely or mainly within national and regional jurisdiction (Box 1). As a legally binding international instrument with elaborate implementation and enforcement provisions, it embodies a far higher degree of supranational governance than the corresponding arrangements in the Caribbean (...)

CIVIL SOCIETY CONCERNS WITH EPA

Cheryl Sandiford — 2007-10-15T17:23:44Z

Civil Socity has been vociferous on their concerns regarding the Economic Partnership Agreements since the launch of the negotiations in 2005.

RALLY HELD IN ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES JUNE 2007

Cheryl Sandiford — 2007-05-22T17:59:51Z

CPDC and WINFA conducted a rally entitled 'Release the EPA Text'

Brand/Logo Launch

Cheryl Sandiford — 2007-03-15T18:15:36Z

Launch of St. Lucia Association of Farmers' Organisation Brand/Logo

Building Sustainable Development Issues into EPAs

Cheryl Sandiford — 2007-01-17T13:04:06Z

The Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) hosted a regional two-day (24 - 25 July 2006) Policy Forum examining Sustainability Impact issues emanating from the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) that were being negotiated between the region and the European Union. This forum was organized on behalf of the European Commission by PricewaterhouseCoopers' (France) Sustainable Business Solutions in partnership with The European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), with (...)

EPA Civil Society Declaration Dominican Republic September 2006

Shantal Munro-Knight — 2006-09-29T19:12:35Z

As the negotiations for the conclusion of an EPA continue in the Caribbean, civil society is also continuing to put pressure on the negotiators to come up with an agreement which reflects the interests of the large majority and prioritises development.
During the last negotiating session held in the Dominican Republic civil society met from September 20th -21st and developed a declaration which outlines our viewpoints and (...)

New Board...See which organisations they are

Cheryl Sandiford — 2006-09-27T23:50:34Z

A new CPDC board was elected on the 26 July 2006.
A new CPDC board was elected on the 26 July 2006 at the CPDC General Assembly at the Holiday Inn, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The members are the Caribbean Associaiton for Feminist Research & Action (CAFRA)- Chair, the Windward Island Farmers' Association (WINFA) - Dep. Chair, the Association of Development Agencies (ADA), Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC), Association of Caribbean Economists (ACE), Inter Agency Group of Development (...)

Operation Get Up Stand Up! - Photos from Rally September 2005

Ashley Payne — 2005-11-02T18:11:28Z

Caribbean Policy Development Centre hosted a Rally in Dereck Walcott Square, Castries, St. Lucia on 30th September 2005 entitled Operation Get Up! Stand Up!. Photos of the rally are avaiable in this section.