Starting tomorrow the Caribbean Community will hold its Thirty-Eighth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government.
The three-day event is being held in Grenada under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister of Grenada Dr. Keith Mitchell.
The meeting is expected to include the presentation for approval by the Heads, the Human Resource Development 2030 Strategy and Implementation Plan, to address the development of skills for the 21st century Caribbean economy and society.
The Heads of Government are also expected to deliberate on outstanding matters related to the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy [CSME] following the comprehensive review of the CSME’s performance presented to them at the last Inter-Sessional Meeting in February.
There is also expected to be an update on the preparations for CARIFESTA XIII to be staged in Barbados on the 17th to the 27th of August under the theme “Asserting our Culture, celebrating ourselves.
Added to this, meeting will welcome its two newest Members: the President of Haiti Jovenel Moise who was sworn into office on February 7; and the Prime Minister of The Bahamas Dr. Hubert Minnis who took his oath of office on May 11.
Also, according to the CARICOM website, the work on the Commissions on Reparations and Marijuana is also expected to come under the spotlight. So too, the progress made with implementing the specified actions, agreed a decade ago, under the 2007 Port of Spain declaration to stop the epidemic of Non-Communicable Diseases (NDCs).
Regional Security issues are also expected to receive attention.
The Ceremony will be addressed by the outgoing Chairman and President of Guyana David Granger who will also brief his fellow Heads of State, on the Guyana/Venezuela Border controversy.