CARICOM Heads To Discuss Food Security, Climate Change

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will meet in St George’s, Grenada, from 3-5 July 2024, for their 47th Regular Meeting. The Meeting’s agenda will comprise the agri-food systems work programme which prioritises food and nutrition security; climate change and sustainable development; foreign policy; the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME); and engagement with social partners. As CARICOM deepens regional integration through the CSME and other sectoral programmes, attention will be placed on the operationalisation of the Multilateral Air Services Agreement (MASA) that envisions a single market for air transport services within the Community. Heads of Government will also review the progress toward the goals for full free movement and 25 percent reduction in food imports by 2025. A Strategy for Regional Digital Resilience 2025-2030 will also be on the table. Incoming Chairman, the Honourable Dickon Mitchell, is lead Head of Government for Science and Technology, including Information and Communication, in the CARICOM Quasi Cabinet. Baroness Patricia Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, will be the Meeting’s Special Guest. Two distinguished sons of our Region: legendary Guyanese cricketer, Sir Clive Hubert Lloyd, and quintessential Jamaican regionalist, Mr Roderick Rainford, former Secretary-General of CARICOM, will receive the Order of the Caribbean Community...