Tag Archives: CSME

CARICOM seeks to implement full CSME this year

Full movement of skilled workers expected to create job opportunities in participating Member States. BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS — The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is seeking to fully implement the long-awaited Single Market and Economy (CSME) programme by the end of the first quarter of 2024. [caption id="attachment_7132" align="alignleft" width="492"] CSME is expected to create new job opportunities.…
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St. Lucia’s govt. hoping for ‘shot in the arm’ to CSME

Free movement of skilled workers could be a gamechanger in the Caribbean CASTRIES, ST. LUCIA — The government of St. Lucia is hoping that a firm date for the full enactment of CARICOM’s Single Market and Economy (CSME) will be a “shot in the arm” for the region’s labour market. This comes on the heels…
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CARICOM deploys 19 teachers to new locations under CSME programme

Future plans for other skilled workers to go on exchange throughout the region BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS — Just shy of 20 Caribbean teachers have been dispatched to different CARICOM nations this month as part of a new programme aimed to further the goals of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The CSME initiative has been…
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Antigua axes work permits for CARICOM nationals

New policy could make it easier for Caribbean workers to get jobs in Antigua SAINT JOHN’S, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA — Caribbean jobseekers who are open to relocating for work could possibly have an easier time finding a job in Antigua & Barbuda in the future. This is thanks to a new policy by the government,…
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