Grenada: The 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM is scheduled from July 28-30, 2024 in St. George’s, Grenada. This time it will be hosted by CARICOM Chairman and Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell. The event will address several key regional issues such as food security, climate change, economic cooperation, and digital resilience.
The Heads of Government meeting is a regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, which is a biannual event that convenes in February and July of each year.
It is the meeting of the highest organ of CARICOM where decisions that influence the Community are deliberated.
The agendas that will be highlighted at the 47th meeting will include Agri-Food Systems: Focus on food and nutrition security, Climate Change & Sustainable Development, Foreign Policy, CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), Engagement with Social Partners and significantly the Hurricane Beryl’s Impact.
The key discussions will also include Multilateral Air Services Agreement (MASA): Single market for air transport, Review of progress for full free movement & Food Import Reduction: Goals for 2025 and Regional Digital Resilience Strategy 2025-2030.
The Special Guest for the meeting will be Baroness Patricia Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. Additionally, the Honourees to receive the Order of the Caribbean Community during the Opening Ceremony (July 28, 2024) will be Clive Hubert Lloyd, Legendary Guyanese Cricketer and Roderick Rainford, Former CARICOM Secretary-General.
The opening ceremony will be held today that is 28 July 2024 at the St. George’s University. The speakers for the session will be Dickon Mitchell, Chairman; Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Outgoing Chairman; Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General.
Also, on the 29 July 2024 the Business Session will be hosted at the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort, Grand Anse. It is significantly known as the birthplace of the Grand Anse Declaration and Work Programme (July 12, 1989)
The Grand Anse Declaration was intended to enhance economic and political cooperation among Member States, emphasizing sovereignty, non-interference, and equality principles. Most notably, it led to the establishment of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
The 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM will conclude on 30 July 2024 at the closing ceremony which will be at the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort in the evening around 4:30 PM.
Moreover, the guests and heads have started arriving, and Prime Minister and New Chairman of CARICOM Dickon Mitchell was seen welcoming the outgoing Chairman of CARICOM and President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, and his delegation to Grenada for the 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM.
