IN THIS ISSUE: Caribbean Export hosts EPA seminar in Martinique;  Competitiveness: Caribbean benefits from EU-ACP film programme; Caribbean Export going to WOMEX; Getting started with exporting.

Nassau -- Oct. 7, 2009 - A team of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) specialists are conducting an assessment of the Bahamas’ agricultural and fisheries sectors on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources.

Oct. 5, 2009 -- For many attendees, the Sept. 25, launch of the Caribbean American Journalists and Media Association marked the beginning of a new day for Caribbean Americans in South Florida.

Representatives of almost 100 governments have been invited to meet in Mexico, on 1-2 September to decide next steps in a global campaign to improve transparency and exchange of banking and ownership information for tax purposes.

July 31, 2009 -- Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda congratulated the country's UN Ambassador Dr. John W. Ashe on his endorsement by the 33 member States of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) as chairman of the joint Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) for 2010.

Washington -- July 30, 2009 - The World Bank Country Director for the Caribbean and the Haitian Ambassador to the United States have signed a US$5 million grant to strengthen Haiti’s agriculture management and support its sustainable development.

July 24, 2009 -- The EU stormed through Belize this week like a fairy godmother at minutes to midnight giving away homes in San Narcisso, building a Sugar Road, Electrifying Villages in the south, and for good measure they signed over $25.2 million in grant funds.

July 22, 2009 -- The ECCU Heads of Governments, the ECCB Monetary Council and the OECS Economic Union Task Force will be holding a regional interactive discussion with the public via videoconference on Thursday, 23 July 2009 at 8:00 p.m.

Christ Church -- July 16, 2009 -- In the future, the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) will be referred to as the Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN).

Washington -- May 27, 2009 --  The World Bank’s Board of Directors endorsed today the new Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Guyana between 2009 and 2012 to support the country’s development agenda.

Christ Church -- May 11, 2009  - His Excellency, Ambassador Henry S. Gill, Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM), has tendered his resignation with effect from 30th June, 2009.

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 18, 2009 -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Thursday that Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has been accepted as the seventh country to join the Bolivarian Alternative for The Americas (ALBA).

New Kingston -- April 3, 2009 -- The two-day International Labour Organisation's (ILO) Tripartite Caribbean Conference officially ended Thursday (April 2) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston. At the closing ceremony, a document outlining nine principles and actions deemed desirable, as the way forward in response to the current global financial crisis, was presented.

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 3, 2009- The acceleration of trade integration in the Caribbean is essential to boost the region’s growth, create jobs, and reduce poverty, says a new World Bank study.

March 28, 2009 -- Specifically, Anguilla will benefit from three new UNDP programmes: The Overseas Territories Regional Risk reduction Initiative;  Enhancing Resilience to Reduce Vulnerability in the Caribbean and Youth Innovation - A Caribbean Network for Youth Development.