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At least twenty five CARICOM Heads of Governments will be meeting in Belize City tomorrow for the twentieth intercessional meeting of CARICOM heads. Among the critical topics of discussion over the next two days will be the effects of the current global economic and financial crisis on the region and the possible mitigation actions.

Other topics up for discussion will be the implementation of the economic partnership agreement with the European Union and the status of negotiations for a trade and development agreement between CARICOM and Canada. Today in a preliminary session, the Prime Ministerial subcommittee met to review progress on the CARICOM single market which has entered its fourth year of operation – but is still not widely implemented. They will also review a status report on the free movement of persons.

The Caricom single market came into existence on January first, 2006. The single economy is expected to be established by 2015.