Sugar seminar starts today in Jamaica
Published:Thursday | January 20, 2011 | 10:06 AM
Eight Caribbean countries and Fiji will meet in Jamaica for a three day regional sugar seminar starting today.
Participants from Barbados, Belize, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, St Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago will meet at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Rose Hall, Montego Bay.
The forum is expected to provide an oppor
tunity for representatives of the European Commission and other stakeholders to discuss and share experiences on sugar sector matters at a technical level.
The summit will focus on the Accompanying Measures for Sugar Protocol (AMSP) countries, which is an EU-funded programme of support covering the period 2006 to 2013.
The European Union delegation to Jamaica said the overall aim of the seminar is to inform future programme implementation following a review by participants.