Local journalists participate in regional workshop on CSME

28th July, 2010

BRADES/ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Local Journalists Natalie Edgecombe of Peoples Television and Benette Roach of the Montserrat Reporter are presently representing the island at two workshops for Broadcasters and Newspapers Editors.

The seminars which are being held in Grenada began on Monday and will run until Friday July 30th.

The focus of the session is Regional Integration and its importance to CARICOM.

Broadcasters and newspaper editors from across the region will benefit from presentations on a variety of topics including; The CSME – Looking ahead; Free Movement of Skills and Occupation and Providing Professional Services in the CSME. In addition, there will be presentations on issues affecting the regional broadcast and print media.

The workshops are organized by the CARICOM Secretariat with funding provided by the 9th European Development Fund EDF, Caribbean Integration Support Programme CISP. The activities are part of the Secretariat’s on-going efforts to engage regional media workers on the CSME.

Over the last five years, similar workshops have been held in Saint Lucia, Jamaica, Barbados, and Antigua and Barbuda.