SRC Policy Brief #2: An Overview of Food Security and Trade Across CARICOM
The SRC is pleased to announce the launch of its second SRC Policy Brief. This brief was authored by SRC trade researcher Chelcee Brathwaite. Recognizing that food security is fundamental to human existence and sustainable development, the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy & Services (SRC) of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus has launched a Food Security Policy Brief Series entitled Food For Thought. This series explores the trade-related aspects of food security and how trade can meaningfully contribute to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2: Zero Hunger across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Throughout the series various trade-related food security topics will be addressed. This series aims to sensitize readers to CARICOM’s food security challenges and to propose practical recommendations capable of improving the situation, bearing in mind the overarching United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is hoped that this series sparks innovative thinking, impactful dialogue, and targeted action capable of transforming the way food security is approached and ensuring that no one is left behind. In Part 1, we provide an introductory overview of food security and its strategic importance, the state of food security across CAICOM, the interplay between trade and food security and the policy approaches towards food security in the Caribbean. The brief may be accessed here.
Webinar 4 – Caribbean-African Trade Webinar Series
Join the SRC on Tuesday, July 13th for the 4th in our co-hosted webinar series on Caribbean-Africa Trade! The featured speakers for this fourth webinar “Investment Regimes” will be Dr. Chantal Ononaiwa (CARICOM) and Prof. Makane Mbengue (University of Geneva). The event will be facilitated by Dr. Jan Yves Remy (SRC) and Khololefo Kugler (Trade Policy Exchange). See flyer above. Register for this and the upcoming webinars in the series here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hea1Q608Qk-YPukG5lHCqQ. Get the chance to watch the video recording for the third webinar here.
VIDEO LINK – Webinar 3: Caribbean-African Trade Webinar
Thank you to all who attended Webinar 3 in our Caribbean-Africa Trade Webinar series, which took place on Friday, 9 July. In case you missed it, please see the video recording below: Remember that the registration link is the same for all the webinars! REGISTER HERE: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hea1Q608Qk-YPukG5lHCqQ
Webinar 3 – Caribbean-African Trade Webinar Series
Join the SRC on Friday, July 9th for the 3rd in our co-hosted webinar series on Caribbean-Africa Trade! The featured speakers for this third webinar “Trade Regimes: Goods, Services and Intellectual Property” will be Ms. Gladys Young (CARICOM) and Mr. Tsotetsi Makong (Trapca). The event will be facilitated by Dr. Jan Yves Remy (SRC) and Khololefo Kugler (Trade Policy Exchange). See flyer above. Register for this and the upcoming webinars in the series here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hea1Q608Qk-YPukG5lHCqQ. Get the chance to watch the video recording for the second webinar here.
VIDEO LINK – Webinar 2: Caribbean-African Trade Webinar
Thank you to all who attended Webinar 2 in our Caribbean-Africa Trade Webinar series, which took place last week Wednesday, 30 June. In case you missed it, please see the video recording below: Remember that the registration link is the same for all the webinars! REGISTER HERE: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hea1Q608Qk-YPukG5lHCqQ
Inaugural Distinguished Owen Seymour Arthur Memorial Lecture – July 17
Coming up July 19th is our inaugural Distinguished Owen Seymour Arthur Memorial Lecture! See flyer below!
Webinar 2 – Caribbean-Africa Trade Series
Join the SRC on Wednesday, June 30th for the 2nd in our co-hosted webinar series on Caribbean-Africa Trade! The featured speakers for this second webinar “MSMEs, E-Commerce, Green Economy and Women in trade” will be Matthew Wilson (International Trade Centre) and Trudi Hartzenberg (Tralac). The event will be facilitated by Dr. Jan Yves Remy (SRC) and Khololefo Kugler (Trade Policy Exchange). See flyer above. Register for this and the upcoming webinars in the series here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hea1Q608Qk-YPukG5lHCqQ. In case you missed the first webinar, watch the video recording here.
VIDEO LINK – Webinar 1: Caribbean-African Trade Webinar
Thank you to all who attended Webinar 1 in our Caribbean-Africa Trade Webinar series, which took place last week Tuesday, 22 June. In case you missed it, please see the video recording below: Remember that the registration link is the same for all the webinars! REGISTER HERE: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hea1Q608Qk-YPukG5lHCqQ
New SRC Policy Brief on Investment and the SDGs
This brief authored by our trade researcher Alicia Nicholls is the first in the SRC’s new SDG & Trade Policy Brief series. It analyses the role that promoting and facilitating private domestic, foreign and diaspora investments, particularly in SDG-related sectors, could play in supplementing the SDG financing shortfall facing Caribbean small States. It does so against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic’s adverse impact on regional and international economies and societies, and the global decline in FDI flows. The Caribbean countries under study for the purposes of this Brief are the 14 independent Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The Brief may be downloaded here.
Caribbean-African Trade Webinar Series – June 22-July 22, 2021
The SRC is pleased to invite you to a webinar series we are co-hosting with Trapca, Tralac and Afronomiclaw entitled “Caribbean-African Trade Webinar Series“. The webinars will take place via Zoom over the period June 22, – July 22, 2021. To register for one or all of the webinars, please click here:https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hea1Q608Qk-YPukG5lHCqQ.