Regional media workers to be sensitised on the Free Movement of CARICOM Nationals

THE CARIBBEAN Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is sensitising regional media workers during a webinar, today, Tuesday April 26 on the free movement of CARICOM Nationals within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The online session in collaboration with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) and the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) is slated to start at 10:00 a.m, states a release from the CARICOM Secretariat. The main presentation on the Free Movement of CARICOM Nationals will be delivered by the Senior Legal Officer, CARICOM Secretariat, Gladys Young. There will also be an engagement entitled News Coverage: Regional Integration and the CSME, to be delivered by Denis Chabrol, former Vice President of the ACM. The Assistant secretary-general, CARICOM Single Market and Trade, CARICOM Secretariat Ambassador Wayne McCook; CBU Secretary General, Sonia Gill and ACM President, Nazima Raghubir are expected to bring brief greetings.

The webinar is part of ongoing public education by the CARICOM Secretariat, CSME Unit to engage stakeholders on the CSME and its benefits for the region. The Secretariat recently carried out a training activity for Immigration Officers in Antigua and Barbuda and will be facilitating another similar exercise next month for regional Immigration Officers.