{"id":58205,"date":"2012-03-16T17:14:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T21:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=58205"},"modified":"2012-03-17T11:53:48","modified_gmt":"2012-03-17T15:53:48","slug":"oecs-secretary-general-gives-update-on-sub-regions-economic-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/business\/oecs-secretary-general-gives-update-on-sub-regions-economic-union\/","title":{"rendered":"OECS director general gives update on sub-region\u2019s economic union"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_58206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58206\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/len-ishmael.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58206\" title=\"len ishmael\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/len-ishmael.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/len-ishmael.jpg 276w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/len-ishmael-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ishmael<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OECS Director General Len Ishmael has been discussing the status of the implementation of the sub-region\u2019s economic union with Dominica\u2019s Prime Minister and his Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ishmael told reporters during a brief visit to Dominica, that she gave Prime Minister Roosevelt\u00a0 Skerrit\u00a0 \u201ca little bit of a status update\u00a0 in terms of where we are with implementation of the\u00a0 OECS Economic Union across the board, in terms of across the single space\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She said the talks also focused on \u201cthe legislative agenda and administrative agenda that still requires that we make progress on them\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not unique to Dominica.\u00a0 All of our OECS member states are in the same position of working through the legislative amendments that are required even while they have put administrative processes in place,\u201d the OECS Director General said.<\/p>\n<p>The leading OECS official said good progress was being made on the process of free movement of all OECS people through the sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s actually being implemented,\u201d she said, while admitting that there were hurdles still to be overcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we cross borders in the OECS, even though legislatively this is a right for OECS people in terms of the revised treaty of Basseterre, we are not on the same page,\u201d Dr Ishmael acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>She indicated that while the spirit and integrity with which these arrangements had been approached remained sound and intact, \u201cwe all need to make sure that everybody is on the same page in terms of what the treaty requires and that the processes and mechanisms are in place\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Her office has had complaints she said, from people who have tried to enter member states who have had difficulty accessing the \u201cfree movement\u201d promised under the revised treaty of Basseterre.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr Ishmael, the problem has to do with administrative and legal requirements that are yet to be concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes even though we have the administrative requirement already described on the table, immigration officials will sometimes also rightfully so go to the law, and if the appropriate law has not been sufficiently well amended \u2013 they will stick to the law,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>The OECS Director General said making sure there was a harmonised approach across the OECS to the implementation of\u00a0 treaty provisions was a priority.<\/p>\n<p>She expects by June (2012) \u201cthat all the legislative amendments that are required to ensure facilitation of travel, that those things will in fact be discharged and be in place\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OECS Director General Len Ishmael has been discussing the status of the implementation of the sub-region\u2019s economic union with Dominica\u2019s Prime Minister and his Cabinet. 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