Thursday, June 24, 2010

OPINION: Where's the beef in your CSME beef?

By Julius Gittens

(Full disclosure: I am holder of a CSME Skilled National Certificate since 2007)
 LEFT: Seen at right receiving my certificate, the first in Barbados, from a Ministry of Education official.



Does this sound familiar?

"CSME is a waste of time. The structure of the institutions in CARICOM is beyond worst. For example, if a ministry has to type a letter you have to wait three weeks.

About the CSME Labour Market Study...


How does - or doesn't - the CSME work for you? 

What are your thoughts and experiences on getting information on the CSME, including its free movement provisions, whether you are a worker, employer or an private/public sector official? What is the CSME's relevance to your working life? Where do you get information from? Is it usually what you need to know? How has the existing information affected your decisions on accessing the job market in the CSME? Do you need different information than what you're getting and what forms should that info take?

Share it all here and pose questions of your own on the CSME and You DiaBlog.