Caribbean civil society representatives to the EPA implementation meeting should ensure their voice is heard

In a matter of days, representatives of Caribbean civil society will meet in Trinidad to discuss the process of EPA implementation. The meeting may seem like yet another achingly boring session on a mechanism that has so far failed to inject any excitement or significant economic growth into the Caribbean; but those invited, this time, would be well advised to attend and to ensure that their voice is heard.

What sets this meeting apart is that on its agenda is an item which takes the first step towards bringing into being the Caribbean part of the body that is meant to advise officials,