BRUSSELS, Belgium – Abaholi bezokuvakasha baseCaribbean kanye nezikhulu ze-European Union (EU) baqede ingqungquthela yokuqala yezokuvakasha e-Caribbean enhlokodolobha yaseYurophu ngokuqondana okukhulu okukhathazayo omunye nomunye mayelana nomkhakha wezokuvakasha. Ithimba labaholi besifunda bezokuvakasha - eliholwa ngusihlalo we-Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), uMhlonishwa. U-Ricky Skerritt, kanye nongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha abavela kwamanye amazwe amahlanu ase-Caribbean, bafika enhliziyweni yemishini yokuthatha izinqumo yase-Europe ukuze bagcizelele ukubaluleka kwe-ajenda yenqubomgomo mayelana nezokuvakasha.
Emihlanganweni ebisephalamende laseYurophu kanye nekomkhulu leqembu lase-Afrika, i-Caribbean, kanye ne-Pacific (ACP), lezi zinhlangothi zombili zaxoxa ngezihloko ezibalulekile ezihlanganisa izindlela zokuvala igebe phakathi kwezinhloso zenqubomgomo nokusebenza; imithombo yokuxhasa ngezimali ukuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha; ezokuvakasha, ezondiza kanye nentela; ezokuvakasha, imfundo, kanye nokuthuthukiswa komphakathi; ezokuvakasha kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu; nokuthi umkhakha wezokuvakasha ungazuza kanjani ku-Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) phakathi kwe-Caribbean ne-Europe.
Ekupheleni kweseshini uSihlalo we-CTO uthe kuneziphetho eziyisithupha ezibalulekile ezingxoxweni:
- Ezokuvakasha ziwumkhakha obalulekile we-EU kanye ne-Caribbean futhi zombili izifunda zinokuningi okumelwe zikwenze ukuze kuthuthukiswe ingxoxo yenqubomgomo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi ezokuvakasha zinikezwa ukunakwa nokusekelwa okufanele.
- Kunezinhlobo ezahlukene zezimali ezitholakala e-EU kanye ne-EPA ukuze kusekelwe imizamo ehlobene nezokuvakasha, futhi kunesidingo sokusungula izindlela zokusebenza ndawonye ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi uxhaso olunjalo luqhutshwa ezindaweni ezibalulekile, kuhlanganise nezokuvakasha - kanye nokuthi umphakathi waseCaribbean kanye nezinkampani ezizimele kufanele zifinyelele ukuvumelana ngezindawo ezibalulekile.
- Intela yendiza kanye Nezinhlelo Zokuhweba Emission ziwusongo lwangempela kwezokuvakasha zaseCaribbean.
- Ezokuvakasha ziwumgqugquzeli omkhulu wentuthuko yezomnotho nezenhlalakahle eCaribbean futhi noma imuphi umthelela omubi kwezokuvakasha uzoba nemiphumela efinyelela kude kulo lonke uhla lwezinsizakalo okungenzeka ukuthi azihlobene nhlobo nomkhakha kodwa ezincike ngokwengxenye uxhaso lukahulumeni ngemali engenayo evela kwezokuvakasha. .
- Nakuba i-Caribbean ayizange ibe neqhaza elibalulekile ekukhishweni kwegesi ebamba ukushisa izohlupheka kakhulu ngenxa yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, kodwa i-Caribbean ingaba umholi womhlaba ezinhlelweni zokulondoloza nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
- I-Caribbean yezwa ukuthi i-EPA iqukethe izibopho ezithile ekuthuthukisweni okusimeme kwezokuvakasha. Kubonakala sengathi kokubili i-CARIFORUM kanye ne-EU kunebanga elithile okufanele balihambe ngaphambi kokuba lezi zimiso ziphothulwe, kodwa ithemba liwukuthi le nkundla izobe isigqugquzele ukubambisana okuseduze, okuphumelelayo okuzofeza umgomo wokuthuthuka okusimeme womnotho wezokuvakasha ophumelelayo.
Ngaphezu kukaSihlalo uSkerritt, ithimba laseCaribbean lalihlanganisa noNgqongqoshe uVincent Vanderpool-Wallace waseBahamas, uManuel Heredia waseBelize, u-Ed Bartlett waseJamaica; kanye noNobhala Wezokuvakasha eTobago, u-Oswald Williams; uNgqongqoshe omncane Wezokuvakasha waseTrinidad and Tobago, uDkt. Delmon Baker; unobhala-Jikelele we-CARICOM (Ag) Inxusa u-Lolita Applewhaite; uNobhala Jikelele we-CTO u-Hugh Riley; uMongameli we-Caribbean Hotel Association u-Josef Forstmayr; u-CEO we-CHTA u-Alec Sanguinetti; kanye nabaqondisi bezokuvakasha kanye namanxusa aseCaribbean azinze eBrussels.
