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In 2013, the Agency in partnership
with the CARIFORUM Directorate and
the Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of
Services Industries (TTCSI) convened the
first in a series of workshops designed to
provide inputs into the development of
intra-CARIFORUM and CARIFORUM-
EU MRAs for the architecture sector. The
Workshop produced recommendations
on the need to establish a relationship
with national architect associations
and the respective government
agencies particularly to discuss issues
related to the definition of a registered
and/or licensed architect versus an
architect and draftsman; importance
of CARIFORUM in reviewing
the developments taking place
internationally, particularly as it relates
to the CANBERRA Accord and EU-
Canada discussions on the architecture
sector; the fact that Caribbean Export
should consider convening a sub-
regional consultation with OECS States
to gather input on the MRA process,
and consider supporting a meeting
with key stakeholders from Barbados,
Jamaica and Trinidad to assist with the
advancement of the intra-CARIFORUM
MRA process.
Caribbean Export also supported the
hosting of sub-regional consultations on
the proposed Intra-CARIFORUM as well
as the Draft CARIFORUM-EU MRAs.
The Meeting in St. Lucia and Barbados
to discuss and agree on the minimum
criteria for the licensing and registration
of architects which will form the basis
of the Intra-Regional MRA; provide
an update on on-going activities as it
relates to the EU-CARIFORUM MRA;
and form an OECS consensus as to the
position of architects that would inform
active participation.
In 2014, Caribbean Export executed a
consultancy as a part of the work for the
finalisation of the MRA for Architects.
During this consultancy, a series of
consultations will be conducted with
relevant stakeholders to review the
issues discussed and outcomes of
previous consultations on the MRAs,
examine the legislative framework
in CARIFORUM States, regional and
international best practices, and assess
options towards the drafting of a
CARICOM MRA and the CARICOM-
DR MRA. Participants include:
representatives from Architectural
Caribbean Export and EPA Implementation in the Caribbean Services Sector
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