C.A.S.M.E Elects a New Board of Directors
The Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Enterprise, CASME, has elected a new Board of Directors coming out of the Annual General Meeting held in Barbados with fourteen eligible member countries in attendance. The CASME member countries were assembled for a capacity building project funded by PRO€INVEST, an EU-ACP partnership programme developed and undertaken by the European Commission on behalf of the ACP countries.
“Our membership totaling over 33,000 regional SME entities is now grappling with Globalization and post economic crisis, thus CASME as the regional umbrella organization for SME development, must build and maintain an economic bridge to support a business enabling environment for trade regionally and internationally,” said Mr. Edward Chin-Mook,(Jamaica) newly elected President of CASME . “Small Businesses are the engine of growth to any nation and the best vehicle to eradicate poverty and transform lives. SMEs provide jobs, economic development, education through trade and this delicate balance must be maintained and encouraged to support and build the economic base of the Caribbean region.” continued Mr. Chin-Mook.
A regional umbrella body, the Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME) was set up in 2005 with a secretariat service initially provided by the Barbados Small Business Association: membership was comprised of national Small Business Associations in eight states – Barbados, Trinidad, Jamaica, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Antigua, Guyana and: Belize. Since then CASME has grown to include membership representation from Grenada, St Kitts & Nevis, Montserrat, Suriname, Dominica and Haiti.
CASME’s strategic focus is on the following priority areas identified from SME Developmental workshops in 2006 Guyana, 2007 Jamaica, 2008 St Lucia and more recently, in 2010 in Grenada and Barbados as follows; Micro Financing instruments for SMEs, Regional and International Trade Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework, Institutional Capacity, Utilization of I.C.T and lastly to further develop and implement a comprehensive Marketing Strategy for SMEs in the Caribbean region, taking advantage of CSME.
The newly elected CASME Executive and Board of Directors are comprised of the following:
CASME Executive
President- Edward Chin-Mook (Jamaica), 1st VP – Celeste Foster (Barbados), 2nd VP- Jonathan Adams (Trinidad), Secretary – Jim Lee (Montserrat),Treasurer – Flavia Cherry (St Lucia) ,Treasurer – Flavia Cherry (St Lucia)
CASME Board of Directors
Cosbert Manchester (St Kitts & Nevis), Jackie Yearwood (Antigua), Khesha Mitchell (Grenada), Cornelly Olivieira (Suriname), Denis Mitchell (Trinidad), and Immediate Past President – Sandra Husbands (Barbados)
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