The SSNED collaborated with the Shiridath Ramphal Centre of the University of the West Indies in the organisation of a training workhop on "Competition Law and Policy in the Caribbean Small States: Institutional and Enforcement Challenges". The workshop was held at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies on 26-27 October 2009.

Click here to view:
- workshop programme
- useful workshop documentation
- presentations delivered during the workshop
- list of workshop participants

The participants at the conference included members of the Fair Trading Commissions of Jamaica and Barbados, who deliberated on a number of competition issues that are of major concern to the Caribbean small states, including the importance of appropriate institutional design; the special constraints and challenges faced by small developing states; the need for cooperation between the CARICOM Competition Commission and national jurisdictions; and the problems that arise with regard to mergers with cross-border effects and cross-border anti-competitive conduct that require regional responses. Experts from Caribbean and EU small states, from UNCTAD, from the Office of Fair Trading (UK), and from the USA, participated as resource persons.Click here to view the summary report of the workshop.

Click here to download the Final Report of the Workshop.