SELA, UNCTAD AND ACS PERFORMED "REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON LEGISLATION HARMONIZATION OF E-COMMERCE OF THE CARIBBEAN"

This workshop focused on the current state of legislation on electronic commerce in the Caribbean, and allowed participants to discuss about the challenges they face in the implementation and application of national legal frameworks and consider best practices, toward regional harmonization.

Caracas, October 6, 2015.- The Latin American and the Caribbean Economic System (SELA), together with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) have made from September 29 until October 2, 2015, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, the "Regional Workshop on Legislation Harmonization Electronic Commerce of the Caribbean".

This workshop focused on the current state of legislation on electronic commerce in the Caribbean, and allowed participants to discuss about the challenges they face in the implementation and application of national legal frameworks and consider best practices, toward regional harmonization.

Some of those activities included online courses distance learning and regional training courses (including workshops harmonization of legislation on e-commerce), benefiting more than 1,200 lawmakers, government officials and professionals involved in the business side of E-Commerce in the public and private sectors.

The Permanent Secretariat has participated with UNCTAD in joint training, cooperation on law and electronic commerce, given the importance of the adoption of laws compatible among the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, for the harmonious development of e-commerce.

The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the Government of Finland also sponsored the event.

The regional meeting brought to representatives of twelve countries, who had previously completed a distance learning held last April, on the Legal Aspects of E-Commerce, together with experts from academia, international organizations and private sector.

Speakers were TriniTrolley.com (the largest e-commerce business in the Caribbean), the World Bank, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Organization of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United States Department of Justice.