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NR/019/2005
ACS NEWS RELEASE

Mexican Government and ACS Host Training Seminar
PORT OF SPAIN (29.11.05) - The Mexican Government in collaboration with the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) recently concluded a successful two-day training seminar, November 24th and 25th, on negotiations of Investment Agreements held at the ACS Headquarters.

The seminar was aimed at enriching “the knowledge of the International Investment Agreement by sharing and exchanging of experiences and ideas between speakers and participants in order to provide the best tools to negotiate and build “new generation” agreements.” The speakers included specialist negotiators in International Investment protection agreements: Alejandro Faya Rodríguez, Luis Alberto González and Jacqueline Márquez Rojano.


The seminar was divided into two (2) parts. The substantive part included the importance of establishing a set of definitions outlining the precise scope of such an Agreement and understanding the level of protection and legal certainty to investments of investors through different disciplines and standards. The procedural element of the seminar covered the main provisions that a “new generation” International Agreement should include so as to ensure an efficient, certain and balanced dispute settlement mechanism to settle the controversies arising between an investor and a State.

Presentations were made on “Scope and definitions”, “ Articles of Treatment and Investment Protection- National Treatment, Most Favoured Nation Treatment, Minimum Standard Treatment, Expropiation and Compensation", “Compensation For Losses” and “Articles of Transfers, Subrogation and Exceptions” to name a few.

In attendance were a great number of ACS Member states, including the OECS states, which ensured the success of the seminar.

About the ACS

The Association of Caribbean States is the organization for consultation, cooperation and concerted action in trade, transport, sustainable tourism and natural disasters in the Greater Caribbean. Its Member States are Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela. Its Associate Members are Aruba , France on behalf of French Guiana , Guadeloupe , and Martinique , and the Netherlands Antilles .

For further information, please contact:

Denise Lewis Martínez
Communications Officer
Association of Caribbean States
E-mail: communications@acs-aec.org
Tel : 1-868-622-9575
Fax : 1-868-622-1653

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