Council Of Ministers Meets With Social Economic Council
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – On Thursday, May 28, 2015, the Council of Ministers (COM) met with the Social Economic Council (SER), which is one of the permanent advisory councils of St. Maarten in accordance with article 79 of the Constitution.
The aim of the SER is to facilitate and promote discussions between social partners in order to reach consensus regarding social economic issues before they are regulated in policy or law.
During the meeting the SER presented and informed the Council of Ministers of their work and the progress made since the first SER Board was appointed per national decree on May 1, 2011.
The SER has provided solicited and unsolicited advice to the Government and to Parliament as requested over the years and submitted advices on topics like the Monetary Union, Guest Tax, Counterpart article of the National Ordinance Foreign Labor and A mandatory pension for Sint Maarten.
As a result of the meeting, the SER and the Government will look into strengthening their cooperation and collaboration concerning social economic issues.
In addition, the SER presented the Council of Ministers with unsolicited advice concerning the eradication of poverty on St Read more
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