SER Sint Maarten attends Climate conference.
PHILIPSBURG—June 27, 2022. A delegation of the Social Economic Council (SER) of Sint Maarten attended a climate conference titled ‘Climate Crisis and Social dialogue’. The event was held in the “Miltiadis Evert” Auditorium, Technopolis City of Athens in Greece. The conference was organized by the Social Economic Council of Greece in collaboration with the International […]
SER’s Aruba and St. Maarten visit BrabantAdvies.
On Friday, July 1st, Tristan Every chairman of SER Aruba and Gerard Richardson, secretary-general of SER Sint Maarten, visited BrabantAdvies. They were received by director Ivka Orbon and Alwin Groen (secretary-general SER Brabant). The conversation focused on strengthening mutual contacts and on various socio-economic themes. In Aruba and Sint Maarten, the revision of the tax system and adjustment of the minimum […]
Members of the Board of the Integrity Chamber (IC) and the Social Economic (SER) meet.
HARBOURVIEW—On Thursday, April 7, 2022, members of the Board of the Integrity Chamber visited the SER as a follow up to their first courtesy visit on January 16, 2020. Discussions centered around the working methods of the Integrity Chamber. Board members of the SER posed various questions related to the work of the IC. Pictured […]
SER publishes “Cost of Living Advice”.
HARBOURVIEW—On the request of the Honorable Prime Minister Silveria E. Jacobs, the Social Economic Council (SER) researched the cost of living on St. Maarten. The advice request listed the following categories for study: the cost of living of two, three, and four family households, monthly expenses, monthly income, basic needs, living wage versus the minimum […]
President of Parliament, Grisha S. Heyliger-Marten pays courtesy visit to the various entities.
PHILIPSBURG,–Sint Maarten – In her capacity as President of the Parliament of Sint Maarten, Member of Parliament Mrs. Grisha S. Heyliger- Marten has scheduled several courtesy visits to various entities on Sint Maarten. Upon her election as President of Parliament on Friday, November 26, 2021, the Hon. Mrs. Grisha S. Heyliger-Marten deemed it necessary to […]
The Gift of Giving.
We began the Christmas season with the gift of giving. Today, the SER Secretariat participated in K1 Britannia Foundation‘s Christmas Angels Program. The program provides gifts to foster children, White and Yellow Cross Care Foundation’s Sr. Brasilia Center and District Nursing clients, UJIMA members, Mental Health Foundation Sint Maarten clients, Player Development Youth, and more. […]
SER board up and running, working on serval advices.
PHILIPSBURG–The board of the Social Economic Council SER is up and running and the entity is currently working on several pieces of advice, Chairman Damien Richardson told Members of Parliament (MPs) during a meeting of the Central Committee of Parliament on Monday. Richardson and his team were in Parliament to present SER’s 2020 Annual Report. […]
No SER policy-brief on dump.
HARBOUR VIEW- The article released on Sunday, October 17, 2021 by St. Maarten News entitled “SER policy-brief about dump: Turn Pond Island into residential area” was not issued by the Social Economic Council (SER) and does not express the viewpoints of the institution. The title of the article “SER policy-brief about dump” is misleading as […]
SER Sint Maarten re-elected to the International Board of AICESIS.
On Wednesday, October 27, 2021, the Social Economic Council (SER) of Sint Maarten was re-elected to the international board of the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AICESIS) during its General Assembly in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. AICESIS is a worldwide organization representing more than seventy (70) member states from four (4) different continents. […]
SER presents 2020 Annual Report to Prime Minister S. Jacobs.
PHILIPSBURG–The Social Economic Council SER presented its 2020 Annual Report to Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs on Friday, September 17. SER Chairman Damien Richardson, who handed over the report to Jacobs, also provided a summary of pending SER advices. The annual report highlights SER’s achievements, future plans and overall functioning. The working relationship between the Ministry […]