Year: 2016
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Economic recovery gaining ground in OECS – IMF
WASHINGTON, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says economic recovery in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) is gaining ground, supported by continued low oil prices, strong tourism arrivals, and robust citizenship-by-investment receipts. The IMF said that three failed banks have been resolved with no spillovers to the rest of the region and fiscal management has improved. The ECCU…
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In Youth Day message: CYAs emphasise sustainable development, poverty elimination
Today is being celebrated as International Youth Day! In a message to commemorate the day the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors have emphasised the significance of sustainable development and the importance of collaborative efforts to eliminate poverty. Please see the CYAs’ message below. The CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYA) Corps is dedicated to addressing the many social issues affecting the Caribbean youth today. Our…
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IICA funding to develop Guyana’s Bio-inputs for agri sector
Georgetown, GINA, August 11, 2016 Guyana is set to become the first Caribbean country to be a part of the Competitive Fund for Technical Cooperation (FonTc) Bio-inputs Agricultural Project, funded by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). Agriculture stakeholders at the launch of the Bio-inputs workshop at the Ministry of Agriculture Boardroom The project is aimed at…
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World Bank and Caribbean Export Partner to Strengthen Early-Stage Investment in the Caribbean
According to Ganesh Rasagam, practice manager for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice at the World Bank Group, “This program will serve as a valuable initiative to promising Caribbean start-ups and growth entrepreneurs. It will help unlock much-needed private capital, particularly from business angels and other early-stage investors through investment facilitation grants and related activities such as the…
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CARICOM ACP-MEAs-supported International Congress on Biodiversity underway in Guyana
The fourth International Congress on Biodiversity of the Guiana Shield, which has received funding from the Caribbean Community CARICOM through the ACP-MEAs project, got underway in Georgetown, Guyana, on Monday. The event is being held under the theme ‘Leveraging our High Endemicity, Cultural Diversity and intact Ecosystems for inclusive Growth and Secure Futures’. Two of the countries of the Guiana Shield, Guyana and Suriname, are…
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Caribbean Women on the Agenda at CANTO 2016
San Juan , 04/08/16 – Wednesday August 3rd and there was no letting up of the pace and exuberance or participation as delegates started day three of the CANTO 32nd Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition which is currently taking place at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel and Casino from July 31st – August 5th. The day started with a…
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CIMH and Sutron Corporation partner to help Caribbean nations build climate resilience
(Bridgetown, Barbados) — National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) from across the Caribbean are now better equipped and trained to monitor climate in the region, thanks to a series of training workshops co-hosted by the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) and international environmental and hydrological monitoring company Sutron Corporation. The training, which took place from July 25…
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Trinidad to host conference of Americas Defence Ministers
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Caribbean News Now) -The 12th Conference of Defence Ministers of the Americas (XII CDMA) will be held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from October 10-12, 2016. During this three-day conference an unprecedented number of ministers of defence and delegates from the 34 nation states representing the Americas are scheduled to attend. Prior to this conference, a two-day…
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Towards a new policy to shape the future of education in the Caribbean
When the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) launches its new Education and Training Policy and Strategy later in 2016, it will have had the input of some of the Caribbean Region’s key stakeholders. The Bank has undertaken a consultative process to ensure that the document, which will guide its funding and support for education and training in the Region, is aligned…
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Modify, modernise in current realities – CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General
The ever-changing internal and external realities have made it imperative for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to modify and modernise its approaches, operations and frameworks. This is the message Ambassador Colin Granderson, CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign and Community Relations, took to a new corps of Guyanese diplomats late in July at the Foreign Service Institute in Georgetown, Guyana. His presentation was part of…
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