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New children’s book teaches benefits, diversity of CARICOM
(Barbados Today) Embrace and explore your Caribbean neighbourhood and take full advantage of the opportunities available within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This was the message delivered to students at the Bay Primary School on Friday, as the school as well as the National Library Service were presented with copies of a newly-published children’s book, I Am CARICOM: Kofi’s Journey. The book,…
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Remarks By CARICOM Secretary-General At Opening of 26th Meeting of COFCOR
“In a world where multi-lateral rules-based systems are under strain, CARICOM, as small states, must rely more than ever on focused and coordinated diplomacy based on those principles on which we are founded. We must bolster our relations with like-minded states, and continue to advocate for multilateralism, including a reformed United Nations.” – CARICOM Secretary-General CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett, on…
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Honouring Community: André Bartley and the CARICOM 50th Anniversary logo
Jamaican creative Andre Bartley is elated that his artwork emerged as the winning entry in the CARICOM 50th Anniversary Logo Competition. In addition to a monetary prize, Bartley’s logo design will brand all communication products and events to celebrate the anniversary. Bartley explained he received the news while perusing emails for responses to job applications, having unfortunately been made redundant. …
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CARICOM Competition Commission and Commonwealth launch a new course for Consumer Protection Authorities in the Caribbean
Today the CARICOM Competition Commission (CCC) launches its online consumer protection course for consumer protection officials in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). This activity forms part of the CCC’s 2023 Work Programme supporting the development of the region’s consumer protection framework, which is a core enabler to achieving a fully integrated regional economy and single market. The CCC…
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UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15)
Photos View Photo Galleries UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) 7-19 December 2022 in Montreal, Canada, governments from around the world came together to agree on a new set of goals to guide global action through 2030 to halt and reverse nature loss. Nature is critical to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. Adoption of a bold global biodiversity framework that…
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Agriculture in International Trade Agreements (AITA) – special edition for CARICOM
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are jointly proposing this virtual course entitled “Agriculture in International Trade Agreements” (AITA), which combines online content that can be self-managed by each student, complemented by live webinars on broad conceptual frameworks and approaches to understanding and addressing international agreements on agriculture and international agrifood…
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50th anniversary opportune for celebration, renewal, enriching legacy
As CARICOM Heads of Government reflect on the 50th anniversary of the Community this year, they are of the view that it was a fitting opportunity to celebrate, renew, look forward and enrich regional integration. CARICOM was established on 4 July 1973 with the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas by Founding Fathers, Prime Ministers Errol Barrow for Barbados; Forbes…
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CARICOM, Canada strengthen bilateral relations
Diplomatic relations between Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Canada were strengthened on Thursday 16 February with an engagement between the Conference of Heads Government and Canada’s Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, in The Bahamas. The two parties discussed the situation in Haiti, climate change and climate financing, trade, increased people to people contact, regional security, among other issues. In…
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Amb. Tross to represent CARICOM at COP15 High Level Event
High Commissioner of Saint Kitts and Nevis to Canada, Ambassador Sherry Tross, will Sunday represent the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at a European Union/Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific States/United Nations Environment Programme High Level Event at COP15. The fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 15) is now underway on Montreal, Canada. The High…
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CARICOM Delegates Head to Canada for COP15
CARICOM delegates head to Montreal, Canada, for the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) (COP15) gearing up to create targets on biodiversity for the next decade. The Conference, from December 7-19, will be held under the Presidency of China. Importantly, the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is expected to be adopted during this second…
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