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September 10, 2021
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VIRTUAL LAUNCH OF THE CARICOM DIGITAL SKILLS TASK FORCE

Wednesday, 15 September 20219:30am – 10:30 am InterludeCARICOM Song OPENING SESSION WelcomeChair: Ms. Jennifer BrittonDeputy Programme ManagerICT for Development, CARICOM Secretariat Opening RemarksDr. Carla BarnettSecretary General, CARICOM International and Regional Perspectives on Digital Skills Dr. Susan TeltscherHead, Capacity & Digital Skills DevelopmentInternational Telecommunications Union (ITU) Ms. Karine SonigoDigitalization SpecialistInternational Labour Organization (ILO) Mr. Wayne ChenPresidentCaribbean Employers’ Confederation Creative Performance Master Christin…
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August 30, 2021
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CARICOM partners with Nestlé for a Caribbean Youth Summit

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is pleased to announce that we have officially partnered with the Nestlé Anglo-Dutch Caribbean on holding the Nestlé Caribbean Youth Summit on October 5th & 6th, 2021. The theme for this virtual Youth Summit: Empower Youth to act NOW is aligned with CARICOM’s mandate to empower the region’s youth through the creation of programmes that expand youth capacity and competency. …
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July 29, 2021
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CARICOM-Japan partnership supporting improvements to teaching profession

Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – The Government of Japan is supporting Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with harmonising national teaching standards with those articulated in the CARICOM Standards for Teachers, Educational Leaders, and Teacher Educators. More than 150 stakeholders participated in three, one-day orientation workshops for the Development of National Standards for the Teaching Profession…
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July 14, 2021
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Gender Mainstreaming for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Caribbean Webinar

You are invited to participate in the upcoming Gender Mainstreaming for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Caribbean Webinar. This event is co-hosted by FAO, CARICOM and the Government of Canada, as part of the “Cooperation for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in the Caribbean” initiative, which aims to support CARICOM members via a pre-investment fund, technical assistance, and…
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July 9, 2021
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GRENADA’S PRIME MINISTER SECURES ENDORSEMENT FOR PLAN OF ACTION TOWARDS REMOVAL OF ROAMING CHARGES IN CARICOM

Grenada’s Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable, Keith Mitchell, has secured the endorsement of regional leaders for the governance structure and timelines relative to the elimination of roaming charges within CARICOM. Dr. Mitchell provided an update on the initiative on Monday, during the Forty-Second Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. In outlining the…
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July 7, 2021
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CARICOM Heads of Government meet in emergency session Wednesday on Haiti

The Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM will meet in an emergency Caucus on Wednesday 7 July to discuss the current situation in Haiti and the grouping’s response. Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Hon. Gaston Browne, who is Chair of the Community, made the announcement early Wednesday afternoon. Prime Minister Browne issued a statement on the assassination of Haiti President…
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July 1, 2021
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Regional education recovery strategy underway

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – With the interruptions of conventional schooling due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and concerns about learning loss, a multi-partnership is underway to establish a Model Learning Recovery and Improvement Strategy for Caribbean Schools. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)coordinated a validation workshop on…
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June 21, 2021
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Capacity building training programme for regional and sub-regional authorities on the safe removal of mercury stockpiles (MAPs)

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is currently providing technical assistance to Parties to implement Articles 4, 10 and 11 of the Minamata Convention on interim storage, disposal of waste in mercury-added products (MAPs) using guidelines from the Minamata Convention. More specifically, through twelve individual consultation meetings, a competency based training action plan is being developed and subsequent training programme with…
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June 15, 2021
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Youth engagement: Intergenerational Dialogue in Latin America and the Caribbean for Biodiversity

In order to strengthen the dialogue and participation process of youth of the region, the ACP MEAs Project represented the CARICOM Secretariat in a panel discussion on issues related to biodiversity and youth empowerment in the Global Framework of Biodiversity Post 2020 on 16 June 2021. The Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) for Latin America and the Caribbean held its…
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May 24, 2021
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CARICOM Youth Excited About Single ICT Space

Concerned about digital inequities and lack of infrastructure standardisation BY NIKITA BLAIR As we continue our activities in observance of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (May 17) under the theme ‘Accelerating Digital Transformation in Challenging Times’, we sought the views of a sampling of regional youth on the CARICOM Single ICT Space CARICOM has been working to push the Region…
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