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Community Institutions discuss CARICOM Draft Strategic Plan
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Draft Strategic Plan that will drive the CARICOM Reform Process continued to be developed with discussions among the Community Institutions at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters in Turkeyen Guyana on Monday. The purpose of the discussions was to solicit the views of the Institutions on a direction, priorities, framework for implementation, areas of collaboration…
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CEBO continues with Training of Trainers Workshop in Trinidad and Tobago
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat led Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO) programme continued with a training of trainers workshop in Trinidad and Tobago on Monday (7 April). The project which is being funded under the CARICOM- Spain Citizen Security project is intended to enhance the capacity for sustainable livelihoods among youth by…
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HIV/AIDS book launched at Guyana Consulate, NY
“Stigma and lack of knowledge about HIV & AIDS” was the topic of a compelling presentation by Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana Prem Misir, who launched his first health book in front of expatriates at the Consulate General of Guyana in New York City, recently. The former associate public health epidemiologist of the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control…
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Two CARICOM Agencies to Convene Regional Symposium on Dengue & Chikungunya Virus
Today is World Health Day, the theme of which is “small bites, big threats: protect yourself and your environment from vector-borne diseases“. With this theme in mind, the Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network, CKLN, and the Caribbean Public Health Agency, CARPHA are pleased to announce their convening of a 1-day symposium, focusing on Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Virus to be…
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Latest CARICOM View: 40th Anniversary Celebrations In Focus
The Caribbean Community in 2013 observed its 40th anniversary with Heads of Government returning to the Community’s cradle at Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, for celebratory activities that included a rededication to the principles of the founding Treaty of Chaguaramas. The March 2014 edition of the CARICOM View offers an insight into the activities of the 40th anniversary, and highlights the…
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PANCAP HOLDS JUSTICE FOR ALL AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Consultation on Justice for All and Human Rights Agenda takes place on 9-11 April 2014, at The Jamaica Pegasus, Kingston, Jamaica. The three-day dialogue advances the Caribbean human rights agenda and is the culmination of a series of national consultations held over the past six months in several Caribbean countries. These consultations…
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Data for Action Measuring Prevalence to Respond to Gender-Based Violence
Data for Action: Measuring Prevalence to Respond to Gender-Based Violence Despite notable efforts by authorities, service providers and academia to record and track the incidence of gender-based violence (GBV) in the Caribbean, lack of comprehensive, systematic, nationally-owned data remains a serious bottleneck in responding to and preventing GBV, including its most prevalent form – that of violence against women. Subsequently,…
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OAS Secretary General Participates in World Economic Forum for Latin America
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) today arrived in Panama where he will take part in the World Economic Forum for Latin America, being held until tomorrow in the Panamanian capital. The leader of the hemispheric Organization exchanged views with senior authorities from the region in private sessions on the most important issues that concern the…
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Delegates from 20 Countries Participate in the First Americas Competitiveness Exchange on Innovation
Delegates from 20 Countries Participate in the First Americas Competitiveness Exchange on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, co-organized by the OAS Representatives of 20 countries in the Americas are taking part beginning today in the First Americas Competitiveness Exchange on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, an activity co-organized by the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United States Government, through the Inter-American Competitiveness…
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OAS Assistant Secretary General Meets with Entrepreneurs in Sao Paulo
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, has called, in a meeting with businessmen in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for strengthening public-private dialogue in the countries of the Americas to be able to effectively address the global economic slowdown and to continue the progress made in reducing poverty in recent years. The meeting, organized by…
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