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CARICOM Eminent Persons Group Returns To Haiti
The CARICOM Eminent Persons Group has returned to Haiti to facilitate negotiations on a Framework Agreement intended to provide a transitional governance arrangement to take the troubled country to free and fair elections. After more than five months of consultations with the Eminent Persons Group, a wide cross section of Haitian Stakeholders today [8 December 2023] began negotiations on the…
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Sixteen Survivors Of Gender-Based Violence To Receive CARICOM Grant Awards
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Wednesday, 6 December 2023) – Sixteen (16) women who are survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) will receive grant awards with the support of the CARICOM Secretariat, the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) and the Spotlight Initiative. The project, titled “Upskilling GBV Survivors with Economic Empowerment and Personal Development Skills as A Means of Ensuring That These…
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Statement: CARICOM On ICJ Provisional Measures Ordered Concerning Arbitral Award Of 3 October 1899(GUYANA v VENEZUELA)
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Friday, 1 December 2023) – The International Court of Justice has today, 1 December 2023, ordered Venezuela not to take any action to challenge, disrupt or interfere with Guyana’s longstanding control and administration of the Essequibo Region, which constitutes more than two-thirds of Guyana’s land territory, until the Court has issued its final…
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Canada-CARICOM Summit Joint Communiqué
As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) celebrates 50 years since its creation, Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada and Prime Minister Skerrit of Dominica, Chair of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government, co-chaired the Canada-CARICOM Summit, under the theme “Strategic Partners for a Resilient Future.” To mark the occasion of the first Canada-CARICOM Summit held in Canada, leaders launched a Strategic…
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CARICOM advances in the roadmap for developing a regional migration policy
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS. 25 August 2023. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and several regional and international organizations participated in the Advancing a Regional Approach to a Migration Policy workshop in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 24 and 25 August 2023. Participants worked together, with technical support from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Western Hemisphere Program, to establish the regional policy’s priorities and strategic…
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Mega concert in honour of CARICOM
(National Cultural Foundation Barbados) Barbados has earmarked Monday, July 31, as the day dedicated to celebrating Caribbean unity with the CARICOM 50th Anniversary Concert! Like many of our neighbouring countries, the Government is staging the concert which will showcase the best in Bajan and Caribbean talent featuring a mixture of different genres of music, spoken word pieces, dance and comedy.…
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President of Ukraine congratulates CARICOM
Your Excellency! Please accept my sincere congratulations on the fiftieth anniversary of the Caribbean Community. Over the years, CARICOM has proven to be a successful example of mutually beneficial cooperation between friendly countries that serves progress and promotes the development of the entire Caribbean region. I am convinced that the next 50 years will bring even more harmony and prosperity…
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Legal Drafting E-Learning Programme
The Capacity Building in Legal Drafting Project, financed by the European Union under the European Development Fund-Caribbean Regional Indicative Programme (EDF-CRIP) and executed by ARCA Consortium, on behalf of the CARIFORUM Directorate, seeks to build the capacity of CARIFORUM States in the area of treaty and legislative drafting through training and sponsorship. Accordingly, the Project imparted expert training in this…
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CARICOM Competition Commission Celebrating 15 Years of Regional Service
The CARICOM Competition Commission (“CCC”) is established under Article 171 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. Located in Paramaribo, Suriname, the CCC is one of the key institutions to support the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), ensuring that the aim of implementing the Single Market is not frustrated by cross-border anti-competitive business conduct. The CCC was inaugurated in January…
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Ambassador Monica – Mihaela STIRBU, Embassy of Romania in the Federative Republic of Brazil, Guyana and Suriname
Madam Secretary General, The celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Caribbean Community gives me the pleasure to extend to you congratulations and best wishes of prosperity and well-being to the friendly people of all of CARICOM’s Member States. On this auspicious occasion, I express my appreciation for CARICOM’s accomplishments so far, as well as my confidence…
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