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CSME and Rural Communities
Service providers may also move to establish businesses under the Companies Act or the Registration of Business Names Act. The procedure in those cases would be the same as those applying to the establishment of business for the provision of goods by a Company. Additionally, however, service providers may make their services available in other member states using another mode,…
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More countries offering CVQs
The Caribbean Community Secretariat is moving full speed ahead to put in place the necessary procedures to enable additional Member States to issue the Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQ) in 2011. To date, only three Member States of the 15-member grouping can issue the CVQ. The CVQ was launched in October 2007 to facilitate the movement of artisans and other skilled…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE NINTH CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE AND TRADE SHOW, 22 OCTOBER 2010, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
I wish as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as I make these remarks to join the preceding speakers in expressing great pleasure in addressing this formal opening ceremony of the 9th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA). I regret that I was unable to join you for more of the activities this Week given the pivotal role identified for the…
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World Bank Proposes ICT Infrastructure Development Programme for CARIFORUM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The World Bank on Wednesday presented a programme to the Caribbean that would support initiatives for improved Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) within the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM). The project concept for the Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Programme (CARCIP) was officially presented to the region at a workshop at the…
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OPPORTUNITIES IN CARICOM AND THE WAY FORWARD : REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE CONFERENCE “CONNECTING THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA: EXPLORING AND SEIZING NEW OPPORTUNITIES”, 20 OCTOBER 2010, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Mrs. Angella Persad, President, Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce; Your Excellency Yolanda de Gavidia, Secretary-General, Economic Integration in Central America (SEICA); Your Excellency Luis Andrade Falla, Secretary-General Association of Caribbean States Mr. Dennis Evans, President Bankers Association of Trinidad and Tobago (BATT); Professor Miguel Carrillo, Executive Director, Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business; Representatives of…
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INVESTING IN HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL: LET IT BE DONE : KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) – EDUCATION, 18 OCTOBER 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Sheik Baksh, Minister of Education of Guyana and Chairman of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD); Ministers of Government of CARICOM Member States; Professor Nigel Harris, Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies; Professor Lawrence Carrington, Vice Chancellor, University of Guyana; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Dr. Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development and…
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INVESTING IN HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL: LET IT BE DONE : KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) – EDUCATION, 18 OCTOBER 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Sheik Baksh, Minister of Education of Guyana and Chairman of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD); Ministers of Government of CARICOM Member States; Professor Nigel Harris, Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies; Professor Lawrence Carrington, Vice Chancellor, University of Guyana; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Dr. Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development and other…
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A DECADE OF DEDICATED DELIVERY : OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) – EDUCATION, 18 OCTOBER 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I extend greetings to you from the Staff of the Directorate of Human and Social Development ,and in so doing could not help reflecting on the mixed fortunes of this Council, its ever changing composition, due to the democratic processes to which our Member States adhere and to overwhelming progress to be celebrated in what may be termed a…
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CCC links with Latin America
The Chairman of the Caricom Competition Commission (CCC), Dr Kusha Haraksingh, was selected to preside over the meeting on Strategies for Competition Advocacy at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Latin American Competition Forum in San Jose, Costa Rica on 8-9 September 2010. The meeting featured a background paper by the Head of Competition Outreach of the Organisation for Economic…
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Consultations on ICT4D Strategy begin in Grenada
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Stakeholders across the Region will, from Thursday 11 November, have an opportunity to discuss and refine the contents of a draft Information Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Strategy when a Regional Consultation and Awareness Campaign is launched in St. George’s, Grenada. The draft document, which is presented as the Digital Development Strategy (DDS), is…
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