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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE THIRTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICIANS , SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CENSUS COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND LAUNCH OF THE RESOURCES CONSORTIUM IN SUPPORT OF THE 2010 ROUND OF CENSUSES OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 27 OCTOBER 2008, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Chairman Senator Honourable Maxine Mc Clean, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Ms. Juanita Thorington-Poulett, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Energy Mr Harold Robinson, Representative United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Office for the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean Professor Paul Cheung, Director United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) Representatives of National, Regional and International Organizations Mrs Angela Hunte, Director…
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CHILEAN AND CARICOM OFFICIALS COLLABORATE ON SPS SYSTEM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Recognising the need to have a solid Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) regime in place in order to effectively become a viable trading partner Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are collaborating with the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the Government of Chile for a…
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PANCAP HOLDS VIII ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Under the theme Leadership: Uniting Vision and Purpose, the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS will hold its Eighth Annual General meeting on 29-30 October 2008, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. A key highlight of this eighth meeting is the Leadership Forum at which Jamaica’s Governor General, and former Principal of the University of the West…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAUNCH OF THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON CULTURAL INDUSTRIES, 23 OCTOBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Distinguished Members of the Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries Staff of the CARICOM SecretariatRepresentatives of the Media As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it is such a great pleasure for me to welcome you to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat for the Launch and Inaugural Meeting of the Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries. This Meeting is important…
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REGIONAL CULTURAL INDUSTRY TASK FORCE LAUNCHED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The newly established Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries was officially launched today (23 October 2008) by the CARICOM Secretary-General at the CARICOM Secretariat. The establishment of this Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries was mandated by both the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and the Council for Human and Social Development…
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REGIONAL CULTURAL INDUSTRY TASK FORCE LAUNCHED – CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL WANTS CUTTING EDGE IDEAS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General HE Edwin W Carrington has charged the newly established Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries to recommend cutting edge ideas and approaches that would guarantee sustainability in Caribbean Cultural Industries and to adopt a coordinated regional approach that would build on, energise and promote the development of the CARICOM…
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A FORCE OF CHANGE FOR REGIONAL ARTISTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With the Launch of the newly established Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries, the new Co-Chairman, Mr Adrian Augier envisages that the Task Force would begin a process of change by providing new avenues and opportunities for artists and cultural workers to explore and excel in their creative endeavours. Speaking this morning (23 October…
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Caribbean Information and Communication for Development Action Plan Further Advanced
CARICOM, Guyana — Oct. 21, 2008 — The work towards the development of an Action Plan which will augment the development of a regional strategy for Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) was advanced this week. During the week four Sub-Committees of the Regional ICT Steering Committee met in Barbados and now have a draft Action Plan…
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNTRIES LIKE GUYANA / BY MAURICE ODLE, PH.D., ECONOMIC ADVISER TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, TO THE GEORGETOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 20 OCTOBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman Fellow Panelists Distinguished GuestsLadies and Gentlemen Introduction Making an effective contribution to a panel discussion could be tricky proposition in that the audience could be quite bored with repetition, unless the presenters had previous consultation and reached an agreement among themselves on the allocation of different aspects of the subject matter. In addition, the financial crisis has been…
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING MEDIA WORKERS IN GUYANA ON 18 OCTOBER 2008
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I note with great distress the untimely death of our young media practitioner and the varying degrees of injury suffered by others, while on assignment, as a result of the horrific accident on the Linden highway last Saturday evening. Throughout the Caribbean Community and beyond, my officers and I work closely with the media…
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