CSME
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CARICOM youth ambassador praises CSME advocacy workshop
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — CARICOM Youth Ambassador Sonia Boddie has praised the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat for its hosting of a two-day CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYA) CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) advocacy workshop, funded by the European Union and held in Georgetown, Guyana from May 29 – 30, in which she participated. She noted that the workshop was certainly educational,…
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Region’s youth set to become CSME-savvy
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Over twenty-five CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) from across the region are expected to participate in a CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Advocacy Workshop. The activity takes place in Guyana 29-30 May, 2014 at the Grand Coastal Hotel. The workshop’s objective is to equip CYAs with knowledge of the CSME and also prepare them…
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Implementation of CSME to be examined through gender lens
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) got underway on Wednesday at the CARICOM Headquarters in Georgetown Guyana. The Council is being chaired by Minister of Health and Social Services from Montserrat, Hon. Colin Riley and is being hosted with support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN…
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Equal and equitable gender participation under CSME should be ensured – Secretary General LaRocque
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The ability of men and women to participate equally and equitably in all aspects of life under the CSME must be ensured. Those were sentiments expressed by Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Wednesday as he addressed the opening ceremony for the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and…
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Reform Consultations and Commission on Economy endorse relevance of CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Speaking about the on-going CARICOM Reform Process, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said it had validated the relevance of the CSME as the platform from which to build the Community’s economic resilience. Ambassador LaRocque was speaking during the opening ceremony of the Twenty-Fifth Intersessional Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of…
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CARICOM and Canada Assist Suriname to Incorporate Regional Integration and the CSME into School Curricula
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Approximately four hundred teachers in Suriname will be trained on the operations of the Caribbean Community and CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The sessions begin on Monday 3 March, 2014 at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Paramaribo and will run until 24 March, 2014. The activity in Suriname falls under the CARICOM Trade…
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CARICOM Secretary General commends Canada as an exemplary global leader in development assistance
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Wednesday commended Canada for its role as an exemplary global leader in development assistance. Ambassador LaRocque was speaking during an accreditation ceremony where the newly appointed Ambassador to CARICOM from Canada Her Excellency Nicole Giles presented her credentials at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown…
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Caribbean Export Facilitates Policy Dialogue on the Renewable Energy and the Waste Management Sectors
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, November 21, 2013. Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in cooperation with the Regional Council of Guadeloupe, the Government of Haiti and the Government of the Dominican Republic organized a meeting of senior officials to discuss a “Policy Dialogue between Haiti, Dominican Republic and the Regional Council of Guadeloupe on the Renewable Energy and Waste Management…
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