Areas of Work
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CARIFORUM countries need development finance for tourism
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The critical importance of tourism to the Caribbean Region coupled with the sector’s vulnerability to the negative impacts of major global crises necessitated that the Region intensified its quest for development finance to support the industry. This view was expressed by Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, CARICOM Secretary-General (ag) at the opening of the Annual Caribbean…
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Positive prospects for Tourism by 2020
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Predictions by World Travel and Tourism Council suggest that by 2021, the direct contribution of travel and tourism to Caribbean Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will be 16.4bn Euros. The Council also predicted that the sector’s wider economic impact on the Region will be 50.83 billion Euros and its total contribution to employment is projected…
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CARICOM SUPPORTS HAITI OVERTURES TO FIFA, CONCACAF
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have indicated their support of Haiti’s proposal to Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) and Confederation of North Central American and Caribbean Associations of Football (CONCACAF) for special consideration to contest the under-17 World Cup finals. At the Twenty-Second Inter-Sessional CARICOM Summit held 25-26 February in Grand Anse,…
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TAKE OPPORTUNITIES IN HAITI – PATTERSON CHALLENGES CARICOM INVESTORS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Investments and Capital Markets Conference in Jamaica on Wednesday was visionary and timely as participants had the opportunity to infuse new impetus into the 1989 Grande Anse decision to create a Regional Capital Market, the Most Hon. Percival J. Patterson, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Special Representative to Haiti said. At Grand Anse, Grenada, Heads…
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STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE BRUCE GOLDING, PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), REGARDING THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC IN HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is distressed and extremely saddened by the deadly effect of the cholera epidemic currently ravaging the people of its Member State, Haiti. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families of the many who have already perished and we share the grave concern of the loved ones of the thousands…
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CARICOM: A review Regional ICT4D Strategy underway
CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana – A Draft Regional Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) Strategy, designed to create a Single ICT Space for the Region is under review at the Fifth Meeting of the Regional Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Steering Committee in Barbados. Over the period of the meeting (16-17 November) at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in…
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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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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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