Areas of Work
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CARICOM TRADE MINISTERS AGREE ON NON-RECIPROCAL ACCESS FOR SOME HAITIAN GOODS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministerial Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) has given its support to a proposal for Haiti to have non-reciprocal access to the Community’s markets for some goods for a period of three years. The COTED meeting ended in Georgetown on Friday and Chair of the two-day Meeting, Senator the…
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OPENING REMARKS BY ELIZABETH RILEY, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AG), CARIBBEAN DISASTER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (CDEMA), AT THE CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AGRICULTURE INSURANCE, 15 JUNE 2010, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Good evening, it is a pleasure to be here in Antigua and Barbuda and an even greater pleasure to deliver brief remarks at this opening ceremony of the Caribbean Regional Symposium on Agriculture Insurance. Ladies and gentlemen, we in the Caribbean know the reality of living with risk. The plethora of traditional hazards which we face – natural and…
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International Conference: The impact of ICT in education
Organized by the UNESCO Office in Brasilia, the Regional Office of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNESCO Santiago) and the Secretariat of Distance Education of the Ministry of Education of Brazil, the international conference “The impact of ICT education, analyzed and discussed the training of teachers in information technology and communications (ICT), and evaluated the impact of ICT…
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STATEMENT BY DR. THE HON. RALPH GONSALVES, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES TO THE MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN FORUM OF ACP STATES (CARIFORUM) AND THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) ON THE AGENDA ITEM: REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND COOPERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 17 MAY 2010, MADRID, SPAIN
If European and US recovery from the global economic and financial crisis can be described as sluggish, characterised by jobless growth and dependent on stimulus packages, imagine what is the situation in CARIFORUM, particularly in the smaller countries of the OECS. The Caribbean with its open economies is one of the regions most adversely affected by the crisis. That situation…
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Montserrat Formulating EGovernment Strategy
BRADES, Montserrat — More than 15 senior members of staff from various government departments in Montserrat began a two-day workshop on developing an E-Government strategy during last month. The workshop comes on the heels of the successful ICT Roadshow which highlighted the necessity for the island to develop a national information communication technologies (ICT) strategy, which would stimulate the island’s…
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Montserrat Innovators present at BVI ICT Roadshow
BRADES, Montserrat — Daniel Joseph of Lavabits, a software development firm on Montserrat was one of the featured presenters at the Caribbean ICT Roadshow BVI, which began on Tortola on Sunday, 16 May. Joseph is part of a trio of young nationals who began the company last December to develop software for the global market. Daniel and his brother Samuel,…
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Jamaica Leg of ICT Roadshow Launched
MANDEVILLE, Jamaica (JIS) — As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) will be staging a regional Caribbean Information and Communication Technology (ICT) road show. The Jamaica leg of the road show was launched on Wednesday under the theme, 'Harnessing the power of innovation – the engine for ICT-enabled Caribbean Development'. The aim of the road…
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BROADBAND INTERNET CAN SPUR ANTI-POVERTY EFFORTS, UN AGENCY SAYS
New York, May 10 2010 12:05PM Information and communication technologies, such as high-speed internet, can help drive social and economic development and accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals , the head of the United Nations telecommunications agency said today. “The truly transformational power of broadband networks can help us get the MDGs back on track,” Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of…
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RE-ENERGISING AGRICULTURE AND DECREASING DEPENDENCY ON FOREIGN FOOD AID KEY TO HAITI’S RECOVERY – P.J. PATTERSON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “The Haiti of the future must be completely different and significantly different from the Haiti of the recent past,” the Most Honourable Percival J. Patterson said at the International Donors Conference on Haiti, Wednesday, 31 March 2010. The Conference was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, to mobilise support for the…
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ICT Projects for Schools to Enhance the Classroom Experience
Dominica – The use of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) in Dominican schools will be expanded with the implementation of a new project, ‘Digital Classroom Live Portal’. The Ministry of Education on Friday launched the project at the Public Service Training Centre, in partnership with the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL). The pilot project, funded by the World Bank, will…
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