Areas of Work
-
Caribbean Trade Ministers Plan For WTO Ministerial
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Caribbean Trade Ministers meeting in Barbados yesterday (November 19), in preparation for the Sixth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, which will take place in Hong Kong December 13 to 18, emphasized that unless development issues are given prominence in the negotiating agenda, the Ministerial is not likely to end in agreement. This is fundamental for…
Read More » -
COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIFTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 31 OCTOBER – 2 NOVEMBER 2005, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
INTRODUCTION The Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 31 October to 2 November 2005. Under the theme Sustaining a Best Practice through Partnership, the meeting’s objectives were to update and analyse the work of the approximately 77-member partnership, over the past year…
Read More » -
CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASISES IMPORTANCE OF CSME DEVELOPMENT FUND
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington has received an indication of interest from the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) to assist in exploring contributions to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Development Fund. The Fund is considered a critical element of CSME arrangements. The CARICOM Secretary-General received the indication…
Read More » -
THIRTEENTH COHSOD RECOMMENDS STRATEGIES FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Thirteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), ended on Friday, 28 October with wide ranging recommendations for the development of the Region’s youth, particularly in light of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) scheduled to come on stream in January 2006. The COHSOD which focussed…
Read More » -
YOUTH TRAINING ADVANCES IN REGIONAL HIV/AIDS FIGHT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean region seeks to intensify its response in the fight against HIV/AIDS, a number of the Region’s youth are being empowered to develop and implement community-based HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support and stigma and discrimination projects. The capacity building initiatives and financial resources are being provided under the Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP)/CARICOM Youth…
Read More » -
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO HOST CARIFESTA IX, SEPTEMBER 2006
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Festival of Arts –CARIFESTA-has been revived and restructured and will be held in Trinidad and Tobago from Friday the 22 of September to Sunday the 1st of October 2006. CARICOM Secretariat’s Programme Manager for Culture Dr. Hillary Brown told the Thirteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD Xlll) being…
Read More » -
WTO Rules Against Banana Tariff, Europe Must Negotiate Fair Resolution
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – A ruling handed down by World Trade Organization (WTO) Arbitrators October 27 on the proposed European Union banana tariff has met with deep shock and disappointment across the Caribbean. The Arbitrators ruled that the proposal would not maintain market access for third country or most favoured nation (MFN) suppliers. The Arbitrators’ ruling determined that “the European…
Read More » -
Chairperson Of WTO Ministerial To Meet With Key Caribbean Trade Ministers
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology of Hong Kong, China Mr. John Tsang will be in the Caribbean during the first week of November. Secretary Tsang is expected to visit Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica, in his capacity as Chairperson of the Sixth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, to be held in Hong Kong from December…
Read More » -
CSME, YOUTH FOCUS FOR COHSOD GEORGETOWN MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials responsible for human development will advance talks for the establishment of a Demand Reduction Programme for Drugs when they meet under the umbrella of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) in Guyana this week. The Thirteenth Meeting of the COHSOD, scheduled for 26-28 October, will also focus sharply on perspectives,…
Read More »