Areas of Work

  • October 16, 2004
    355

    CARICOM MINISTERS ADOPT AGGRESSIVE ICT STRATEGY : COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, 15 OCTOBER 2004, BARBADOS

    The Third Meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers responsible for Information and Communication Technology, ended in Barbados, Friday, 15 October 2004, with commitment to an aggressive and focused strategy to accelerate the adoption of information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) within the Community. The accelerated focus places people first, and envisages “a new departure for Caribbean ICT and Development.”…

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  • October 14, 2004
    496

    CARICOM MINISTERS TO CONSIDER ICT STRATEGY FOR ICC WORLD CUP 2007

    Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials today refined a wide-ranging strategy to be presented to Ministers responsible for Information and Communication Technologies here on Friday 15 October. A major element of the strategy urges a business approach by CARICOM Member States to the planning and management of the ICC 2007 Cricket World Cup to maximize its financial potential. In a one-day preparatory…

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  • October 13, 2004
    548

    CARICOM CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS DEFINED AS PACESETTERS

    Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Directors of Information of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been heralded by CARICOM's Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite as specialised agents in informing the Region on government policies, plans, roles and positions. In her address to CIOs at their third meeting on 12 October in Barbados, Ambassador Applewhaite deemed the functions of CARICOM information…

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  • October 6, 2004
    481

    CARICOM MINISTERS TO PUSH ICT ADVANCEMENT

    The progress and continued advancement of the Region's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Agenda will be the central focus of CARICOM Ministers Responsible for ICT, at their Third Meeting scheduled for 15 October 2004 in Barbados. An Action Plan aimed at accelerating the implementation and effectiveness of the Region's ICT Development will be put to the CARICOM Ministers, who are…

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  • August 29, 2004
    998

    YOUTH AMBASSADORS TO SPEAK ON REGIONAL COURT, SINGLE MARKET & HIV/AIDS

    A new group of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors, selected from among their peers across the Region, will participate in a four-day strategic planning workshop beginning Saturday 31st July 2004 in St Kitts and Nevis. The young persons will be inducted into the Ambassadorship Programme at a function scheduled to take place at the headquarters of the Eastern Caribbean Central…

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  • August 23, 2004
    441

    CARICOM OFFICIAL URGES REPOSITIONING OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR

    Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are being urged to shift from a production focus to gauge and meet internal needs and export demands in the agriculture sector. This view was expressed by outgoing CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Byron Blake in the first of a series of open fora with staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown…

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  • August 23, 2004
    470

    CARICOM OFFICIAL URGES REPOSITIONING OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR

    Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are being urged to shift from a production focus to gauge and meet internal needs and export demands in the agriculture sector. This view was expressed by outgoing CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Byron Blake in the first of a series of open fora with staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown…

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  • August 23, 2004
    524

    ASSISTANCE FOR CARICOM COUNTRIES TO REMOVE TRADE RESTRICTIONS

    Caribbean Community (CARICOM) trade officials and representatives of national standards bureaux will participate in a Training for Trainers Workshop aimed at assisting CARICOM Member States to reap maximum rewards in the global trade arena. The CARICOM Secretariat is collaborating with the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) in staging the Workshop which will take place in Barbados 8-10…

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  • August 5, 2004
    499

    133/2004

    The Caribbean Community mourns the passing of one of its pioneer sons, Sir Kenneth Standard, Professor Emeritus (Community Health) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) at the age of 82. Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Rex Nettleford, remembering Sir Kenneth, recalled that in 1948 this young Barbadian, already a headmaster in his native island journeyed to Mona,…

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  • July 28, 2004
    466

    Caribbean Trade Officials to Participate in WTO General Council Meeting

    CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – A Caribbean delegation of trade experts led by the Honourable Minister of Trade in the Republic of Guyana, Clement Rohee, has left the region for Geneva this week to participate in what is shaping up to look like one of the most crucial turning points to date in the WTO talks. Subsequent to the release on…

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