Areas of Work
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CARICOM SERVICES STATISTICS WORKSHOP ENDS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The three-day workshop on Services Statistics convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Statistics Programme with funding from the USAID Caribbean Trade and Competitiveness Programme (CTRADECOM) ended in Barbados on Wednesday 13th April with discussions focussed on the profile of the financial sectors and challenges faced in the compilation of data in the Region. During the…
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WORKSHOP ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES FOR CARICOM MEMBER STATES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will benefit from a Regional workshop on International Trade in Services set for 11-14 April in Barbados, geared to equip the Region for its new trade arrangements in the international arena and more so within the context of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The three-day exercise will…
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LETTER OF INTENTION BETWEEN THE CARICOM/PANCAP MEETING TO BRAZIL, 3-8 APRIL 2005 AND THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF BRAZIL
The CARICOM/Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) observation mission to Brasilia, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 4-8 April 2005 comprised Dr. The Hon. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and Chair of PANCAP, Hon. John Maginley, Minister of Health, Sports and Youth Affairs, Antigua and Barbuda and Chair of Council for Human and Social…
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BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR CARIBBEAN HIV/AIDS PROGRAMMES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) President of Brazil, His Excellency Lula Inacio Lula da Silva has guaranteed his country's support for Technical Cooperation Programmes and capacity building of HIV/AIDS experts through exchange programmes with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. President Lula gave this assurance during a meeting with Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, at the Presidential…
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CARICOM STATISTICIANS ENDORSE COORDINATED ACTIVITY BETWEEN CIVIL REGISTRARS AND VITAL STATISTICIANS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The first Regional Workshop bringing together some seventeen Civil Registrars and Vital Statisticians from Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States ended in Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday, 6 April, with participants endorsing an initiative to establish a CARICOM Association of Civil Registrars and Vital Statisticians. The Association will lead in the execution of the plan of action adopted…
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REGIONAL FERTILITY AND MORTALITY STATISTICAL WORKSHOP UNDER WAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries gearing for the December 2005 implementation of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) are steadily focusing on improving their statistical database to ensure the effective flow of information when the CSM takes off. To this end, a three-day workshop under the theme Strengthening Capacity of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in CARICOM…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY DR. PHILOMEN HARRISON, PROGRAMME MANAGER, STATISTICS, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT OPENING OF THE REGIONAL STATISTICAL WORKSHOP, 4 APRIL 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
On behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat, let me welcome you to this CARICOM Workshop on “Strengthening Capacity of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in CARICOM Member States- Focusing on the Improvement of Statistics on Fertility and Mortality.” For those who are visiting from outside Guyana, I would also like to welcome you to Guyana, the location of the headquarters…
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PANCAP OBSERVES BRAZIL HIV/AIDS PROGRAMME
A high level team led by Dr. the Hon. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis will visit Brazil from 4-8 April 2005 to examine that country's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to explore avenues for technical cooperation between the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) and Brazil, in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. The leading…
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Canadian Minister talks Trade in the Region
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Minister Pierre Pettigrew, the Canadian Minister of International Trade, met his CARICOM counterparts in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on March 10. The meeting was co-Chaired by Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Trade and Industry Hon. Kenneth Valley. The meeting provided an opportunity for both sides to assess progress made in beleaguered global trade talks…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), TO THE JOINT MEETING OF THE CARICOM DIRECTORS OF FISHERIES/CHIEF FISHERIES OFFICERS AND JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) STUDY TEAM, 4 MARCH 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Raymond Ryan, Chairman of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum Mr. Juichiro Sasaki, Leader of the Government of Japan/ Japan International Cooperation Agency Study Team Other members of the Japanese delegation Mr. Hugh Saul, Executive Director, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism Directors of Fisheries and Chief Fisheries Officers of CARICOM Other Members of the CARICOM team Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Ladies…
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