Areas of Work

  • August 12, 2002
    493

    CARICOM TO INDUCT A NEW BATCH OF REGIONAL YOUTH AMBASSADORS

    His Excellency Runaldo R. Venetiaan, President of Suriname, is expected to give the opening remarks and declare open the CARICOM Regional Youth Ambassadors Training/Strategic Planning Workshop to be held from Monday 19 August to Wednesday 28 August 2002, at the Krasnapolsky Hotel, Paramaribo. The workshop, to be held under the theme, “HIV/AIDS, Human Capacity and Sustainable Development – the Challenge…

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  • July 12, 2002
    447

    CARICOM Secures Access TO CHEAPER HIV/AIDS DRUGS

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)     The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) has signed an agreement with six pharmaceutical companies, which will allow the Caribbean Region to access cheaper anti retroviral drugs for the care and treatment of persons living with HIV/AIDS. The signing of the agreement took place on Wednesday, 10 July 2002, in Barcelona Spain, concluding several months of…

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  • June 19, 2002
    465

    CARICOM TACKLES DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HIV/AIDS VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES

    HIV/AIDS related law, ethics and human rights violations will be tackled by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as the region moves to address discriminatory practices against persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families. The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) along with USAID will be lending financial support to the Community while the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network will provide technical assistance. The…

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  • June 13, 2002
    478

    TOWARDS A REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER FORUM ON YOUTH

    The just concluded CARICOM Inter-Agency Meeting on Youth has reported progress towards the creation of an enabling environment for youth development and empowerment in the Community. The CARICOM Inter-Agency Forum will be working towards developing an integrated regional initiative, bringing together regional and international agencies involved in youth development programming, national Youth Councils and CARICOM Regional Youth Ambassadors into the…

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  • May 30, 2002
    464

    REGIONAL AIDS PROJECT MANAGEMENT GROUP TO REVIEW ITS WORK

    The Fourth Meeting of the Project Management Group responsible for “Strengthening the Institutional Response to HIV/AIDS/STI in the Caribbean (SIRHASC)” will be held at the Sunset Shores Hotel in St. Vincent and the Grenadines from 6-7 June 2002. The meeting will be coordinated by the Project Implementation Unit located within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, and will…

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  • May 20, 2002
    501

    CARICOM TRADE MINISTERS MEET IN GUYANA

    Decisions leading to the continued implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) are expected to be made when Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Officials and Ministers of Government responsible for Economic Development meet in Guyana 22-28 May, 2002. The Officials will meet on 22-25 May 2002, while the Ministers will meet on 27-28 May 2002. Meeting under the umbrella of…

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  • May 8, 2002
    533

    INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY MINISTERS TO MEET

    Ministers with responsibility for Information and Communication Technology (ICT)in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are due to meet in Antigua and Barbuda next Wednesday, 15 May 2002, to look at the regional information and communication technology environment as well as to mobilise coordinated action towards the framing of regional programming and a CARICOM Policy on ICT. The Ministerial deliberations aim to…

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  • April 22, 2002
    486

    WEST INDIES CRICKET BOARD (WICB) AND CARICOM DISCUSS FUTURE OF WEST INDIES CRICKET

    The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has been invited by the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Edwin Carrington, to participate in the Civil Society “Forward Together Encounter” scheduled for 2 – 3 July 2002 in Georgetown, Guyana. The Conference, which will see the participation of the Heads of Government of CARICOM, will take place just prior to their annual…

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  • April 19, 2002
    478

    COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT CONCLUSION OF SIXTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 17-19 APRIL 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

    The Sixth Meeting of the Council for Social and Human Development (COHSOD) was held on 17-19 April 2002 in Georgetown, Guyana under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Dr. Douglas Slater, Minister of Health and the Environment, St Vincent and the Grenadines. The Meeting was attended by Dr the Hon. Jerome Walcott, Minister of Health, Barbados; Dr the Hon. Leslie Ramsammy,…

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  • April 12, 2002
    403

    US/CARICOM JOINT RESPONSE AGAINST HIV/AIDS SPREAD IN THE REGION

    Health officials from the United States Government will meet with Health Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Georgetown, Guyana, next week to determine a joint response against the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Region. This round of discussions will follow three days of deliberations by one of the Community's organs, the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), at…

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