Statistics
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BELIZE HOSTS 2024 CARICOM STATISTICS MEETINGS
The Government of Belize, in partnership with the Statistical Institute of Belize, the CARICOM Secretariat, the United Nations Population Fund, the European Union, and the Commonwealth Secretariat, will host the 2024 CARICOM Statistics Meetings in Placencia, Belize. The Meetings began on 31 October and will conclude on 8 November 2024. This series of meetings, held annually in one of the…
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Remarks by Halim Brizan, Director, Regional Statistics Programme, CARICOM Secretariat | Virtual Regional Workshop on National Accounts | 17-19 September 2024
It is indeed my distinct pleasure to welcome you to this pivotal workshop on National Accounts. I am Halim Brizan, Director of Regional Statistics and on behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat and the Regional Statistics Programme, I extend a warm welcome to each of you. Today we come together with a shared purpose: to culminate our journey of understanding and…
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Message by The Prime Minister of Grenada, The Hon. Dickon Mitchell | 50th Anniversary of The Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians, and The Sixteenth Observance of Caribbean Statistics Day | 15 October 2024
It is with a deep sense of honour, pride and responsibility that I deliver this message on the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians and the 16th Observance of Caribbean Statistics Day under the theme ‘Improving Lives through Statistics, Strengthening and Innovating together’. The year 2024 holds great significance for regional statistics since, 50…
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Message From Dr. Carla N. Barnett, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)| Fiftieth Anniversary of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians | Sixteenth Observance of Caribbean Statistics Day | 15 October 2024
“The theme selected for Caribbean Statistics Day 2024, ‘Improving Lives through Statistics: Strengthening and Innovating Together’ underscores the critical role that statistics play in enhancing the welfare of CARICOM citizens. It recognises regional efforts to strengthen capacity to enhance our statistical systems and to generate accurate, reliable, timely and relevant data for policy development and decision making. Harmonised statistics are…
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Regional Statisticians meet in Georgetown
Statisticians from across the Region are in Guyana for a training programme on statistical data and metadata eXchange (SDMX). The workshop, hosted by the CARICOM Secretariat in collaboration with the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat), is being held at the Bureau of Statistics office in Georgetown. It began on Monday, 22 April, and will conclude on Friday, 26…
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Climate Change is a numbers game that we must understand- Environment Minister, The Bahamas
“Climate Change is a numbers game, and we have to understand what the numbers mean and what they mean for our future,” said the Hon. Vaughn Miller, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources of The Bahamas.He was at the time delivering remarks at the opening of a capacity-building workshop for environment and Climate Change statistics and indicators on 12…
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Message from CARICOM Secretary-General on the Fifteenth Observance of Caribbean Statistics Day, 15 October 2023
Sunday, 15 October 2023 marks the fifteenth observance of Caribbean Statistics Day, when we take time to highlight the importance of statistics to inform the development strategies of the countries of our Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as we work at the national and regional levels to improve the lives of the people of the Community. We also acknowledge the vital role…
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CARICOM Secretariat Develops Online Platform for Sustainable Statistical Capacity-Building
The Regional Statistics Programme of the CARICOM Secretariat has established an electronic platform for training, research and knowledge acquisition that is aimed at improving statistical capacity in the Region on a sustainable basis. The platform is the Statistical Training and Research in the Caribbean (e-CISTAR) financed under the 11th European Development Fund Strengthening the Framework of CARICOM Integration and Cooperation…
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CARICOM Secretariat holds live radio and online programme on Census
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will hold a live radio and online discussion on Thursday, 28 April 2022, on the Population and Housing Census. Among the participants on the interactive radio talk show will be CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Armstrong Alexis, and Director, Regional Statistics, Dr. Philomen Harrison, Directors of Statistics and Chief Statistics Officers, and representatives of International Development…
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Message on the occasion of Caribbean Statistics Day 2021 – 15 October – by Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Science and Technology in the CARICOM Quasi Cabinet, and Champion of Statistics
Sisters and brothers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), as we live through this difficult and unprecedented time, it is now quite clear how destructive COVID-19 is, leaving many in a state of disbelief, lives in disarray and families in mourning. The observance of Caribbean Statistics Day provides an opportune moment to underscore the crucial role statistics has played thus far…
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