Statistics
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Remarks By Ambassador Colin Granderson, Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign And Community Relations at The Opening Of The Thirty-Ninth Meeting Of The Standing Committee Of Caribbean Statisticians (27 -29 October 2014)
It is an honour for me to welcome you on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to this week of meetings devoted to Statistics. Today’s Thirty-Ninth Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS) and Thursday’s Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee (RCCC) will no doubt be the high points of your annual gathering.…
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Spotlight On Importance Of Statistics To Regional Development
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Regional policy-makers and other high level officials will gather in St. George’s, Grenada, on Monday, 26 May, for a discourse that is aimed at placing the spotlight on the value of statistics to regional development. Top government officials and other regional and international stakeholders will participate in a High Level Advocacy Forum on…
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Professional statisticians’ body gets Board of Directors
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr. Philomen Harrison, Project Director, Regional Statistics, CARICOM Secretariat, is the President of the Board of Directors of the newly formed Caribbean Association of Caribbean Statisticians (CAPS). Dr. Harrison was named President at the first meeting of the CAPS held in St. George’s, Grenada, on Thursday. The other Members of the Board are: Vice…
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Remarks by Mr. Crispin Gregoire Chief for the Caribbean Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (RBLAC) At the Opening Ceremony of the Second High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics St. George’s, Grenada 26 May, 2014
On behalf of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, I would like to extend my thanks to the CARICOM Secretariat for hosting this very timely High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics: Strategizing for the Development of Statistics in the Caribbean Community in the Post-2015 Development Agenda. I wish to also thank the Government and people of Grenada…
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Citizens need statistics to hold governments accountable – PM Mitchell tells High Level Forum
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Citizens of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) need appropriate statistics to hold their “governments and all serious stakeholders, accountable”, the Prime Minister of Grenada said Monday. Delivering the keynote address at the opening of the one-day Second High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics in Grenada, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell stressed that statistics was…
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