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  • Photo of CDB Vice President Calls for Action to Strengthen Caribbean Resilience and Economic Stability

    CDB Vice President Calls for Action to Strengthen Caribbean Resilience and Economic Stability

    The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) is urging regional governments and development partners to take decisive action to address persistently low growth and high debt across the Caribbean. Speaking at the 2nd Caribbean Debt Forum, Ian Durant, Vice-President Finance and Corporate Services (Ag.) of CDB, outlined a comprehensive set of recommendations to support inclusive sustainable development through improvements in competitiveness, while maintaining macroeconomic stability…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Declaration on the Tenth Anniversary of the Paris Agreement and COP 30

    CARICOM Declaration on the Tenth Anniversary of the Paris Agreement and COP 30

    Adopted Thursday, 16 October 2025, by the Forty-First Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Reaffirming that climate change presents a fundamental threat to humanity and planetary habitability, Gravely concerned that the Caribbean small island and low lying coastal developing states (SIDS), despite our…

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  • Photo of CARICOM SG at UNCTAD16 | 20 -23 October

    CARICOM SG at UNCTAD16 | 20 -23 October

    (Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett is participating in the 16th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD16) from 20–23 October 2025. Held under the theme, “Shaping the Future: Driving Economic Transformation for Equitable, Inclusive and Sustainable Development,” the conference brings together world leaders, changemakers, and experts to discuss…

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  • Photo of Message From Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General on Caribbean Statistics Day | 15 October 2025

    Message From Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General on Caribbean Statistics Day | 15 October 2025

    “Improving Lives through Statistics: Strengthening and Innovating Together” Caribbean Statistics Day on 15 October 2025 coincides with the culmination of the 2024-2025 Year of Statistics in CARICOM, which marked the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians. This jubilee milestone year highlights the importance of statistics in shaping the development and resilience of CARICOM. During the year, the…

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  • Photo of CRFM inks new accords with OECS, The UWI

    CRFM inks new accords with OECS, The UWI

    The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) sealed its first bilateral accord with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. The signing was executed during the Sixteenth Special Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council, held in Saint Kitts and Nevis during Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA)—an annual event convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. The…

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  • Photo of `Speak our truth’ – CARICOM Secretary-General rallies COP 30 negotiators

    `Speak our truth’ – CARICOM Secretary-General rallies COP 30 negotiators

    As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prepares for the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Brazil next month, Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett, said the negotiations demand the highest level of strategic political coordination, moral clarity and regional solidarity. The Secretary-General was addressing Ministers with responsibility for the…

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  • Photo of Four countries sign CRFM Agreement

    Four countries sign CRFM Agreement

    Anguilla, The Bahamas, Dominica, and Montserrat have signed on to the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), formalising their membership in the 22-year-old institution, inaugurated in Belize City, Belize, in March 2003. The momentous signing was done en bloc at the Sixteenth Special Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council, held during the recently concluded Caribbean Week of Agriculture,…

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  • Photo of Regional statisticians undergo training to design high quality questionnaires

    Regional statisticians undergo training to design high quality questionnaires

    As efforts continue to build the capacity of statistical offices in the Region, the CARICOM Secretariat has convened a workshop geared at designing high-quality questionnaires for household and business surveys. The week-long training session, which is being held in Kingston, Jamaica, began on 6 October, and is funded by the European Union under the 11th European Development Fund Programme: Strengthening…

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  • Photo of Special Meeting of COTED on Agriculture held in St. Kitts and Nevis

    Special Meeting of COTED on Agriculture held in St. Kitts and Nevis

    The 121st Meeting of Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture convened in St. Kitts and Nevis, on Thursday, 2 October 2025, under the chairmanship of the Hon. Indar A. Weir, M.P.. Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security of Barbados. One of the main activities of the 19th Caribbean Week of Agriculture in St. Kitts and Nevis, the one-day meeting…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General hails Saint Lucia’s launch of national statistics strategy

    CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General hails Saint Lucia’s launch of national statistics strategy

    Saint Lucia has launched its National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS), marking a significant milestone in the Caribbean Community’s collective pursuit of evidence-based decision-making and sustainable development. CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Armstrong Alexis, participated in the launch in Castries on 23 September 2025, hailing it as not just a national achievement, but “a regional one that contributes to…

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