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  • Photo of Successes in Region’s Food Security Initiative

    Successes in Region’s Food Security Initiative

    Ambassador David Prendergast, Director, Sectoral Programmes at the CARICOM Secretariat, has highlighted the positive results of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) 25 x 2025+5 Initiative. He identified the key advancements in the approval and implementation of the Trade Policy for Animal and Animal Products (TPAAP), Regional Agricultural Health and Food Safety Policy, Sanitary and Phyto Sanitary (SPS) Guidelines for Trade in…

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  • Photo of COTED officials meet to prepare for Ministerial session in June

    COTED officials meet to prepare for Ministerial session in June

    Preparations have begun for the 60th Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), which will be held early next month in Georgetown, Guyana. Under the chairmanship of Honourable Kerrie Symmonds, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados, regional ministers responsible for trade and economic development will meet 10-11 June. To advance the…

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  • Photo of Private sector must lead in quest to strengthen regional food security – Amb. David Prendergast

    Private sector must lead in quest to strengthen regional food security – Amb. David Prendergast

    The private sector in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) must take the lead in strengthening regional food security, driving economic development, and stimulating investment in the agriculture sector. Ambassador David Prendergast, Director, Sectoral Programmes at the CARICOM Secretariat, underlined the private sector’s role while speaking on 13 May 2025 at the opening of the Caribbean Poultry Association’s (CPA) Eighth International Technical…

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  • Photo of Food security and nutrition in focus at statistics workshop

    Food security and nutrition in focus at statistics workshop

    Regional statisticians and agriculture stakeholders are participating in a workshop in Trinidad and Tobago aimed at building capacity to measure and monitor food security and nutrition (FSN). Representatives from the CARICOM Secretariat, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Ministries of Agriculture, National Statistical Offices, Food and Nutrition specialists, and other regional and international organisations, are at…

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  • Photo of Cooperate to ensure good environmental governance, sustainable development – CARICOM ASG

    Cooperate to ensure good environmental governance, sustainable development – CARICOM ASG

    CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Dr. Wendell Samuel, has called for cooperation to shape a future in which “our environment, including oceans, is not only protected, but fully leveraged for the benefit of our people and future generations.” Dr. Samuel, who heads the Economic Integration, Innovation and Development Directorate at the CARICOM Secretariat, issued the call at the launch of the CARICOM…

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  • Photo of CARICOM SG and Institutions discuss the impacts of declining international development assistance

    CARICOM SG and Institutions discuss the impacts of declining international development assistance

    Executive Directors and other senior officials of Caribbean Community Institutions have updated Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett about the adverse effect of the current geopolitical developments on their ability to deliver essential services to the Region. The developments were highlighted during a virtual meeting which the Secretary-General convened with Executive Directors and other senior officials of Community Institutions on Tuesday, 29 April. The…

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  • Photo of ‘We celebrate the progress made in education, digital transformation and digital literacy’ – CARICOM Secretary-General on Girls in ICT Day 2025

    ‘We celebrate the progress made in education, digital transformation and digital literacy’ – CARICOM Secretary-General on Girls in ICT Day 2025

    “We celebrate the progress made in education, digital transformation and digital literacy, as a growing number of women and girls have forged new pathways as innovators of digital technology in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and the Arts (STEM/STEAM) in our Community”, Dr. Carla Barnett said in a message to mark Girls in ICT Day 2025. Please read the Secretary-General’s message…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Border Control Officers end CSME attachment programme in Guyana

    CARICOM Border Control Officers end CSME attachment programme in Guyana

    CARICOM Border Control Officers concluded the second leg of an attachment programme in Georgetown, Guyana. The CARICOM Secretariat’s Single Market and Trade Directorate facilitated the in-country activity under the CARICOM Skilled Workers Programme (SWP) which provided participants from Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada, with exposure to CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) processes. They…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Delegation Hails Qatar’s Continued Aviation Scholarships and Training Support

    CARICOM Delegation Hails Qatar’s Continued Aviation Scholarships and Training Support

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM has expressed appreciation to the Government of Qatar for continuing to provide scholarships and training opportunities for young aspiring aviation professionals from the Region. A CARICOM delegation that participated in an international aviation conference in Qatar, conveyed its gratitude during talks with His Excellency Mohammed Faleh Al-Hajri, Acting President of the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA).…

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  • Photo of Celebrating Girls in ICT on 24 April

    Celebrating Girls in ICT on 24 April

    ‘Girls in ICT, Building CARICOM’ is the theme guiding the Community’s celebration of International Girls in ICT Day on 24 April. The Day is an annual observance led by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to encourage girls and young women to pursue careers in information and communication technologies (ICT) and Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEM/STEAM).   To celebrate…

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