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CARIFORUM-EU Civil Society Representatives review key EPA issues in The Bahamas
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Civil society representatives from CARIFORUM and the European Union (EU) met recently in The Bahamas to discuss the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), focusing on trade in services, the agreement’s five-year review, and the impact of International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions on EPA implementation. Representing the CARIFORUM Directorate at the Eighth…
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Border Control Officers begin attachment in Belize
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The CARICOM Secretariat’s Director of Single Market, Mr. Leo Preville says sustained capacity building is key for implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). Mr. Preville was speaking at a planning meeting ahead of the final segment of the CARICOM Skilled Workers Programme (SWP), which begins 31 March in…
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CARIFORUM and the EU advance CARIFORUM EU Agreement for the Protection of Geographical Indications
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Representatives from Intellectual Property Offices and National EPA Coordinators of CARIFORUM States met with their European Union counterparts on recently to continue discussions for a CARIFORUM-EU Agreement for the Protection of Geographical Indications. A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on products having a specific geographical origin and whose qualities…
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CARICOM, UN, European Commission call for cooperation, partnerships amid global flux
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Chair of CARICOM, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley of Barbados; CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett; United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres; and European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen have underscored the need to work together amid current global flux. Delivering the keynote address at the 48th Regular Meeting of the…
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The European Union supports Wider Caribbean Cooperation through new € 1 million facility
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – On 10 September 2024, CARIFORUM launched a new €1 million Technical Cooperation Facility to enhance cooperation in the Caribbean. The Regional Technical Cooperation Facility (RTCF) is part of the European Union’s larger (€6,925,000) 11th EDF Wider Caribbean Cooperation Programme to support intra-CARIFORUM and Wider Cooperation, support to CARICOM/CARIFORUM/French Caribbean Outermost Regions (FCORs)/Overseas Countries…
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The European Union to Support Enhancement of Agri-Food Systems in the Caribbean through new € 19 Million Programme
The European Union (EU) is providing €19 million to enhance the resilience and sustainability of food systems in the Caribbean, promoting food and nutrition security, particularly for groups in vulnerable situations. This is part of the EU’s larger €600 million effort to step up support to the most vulnerable African, Caribbean and Pacific countries hit by the global food crisis.…
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Remarks by Dr Carla N. Barnett, Secretary-General CARICOM/CARIFORUM, at the Launch of the EU-CARIFORUM Food Security Programme, CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana, 23 November 2023
Honourable Zulfikar Mustapha, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana; Ms. Myriam Ferran, Deputy Director General for International Partnerships, and Other Representatives of the European Commission; Your Excellency Malgorzata Wasilewska, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Barbados, CARICOM/ CARIFORUM, and the OECS; Mr. Joseph Cox, Assistant Secretary General, Economic Integration, Innovation and Development, and Other Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat;…
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CARIFORUM Regional Adolescent Training Workshops opens: Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation critical to advance economic development
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Assistant Secretary-General (ASG), Dr. Douglas Slater, emphasised the critical link between human resource development and economic development and, in this regard, the importance of treatment and rehabilitation for persons with problematic drug use and misuse. The ASG was speaking at the Opening of the Regional Adolescent Training Workshop earlier today, in Trinidad and Tobago. “Human resource…
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European Union steps up support for Caribbean countries
Ministers of Foreign Affairs from the EU and from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) are meeting in Brussels on 16-17 July. In the margins of the 2nd EU-CELAC Foreign Ministers Meeting, Stefano Manservisi, Director-General for International Cooperation and Development, has signed three new agreements with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and CARICOM Affairs of Dominica, Francine…
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Evidence-based, data-driven policies to address drug situation, other crimes – Khemraj Ramjattan
The importance of drug observatories in the fight against the illegal drug situation was reiterated throughout the Opening Ceremony of the Regional Seminar for National Drug Observatories in the Caribbean on 4 April, 2018, at the Ramada Princess Hotel, in Georgetown, Guyana. Making the case for evidence-based, data-driven policies and practices, and international cooperation to address the illegal drug situation,…
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