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Closing Remarks by Dr. Carla Barnett, Secretary-General, CARICOM | The Caribbean Delegation Presentation of the Caribbean Regional Initiative| The Hand in Hand Investment Forum | Rome, Italy | 15 October 2024
“CARICOM recognises the Hand-in-Hand Initiative as a beneficial vehicle in supporting the removal of barriers to agricultural development. We note its support to governments, development partners and the private sector for more precisely targetted agricultural investments, and to implement policies for resilient, sustainable and productive agrifood systems.” – CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett Mr. Dongyu QU, Director-General, Food and Agriculture…
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Four CARICOM Countries in Pilot Project to improve access to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
This crucial effort is poised to transform how the people of the Caribbean Community access instructional programmes or courses that focus on the skills required for a specific job function or trade. Tuesday, 15 October 2024 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown): Four CARICOM Member States are participating in the pilot phase of the Digitalisation of Technical and Vocational Education and…
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CARICOM welcomes new Chilean Ambassador
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has welcomed a new Ambassador of Chile, His Excellency Bernardo José del Picó Rubio with Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett calling on the country to amplify the Community’s concerns for fair contributions from the developed world to address climate change and to restructure the international financial architecture.Delivering remarks at the…
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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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Remarks by Director, Sectoral Programmes, CARICOM Secretariat, Ambassador David Prendergast |Special Meeting of COTED (Agriculture) | 11 October 2024, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Hon. Saboto Caesar, Chair of this morning’s 115th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), Hon. Ministers, Regional Institutions, Delegates, Stakeholders, I extend welcome to Ministers and delegations this 115th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) – Agriculture. As we consider achievements under the 25…
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Remarks by Assistant Secretary-General, Elizabeth Solomon | Colloquium to mark the Thirtieth Anniversary of the ACS| Cartegena, Colombia
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – It is an honour to deliver remarks at this Colloquium to mark the Thirtieth Anniversary of the creation of the Association of Caribbean States. The theme “Convergence and Cooperation in the Caribbean” is, to say the least, timely. Not enough can be said, indeed, not enough can be done, to underscore the significance…
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CARICOM Governments allocating more money to agriculture – CARICOM SG at CWA youth seminar
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater, Guyana) – CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, on Tuesday, highlighted the increased funding governments are allocating to agriculture as the Region moves to boost food production and reduce its food imports. “Since the Region has been focusing on the 25 by 2025 [Initiative], we are, in fact, seeing governments allocating increased amounts in their budgets to…
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Agriculture Ministers meet in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for Special COTED
Ministers of Agriculture from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on 11 October 2024 in a special session of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). The Ministerial Meeting is the final activity of the 18th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) now underway in Kingstown. A key Agenda item will be an update…
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CARICOM awards innovative regional farmers, new CARICOM Youth Farmer of Year and Ministers of Agriculture Farmer of the Year
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – On Monday 7 October, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) presented awards to regional farmers as part of activities to mark the 18th Caribbean Week of Agriculture that is underway in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The presentation was made during the opening ceremony of the event which featured addresses and remarks from the…
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