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Remarks by Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat, Ms Alison Drayton at the Opening of the 24th Meeting of the Council for National Security and Law Enforcement, Jamaica, 6 October 2022
Honourable Dr. Horace Chang, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security of Jamaica and Chairman of the Council for National Security and Law Enforcement Honourable Ministers and Heads of Delegation Distinguished Delegates Colleagues from the CARICOM Secretariat and Institutions Ladies and Gentlemen Good morning It is a privilege to welcome you to this Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for…
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CDB, CARICOM & the OECS Commission Launch Teacher Training Programme to Tackle COVID Learning Loss
15,000 educators across the region, will have the opportunity to benefit from capacity building in key components of the Learning Recovery and Enhancement Programme (Let’s REAP) for Caribbean Schools, an intervention designed to address the learning loss that occurred or worsened due to COVID-19. Launched in July 2021, Let’s REAP was developed by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the CARICOM Secretariat…
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Remarks by Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Dr Carla N Barnett at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 29 September 2022
Mr. Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva, Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Dr. Armstrong Alexis, Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat; Other Members of Staff of the Secretariat and the UNDP. It is my pleasure, to be signing this Memorandum of Understanding between our Organizations as an expression of…
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CARICOM carries out training in preparation for upgraded regional Labour Market Information System (LMIS)
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is hosting two training sessions on the Regional Labour Market Information System (LMIS) for CARICOM National Data Managers, on 27 – 28 September and 4 – 5 October 2022. The first activity is on LMIS data production. The second exercise will focus on aspects of the Statistical and Metadata eXchange (SDMX). The SDMX is critical…
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Remarks by the Chairman of CARICOM, President of Suriname, H.E. Chandrikapersad Santokhi, at the launch of the CARICOM Interactive Market Place Suspension Procedure (CIMSUPRO), 26 September 2022
Colleague Heads of Government,Minister Rishma Kuldipsingh, Minister of Economic Affairs,Dr. Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community,Distinguished Ministers,Caricom Secretariat Staff,Ladies and Gentlemen, Good day to you all! As we all can recall, one of the key principles of establishing the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), was and still is, to achieve regional integration, and economic growth, within our community.The…
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Remarks by the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr Carla Barnett at the Launch of the CARICOM Interactive Market Place and Suspension Procedure (CIMSUPRO), 26 September 2022
Your Excellency Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community; Members of the Cabinet of the Government of Suriname; Mr. Gordon Charles, Member of the Executive Committee of the CARICOM Private Sector Organization (CPSO) and Other Representatives of the Private Sector; Ambassador Wayne McCook, Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM…
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CARICOM Launches online Market Place – CIMSUPro
CARICOM is launching a major regional platform to facilitate intra-regional trade in goods and agricultural products. This CARICOM Marketplace dubbed CIMSUPRO (CARICOM Market Place and Suspension Procedure) will register suppliers and buyers of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) originating goods. The Chair of CARICOM, the President of Suriname, His Excellency Chandrikapersad Santokhi will give remarks and a ‘call-to-action’ before launching the online…
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Regional environmental negotiators in preparations for COP15
Environmental officials from Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic participated recently in a training workshop in Saint Lucia as the Region continues preparations for the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15). Supported by the European Union-funded project for Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African,…
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Statement by the Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of Suriname, 21 September 2022
At High-Level Meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti with Caribbean Partners Mister Chairman, H.E. Mr. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada;Colleague Heads of Government,Minister Victor Geneus, Minister of Foreign Affairs,H.E. Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations,Dr. Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community,Distinguished Ministers,Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning…
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CARICOM congratulates Belize on 41st Independence Anniversary
CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has congratulated Belize on the occasion of its 41st Independence Anniversary. Please see below the Secretary-General’s congratulatory message to Belize Prime Minister, the Hon. John Briceno: “Honourable Prime Minister: On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I extend congratulations to you and the People of Belize on the occasion of your country’s 41st Anniversary of…
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