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Guyana public sector representatives benefit from Competition Law and Policy training
More than fifteen public sector representatives in Guyana are now more empowered to address issues related to competition law and policy, as a result of training received at a CARIFORUM-EU workshop held from 17 -21 October 2016, in Georgetown. The workshop on competition law and policy was designed to increase knowledge and awareness and to build the intuitional capacity of…
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CARICOM HRD consultations continue with OECS Member States
National consultations that are expected to help shape the Region’s education and human resources continued in Saint Lucia on Monday. The CARICOM Secretariat, in collaboration with the Human Resource Development Commission, embarked on these consultations which will be crucial to molding the Region’s youth and future employees. The consultations are being held across the CARICOM Member States and are expected to provide insight…
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Free Movement Sensitization for Labour Stakeholders
Employers and workers organizations as well as other labour-related entities across the region are to become more aware of the free movement provisions of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). This is due to a series of free movement sensitization sessions by the CARICOM Secretariat which began earlier this year. The latest activity is set for Dominica and will…
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Perspectives on the 2016 Youth Development Index: Role of youth in building resilient economies for small states
By Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) I am pleased to provide a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) perspective for the 2016 Youth Development Index, which is an important resource for youth stakeholders across the globe. Approximately sixty-three percent or nine million of the Caribbean Community’s population is under the age of 30. This implies that special policies should be developed…
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UWI Regional Task Force on Zika tracks rare neurological disorder
The Caribbean has moved one step closer to uncovering the link between the Zika virus disease and a rare neurological illness. Once an obscure pathogen, the mosquito-borne Zika virus quickly spread to more than 40 countries in the Americas after an outbreak in northeast Brazil in early 2015. The outbreak could pose an economic burden of $3.5 billion on…
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CCRIF completes 29 million dollar payments to Member Governments affected by Hurricane Matthew
The Regional Institution set up to provide rapid cash flow support to Member States after major natural disasters has paid almost 30 million US dollars to four countries affected by the recent passage of the destructive hurricane Matthew. The CCRIF-SPC (The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility – Segregated Portfolio Company) has announced that completed payments totalling US$29,204,248 were made…
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Reparations Baton passes to Antigua/Barbuda
Following stops in Barbados and Guyana, the CARICOM Reparations Commission’s baton makes a stop in Antigua and Barbuda where a Reparations Relay will be held as part of National Heroes Day celebrations next Wednesday. The Baton was handed over by Dr. Hillary Browne, Programme Manager, Culture, CARICOM Secretariat, to Ambassador Anthony Liverpool of the Antigua/Barbuda Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the…
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Training for establishment of a Labour Market Information System gets underway in Guyana
In order to promote the free movement of skills within the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME), the Caricom Secretariat is currently hosting a three-day workshop in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection on the establishment of a Labour Market Information System. According to Caricom’s Deputy Programme Manager of the Free Movement and Labour of the CSME Unit,…
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Services Sector Stakeholders to present actionable plans to Antigua-Barbuda PM
Services sector stakeholders from across the Region were Wednesday meeting in Working Groups to develop Strategies and Action Plans to carry priority areas of the sector forward over the next three years. The public and private sector stakeholders have been in Antigua and Barbuda since Monday for a Regional Symposium on Services. Today’s Working Groups are focusing on Professional Services,…
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EU Signs Declaration on Sustainable Energy with CARIFORUM
The signing of a Joint Declaration on Sustainable Energy between the European Union, the European Investment Bank and CARIFORUM on reinforced co-operation in the field of sustainable energy was one of the highlights of the recently concluded EU-Caribbean Sustainable Energy Conference which was held in Barbados from 10-11 October. In addition, five renewable energy support programmes for the region totalling…
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