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CARICOM Accelerates Electric Mobility Push Through Regional Strategy and High-Impact Webinars
As part of its sustainable energy drive, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is accelerating efforts to advance electric mobility across the Region, increasing awareness, guidance, and uptake of electric vehicles (EVs). CARICOM is pressing ahead with EV adoption, with some Member States already demonstrating strong progress. To address growing interest and information gaps around EV benefits, costs, maintenance, utility, and end-of-life…
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Registration Opens for Inaugural Caribbean Youth Diplomacy Development Course
The Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) Caribbean invites all Caribbean youth (aged 18 – 35) to apply for the inaugural GYBN Caribbean Youth Diplomacy Development Course. Held in partnership with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, the course curriculum will assist participants in furthering their understanding of the UN Convention…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Knowledge Hub launched for 50th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting
Key features include a media center for media releases, high-level speeches, image galleries, videos, and a consistently updated news tab. Details of the Meeting, including information on the speakers, special guests, thematic focus points, and the programme of events will also be included on the platform. (Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Secretariat has launched an…
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Agriculture stakeholders trained to improve access to regional markets
Agriculture focal points in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) participated in a training session on 22 January on the use of a digital platform for agricultural market information. The platform, titled Regional Electronic Agricultural Market Information System (REAMIS), is designed to connect farmers with market data, business tools, and networking opportunities, and improve access to regional markets under the 25 x 25…
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Multi-level, virtual regional crop protection training starts for CARICOM Agriculture stakeholders
Hundreds of stakeholders in the agriculture sector in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are participating in a six-week course aimed at building capacity in crop protection. The distance learning, self-paced theoretical training course, which began on Monday, 26 January 2025, is a collaborative effort among the CARICOM Secretariat; Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), a regional institution; and COLEAD, a…
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Deeper CARICOM integration key to navigating fractured global trade order – Amb. Wayne McCook
A senior Caribbean Community (CARICOM) official has positioned deeper regional integration as a strategic response to an increasingly fragmented and uncertain global trade environment, as global rules-based systems weaken and economic nationalism intensifies. Ambassador Wayne McCook, Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM Single Market and Trade, was a panelist discussing Prospects for International Trade in 2026 in the Context of the Changing Global…
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St Kitts and Nevis Youth Ambassadors call for innovation, unity, and measurable impact as CARICOM leaders convene in February 2026
“Caribbean youth are not just the leaders of tomorrow. We are the innovators of today.” Aquanjé Robinson, St Kitts and Nevis CARICOM Youth Ambassador As St Kitts and Nevis prepares to host the 50th Regular Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government, scheduled for 24 – 27 February 2026, that country’s CARICOM Youth Ambassadors, Aquanjé Robinson and Siobhan…
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CARICOM Chair to meet with Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
The Honourable Dr Terrance Drew, Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will make an official visit to Trinidad and Tobago this week to meet with the Prime Minister, the Honourable Kamla Persad- Bissessar and members of her team. The Chair will be accompanied by CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett. The meeting is part of the Chair’s focus on face-to-face discussions…
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Fiftieth CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting convenes in St Kitts and Nevis in February
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Tuesday, 27 January 2026) – The Fiftieth (50th) Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will begin on Tuesday, 24 February 2026, in Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis, under the theme “Beyond Words: Action Today for a Thriving, Sustainable CARICOM”. The Honourable Dr Terrance Drew, Prime…
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Kersha Roderick and CARICOM BOOST: Growing Together, Thriving Together!
On a bright Grenadian morning, Farmer Kersha Roderick can be found walking through her fields with a smile that says it all: this is more than farming; it is a mission. Kersha’s story is one of vision and determination. With the support of the CARICOM BOOST: Women and Youth in Agriculture Project, she is turning her farm into a model…
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