Meetings and Events

  • Photo of CARICOM Chair Wants Region to Collaborate, Innovate, Act for a resilient, digitally transformed Community

    CARICOM Chair Wants Region to Collaborate, Innovate, Act for a resilient, digitally transformed Community

    The Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, wants the Region to collaborate boldly, innovate fearlessly, and act accountably to take advantage of the digital revolution, and accelerate regional integration. Prime Minister Mitchell, Chair of CARICOM, and lead Head of Government with responsibility for Science and Technology in the CARICOM Quasi Cabinet, made the call while delivering the keynote address…

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  • Photo of Statisticians recommend steps for more efficient census-taking

    Statisticians recommend steps for more efficient census-taking

    Directors of Statistics and other stakeholders in the field have made recommendations to create a more efficient process for the conduct of censuses. The recommendations to improve the mammoth undertaking – a complete count of the population – include initiating the planning process earlier; shortening the census questionnaire and employing different modes of enumeration such as self-enumeration through computer-assisted, web…

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  • Photo of Grenada Prime Minister to chair Special COTED on ICT

    Grenada Prime Minister to chair Special COTED on ICT

    Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM and Prime Minister of Grenada, the Hon. Dickon Mitchell, will preside over the 111th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on 5 December 2024, which will focus on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Prime Minister Mitchell is the lead Head of Government for Science and Technology in the CARICOM…

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  • Photo of  ‘Adopt realistic, practical decisions’ – CARICOM Secretary-General urges Trade Ministers

     ‘Adopt realistic, practical decisions’ – CARICOM Secretary-General urges Trade Ministers

     CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett has called on the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to adopt realistic and practical decisions that everyone in the Community can rely on. Dr. Barnett made the call at the opening of the Fifty-Ninth Regular Meeting of the COTED on Wednesday 27 November 2024, at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana, where she also urged…

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  • Photo of Remarks by Dr. Carla N. Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General,  | Opening, Fifty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development| Georgetown, Guyana| 27 November 2024

    Remarks by Dr. Carla N. Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, | Opening, Fifty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development| Georgetown, Guyana| 27 November 2024

    ‘As this COTED deliberates, we are reminded that the framers of the Revised Treaty sought to be careful to strike the right balance between the common interests of the Community and the interests of Member States within our Community of sovereign states. They did not intend to promote winners and losers; rather, the objective is a Community that supports enhanced…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Secretary-General participates in Ivan Plus 20 Dialogue

    CARICOM Secretary-General participates in Ivan Plus 20 Dialogue

    Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, participated in the Ivan Plus 20 Dialogue that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The event took place on Friday 15 November, in the margins of the Twenty-Ninth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 29). The Dialogue focused on shaping a resilient Caribbean by 2044. Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM…

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  • Photo of Remarks by Dr. Carla Barnett, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)| Second CARICOM-India Summit| Georgetown, Guyana| 20 November 2024

    Remarks by Dr. Carla Barnett, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)| Second CARICOM-India Summit| Georgetown, Guyana| 20 November 2024

    “CARICOM and India share a longstanding history and deep-rooted partnership, through diplomatic relations forged at the bilateral level and further consolidated between CARICOM and India for over three decades. This longstanding friendship has been marked by several high-level political interactions, including the Inaugural CARICOM-India Summit in 2019 and a robust framework of technical cooperation. CARICOM and India also share fundamental…

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  • Photo of ‘COP 29 must deliver’ – CARICOM Secretary-General

    ‘COP 29 must deliver’ – CARICOM Secretary-General

    COP29 must deliver a climate finance goal that is credible and consequential for achieving the 1.5℃ goal, Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, said on Wednesday. The Secretary-General made the call at a Leaders’ Summit of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on Climate Change at the COP29 (Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…

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  • Photo of CARICOM shaping policy guidance on AI’s role in sustainability, climate action –Secretary-General Barnett tells COP29 Leaders’ Summit

    CARICOM shaping policy guidance on AI’s role in sustainability, climate action –Secretary-General Barnett tells COP29 Leaders’ Summit

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been developing an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Development Policy and Programme that includes creating regional AI policy guidance to consider its role in sustainability and climate action. Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, spoke of the AI policy thrust on Wednesday, 13 November, during a Leaders’ Summit of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on Climate…

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  • Photo of Former Directors of Statistics recognised for ‘yeoman service’ to CARICOM

    Former Directors of Statistics recognised for ‘yeoman service’ to CARICOM

    In appreciation of the yeoman service they rendered to the field of statistics in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), former Directors of Statistics were awarded on 5 November at the conclusion of a CARICOM Population and Housing Census Symposium in Placencia, Belize. Mr. Halim Brizan, Director, Regional Statistics, CARICOM Secretariat, presented the tokens to Ms. Carol Coy, former Director-General, Statistical Institute…

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