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Dominican economist outlines four-step approach to access CSM opportunities
ROSEAU, Dominica — Dominican service providers and media have been challenged to take example from the several service providers moving freely within the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) providing services to governments, regional and international NGOs and the private sector. Addressing a CSME media workshop in Dominica last week, independent finance, management and business consultant Lucilla Lewis proposed a four-step formula…
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Final Declaration issued by the Meeting of The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba and of the Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 17 September 2010, Havana, Cuba
THE Barbados-based CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) has approved an additional EC$2,025,000/US$750,000 loan for the new Argyle International Airport (AIA) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The funding will be used to purchase equipment to establish a 218 kVa solar energy farm that will reduce electricity costs at the multi-million dollar facility. CDF’s CEO, Ambassador Lorne McDonnough, explained that this pilot renewable energy project will provide approximately 35…
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Andros mangrove restoration project shortlisted to win exclusive European grant
ANDROS, The Bahamas – In 2014 ten million people were engaged to vote for fifteen projects from around the world supporting conservation projects to win one of the three coveted European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) grants. This year the only project short listed from the Caribbean region is a coastal/mangrove restoration project in Andros, Bahamas. This project was submitted by…
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Statement of Caribbean women, women’s organizations and other civil society organizations on the occasion of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 59, Beijing + 20
We, women of the Caribbean Regional Network of Organizations and our allies, form part of a global movement dedicated to ensuring that our Governments and other actors respect, protect and guarantee the full enjoyment of the human rights of all women and girls. On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the commitments made in the Beijing Declaration and the…
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IDB calls for gender equality in the Caribbean
WASHINGTON, CMC – President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno, in his message to mark International Women’s Day, has called for gender equality in the Caribbean and Latin America. “On this International Women's Day, we reaffirm our commitment to the advancement of women and the achievement of more prosperous and egalitarian societies,” said Moreno in a statement.…
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CDB considering appropriate housing solutions for low lower-middle income owners
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar 9, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it is now revising its “Housing Sector Policy and Strategy’ so as to better assist regional countries deal with their housing problems, particularly for low and lower middle-income segments of the population. The CDB said that recent studies suggest that the housing deficit in Latin America and…
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Partnership Between Businesses in the Caribbean and EU to be Bolstered by the 3rd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) will host its third CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum, scheduled to take place on April 15 – 16 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The conference, which is organised in collaboration with the ACP Business Climate facility (BizClim), seeks to enhance partnerships between Caribbean businesses and those in Europe, enable public-private dialogue, and support the business climate…
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Mobile technology a lever for women’s empowerment
PARIS – Providing women with greater access to mobile technology could increase literacy, advance development and open up much-needed educational and employment opportunities, according to experts at the fourth United Nations’ Mobile Learning Week conference here. “Mobile technology can offer learning where there are no books, no classrooms, even no teachers. This is especially important for women and girls who…
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Caribbean Media Group Helps Trinidad School
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (March 6, 2015) – Students with learning disabilities in Trinidad recently received a helping hand from the Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) when the US-based nonprofit organization donated sporting equipment to Eshe's Learning Centre in Woodbrook. Basketballs, soccer balls and other sporting equipment presented by CMEx President Bevan Springer were gratefully received by Kitts Cadette, principal of…
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OAS Member States Receive Reports on the Negotiations for a Binding Global Agreement on Climate Change
The Permanent Council and the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) of the Organization of American States (OAS) today received in an special joint session two reports on the results of the meeting of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima in December (COP 20), and the status of the negotiations for the 2015 edition of the meeting (COP…
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