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  • Photo of Guyana public sector representatives benefit from Competition Law and Policy training

    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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  • Photo of CARICOM HRD consultations continue with OECS Member States

    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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  • Photo of Free Movement Sensitization for Labour Stakeholders

    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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  • Guyana Education Minister expresses support for HRD Consultations

    The Guyana Minister of Education Hon. Rupert Roopnaraine has expressed the support of his Ministry and the Guyana Government for the national consultations on Human Resources Development that were launched in Guyana on Monday. Minister Roopnarine expressed those views in an interview with the CARICOM Secretariat following the opening ceremony for the first HRD Consultation at the  National Centre for Education…

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  • Photo of Consultations to improve Region’s education and human resources launched in Guyana

    Consultations to improve Region’s education and human resources launched in Guyana

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Monday, 17 October, in Guyana, launched the first in a series of consultations geared to improve the Region’s education system and human resources. Other consultations will be held across the CARICOM Member States  and are expected to provide insight for the crafting of a Regional Education and Human Resource Development Strategy. Speaking at the official opening at…

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  • Photo of HRD Consultations to kick off Monday in Guyana

    HRD Consultations to kick off Monday in Guyana

    The CARICOM Secretariat along with the Human Resource Development Commission will be hosting a series of national consultations across the Region in its quest to develop a strategy that will shape the future of the Region’s education and human resources. The first consultation will be held in National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD), Georgetown, Guyana on 17 October, 2016.  Other consultations will be…

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  • Photo of CARICOM to support relief and recovery efforts in Haiti and The Bahamas post Hurricane Matthew

    CARICOM to support relief and recovery efforts in Haiti and The Bahamas post Hurricane Matthew

    Barbados, October 14, 2016 (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Community will rally support for its Member States, Haiti and The Bahamas, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew. This was presented during CARICOM’s high level mission to both countries from October 11 – 13, 2016. The delegation which was led by Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community,…

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  • Photo of Workshop participants pleased with prep for CBD COP

    Workshop participants pleased with prep for CBD COP

    Dr. Thérèse Yarde from Caribbean Community on Vimeo. Participants at a CARICOM workshop geared at preparing Member States’ representatives for the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to be held in Mexico in December said they were very pleased with the activity. The workshop, which was being hosted by the CARICOM ACP-MEAs project at the Grand Coastal…

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  • Photo of Region to target growth opportunities in Services Sector

    Region to target growth opportunities in Services Sector

    Stakeholders in the Services Sector across the Region will seek to develop Regional Strategies and Action Plans to boost investment, output, employment and trade in the sector when they meet at a Regional Symposium in Antigua and Barbuda, 17 – 19 October, 2016. The event, which will bring together public and private sector representatives from CARICOM/CARIFORUM Member States will focus…

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  • CCRIF to make additional payouts to countries affected by Hurricane Matthew

    GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, Oct. 13, CMC – CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) is now preparing to make additional payouts totaling almost US$8 million to CCRIF member countries that were affected by Hurricane Matthew. The scheduled payouts have been triggered by the Excess Rainfall policies of Haiti, Barbados, St Lucia and St. Vincent & the Grenadines…

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