Press Releases
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CARICOM among key partners discussing management of region’s marine resources
Key partners of the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems Project recently held discussions on the sustainable management and use of living marine resources in the Region. Project partners of the UNDP/GEF Caribbean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME+ Project), including a representative of the CARICOM Secretariat, met in Miami, 6-9 September, for the talks on coordinated action. Pollution, habitat degradation…
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Impact of cooling technologies under discussion in St. Kitts and NEvis
Basseterre, St. Kitts, (SKNIS): Delegates from across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have convened in St. Kitts and Nevis to discuss the growth of cooling technologies such, as air conditioners and refrigerators. They will also consider ways to reduce the environmental impact and high operating costs of those technologies. The participants comprise officials of government departments and agencies responsible for energy…
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CARICOM Secretariat partners with CESO: More than 80 staff members trained
Eighty CARICOM Secretariat staffers received certificates on Thursday, 8 September, 2016, after an intensive week-long training on Writing with Impact. The professional development initiative, spearheaded by the Secretariat’s Office of the Deputy Secretary-General in collaboration with the Canadian Executive Service Organisation (CESO), updated staff on current developments in the field. The training was also intended to bring staff of all…
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Youth Development, Human Resource Development getting focused CARICOM attention – SG
I would like to offer some information on what we are doing on two of the areas covered in the Report, namely, Youth Development and Human Resource Development. The CARICOM Commission on Youth Development’s landmark report, “Eye on the Future”, has spawned the CARICOM Youth Development Action Plan. It promotes the development of secure, valued and empowered adolescents and other…
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CARICOM Secretariat Engages Jamaica’s Private Sector and Immigration Officers
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is ensuring that key stakeholders are knowledgeable about the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and how they can maximise benefits under the CSME [carcom_csme] processes. On Monday, September 12, the Secretariat is convening a one-day CSME sensitization workshop for the private sector in Jamaica at The Pegasus Hotel. Approximately 35 participants from Jamaica’s corporate…
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CARICOM Secretary-General congratulates CDEMA on 25th anniversary
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has extended congratulations to CDEMA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency) on its 25th Anniversary being observed today. “The Community appreciates your contribution to its well-being over the past 25 years,” the Secretary-General said. On 9 September, 25 years ago, CARICOM Heads of Government, established a regional CARICOM Mechanism for emergency response and disaster relief.…
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Regional Trade officials put spotlight on services
The CARICOM Secretariat’s Office of Trade Negotiations in collaboration with the Inter‑American Development Bank (IDB), through its Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL) and the IDB Integration and Trade Sector is hosting a Regional Workshop for CARICOM Trade Officials on the Trade and Services Agreement (TiSA) Negotiations and the Negative List Approach to Services and…
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PANCAP Convenes Governance Meetings in Guyana
The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will convene the Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Executive Board and the Twelfth Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism for Global Fund Projects on 7 – 8 September 2016 at the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Guyana. Senator the Honourable Mary Isaac, Minister for Health and Wellness of Saint Lucia will chair these meetings.…
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CARICOM Promotes Public Awareness of Free Movement
The CARICOM Secretariat is pressing ahead with its public education programme regarding the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). It will be hosting a series of three (3) public sensitisation sessions on the facilitation of travel within the CSME. The first of these will be held in Dominica on Friday, September 9 and a wide cross-section of the public is…
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Consider CMS as conservation tool – environmentalists urged
Environmentalists were on Wednesday encouraged to seriously consider the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) as a mechanism that can support Regional conservation objectives. The advice came from Dr. Thérèse Yarde, Project Coordinator, Caribbean Hub Capacity-Building ACP-MEAs at the CARICOM Secretariat. She was at the time making brief remarks at the opening ceremony of a three-day Regional Capacity-Building Workshop for CMS Non-Parties of…
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