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  • Photo of CARICOM Secretariat Engages Jamaica’s Private Sector and Immigration Officers

    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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  • Photo of CARICOM Secretary-General congratulates CDEMA on 25th anniversary

    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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  • Photo of Regional Trade officials put spotlight on services

    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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  • Photo of PANCAP Convenes Governance Meetings in Guyana

    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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  • Photo of CARICOM Promotes Public Awareness of Free Movement

    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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  • Photo of Consider CMS as conservation tool – environmentalists urged

    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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  • Photo of CARICOM congratulates Trinidad and Tobago on 54th Independence anniversary

    CARICOM congratulates Trinidad and Tobago on 54th Independence anniversary

    Trinidad and Tobago celebrates its 54th anniversary of Independence on Wednesday 31 August. In a congratulatory message to Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque spoke of Trinidad and Tobago’s great economic success that has redounded meaningfully to the benefit of the Region.  Having been a founding member of the Community, Trinidad and Tobago has made and…

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  • CARICOM Secretariat Conducts Staff Development Sessions

    Under the auspices of the Office of the Deputy Secretary-General, Dr Manorma Soeknandan, with assistance from the Canadian Executive Service Organisation (CESO), the CARICOM Secretariat will deliver the first training with a broad focus on writing with impact, conducted from 30 August to 9 September 2016.    Participants will benefit from modules that will be theoretically and practically delivered on…

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  • Photo of Be smart – CARICOM ASG advises Guyana, Suriname animators

    Be smart – CARICOM ASG advises Guyana, Suriname animators

    That’s a bit of sound advice that Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Integration at theCARICOM Secretariat, Mr. Joseph Cox offered animators from Guyana and Suriname. The animators from the Guyana Animation Network and the Suriname Animation Network visited the CARICOM Secretariat on Friday and interacted with Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan PhD., Mr. Cox, Deputy Programme Manager, Information and Communication Technologies…

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  • Photo of CARICOM partners with UNEP to raise awareness on Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

    CARICOM partners with UNEP to raise awareness on Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

    The CARICOM Secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are partnering to raise awareness in the Region of the conservation and sustainable use of migratory animals and their habitats. CARICOM and the UNEP/Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Secretariat will host a Regional Capacity-Building Workshop for CMS Non-Parties of the Caribbean Regionin Bridgetown, Barbados, 31 August –…

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