Press Releases
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CARICOM taking steps to Institutionalise a Gender Sensitive Results-Oriented Culture across the Community
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in June 2016, will initiate the implementation of a “Gender Sensitive Results-Based Management (RBM) System” to build a results-oriented culture around the operationalization of the CARICOM Strategic Plan, 2015 – 2019. Following extensive planning and project design which commenced in December 2014, in August 2015, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) approved funding for the Project entitled…
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‘His was a good innings well played’ – CARICOM SG eulogises Cozier
The body of work on cricket left behind by iconic cricket journalist, Tony Cozier, represented a running commentary and a history of the game in the Region for more than fifty years, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said Friday. For him it was a labour of love and it is a legacy the Region would do well to…
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Launch of Human Resource Development Commission proof leaders improving CARICOM’s education system – Youth Ambassador
CARICOM Youth Ambassador from Barbados, Zuwena Perry believes that CARICOM leaders have shown evidence of their commitment to improving the Region’s education system. She expressed this sentiment during the launch of the Human Resource Commission at the Caribbean Development Bank in Barbados on Thursday evening. According to Ms. Perry the launch of the Human Resource Development Commission was proof that…
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CARICOM Secretariat and CDB collaborate to launch Human Resource Development Commission
The CARICOM Secretariat and the Caribbean Development Bank have partnered to launch a Human Resource Development Strategy for the Region. The launch event was hosted on Thursday evening at the Caribbean Development Bank Conference Centre in Bridgetown Barbados. Main Speaker at the event: Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Douglas Slater The Human Resource Development Commission is tasked…
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CARICOM advances relations with Sweden, Netherlands
CARICOM Secretariat – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers have put measures in place for closer cooperation with Sweden and the Netherlands even as they seek to place issues impacting the development of Small Island Developing and Low-lying States (SIDS) in the spotlight. The Ministers, at their just concluded 19th Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), in…
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Communiqué issued at the conclusion of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) , 9-10 May 2016 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The Nineteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) took place in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on 9-10 May 2016, under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Sir Louis Straker, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade, Commerce and Regional Integration of St Vincent and the Grenadines. The COFCOR…
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CARICOM’s strategic relationships critical in changing global environment: SG
The critical importance of CARICOM maintaining traditional relationships and building new ones was underscored by Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque as he addressed CARICOM Foreign Ministers who are gathered in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the 19th Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR). In a rapidly changing global environment, the need was critical for CARICOM to…
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Caribbean Mosquito Awareness Week launched to raise awareness on preventing Zika
Eliminating mosquito breeding sites, avoiding mosquito bites, and protecting pregnant women from Zika virus are the key messages of the inaugural Caribbean Mosquito Awareness Week, launched today by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the CARICOM Secretariat. With the slogan ‘Fight the bite, destroy mosquito breeding sites’, this first Mosquito Awareness Week, 9-15…
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CARICOM Foreign Ministers to discuss implications of major global issues
The Region’s Foreign Ministers gather in St. Vincent and the Grenadines this morning for the Nineteenth Meeting of CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR). The two-day meeting will, among other things, examine the implications for the Caribbean Community of several emerging issues including the reshaping of the United States relations with Cuba and the pending British referendum on…
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Human Resource Development Commission for CARICOM launches Thursday in Barbados
A Commission, charged with creating a Human Resource Development Strategy for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will be launched on Thursday, 12 May, 2016, in Barbados. The ceremony will be hosted at the Caribbean Development Bank(CDB). CARICOM Heads of Government took the decision to establish the Commission at their Twenty-Fifth Intersessional Meeting in 2014. The Commission seventeen specialists and other stakeholders…
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