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  • September 16, 2014
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    CARICOM strengthens Chikungunya, Ebola response

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is formalizing recommendations to deal with any possible incidence of the Ebola virus and is ramping up efforts to respond to the Chikungunya epidemic. On Friday, 12 September, Chief Medical Officers and other technical health experts from CARICOM Member States met via video conference to rationalise the Region’s response to…

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  • September 12, 2014
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    Statement by Ambassador Irwin Larocque, Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the Occasion of Caribbean Wellness Day 13 September 2014

    The celebration of Caribbean Wellness Day continually reminds us of that historic moment when our Heads of Government pioneered that significant policy initiative known as the Declaration of Port-of-Spain on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).  On the basis of scientific facts they raised their voices acknowledging that NCDs could imperil our economies like no other known health issue. The Declaration has the…

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  • September 9, 2014
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    Wellness revolution’ continues at CARICOM Secretariat

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Headquarters of the Caribbean Community, the CARICOM Secretariat on Monday commenced  a week of activities to commemorate Caribbean Wellness Day (CWD) 2014  and to sustain the ‘wellness revolution’ that began in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in September 2007. CWD will be observed on 13 September 2014. Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan, Deputy Secretary-General…

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  • September 8, 2014
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    CARICOM Consults on Draft Legislation for the CSME

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues its drive to establish a single economic space through the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). A regional consultation to consider draft model legislation to address legislative gaps common to all Member States opens today, 8 September 2014, in Barbados. The two-day consultation, hosted by the CARICOM Secretariat, aims …

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  • September 5, 2014
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    CARICOM SG calls for innovative alternatives to finance SIDS’ development

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Even as the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) examined the issue of financing sustainable development for SIDS in Apia, Samoa, CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has posited the need for new and innovative alternatives. Moderating a side event titled “Financing for Sustainable Development in SIDS,” during the four-day international conference on Small Island Developing…

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  • September 4, 2014
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    CARICOM makes case for sustainable development of SIDS at UN conference

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials at the Third United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) made the case for the peculiar vulnerabilities of SIDS to be considered when the international community formulates economic policies for those countries. The critical importance of debt management, concessionary financing, partnerships, financing for climate change adaptation and mitigation,…

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  • August 29, 2014
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    CARICOM Kicks Off Government Procurement Consultations

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)       The CARICOM Secretariat has convened three regional consultations to discuss the findings of a major consultancy on government procurement in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).  The consultations are being facilitated by the European Union under the Tenth European Development Fund (10th EDF). Country missions to 13 CARICOM Member States (excluding Haiti and…

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  • August 25, 2014
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    Caribbean Plant Health Officials Meet to Discuss Strategies to Improve Food Security, Expand Agricultural Trade, and Protect Plant Resources in the Region

    Grand Cayman Island, – 1st August,2014 – During the period July 29 to August 1, 2014, representatives from more than 20 Caribbean countries and territories and several partner organizations, including the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United States Department of…

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  • August 22, 2014
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    UNSIDS Conference outcome important for CARICOM

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is viewing the Third International Meeting on Small Island Developing States (UNSIDS) in Apia, Samoa, 1-4 September, 2014 as an important opportunity to engage the international community on the development challenges facing the Region. Over the past two years CARICOM Member States have been fully engaged in the processes leading…

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    August 21, 2014
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    CARICOM Secretariat strengthens internal risks management system

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The CARICOM Secretariat is actively pursuing enhancements to systems and procedures required of organisations to be entrusted with resources and budget implementation tasks under protocols designed by Development Partners. These enhancements include a process of preparing for a Seven Pillar Assessment that provides assurance that practices are in place to ensure successful implementation and…

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