Press Releases

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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August 19, 2014
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Remarks by Deputy Programme Manager, CSME, Mr. Philip McClauren At the Opening Ceremony for the Barbados Consultation On the CARICOM Rapid Alert System on the Exchange of Information on Dangerous (non-food) Consumer Goods (CARREX). 13-14 August, 2014 BARBADOS

Salutation! I bring greetings from the CARICOM Secretary General. The objectives of the CARREX in-country mission are twofold: i. To operationalize and activate the CARREX in the Member States by providing national contact points and national authorities full access to the network. ii. Raising public awareness through national consultations with all stakeholders and sharing information through the media so…
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August 14, 2014
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CARICOM Moves to Harmonize Business Rules in CSME

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has started work towards creating a harmonized framework within which companies and other businesses can be established and operate in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). CARICOM Heads gave this mandate to ensure that the rules for establishing and operating businesses in one country apply throughout the CSME. The…
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August 14, 2014
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Turks and Caicos student wins COTA 2014 essay competition

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Martha Bohlale Rakuoane, a student of the Helena J. Robinson High School, Turks and Caicos Islands, won the US$1,000 first prize of the Caribbean Organization of Tax Administrators (COTA) Essay Competition 2014. Jessica Ramnauth of Brickdam Secondary School, Guyana, was awarded US$750 for placing second, while Justin-Timothy Frater of Cornwall College, Jamaica, won the…
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