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Ensure projects agreed upon, adress challenges of Member States – Secretary General urges CARIFORUM Ministers
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, on Thursday urged CARIFORUM Ministers to ensure projects agreed upon address challenges faced by Member States. He was speaking during the Twenty-first Meeting of the CARIFORUM Council of Ministers held in Grenada on October…
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Inter-agency Partnership on EPA Implementation Deepened
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives of regional agencies that are supporting the implementation of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in the Caribbean met in St George's, Grenada on 16 October, to discuss the deepening of partnerships. The Regional EPA Implementation Partner Institutions Meeting was organized by the CARIFORUM Directorate based in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. The…
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EPA Implementation Support, Priorities in Spotlight
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A recently convened meeting of CARIFORUM States and regional partner institutions has been lauded as a significant step forward in deepening partnerships, in relation to the implementation of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The Second Meeting of National EPA Coordinators and Heads of National EPA Implementation Units and Like Entities, convened in St…
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CARICOM USES ANIMATION TO HELP IN FIGHT AGAINST YOUTH CRIME AND VIOLENCE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Twenty Trinidadian youngsters learned how animation principles can be used to create animated stories about their life and how they perceive their future. Squash and stretch, anticipation and staging were among twelve basic principles of animation explained to the young participants at the Youth Training Centre (YTC) in Trinidad and Tobago during a one-day…
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Demystify statistics – Ministers tells practitioners
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Practitioners in the field of statistics have been challenged to demystify the field to young people in the Caribbean and find imaginative ways to expose them to all that is intriguing about pursuing a career in the field. The charge was delivered Monday morning by the Honourable Nigel Carty, Minister of Education of St…
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Argentina´s first Ambassador to CARICOM presents his credentials
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Newly appointed Argentine Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Luis Alberto Martino, on Monday, expressed his country’s willingness to coordinate, consult and cooperate with CARICOM. He was speaking during an official ceremony at the CARICOM Secretariat headquarters, Turkeyen, Guyana where he presented his letters of credence to CARICOM Secretary General, Ambassador Irwin…
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SPEECH OF H.E. LUIS ALBERTO MARTINO, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE (DESIGNATE) OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CEREMONY OF PRESENTATION OF HIS LETTERS OF CREDENCE TO AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
I am very pleased and indeed honored to be accredited today as Argentina´s first ever resident Plenipotentiary Representative before the Caribbean Community of States. As you may know, my country is in the process of expanding and strengthening its presence in the Caribbean region. The first steps in this direction were the decisions by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to…
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Remarks by the SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque On The Occasion Of The PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY LUIS ALBERTO MARTINO Plenipotentiary Representative Of The Republic of Argentina TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY 28 October 2013
It is my honour and pleasure to extend a warm welcome to you, Ambassador Martino, on the occasion of your accreditation as the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Argentine Republic to the Caribbean Community. First, allow me to extend my heartfelt best wishes to your President, Her Excellency Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, as she continues to recover from her recent surgery.…
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Remarks by The Honorable Nigel A. Carty Minister of Education Government of St .Kitts & Nevis On the occasion of the Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (38th SCCS) (28-30 October 2013) and Twenty-Third Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee (23rd RCCC) (31 October 2011) Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis October 28, 2013
It is with sincere appreciation that I accept the invitation to make a few remarks at the opening ceremony of the series of meetings with regional Directors of Statistics, organized by the CARICOM Secretariat’s Statistics Division in collaboration with Member States. In fact, our hosting of this event is testament to the essential work of the CARICOM Secretariat and the…
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Opening remarks by Dr. Philomen Harrison Project Director, Regional Statistics, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat At the Opening Ceremony Of the Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (38th SCCS) (28-30 Octo
Theme: Statistics in Everyday Life; Let us Education and Appreciate It is an honour for me to greet you on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, His Excellency Irwin LaRocque, on the occasion of the Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (38th SCCS) and the Twenty-Third Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee (23rd RCCC),…
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