Press Releases
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C-SERMS Framework Hailed as International Best Practice by the IDB
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) representative, speaking at the Third Forum on Donor Coordination and Aid Effectiveness hosted by the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana on 31 July 2013, hailed the establishment of the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS) framework by the CARICOM Secretariat as an international best practice. The C-SERMS seeks to provide a planning, management and…
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CREDP-GIZ Project Appraisal Workshop Held in Saint Lucia on 4 – 5 September 2013
The Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP-GIZ) Project, based in Saint Lucia, is the remaining component of original programme (the other being UNDP) which commenced in 2004. This second phase (CREDP-GIZ Phase II) which has been in progress since April 2008 has been extended until December 2013. The Project which is being implemented in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat under…
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CARIBBEAN Leadership Participants Analyse CARICOM Energy Policy and Sustainable Development Issues
The Caribbean Leadership Project (CLP), funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD), Canada, aims to strengthen strategically the next generation of Caribbean mean and women leaders to contribute more effectively to regional integration and economic growth. As part of the programme participants consisting of senior government officials are challenged to tackle “wicked problems” defined as those…
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CARICOM Secretariat and Caribbean Energy Information System (CEIS) Discuss Closer Collaboration on Energy Information Support in the Implementation of CARICOM Energy Policy
Based on a mandate from the 41st Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Energy held in Trinidad and Tobago, March 2013, the CARICOM Secretariat has engaged the Caribbean Energy Information System (CEIS) towards collaboration in arriving at an improved approach to the sharing of energy information by the latter in support of the implementation…
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CARILEC/World Bank Regulatory Forum – Regulators, Consumer Advocates and CEO’s of Electric Utilities
Some Ministers of Energy, regulators, consumer advocates and CEO's of Electric Utilities met in Barbados on Monday, 16 September 2013 to discuss issues relating to the regulatory regime in the region. The Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) Regulatory Forum was declared open by Senator the Hon. Darcy Boyce, Minister with responsibility for Energy in the Office of the Prime…
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Discussions Towards Reviving Regional Bio-energy Strategy Commence
The establishment a Regional Bio-energy Strategy is one of the key strategies identified for the development and execution of the C-SERMS Framework. The idea of a Regional Bio-energy strategy has been discussed in CARICOM since 2006, when it was kick-started by a regional study supported by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and promoted by the Inter-American Development…
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BAHAMIAN EDUCATORS LEARN EFFECTIVE METHODS TO TEACH SUSTAINABLE ENERGY LESSONS
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Bahamas and the Organization of American States (OAS) through its Department of Sustainable Development conducted a two-day teacher’s training workshop in New Providence from August 21-22, 2013. The workshop focused on the importance of teaching renewable energy, energy conservation, and the need for more advocacy of clean energy and sustainable energy…
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Establishment of Regional Renewable Energy Research Centre advanced in Trinidad and Tobago
A Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate cooperation on scientific, technical and policy aspects of energy efficiency and clean energy technologies through the exchange of ideas and information was signed between Trinidad and Tobago and the United States Department of Energy. According to Prime Minister of the Twin Island Republic, the Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, “Energy security interdependence is a critical issue…
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Agriculture finally getting recognition it deserves – President Ramotar
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With renewed emphasis on agriculture to ensure food and nutrition security in the Region and to spur development, the sector is finally getting the recognition it deserved, His Excellency Donald Ramotar, President of Guyana said on Wednesday. He was at the time delivering the feature address at the opening of the Caribbean Week of…
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High cost of transportation must be addressed – ASG Slater
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The issue of the high cost of regional air and sea transportation was one of the areas that had to be addressed in the realm of agriculture, said Dr. Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary-General Human and Social Development, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2013, at…
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