Press Releases
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Securing export markets through traceability systems for agricultural products
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Stakeholders in the Regional agriculture sector are to hold further discussions shortly to flesh out the development and application of a system to monitor and trace agricultural products at every step from field through harvest, storage, ports and supermarkets. It is one element in the construction of a strong Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) regime…
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EPA in spotlight at Caribbean Exporters’ Colloquium
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Director-General of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) Directorate in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Mr Ivan Ogando Lora, has described the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) as “one of the most ambitious contemporary attempts at promoting regional integration processes.” Mr Ogando was at the time addressing a packed…
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EPA implementation gets a boost
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) St Vincent and the Grenadines is poised to make greater strides in the implementation of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM)-European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), building on progress made to date. These were the sentiments of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and…
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President Martelly to visit CARICOM Secretariat
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Michel Joseph Martelly, the President of Haiti will pay an official visit to the CARICOM Secretariat from 20-22 March 2013. President Martelly will hold discussions with CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and his Executive Management team on Thursday 21 March at the Secretariat’s Turkeyen, Guyana…
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CARICOM EAGER TO COMPLETE ROBUST ARMS TRADE TREATY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Member States will be pressing for a successful conclusion to the final Negotiation Session of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference on an Arms Trade Treaty which began at UN Headquarters, New York, USA on Monday. Such an outcome to the ten-day conference is of vital importance to the Member States of the Caribbean…
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RENEWABLE ENERGY R&D STUDY/ BUSINESS INNOVATION TOUR
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat received grant funding from the Inter-American Development Bank to support the development of the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS). A Study/Business Innovation Tour aimed at building capacity among renewable energy (RE) project developers, entrepreneurs and researchers in the promotion of technological innovation, and also at facilitating access to funding for RE research and…
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REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND CARIBBEAN FORUM OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC (ACP) STATES (CARIFORUM) AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT ON THE 10TH EDF INTRA-ACP AGRICULTURE POLICY PROGRAMME OF THE CARIBBEAN GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 15 MARCH 2013
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It gives me great pleasure to make a few remarks on this occasion, as we witness the signing of the Contribution Agreement between the European Commission and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). This Agreement puts on stream the Caribbean component of the 10th European Development Fund – Intra-ACP Agriculture Policy Programme.…
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CARIFORUM agriculture gets 8.6 million Euro boost
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has welcomed an €8.6 million euro programme to boost the Region’s agriculture sector. In his capacity as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), Ambassador LaRocque was one of four speakers at a signing ceremony of a Contribution Agreement on…
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ADDRESS BY SENATOR THE HON. KEVIN RAMNARINE, MINISTER OF ENERGY AND ENERGY AFFAIRS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FORTY-FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) – ENERGY, FRIDAY 1 MARCH 2013, HYATT REGENCY, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good morning, on behalf of Prime Minister the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar and the Government welcome to Trinidad and Tobago. Almost forty years ago on the 4th of July 1973, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and Guyana signed the Treat of Chaguaramas. By some coincidence that was Independence Day for the United States. The treaty…
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” A PROMISE IS A PROMISE – TIME FOR ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN,” STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, 8 MARCH 2013
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On this occasion of the Thirty-Eighth Observance of United Nations (UN) International Women’s Day, I again salute the women and girls of the Caribbean Community. Today provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the promises continually made to our women and girls focusing, in particular, on issues related to their personal security and…
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