Press Releases
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WORK PROGRESSES ON RIGHTS OF SKILLED NATIONALS, DEPENDENTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Work is moving apace on the development of a Protocol on Contingent Rights linked to Free Movement within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) aims to conclude the draft Protocol by the end of 2009. The Officials on Contingent Rights held their second meeting from November 10-11, 2008 at…
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COTED LOOKS AT EPA IMPLEMENTATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Integration (COTED) will be held 24-25 November 2008 at Le Meridien Pegasus in Georgetown, Guyana. The implementation of the recently signed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) and the European Commission (EC), will be among…
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL SITUATION HIGH ON BUREAU’S AGENDA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As individual member states assess the implications of the current financial situation, the Bureau of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will consider the global economic and financial crisis at its Twenty-Fourth Meeting on Saturday 22 November 2008. The Bureau, which comprises the current, incoming and outgoing Chairmen of the Community and…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 17 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Salutations It is my pleasure to welcome you, on behalf of the Secretary-General, to this the Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). This Education COHSOD is meeting at a time when the global economic and financial crisis brings into sharp focus the need to have a trained, readily trainable and re-trainable work force in our…
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 17 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
On behalf of the Directorate of Human and Social Development, I welcome you all to this Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). First of all, we are pleased at the response of our Ministers of Education as attested to by the fact that 12 are present with us today. Ministers, we wish to thank you…
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 17 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
On behalf of the Directorate of Human and Social Development, I welcome you all to this Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). First of all, we are pleased at the response of our Ministers of Education as attested to by the fact that 12 are present with us today. Ministers, we wish to thank you…
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ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE BETRAND JOSEPH, MINISTER OF EDUCATION, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND INTERIM CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COHSOD, 17 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairman Deputy Secretary General Caribbean Community Ministers of Government Members of the Diplomatic corps Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of Regional and International Organizations Distinguished Ladies and Gentleman Members of the Media As you have learnt, I have been pressed into service as acting Chair of this meeting until the substantive Chair from the Commonwealth of Dominica…
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ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE BETRAND JOSEPH, MINISTER OF EDUCATION, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND INTERIM CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COHSOD, 17 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairman Deputy Secretary General Caribbean Community Ministers of Government Members of the Diplomatic corps Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of Regional and International Organizations Distinguished Ladies and Gentleman Members of the Media As you have learnt, I have been pressed into service as acting Chair of this meeting until the substantive Chair from the Commonwealth of Dominica…
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 17 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
On behalf of the Directorate of Human and Social Development, I welcome you all to this Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). First of all, we are pleased at the response of our Ministers of Education as attested to by the fact that 12 are present with us today. Ministers, we wish to thank you…
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QUALITY EDUCATION THE RESPONSE TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) opened today (17 November 2008) with a strong consensus that education, the driver of national and regional development is the most critical response to the social and economic global challenges now confronting the Region. The four speakers who addressed the Opening Ceremony…
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