Press Releases
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CARIBBEAN VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION TO BE LAUNCHED IN JAMAICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana) Arrangements for the issue of the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) have been streamlined and the first launch by a National Training Agency is expected to take place in Jamaica by the HEART Trust/NTA on Friday, 19 October at 10:00 am at the Terra Nova Hotel. The CVQ will facilitate the movement of artisans and other…
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CARICOM SPORT DIRECTORS CALL FOR A REGIONAL POLICY ON SPORT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Sport Directors at their third regional meeting in Georgetown, Guyana today (Tuesday 17 October, 2007) agreed that the time was now ripe for the development of a regional policy on Sport. The meeting agreed that while there was a need for the formulation of national Sport policies which were active, practical and dynamic, there…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL. CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ( CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE MEETING OF OFFICIALS PREPARATORY TO THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF CARIFORUM 16 OCTOBER 2007, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
Honourable Price Pady, National Authorising Officer of Haiti Assistant Secretary-General of CARIFORUM in the CARICOM Secretariat Ambassadors of CARIFORUM Member States Heads of Delegations Other Delegates More than 15 years ago, Haiti and the Dominican Republic became signatories to the Lome Convention. At that time both became members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States. CARIFORUM was…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE MEETING OF OFFICIALS PREPARATORY TO THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF CARIFORUM 16 OCTOBER 2007, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
Honourable Price Pady, National Authorising Officer of Haiti Assistant Secretary-General of CARIFORUM in the CARICOM Secretariat Ambassadors of CARIFORUM Member States Heads of Delegations Other Delegates More than 15 years ago, Haiti and the Dominican Republic became signatories to the Lome Convention. At that time both became members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States. CARIFORUM was…
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CIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENT IN DEVELOPMENT STRESSED AT CARIFORUM OFFICIALS MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) All three speakers at the opening session of the meeting of officials preparatory to the 15th Meeting of CARIFORUM Ministers stressed the importance of the involvement of civil society in the development process. The officials meeting began in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday, 16 October, one day after the meeting of CARIFORUM Stakeholders on the…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY DR. KENRICK LESLIE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CLIMATE CHANGE CENTRE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAUNCH OF THE INITIATIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CARIBBEAN REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY, 15 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM His Excellency Fraser Wheeler, British High Commissioner to Guyana Ms. Elizabeth Carriere, Head of DFID in the Caribbean Other Distinguished Guests Members of the Media Colleagues Ladies and Gentlemen Today’s signing ceremony would not have been possible without the determined efforts of two key people present here today – Commissioner Wheeler and Director…
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REMARKS BY HER EXCELLENCY LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF THE MEETING OF CARIFORUM STAKEHOLDERS ON 10TH EDF PROGRAMMING, 15 OCTOBER 2007, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
Mr. Chairman Assistant Secretary-General for CARIFORUM in the CARICOM Secretariat Representatives of Member States and Stakeholders Members of the media This meeting here today further crystallises the concept of the direct involvement of non-state actors in the decision-making process in the Caribbean. And it is that reality which gives me particular pleasure at being here to be part of this…
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REMARKS BY HER EXCELLENCY LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF THE MEETING OF CARIFORUM STAKEHOLDERS ON 10TH EDF PROGRAMMING, 15 OCTOBER 2007, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
Mr. Chairman Assistant Secretary-General for CARIFORUM in the CARICOM Secretariat Representatives of Member States and StakeholdersMembers of the media This meeting here today further crystallises the concept of the direct involvement of non-state actors in the decision-making process in the Caribbean. And it is that reality which gives me particular pleasure at being here to be part of this exercise.…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY DR. KENRICK LESLIE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CLIMATE CHANGE CENTRE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAUNCH OF THE INITIATIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CARIBBEAN REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY, 15 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM His Excellency Fraser Wheeler, British High Commissioner to Guyana Ms. Elizabeth Carriere, Head of DFID in the Caribbean Other Distinguished Guests Members of the Media Colleagues Ladies and Gentlemen Today’s signing ceremony would not have been possible without the determined efforts of two key people present here today – Commissioner Wheeler and Director…
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REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 10-12 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Ministers of Government Secretary-General Deputy Secretary-General Ambassadors Representatives of Regional and International organizations Ladies and Gentlemen I welcome you on behalf of the Directorate of Human and Social Development to this Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). This has been a very busy year for the Secretariat and the Community. For our Directorate, there have…
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