Press Releases
-
STRONG LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK NECESSARY FOR SMEs
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) If Small and Medium Enterprises (SMES) are to be fully developed, countries must put in place the Legal and Policy Framework to ensure that the full potential of the sector is realised. This view was expressed by the Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of Guyana, the Honourable Manniram Prashad in delivering the feature…
Read More » -
COMMUNIQUE OF THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARIBBEA
The Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development of the Caribbean Community (COHSOD XV) was convened at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana on 19-21 October 2006 under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Anthony Wood, Minister of Education, Barbados. In attendance were: the Hon. Bertrand Joseph, Minister of Education, Antigua and Barbuda; Hon. Francis Fonseca, Minister of…
Read More » -
OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 19 OCTOBER 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I welcome you all most sincerely to this Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development. This Meeting is taking place at a critical juncture in the life of the Community. The CARICOM Single Market was established in January this year. Soon after, a new democratically elected government in Haiti returned to the fold of the Community and…
Read More » -
REGIONAL ENTERPRISES TO STRATEGISE FOR CSME BENEFITS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With the Single Market component of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) now in operation, work is intensifying to effectively position Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to reap the benefits from the Single Market. To this end, representatives of SMEs will gather in Guyana on 24-25 October 2006 for the Second Region-wide Roundtable…
Read More » -
CARICOM–SPAIN JOINT COMMISSION SUCCESSFUL
Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, has described the Second Joint Commission Meeting of CARICOM and the Kingdom of Spain as “fruitful and successful.” Speaking to the press shortly after signing the Final Act (Communique) of the meeting at the Jamaica Pegasus in Kingston, Jamaica, with Mr Pascual Navarro, Deputy Director of Co-operation with Mexico, Central…
Read More » -
SUPPORT EXPRESSED, CONCERNS RAISED : CARICOM EDUCATION AND LABOUR MINISTERS MEET IN GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In his inaugural address at a CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) Meeting, Guyana’s newly appointed Minister of Education, Hon Sheik Baksh sounded the call for CARICOM policy makers to take on board the impact some regional decision in the area of human and social development could have on constituents in the…
Read More » -
CARICOM OFFICIALS FOCUS LABOUR, EDUCATION AT COHSOD XV
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Fifteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), the Hon. Anthony Wood, Education Minister of Barbados has reaffirmed his Government’s ongoing commitment to the social and economic integration process in the Caribbean Community. The Minister’s reaffirmation came as he addressed the opening of the Fifteenth Meeting of…
Read More » -
OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM
I welcome you all most sincerely to this Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development. This Meeting is taking place at a critical juncture in the life of the Community. The CARICOM Single Market was established in January this year. Soon after, a new democratically elected government in Haiti returned to the fold of the Community and…
Read More » -
MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO AMBASSADOR DUDLEY THOMPSON
Excellency, I am pleased to extend, on behalf of the Caribbean Community and the staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat, heartiest congratulations on your recognition as an African Living Legend by the African Press in Ghana. The fact that this is your second such recognition by Africans is a powerful testimony that you have sincerely dedicated most of your life…
Read More » -
COHSOD XV OPENS 19 OCTOBER IN GEORGETOWN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Fifteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) opens on Thursday 19 October at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana, where officials are expected to mull over a range of issues considered pressing to human development in the Caribbean. Pointed discussions are expected to ensue on the…
Read More »