Press Releases
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CARICOM TO OBSERVE GENERAL ELECTIONS IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will send an electoral monitoring mission to observe the General Elections in St. Kitts and Nevis on 25 October 2004 following an invitation from that country's Prime Minister, the Hon. Dr. Denzil L Douglas. Mr. Laurence Thomas, former Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Trinidad and Tobago, will lead the four-member team of electoral observers from the Community.…
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CARICOM MINISTERS ADOPT AGGRESSIVE ICT STRATEGY : COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, 15 OCTOBER 2004, BARBADOS
The Third Meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers responsible for Information and Communication Technology, ended in Barbados, Friday, 15 October 2004, with commitment to an aggressive and focused strategy to accelerate the adoption of information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) within the Community. The accelerated focus places people first, and envisages “a new departure for Caribbean ICT and Development.”…
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND ETHICS FOR PANCAP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DISCUSSION
Under the theme Leadership through Partnership, the CARICOM-led Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) will hold its Fourth Annual General Meeting on 21-22 October 2004, in Barbados The Meeting, which focuses on an accelerated agenda for care and treatment and the increasing availability of anti-retrovirals (ARVs) for people living with HIV/AIDs (PLWHA) will, among other issues, review progress and challenges…
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HEADS OF INFORMATION SERVICES AGREE ON ROLE IN REGIONAL INTEGRATION
The Heads of Government Information Services (GISs) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have outlined a series of measures intended to ensure that their agencies are fully integrated in national and regional initiatives. This they did at their Third Meeting, which concluded in Barbados on 12 October 2004. Under the chairmanship of the Chief Information Officer of Barbados, the Community's Directors…
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SUPPORT FOR NEW APPROACH TO CARICOM ICT DEVELOPMENT
Senior officials of CARICOM Member States meeting in Barbados on 13 October 2004 have endorsed and recommended to the Ministers responsible for Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) a series of measures for mobilising ICTs for Caribbean Development. They endorsed a strategy for placing Caribbean development at the heart of regional ICT as well as a Plan of Action for the…
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CARICOM ACCELERATES ICTD FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL MARKETING
Public Sector officials and representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and regional development organisations on Wednesday (13 October 2004) agreed on a range of initiatives expected to refocus and accelerate adoption of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD). This accelerated focus, which places people first, envisages a range of programmes including: e-literacy, e-government, and skills training for cultural organizations…
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CARICOM MINISTERS TO CONSIDER ICT STRATEGY FOR ICC WORLD CUP 2007
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials today refined a wide-ranging strategy to be presented to Ministers responsible for Information and Communication Technologies here on Friday 15 October. A major element of the strategy urges a business approach by CARICOM Member States to the planning and management of the ICC 2007 Cricket World Cup to maximize its financial potential. In a one-day preparatory…
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CARICOM CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS DEFINED AS PACESETTERS
Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Directors of Information of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been heralded by CARICOM's Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite as specialised agents in informing the Region on government policies, plans, roles and positions. In her address to CIOs at their third meeting on 12 October in Barbados, Ambassador Applewhaite deemed the functions of CARICOM information…
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POSTPONEMENT OF INAUGURATION OF THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE (CCJ)
Heads of Government and State of the Caribbean Community have accepted the advice of the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Rt. Hon. Michael de la Bastide, T.C. and the Chairman of the Inauguration Task Force, Sir David Simmons, K.A., to postpone the inauguration of the CCJ to the first quarter of 2005. Heads had previously set…
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CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY DEVELOPS SKILLS TRACKING DATABASE
The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Officials of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States met in Georgetown today, to participate in a training workshop in the use of database, which was developed to monitor the movement of skilled nationals in respective Member States. The database, which was developed by the Statistical Department of the CARICOM Secretariat in collaboration with the…
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