Reports
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Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Climate Change Statistics: 2020
This first publication on Climate Change Statistics for CARICOM countries contains data up to 2019 in some instances, while for other series it comprises data up to 2012/13. It aims at providing statistics on climate change for the region and follows the Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics (FDES 2013) of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and its…
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Trade in services in CARICOM
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN The timeframes in the plan are as follows: Immediate to Short-term (up to six months); Measures that could be implemented immediately. Implementation of these measures have been outstanding for some time and implementation would not include much effort and can be undertaken instantly; Medium-term (up to 1½ years); The measures in this category are considered priority actions to…
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COVID-19
How COVID-19 is changing the world: a statistical perspective
COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. Everything has been impacted. How we live and interact with each other, how we work and communicate, how we move around and travel. Every aspect of our lives has been affected. Although the world is in lockdown, governments, epidemiologists, school principals, entrepreneurs and families around the world are already planning the next steps:…
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State of Public Health Report 2019
This State of Public Health Report – “Healthy Ageing in the Caribbean” is a welcome publication for the people of the region. Healthy ageing was identified through a survey, as one of the areas requiring further research and policy recommendations by our Member States. This publication contributes to fulfilling the priorities outlined in the Caribbean Cooperation in Health (CCH IV);…
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UN Environment – The State of Biodiversity In The Caribbean Community
The publication provides key information given the relative lack of baseline data and related time-bound objectively quantifiable targets for the sub-region, and is of particular value given the dependence on natural resources for livelihoods and well-being, and thus exposure to disruption and environmental disasters, of communities in many SIDS and developing countries in the region. The Secretariat of the Convention…
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CREATING A CULTURE OF PEACE: The Caribbean Youth Advocacy &Action Plan Agenda on Violence Prevention
The Caribbean Youth Advocacy and Action Agenda on Violence Prevention – The AAA is a call to action to address the issues which young people across the Caribbean have identified to effectively tackle issues of crime and violence. These are: prevent and reduce crime foster social inclusion promote reintegration
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Leveraging ICT for Transformation in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union
SIR ARTHUR LEWIS MEMORIAL LECTURE 2018 Leveraging ICT for Transformation in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union The Leadership Imperative BY BEVIL M. WOODING Chief Knowledge Officer, Congress WBN Specia l Advisor, Strategic ICT, OECS Commission
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UN Environment – The State of Biodiversity In The Caribbean Community
The publication provides key information given the relative lack of baseline data and related time-bound objectively quantifiable targets for the sub-region, and is of particular value given the dependence on natural resources for livelihoods and well-being, and thus exposure to disruption and environmental disasters, of communities in many SIDS and developing countries in the region. The Secretariat of the Convention…
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Report of the CARICOM Regional Commission on Marijuana 2018 Waiting to Exhale – Safeguarding our Future through Responsible Socio-Legal Policy on Marijuana
Responding to the increasing calls from the public, NGOs and other stakeholders in the region and amidst the changing global environment, the CARICOM Conference of Heads of Government at its Twenty-Fifth Inter-Sessional Meeting convened in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 10 -11 March 2014, mandated the establishment of a Commission to interrogate the issue of possible reform to the legal…
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Report of the Commission to Review Jamaica’s Relations within the CARICOM and CARIFORUM Frameworks
The CARlCOM Review Commission was appointed by the Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, O.N., in july 2016 to review jamaica’s relations with CARlCOM and within CARIFORUM. In his letter of appointment, the Prime Minister cited “the need for an in-depth examination of those aspects of our regional relationships within CARlCOM that are not fully meeting their intended objectives” …
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