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Dominican national appointed CARIFORUM Director General

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Dominican Percival Marie Thursday took up the appointment of Director General of the Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (CARIFORUM) pledging to effect an integrated and comprehensive approach to the work of the two units that comprise the directorate.
Marie, who formally served as the executive director of CARIFORUM Directorate, replaces Ivan Ogando Lora. His appointment, approved at the recently held special meeting of the Council of Ministers of CARIFORUM in the Dominican Republic, is for a three year period.
He said the new working strategy is intended to make the respective units even more responsive to the needs of regional states and comes at a time when the region is adapting to changing realities in respect of ACP/European Union (EU) and CARIFORUM/EU relations, including the landmark Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

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