Projects and Initiatives
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Girls in ICT
International Girls in ICT Day, an initiative backed by all ITU Member States in ITU Plenipotentiary Resolution 70 (Rev. Dubai, 2018), aims to encourage and empower girls and young women to consider studies and careers in the growing field of ICTs, enabling both girls and technology companies to reap the benefits of greater female participation in the ICT sector. International…
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Project “Strategic Platform to Accelerate Sustainable Energy Technology Innovation, Industry Development and Entrepreneurship in Barbados”
The Ministry of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development (MIICS), the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is developing the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Project “Strategic Platform to Accelerate Sustainable Energy Technology Innovation, Industry Development and Entrepreneurship in Barbados”. The overall objective of the project is to strengthen domestic value creation along…
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Regional statistics capacity-building project
The Project for the Regional Advancement of Statistics in the Caribbean (PRASC), funded by the Canadian Government, is a seven-year initiative that begins this month. It is geared at strengthening the statistical system of the Caribbean in order to address identified gaps towards the improvement of socio-economic measures and to support evidence-based policy-making. The project was launched against the background…
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Youth on Youth Violence in the Caribbean: CARICOM/Spain Pilot Project
A Pilot Project to reduce youth on youth violence, particularly in schools, currently underway, is increasingly receiving positive feedback and buy-in from target audiences and stakeholders alike in five CARICOM Member States: Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis,Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. In the approximately seven months since implementation commenced, the project has yielded an assessment of risks factors, threats for violence, protective factors…
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CARICOM Trade and Competitiveness Project
To ensure the practical effectiveness of the CSME, specific development interventions are required. In this context, a Contribution Arrangement was finalised in October 2007, between representatives of the Government of Canada and the Caribbean Community for the CARICOM Trade and Competitiveness Project (CTCP). Effective implementation of the Project started in May 2008 when the First Meeting of the Project Steering…
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Building Energy Efficiency Project (BEEP)
The CARICOM Secretariat Energy Programme has initiative an energy efficiency pilot project entitled “Building Energy Efficiency Project (BEEP)” with the technical assistance from the GIZ REETA Project. The key objective of the project is to utilise energy more effectively by using less electricity, while maintaining the levels of activity and productivity in the Secretariat. The BEEP is implemented under the…
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CARICOM Rapid Exchange System for Dangerous Non-food Consumer Goods (CARREX)
In 2012 CARICOM launched an online consumer-protection warning system which allows 13 million consumers in 14 Member States to alert authorities on dangerous products which they detect in the market. It is called the CARICOM Rapid Exchange System for Dangerous Non-food Consumer Goods, (CARREX) and was developed in response to concerns voiced by consumer bodies of the need to strengthen…
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CARICOM – GIZ REETA Project
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technical Assistance (REETA) is a four year Project funded by the Government of Germany through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH with a budget of 4.5 Million Euro. The project is headed by Dr. Andreas C. Taeuber and he is ably supported by a team of Energy experts. The REETA Project collaborates…
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CSME Information Flows Project
Project Mission As negative stories and perceptions of the CARICOM Single Market abound, we are challenged to energize our people around the vision of a single market and to foster ownership of the mission to root and establish the CSME. How do we promote rights and opportunities to work, travel and do business across 13 Members States?; more importantly, how do we encourage…
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Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO)
CEBO is a tool to engage, inspire and create entrepreneurial interest and action among young CARICOM nationals in and out of school and from all walks of life. It addresses psychological and social development issues and makes the link between entrepreneurship, the dreams and aspirations of young people and regional integration.
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