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Observing International Women’s Day 2018 at the CARICOM Secretariat
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat joined the world in observing International Women’s Day last Thursday. A Forum under the theme Gender Equality: A Pre requisite for Progress was organised by the Human and Social Development (HSD) Directorate of the Secretariat and the Secretariat’s Staff Association at the Georgetown-based headquarters. In remarks at the Forum, Mr. Timothy Odle, President of the Staff Association pointed out that 66%…
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CARICOM Secretariat launches Housing Protocol
The Office of the Deputy Secretary-General initiated the Launch of the CARICOM Secretariat Housing Protocol held on Thursday, 28 December 2017 at the CARICOM Secretariat’s Headquarters. Those in attendance were landlords, property owners and real estate agents as well as the relative Secretariat Staff. The Housing Protocol has been developed within the framework of the Senior Management Committee and…
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Machine readable CARICOM Laissez Passer for CARICOM staff
Last November, a specimen of the new machine readable CARICOM Laissez Passer was introduced to representatives attending the Special Meeting of Chiefs of Immigration and Comptrollers of Customs (CICC), in Trinidad and Tobago. Heads of Immigration within the Caribbean Community received the specimen and a formal folder explaining the features and other technical aspects. According to Deputy Secretary-General of the…
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CARICOM Secretariat moving to become Region’s model in energy efficiency
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is positioning itself to be a model in energy efficiency in the Region. At a simple handing over ceremony on Tuesday, 2 May, of a piece of software to monitor and measure energy use in the Secretariat, CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan PhD., said that the efficiency that could be gained from use of…
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Sugar Association of the Caribbean convenes: Industry Leaders to look at future of Sugar with end to EU Market Looming
JOINT PRESS RELEASE BY SUGAR ASSOCIATION OF THE CARIBBEAN AND THE CARIBBEAN COUNCIL For immediate release 20th March 2017 – 12 noon (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The EU's quota management for sugar will end on 30 September 2017 and is expected to lead to a fall in prices towards the international sugar price and a…
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Remarks by the Deputy Secretary-General on the occasion of the Results Based Mangement Training for the CARICOM Results-based Management Leadership Group CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana, 6-8 March 2017
Ambassadors to CARICOM, representatives of Member States, representatives of Regional Institutions, experts from Baastel, representatives from Directorates of the Secretariat, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I have the distinct honour and pleasure to welcome you to the Secretariat, to Guyana and especially to this workshop. I also thank you for your presence here over the next three days, as I know…
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CARICOM Secretariat salutes Risk Insurance Facility for meeting the region’s needs
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has congratulated the CCRIF SPC on its Tenth (10th) Anniversary. A segregated portfolio company (SPC), CCRIF SPC was formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF). The company has been lauded as the world’s first regional parametric risk insurance pool, and another CARICOM best practice that can be shared with the world. According to the…
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CARICOM Secretariat leads discussions on services sector strategies in Belize
Officials in Belize's Services sector have been developing enhanced services sector strategies with support from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. The Secretariat convened two-days of national consultations for public and private sector officials on 7-8 December through funding under the 10th EDF programme. More than 35 officials from various Government Ministries and Public Sector agencies participated on day-one which targeted public…
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Energy Roundtable underway at CARICOM Secretariat
A Roundtable to define the potential role that Guyana’s energy sector could play in regional energy affairs is underway at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana. The Roundtable is a joint initiative of the Secretariat, through its Energy Programme, and the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) with support from the GIZ’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technical Assistance (REETA)…
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