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  • Photo of African Union Commission seeks best practices from CARICOM Secretariat

    African Union Commission seeks best practices from CARICOM Secretariat

    Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has described as “important and historic” a working visit to the Secretariat’s headquarters by a team from the African Union Commission (AUC). The three-day visit, which began on Wednesday, forms part of a comparative study of various multilateral and inter-governmental organisations being conducted by the AU delegation. CARICOM is among integration…

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  • CARICOM Secretariat hosts workshop on enforcement of environmental agreements

    The CARICOM Secretariat will host a workshop on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in Guyana March 24 – 26. The seminar is being delivered under the Project for Capacity-Building related to in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries in partnership with the Guyana Revenue Authority. It is expected that there will be approximately 35 participants from the Customs Department, Ministry of Environment,…

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  • CARICOM Secretariat hosts statistics workshop in Kingstown

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana)      In its continuing quest to train personnel and boost the profile of statistics in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the CARICOM Secretariat will host a Training Workshop on Merchandise Trade Statistics in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Statisticians from across the Region will gather in Kingstown from 26 January-5 February, 2015, for the workshop that…

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  • Photo of TOGETHER WE MUST CLOSE THIS GAP –	 says   CARICOM Secretariat Assistant Secretary-General

    TOGETHER WE MUST CLOSE THIS GAP – says   CARICOM Secretariat Assistant Secretary-General

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Dr. Douglas Slater, CARICOM Secretariat Assistant Secretary-General for  Human and Social Development, was speaking at a brief ceremony to hand over more than G$150,000 worth of food items to the Food Bank of  Guyana National HIV & AIDS Programme (NAP). Initiated and organised by the PANCAP Coordinating Unit (PCU) in collaboration with the CARICOM…

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  • Staff at CARICOM Secretariat show off array of gifts for Staff Talent celebrations 2014

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Creativity and Innovation for a Better Tomorrow is the theme for this year’s Staff Talent Celebration at the CARICOM Secretariat.  The Celebration got off to an official start when Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque declared the week of activities open on Monday November 24 in a brief ceremony at the…

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  • CARICOM Secretariat staffers display gifts at Staff Talent 2014

    Creativity and Innovation for a Better Tomorrow is the theme for this year’s Staff Talent Celebration at the CARICOM Secretariat.  The staff talent activities got off to an official start when CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque declared the week of activities open on Monday, November 24, in a brief ceremony held in the Secretariat’s large conference room. The ceremony was…

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  • CARICOM Secretariat Will Host the 4th Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF), 12-14 November 2014

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will be partnering with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) through the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (REETA) Project in hosting the Fourth Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF). The Forum will be held from the 13-14 November 2014 at the Office of Caribbean Development Bank in St. Michael,…

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  • CEBO hosts first Community Based Workshop in Guyana

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The regional Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO) is a direct result of the recommendations of the report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development which identified entrepreneurship development as a priority in countering youth unemployment. This was made clear by Programme Manager, Culture Community Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, Dr Hilary Brown…

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  • Photo of Regional Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO) to be introduced in Guyana

    Regional Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO) to be introduced in Guyana

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     A number of Guyanese youth interested in starting their own businesses will soon be benefitting from entrepreneurial workshops and seminars hosted through the regional Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO).  The programme will start with a training of trainers workshop Monday October 21- Thursday October 24. The four day youth-focused seminar, which will…

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  • CARIFORUM Platform to be Strengthened, says New DG

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)    Mr. Percival Marie, a national of the Commonwealth of Dominica, assumes office on August 1 as Director-General of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) Directorate in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. He replaces Mr. Ivan Ogando Lora. Mr. Marie who has been appointed for a period of three years…

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