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  • September 19, 2013
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    11th EDF Expected to Help Meet the Challenges of Caribbean Development

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Programming Seminar, currently underway in Georgetown, Guyana, is an engagement that the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) considers to be of critical importance to development in the Region. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and CARIFORUM and Regional Authorising Officer (RAO),…

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  • Photo of CARIFORUM DG to Visit Grenada
    August 22, 2013
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    CARIFORUM DG to Visit Grenada

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Director-General of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), Mr Percival Marie, is set to embark on his first official visit to Grenada since that country assumed the Chairmanship of CARIFORUM, with effect from 1 July 2013. The Chair of CARIFORUM plays a leadership role in relation to intra-CARIFORUM matters,…

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  • Photo of Dominican national appointed CARIFORUM Director General
    August 2, 2013
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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.…

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  • July 31, 2013
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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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  • July 4, 2013
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    National EPA Implementation Plans a Key Milestone

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Gains have been made regarding Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), since the signing of the landmark trade and development accord by fourteen CARIFORUM States in October 2008 and by the fifteenth state, Haiti, in December 2009. With Validation…

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  • March 26, 2013
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    EPA and CSME Standby Facilities launched

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) (The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Standby Facility represents a new paradigm for collaboration between Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) States and the European Union (EU), as does the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) Standby Facility with respect to collaboration between CARICOM States and the EU. The Director-General…

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  • March 15, 2013
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    REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND CARIBBEAN FORUM OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC (ACP) STATES (CARIFORUM) AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT ON THE 10TH EDF INTRA-ACP AGRICULTURE POLICY PROGRAMME OF THE CARIBBEAN GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 15 MARCH 2013

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It gives me great pleasure to make a few remarks on this occasion, as we witness the signing of the Contribution Agreement between the European Commission and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). This Agreement puts on stream the Caribbean component of the 10th European Development Fund – Intra-ACP Agriculture Policy Programme.…

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  • Photo of 2nd CARIFORUM International Financial Services Conference
    October 29, 2012
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    2nd CARIFORUM International Financial Services Conference

    On October 30-31, the 2nd CARIFORUM International Financial Services Conference took place in Antigua and Barbuda at the Sandals Grande Resort.  The two-day conference examined the emerging framework of governance of international finance and new non tax business models to guide the future of Caribbean financial centres in an increasingly competitive international environment.  Just over a hundred experts and practitioners…

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  • September 24, 2012
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    CARIFORUM gears up for key EPA Meeting

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trinidad and Tobago will, on 27 September 2012, play host to the Second Meeting of the Trade and Development Committee (TDC) under the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM)-European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). A preparatory meeting of CARIFORUM Officials, also to be held in Trinidad and Tobago, will be…

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  • September 6, 2012
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    CARIFORUM DG Wraps Up Official Visit to the Dominican Republic

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Director-General of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) Directorate, Mr Ivan Ogando Lora, has just completed an official visit to the Dominican Republic. Mr Ogando’s trip to this CARIFORUM State came against the backdrop of its assumption of the Chairmanship of CARIFORUM from 1 July 2012, a position it…

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