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Second Workshop Held to Develop Regional Migration Policy
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Workshop for the Caribbean was convened 1-2 November 2023 at the United Nations House, Bridgetown, Barbados. Representatives from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Caribbean, European Union (EU) International Partnerships and regional stakeholders met to further discuss the development of a Regional Migration Policy. Initial development of the…
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Process to develop Regional Migration Policy Progressing
Regional stakeholders have made progress with the development of a Regional Migration Policy, the focus of a workshop on migration in the Caribbean, convened 1-3 November 2023 at the United Nations House, Bridgetown, Barbados. The workshop was facilitated by the CARICOM Secretariat and the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS) in collaboration with the International Organization for…
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Regional Policy Being Developed to address Migration Priorities, Challenges and Opportunities
Friday, 1 September 2023 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown): Developing a “Regional Approach” to migration was the focus of a two-day workshop (24-25 August 2023) facilitated by CARICOM in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Bridgetown, Barbados. Regional stakeholders, including representatives from CARICOM Implementing Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), CARICOM Standing Committee of Chiefs of Immigration…
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CSME, food security, climate finance top agenda of CARICOM Summit in The Bahamas
The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME); food security; climate change and climate finance; health; and security will be among the major topics when Heads of Government of CARICOM Meet in The Bahamas, 15-17 February. The three-day Meeting will be held under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister of The Bahamas, the Hon. Philip Davis. It opens at the Atlantis Resort,…
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Sir William Arthur Lewis (Virtual) Distinguished Lecture: Sustained Economic Recovery Post-Pandemic – The Lewis Model, presented by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett
Salutations I am deeply honoured to present the Sir W. Arthur Lewis Distinguished lecture this year under the theme “Sustained Economic Recovery Post-Pandemic: The Lewis Model”. In our region and across the world, we are preoccupied with building a post-pandemic economic recovery notwithstanding the persistence of the COVID-19 Pandemic. I recall the great pride I felt as an undergraduate in…
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Launch of the Enhanced TVET Framework for Certification in Antigua and Barbuda – Remarks by Mr Leo Titus Preville
Remarks by Mr. Leo Titus Preville Programme Manager, CARICOM Single Market, CSME Unit at the Launch of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA and CSME Standby Facility for Capacity Building “Enhanced Technical Vocational Educational Training (TVET) Framework for Certification in Antigua and Barbuda” Thursday, 07 April 2022, 10:00 A.M Salutation Hon. E. P Chet Greene, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade; Hon.…
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Teaching Regional Integration and the CSME in CARICOM classrooms
Approximately fifty high school students from Belize and Guyana participated in a merged on-line classroom on Monday, that was taught by Ms. Eletha Stewart-Johnson of Queen’s College in Guyana. This was the first leg of a pilot activity on teaching regional integration and the CSME in CARICOM classrooms and Ms. Stewart-Johnson taught the class of Mr. Abdiel Medina of the…
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Teaching regional integration, CSME in CARICOM classrooms
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is continuing efforts to increase the teaching of regional integration and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) in CARICOM classrooms via a new initiative due to start Monday, 10 May 2021. Ms. Eletha Stewart-Johnson, a teacher in Social Studies and History at Queen’s College in Guyana, will teach virtually, students at the Ladyville Technical…
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CARICOM Competition Authorities encouraged to co-operate
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) national competition authorities are encouraged to co-operate together in the detection and prevention of anti-competitive business conduct. Senior Technical Coordinator at the CARICOM Secretariat CSME Unit, Mr. Philip McClauren, made the comment today while commending the Barbados Fair Trading Commission (BFTC) and the Guyana Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) for establishing a cooperation agreement. The regional…
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CARICOM Day 2020 – Message from Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque
CARICOM Day 2020 is like no other in our history. We celebrate today in an environment dominated by the continuing health and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Let me, at the outset, extend my deepest condolences to those who have lost loved ones; and I wish a speedy recovery to those afflicted by the disease. This is a time…
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