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CARICOM, German officials meet in Grenada
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Ms. Elizabeth Solomon, Assistant Secretary-General for the Directorate of Foreign and Community Relations, on Sunday held discussions with H.E. Dr. Christophe Eick, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to CARICOM. The talks were held ahead of the 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in St. George’s, Grenada. During…
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Germany offers Region Climate Resilience and Energy project
CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Germany’s Ambassador to CARICOM HE Mr Holger Michael on Wednesday exchanged notes for a project to build Climate Resilience and Sustainable Energy in the Region. The project, to be financed by the Government of Germany in the amount of 2.3 million Euros, represents a further step in the country’s support to the Region…
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CARICOM to get German support for Marine Protection
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Germany’s new Ambassador to (CARICOM) His Excellency Holger Michael signed an agreement totalling 25,700,000 euros on Monday for a Sustainable Financing Mechanism for Marine Protection in the Region. Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Ambassador Holger Michael signed Financing Agreement Ambassador LaRocque had minutes earlier at the Secretariat’s Georgetown, Guyana headquarters received…
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Germany and CARICOM take the Cooperation in Energy to another Level
The Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP) is handing over the baton to the Renewable and Energy Efficiency Technical Assistance project in March 2016. The CREDP started in February 2003 and ends on March 31, 2016. CREDP was a Regional Cooperation Programme between the Government of Germany and CARICOM Member States and the Dominican Republic. CREDP aimed to remove…
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CARICOM Foreign Ministers engage German interest groups
CARICOM Foreign Ministers held wide-ranging engagements with various interest groups in addition to meeting their German counterpart, 2-3 March 2015. The Foreign Ministers met with representatives of the German business sector in Berlin, representatives of the renewable energy sector in Hamburg on the morning of March 3, and with parliamentary representatives from the Latin American and Caribbean Commission of the…
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Communique issued at the conclusion of Conference of the Foreign Ministers of Member States of CARICOM and Germany in Berlin, 2nd/3rd March 2015
At the Conference of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers and Germany, held on 2-3 March 2015, in Berlin, representatives renewed their commitment to further strengthen existing fields of cooperation and to explore new areas for interaction. The Conference, held at the invitation of the government of Germany, “noted with satisfaction the steady and continuous progress in… relations”, between Germany and…
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First conference of CARICOM and German Foreign Ministers opens in Berlin
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and the Region’s Foreign Ministers on Monday began a two-day conference with German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin, Germany. This first Conference of the Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community and Germany has high on its agenda energy and energy efficiency, climate change and the environment, development policy and the fostering of closer commercial…
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Grenada Gets $1.6 Million Grant from Germany for Green Energy
Germany’s government has agreed to provide just under $1.6 million in funding to support reforms in Grenada’s energy sector. The funding from Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety is for a project called “Reform of the Electricity Sector to support Climate Policy in Grenada.” The project, which will launch later this month, aims to…
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CARICOM, Germany hold discussions
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan PhD., will lead a CARICOM Secretariat delegation on Tuesday to talks with a team from Germany headed by His Excellency Stefan Schlueter, Ambassador of Germany to CARICOM. The visiting side will include representatives from the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation, the Society for International…
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