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  • Photo of CARICOM, USAID Partner on Cyber Resilience Strategy 2030 Project

    CARICOM, USAID Partner on Cyber Resilience Strategy 2030 Project

    Collaborating to build a resilient cyber future across the Caribbean The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the United States Agency for International Development launched a Cyber Resilience Strategy 2030 Project to enhance cybersecurity capacity across CARICOM States. Against a backdrop of rising cyber threats globally, the CARICOM’s Council for Trade and Economic Development, in 2019, unanimously approved the development of…

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  • Photo of The United States announces new projects to support Climate Adaptation and Resilience in the Caribbean

    The United States announces new projects to support Climate Adaptation and Resilience in the Caribbean

    In Georgetown, Guyana at the 46th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the United States highlighted more than $43 million in USAID funding, including $15.8 million in previously unannounced funding to address climate and biodiversity threats in the Caribbean. The announcement was made by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who led…

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  • Photo of USAID AND CARICOM Development Fund sign an MOU to strengthen cooperation

    USAID AND CARICOM Development Fund sign an MOU to strengthen cooperation

    The United States Agency for International Development/Eastern and Southern Caribbean Mission (USAID/ESC) and the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Monday, June 21. The signing of the MOU occurred at the offices of the CDF in Barbados. The MOU provides a broad framework for cooperation between the two organizations and strengthening of institutional ties between…

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  • Photo of The CARICOM COVID-19 Food Security and Livelihoods Impact Survey – Round 3

    The CARICOM COVID-19 Food Security and Livelihoods Impact Survey – Round 3

    Nearly a year after the first recorded case of COVID-19 in the Caribbean, CARICOM is launching the third round of the Caribbean COVID-19 Food Security and Livelihoods Survey. Following the July 2020 survey, which found an increasing number of households affected by income loss, along with a worsening impact on food security, this round aims to capture the current state…

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  • Photo of Regional Climate Centre established in Barbados

    Regional Climate Centre established in Barbados

    Barbados is now home to the first Regional Climate Centre (RCC) in the western hemisphere. The centre, which is housed at the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) in Husbands, St James, was financed to the tune of US$5 million by the United States Agency for International Development. United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Linda…

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  • USAID clean energy program to help regional hospitality sector

    CASTRIES, St Lucia — The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Caribbean Clean Energy Program (CARCEP), is supporting energy efficiency across the region’s hospitality sector with a series of energy efficiency workshops. The second in this series was held in Saint Lucia on March 16-17. The forum attracted a cross section of management, operations,…

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  • Photo of USAID Caribbean Clean Energy Program And CHTA Forge Collaborative Partnership To Bolster Energy Efficiency In The Caribbean’s Hotel Sector

    USAID Caribbean Clean Energy Program And CHTA Forge Collaborative Partnership To Bolster Energy Efficiency In The Caribbean’s Hotel Sector

    FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, Sunday October 2, 2016 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Caribbean Clean Energy Program (CARCEP) yesterday signed a collaboration agreement with the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) in a landmark move to bolster energy efficiency in the Caribbean’s hotel sector, the largest electricity consumer sector in the region. The agreement, which was signed during…

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  • Photo of USAID project boosts Grenada’s resilience to climate change

    USAID project boosts Grenada’s resilience to climate change

    ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Thursday June 23, 2016 – Grenada’s capacity to mitigate climate change risks stemming from storms, hurricanes, droughts and other extreme weather events has been enhanced by a US$9.5 million Rallying the Region to Action on Climate Change (RRACC) project. It is implemented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with the Organization of…

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  • Remarks by The Secretary-general Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin Larocque on The Occasion of The Signing Ceremony Between The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and The United States Agency for International Development

    It is really a pleasure for me to participate in this Ceremony, which is a clear indication of the strong ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States. These Regional Development Objective Agreements are rendering assistance in areas that have been identified as critical to the well-being of our citizens.  They have been structured based on consultations between…

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  • Photo of CARICOM and USAID sign US165 million agreement

    CARICOM and USAID sign US165 million agreement

    The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) today signed agreements representing US$165 million development assistance support from the United States Government to the Eastern and Southern Caribbean. CARICOM Secretary General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and USAID Eastern and Southern Caribbean Mission Director, Christopher Cushing, initialed the five-year Development Objective Agreements (DOAGs) during a brief ceremony…

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