CSME
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CARICOM Border Control Officers end CSME attachment programme in Guyana
CARICOM Border Control Officers concluded the second leg of an attachment programme in Georgetown, Guyana. The CARICOM Secretariat’s Single Market and Trade Directorate facilitated the in-country activity under the CARICOM Skilled Workers Programme (SWP) which provided participants from Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada, with exposure to CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) processes. They…
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Statement from the Chair of CARICOM | Impact of the Global Crises on the Caribbean
The transcript of the Statement from the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the impact of the global crises on the Caribbean. Good day. I speak to all our Caribbean brothers and sisters today, not as the Prime Minister of Barbados, but in my capacity as chair of the Caribbean Community. Our world is in…
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From policy to practice: Making CSME work for Caribbean Youth
The CSME is more than a policy framework—it is a gateway to economic empowerment, mobility, and innovation for young people. It is the key that allows a young Tobagonian entrepreneur to scale their business beyond our shores, a recent graduate to find work in another CARICOM state without unnecessary barriers… Trinidad and Tobago’s CARICOM Youth Ambassador, Luke James-Trim Trinidad and…
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“Caribbean Roots, Global Excellence” – Theme for CARIFESTA XV
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture, Barbados, Senator the Honourable Shantal Munro-Knight, says the country is ready to welcome the Region and the world to CARIFESTA XV from 22 to 31 August, which will be staged under the theme “Caribbean Roots, Global Excellence.” Minister Munro-Knight highlighted that the CARIFESTA XV calendar reflects three (3) pillars critical…
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Upcoming 48th Regular Meeting is a meeting of great interest – Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM
Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) for Foreign and Community Relations with the CARICOM Secretariat, Ms. Elizabeth Solomon, has described the upcoming 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government as a “meeting of great interest.” Speaking ahead of the Conference, which is set for February 19-21 in Bridgetown, Barbados, Ms. Solomon noted that the meeting comes at a focal time…
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CARICOM SG: Upcoming CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting will assess rapidly-changing global landscape
CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett, said that Heads of Government will assess challenges arising in the rapidly changing global context when they meet in Barbados from 19-21 February 2025 for the 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference. In a message ahead of the Meeting, Dr Barnett stated that the Community will seek to devise solutions that advance regional integration and…
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CARICOM Heads of Government will meet in Barbados for 48th Regular Meeting |19-21 February 2025
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will meet in Barbados, 19-21 February 2025, for their 48th Regular Meeting which is being convened under the theme – Strength in Unity: Forging Caribbean Resilience, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development. Heads of Government will discuss several pressing issues for the Community, including food and nutrition security; climate change and the climate finance agenda; the ongoing…
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CARICOM Youth Ambassador and Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM strategise meaningful youth participation
“Meeting with Ambassador Comissiong was essential for aligning key priorities, including ensuring meaningful youth participation at the upcoming CARICOM Heads of Government Summit and advancing initiatives to engage young people across Barbados. This discussion provided an opportunity to strategise projects such as the proposed CARICOM Youth Workshop and outreach campaigns aimed at enhancing youth representation and increasing public awareness of…
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END-OF-YEAR MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) DR CARLA N. BARNETT
As the Region seeks to consolidate integration in the year ahead, we look forward to continued collaboration with our stakeholders and partners, including the CARICOM Committee of Ambassadors and CARICOM Youth Ambassadors, as well as the guidance of the Bureau of the Conference, which will comprise Barbados, Grenada and Jamaica effective 1 January 2025. CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett Throughout…
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Remarks by Dr. Carla N. Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, | Opening, Fifty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development| Georgetown, Guyana| 27 November 2024
‘As this COTED deliberates, we are reminded that the framers of the Revised Treaty sought to be careful to strike the right balance between the common interests of the Community and the interests of Member States within our Community of sovereign states. They did not intend to promote winners and losers; rather, the objective is a Community that supports enhanced…
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