October 15, 2021 It is my pleasure to extend greetings on the thirteenth observance of Caribbean Statistics Day (CSD) on 15 October 2021. The theme for this year is “Leave No One Behind –…
Category: INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
First Meeting of the CARIFORUM – United Kingdom Economic Partnership Agreement’s (EPA) Trade and Development Committee
October 15, 2021 JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ The first meeting of the CARIFORUM – United Kingdom Economic Partnership Agreement’s (EPA) Trade and Development Committee took place via videoconference on 7 October 2021. The…
El Salvador Increase Resilience to Natural Disasters and Health Emergencies with the IDB
October 15, 2021 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $400 million contingent loan for a program to help offset the possible impact of natural disasters and health emergencies…
CARICOM continues pursuit of quality education imperative
October 15, 2021 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is advancing efforts to achieve clearer alignment, coordination and harmonization of standards for the teaching profession in the Region. On October 8,…
Caribbean Countries Need Urgent Rethink of Concessional Financing Criteria
October 15, 2021 Caribbean countries facing a perilous path back to growth due to the crises of COVID-19 and climate change need the global community to fundamentally reassess how concessional…
CDB, CCREEE Formalise Partnership for Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency Advancement
October 12, 2021 Two regional institutions have come together to forge a partnership to advance renewable energy (RE) development and energy efficiency (EE) promotion in the Caribbean. Yesterday, the Caribbean…
Caribbean Export Executive Director and CEO, GoInvest discuss support for the private sector in Guyana
October 12, 2021 On October 4, 2021, Executive Director of Caribbean Export, Deodat Maharaj, met with Dr Peter Ramsaroop, CEO, GoInvest, to discuss the programmes and initiatives the Agency is…
Call for Region to Collaborate to Capitalise on Available IMF Financing
October 12, 2021 President of the Caribbean Development Bank, (CDB) Dr Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon has proposed that the US$2.5 billion in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) available to Caribbean countries from…
CARIBBEAN Public Health boosted by PANCAP capacity building initiative
October 8, 2021 EIGHTEEN (18) CLINICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTITIONERS COMPLETE THREE-MONTH COURSE ON CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF HIV The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides…
OAS Ministers of Tourism: Sustainable and Economic Growth in the Aftermath of the Pandemic can only be fully Achieved by Rebuilding and Reactivating the Tourism Sector
October 8, 2021 Ministers and high-level authorities of tourism of member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) urged regional efforts to help rebuild and revive tourism following the…