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…
Category: INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
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…
Luis Guillermo Solís will be the Chief of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission for the General Elections in Honduras
October 8, 2021 The Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, appointed the former President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solís, as Chief of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM)…
Caribbean Export and UWI to Partner on Trade and Investment
October 4, 2021 Caribbean Export and the UWI, SRC sign an MOU. Caribbean Export and SRC to launch an internship programme for MITP students. Regional businesses to benefit from cutting-edge…