August 9, 2024 As Jamaica prepares to celebrate its Sixty-Second Anniversary of Independence on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett stated that the country continues to be…
Category: INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
CARICOM Heads of Government endorse digital resilience strategy, skills fund creation
August 9, 2024 Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have endorsed a strategy that will guide how the Region navigates the digital landscape. The Hon. Dickon Mitchell, CARICOM…
COMMUNIQUÉ: Forty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM
August 6, 2024 The Forty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held from 28-30 July in St George’s, Grenada under the…
CDB Helps Chart Course for Sustainable Public Road Transport in the Caribbean
August 6, 2024 Increasing administrative capacity, implementing cashless payment systems and user information portals, and enhancing accessibility for vulnerable populations, form part of a comprehensive framework aimed at sustainably improving…
CARICOM and Spain decide on areas of cooperation for the next five years
August 6, 2024 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Kingdom of Spain have signed a new agreement for technical cooperation in food and nutrition security, health, climate change, and disaster…
Statement by the OAS General Secretariat on the Situation in Venezuela
August 6, 2024 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) calls for peace among Venezuelans, for today to be a day of reconciliation and justice, for messages…
Enhancing Trade Finance for SMEs in the Caribbean
August 6, 2024 The World Economic Forum (2023) reports that the trade finance gap is now $1.7 trillion globally, with SMEs disproportionately affected by this shortfall. Small and medium-sized enterprises…
Caribbean Export and Afreximbank Forge Strategic Partnership to Boost Trade and Investment
August 6, 2024 The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has inked a partnership with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This…
Curaçao joins CARICOM, pledges to leverage cultural, economic strengths
August 2, 2024 Curaçao is now the sixth Associate Member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The country’s Prime Minister said it brings a unique blend of cultural traditions, economic strengths,…
IDB Invest Partners with Green Climate Fund to Promote Climate Investments in the Caribbean Private Sector
August 2, 2024 IDB Invest is partnering with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to launch the Caribbean Net-Zero and Resilient Private Sector Program, which aims to drive greenhouse gas emission…
STATEMENT from the Caribbean Community on Crime and Violence
August 2, 2024 We, CARICOM Heads of Government are deeply concerned by the levels of crime and violence in the Region, fueled in part, by firearms and ammunition trafficking, transnational…
STATEMENT from the Caribbean Community on Cuba
August 2, 2024 The Forty-Seventh (47th) Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community is gravely concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Cuba resulting from the embargo wrongfully imposed…