OAS and AWS Present White Paper “Challenges and Strategies: Considerations on Ransomware Attacks in the Americas”

September 8, 2023 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, today presented the white paper “Challenges and Strategies: Considerations…

STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF  THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AFRICA-CARICOM DAY

September 8, 2023 I am pleased to acknowledge, as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the watershed moment two years ago when the leaders of CARICOM and Africa agreed to…

AFRICA-CARICOM DAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2023 STATEMENT BY MS TIFFANY MOORE, DEAN, CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADORS

September 8, 2023 On 7 September, we celebrate the enduring partnership and shared values that bind the African and Caribbean regions. Today serves as a reminder of the strength we…

Empowering Caribbean Women in Trade: Caribbean Export’s Support for CWIT Awardees

September 5, 2023 Caribbean Export is pleased to be supporting the Caribbean Women in Trade (CWIT), an organization that officially launched in May 2023. This initiative, established in 2020, serves…

Artificial Intelligence Can Contribute to Transforming Development Models in Latin America and the Caribbean to Make Them More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable

September 1, 2023 The first Latin American AI Index was launched at ECLAC’s headquarters, at an event led by the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the Chilean Minister of…

7 September 2023 is Africa-CARICOM Day

August 29, 2023 In keeping with a decision taken at the Inaugural Africa-CARICOM Summit on 7 September 2021 for an annual acknowledgement to signal an ongoing commitment to strengthened relationships,…

CARICOM Secretary General urges Innovation, Collaboration in Regional Fisheries Sector

August 29, 2023 Dr Carla Barnett, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has called on fisheries stakeholders to invest more in research and innovation so that countries in the…

OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Guatemala Remains Alert to New Judicial Actions of the Public Ministry and Calls for Guarantees for Adequate Working Conditions for the TSE

August 25, 2023 The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) expresses its concern about the new actions announced by the Public Ministry (PM) of Guatemala, which…

Commonwealth women’s affairs ministers endorse roadmap to fast-track gender equality

August 25, 2023 Women’s affairs ministers from Commonwealth countries committed to a roadmap yesterday, designed to scale up efforts to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls, especially in…

CDB to Host Inaugural Symposium for Caribbean Women Entrepreneurs

August 25, 2023 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will host women entrepreneurs from the region at its Barbados headquarters on September 26, 2023, as it launches the SheTrades Regional Hub…

CDB Providing Training Support for the Region’s Entrepreneurs

August 25, 2023 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) recently trained 174 persons directly engaged with Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, (MSMEs) across the region, to assist with much-needed capacity development…

OAS Electoral Observation Mission Expresses Concern About the Continuation of the Process of Judicialization of the Presidential Elections in Guatemala

August 22, 2023 With only a few hours remaining before the start of election day, the Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) expresses its concern…