May 27, 2022 Economic integration continues to be at the forefront of the agenda of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). A specially funded cohort of sixteen (16) trade…
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CARICOM Secretary-General congratulates Guyana on 56th Independence Anniversary
May 27, 2022 CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has congratulated the Government and People of Guyana on the occasion of the country’s Fifty-Sixth anniversary of Independence which it celebrates on…
COMMUNIQUÉ: TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS
May 27, 2022 The Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held virtually on 18 May 2022, under the Chairmanship…
Local Government Officials Key to Building Forward Better
May 27, 2022 As a two-year capacity building initiative for municipal authority officials drew to a close last week, a senior Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) official has reminded local government…
CDB Kicks Off 52nd Annual Meeting with Food Security Seminar
May 24, 2022 On the heels of a regional discussion in Guyana on food security and CARICOM’s commitment to reduce member states’ food import bill by 25% in 2025, the…
ACP-EU Supports Digital Connectivity in the Caribbean in the Face of COVID-19
May 24, 2022 In consultation with the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), the European Union (EU) is funding the DIRECCT (DIgital REsponse Connecting CiTizens) programme to strengthen…
2021 Annual Results Report European Launch
May 24, 2022 Following the successful regional launch of its 2021 Annual Results Report on May 5, 2022, Executive Director, Deodat Maharaj and Damie Sinanan, Manager of Competitiveness and Export Promotion travelled…
Inter-American Development Bank and LinkedIn join forces for jobs recovery in the region
May 20, 2022 The Inter-American Development Bank and LinkedIn are partnering to measure key labor indicators as a means to guide pandemic recovery efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
CARICOM youth programme launches regional mental-health survey
May 20, 2022 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has launched a Regional Mental Health Survey to assess the psychological well-being of young people ages 10 to 29 years. The survey will…
CDB President Calls for Partnerships and Multi-Instrument Financing for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean and Latin America
May 20, 2022 President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Hyginus “Gene” Leon has restated the need for a multi-facetted suite of financing instruments to drive sustainable development in…
Dominican Republic to Support Digitalization of Artworks from the Art Museum of the Americas (AMA)
May 20, 2022 The Dominican Republic will donate digital photography equipment to the Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) of the Organization of American States (OAS) to digitalize works of…
Regional approach to gender-based violence forthcoming
May 20, 2022 The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat are collaborating to bring together a consortium of experts to provide guidance on a common…