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…
Category: INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
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…
Statement from Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Candidates for Commonwealth Secretary-General
May 20, 2022 Statement from Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Hon John BRICEÑO, Prime Minister of Belize on Caribbean Community’s Candidates for Commonwealth Secretary-General An election for the post…
OECS Rep Says Caribbean MSMEs Must Use Research to Grow
May 17, 2022 Kareem Guiste, Head of the Competitiveness Business Unit at the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) says Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) should create demand for their goods…
CARICOM Secretariat Develops Online Platform for Sustainable Statistical Capacity-Building
May 13, 2022 The Regional Statistics Programme of the CARICOM Secretariat has established an electronic platform for training, research and knowledge acquisition that is aimed at improving statistical capacity in…
IDB Study Shows Path to Digitally Transforming Transportation in LAC
May 10, 2022 The report is based on data from an unpublished survey of 223 transportation companies and 96 industry leaders from around the globe. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) lags…
TCI Premier Welcomes CDB & Development Partners to Major Upcoming Regional Meeting
May 10, 2022 The region’s advancement will take centre stage in Turks and Caicos on June 13 – 16, 2022 when the development community will gather in Providenciales, Turks and…
OAS General Secretariat Expresses Concern over Health of Political Prisoners in Cuba
May 3, 2022 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) expresses its serious concern about the condition of underage political prisoners of the Cuban regime. The OAS…
US/CARICOM meeting needed says top diplomat!
April 29, 2022 Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, has called for an early meeting between US President, Joe Biden and leaders of Caribbean Community…
Latin America Faces Unusually High Risks
By Santiago Acosta-Ormaechea, Ilan Goldfajn and Jorge Roldos April 29, 2022 The war in Ukraine is shaking the global economy and raising uncertainty about the outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean. The impact is being…