The CARICOM Secretariat is winding down the project ‘Students Engaging the CSME through Field Promotion’ with the first of the final three missions for 2016 getting underway this Monday, March 14. Nineteen Saint Lucian tertiary students from the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC) and one CARICOM Youth Ambassador (CYA) are traveling to Suriname for the week-long mission. They are to be accompanied by Saint Lucia’s CSME Focal Point and a lecturer of the SALCC.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) joins women and men globally to commemorate International Women’s Day, 8 March, 2016 under the theme Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality. The United Nations observance this year will reflect on how to accelerate the 2030 Agenda to effectively implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the new global agenda to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.

 On the eve of International Women’s Day, Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan has called for the increased involvement of women in the electoral processes.

She made the call to a group of senior officials in electoral management and monitoring who are participating in a CARICOM Secretariat-United Nations (UN) workshop on Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) which opened Monday 7 March at the Marriot Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana.

On Monday 29 February 2016, the CARICOM Secretariat launched at the Regional Forum on Youth Crime and Violence in Georgetown, Guyana, three one-minute animated public service announcements on the topics of bullying, love and belonging, and the Ideal Caribbean Youth.

 As part of efforts to enhance their electoral partnership, the CARICOM Secretariat and the United Nations (UNDP/UNDPA) will conduct a BRIDGE (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections) workshop and round table discussion for participants from the CARICOM Region in Guyana, next week.