[Barbados] The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is providing funding to the Development Finance Corporation of Belize (DFC) to: better support the productive sector, including small business; to assist students to access tertiary level and skills training programmes; and families to acquire or improve their own homes.
As the newest standards bureau in the region, The Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality (BBSQ) is now well on the way to enhancing its offering of accreditation and measurement standardisation services with the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) recently.
The document makes a special appeal to the conscience of the world’s richest countries to do their part to help small island developing states.
Caribbean heads of state are hoping that the ‘Declaration of Fort de France’ will result in a unified voice to the unique challenges and solutions to climate related issues in their region.
The tourism-dependent countries have maintained that despite their small sizes and negligible contribution to global gas emissions, they are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
The region’s challenge associated with the on-going Climate Change negotiations is that even if the goal to limit global warming to 1.5 or 2°C is achieved, the Caribbean will experience severe adverse impacts for which stronger programmes of adaptation would have to be implemented.
We most strongly advance the view that in this current situation the global architecture on Climate Change needs to be redesigned to also facilitate and promote the development of developing countries.
Heads of Government and organisations from the Caribbean gathered in Martinique Saturday to discuss the impact of climate change on the nations of the region.
Haiti’s President H.E. Michel Martelly arrives in Martinique to take part in the regional Summit “Caribbean Climate 2015, on Saturday 9 May 2015.
The Summit, to be hosted by French President Francois Hollande is expected to attract over 40 heads of state, government and Caribbean organisations to discuss the impact of climate change on the Caribbean.
The Summit’s goal is to give a voice to Caribbean nations on climate change through a joint statement to be heard at the Conference of Parties COP 21 which will be held in Paris from November 30 to December 15 2015.
Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 08, 2015 (SKNIS): Minister responsible for Education and UNESCO Honourable Shawn Richards has placed the onus of changing society’s attitude toward the care of the environment on the youth.
This was noted at the launching ceremony of the UNESCO Youth Ambassadors for Climate Change, on May 08. The minister noted that youth are “best positioned” to take on this task.
CASTRIES, St Lucia, Wednesday May 6, 2015 – Concerned about the recent attack on the official website of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines government, the administration of Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony is taking steps to strengthen its own cyber security.
In a statement issued yesterday, the government said the incident in the neighbouring island appeared to be part of a trend of increasing reports of cyberattacks of various kinds regionally and internationally.
Adequate financing is critical to our region’s sustainable development. Hence, we look forward to the July 2015 third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa to deliver actionable commitments and a robust framework on development financing and means of implementation. While we are prepared to do our part, the United Nations system itself must lend its weight to securing reliable, accessible and adequate financing for development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as those of CARICOM.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Over 100 children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS will benefit from psychological, educational and social support under a J$8 million (US$70,000) grant assistance programme.
The grant is being provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with World Learning, and will support a four-month initiative that will be carried out through three non-governmental organisations (NGOs).