OPENING REMARKS   BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF THE CARIFORUM STAKEHOLDERS’ CONSULTATION WITH THE ACP EMINENT PERSONS’ GROUP (EPG) ON THE FUTURE OF THE ACP GROUP ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA 1 November 2013

It is quite fitting that such a discussion about the future of the African Caribbean Pacific Group of States (ACP) should take place in the Caribbean, for it is in this Region that the idea was conceived and it was this Region that played a pivotal role in the formation of this grouping.  It is...
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Professional Statisticians’ association launched

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)    The Caribbean Association of Professional Statisticians (CAPS) whose motto is `Promoting Statistics for Sustainable Development’ was launched on Monday in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis. The Association was launche...
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EPA Implementation Support, Priorities in Spotlight

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen,  Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     A recently convened meeting of CARIFORUM States and regional partner institutions has been lauded as a significant step forward in deepening partnerships, in relation to the implementation of the CARIFORUM-EU E...
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Inter-agency Partnership on EPA Implementation Deepened

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Representatives of regional agencies that are supporting the implementation of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in the Caribbean met in St George's, Grenada on 16 October, to discuss the deep...
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Demystify statistics – Ministers tells practitioners

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)   Practitioners in the field of statistics have been challenged to demystify the field to young people in the Caribbean and find imaginative ways to expose them to all that is intriguing about pursuing a career in the field. The ...
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Remarks by The Honorable Nigel A. Carty Minister of Education Government of St .Kitts & Nevis On the occasion of the   Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (38th SCCS)  (28-30 October 2013)  and   Twenty-Third Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee (23rd   RCCC) (31 October 2011)  Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis October 28, 2013

It is with sincere appreciation that I accept the invitation to make a few remarks at the opening ceremony of the series of meetings with regional Directors of Statistics, organized by the CARICOM Secretariat’s Statistics Division in collaboration with Member States.  In fact, our hosting...
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