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SVG to host Electric Mobility Conference and Road Show – CARICOM Secretariat among supporting agencies

The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines will next week host a conference and road show on electric mobility.

The CARICOM Secretariat, the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are among the entities that are collaborating to host the event.

The event will run from 30 May - 2 June, 2016, and is intended to create deeper understanding, and raise awareness on electric transport options and opportunities for the country.

Guyana can be justly proud of achievement, progress – CARICOM SG

As Guyana prepares to celebrate its Golden Jubilee Anniversary of Independence on Thursday 26 May, 2016, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said that the country could be “justly proud of its achievements and progress over the five decades of Independence.”

Guyana launches International Youth Reparations Rally and Relay

The Guyana Reparations Committee on Friday launched its leg of the International Youth Reparations Relay and Rally with an event at the Guyana Independence Park. Speakers at the launch included President of Guyana H. E. David Granger and Chairman, Guyana Reparations Committee, Mr. Eric Phillips.

In his keynote address, President Granger said the call for Reparations was serious business and not a side show. He said the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was one of the greatest un-natural disasters of all time and a crime against humanity.

CSME Student Mission Project culminates in Dominica

The final mission under the CARICOM Secretariat’s ‘Students Engaging the CSME through Field Promotion’ project kicks off Monday, May 23 in Dominica.

Dominica to host students from Suriname on CSME exchange

The final mission under the CARICOM Secretariat’s ‘Students Engaging the CSME through Field Promotion’ project kicks off Monday, May 23 in Dominica.

CARICOM taking steps to Institutionalise a Gender Sensitive Results-Oriented Culture across the Community

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in June 2016, will initiate the implementation of a “Gender Sensitive Results-Based Management (RBM) System” to build a results-oriented culture around the operationalization of the CARICOM Strategic Plan, 2015 – 2019.

‘His was a good innings well played’ – CARICOM SG eulogises Cozier

The body of work on cricket left behind by iconic cricket journalist, Tony Cozier, represented a running commentary and a history of the game in the Region for more than fifty years, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said Friday.

Launch of Human Resource Development Commission proof leaders improving CARICOM’s education system – Youth Ambassador

CARICOM Youth Ambassador from Barbados, Zuwena Perry believes that CARICOM leaders have shown evidence of their commitment to improving the Region’s education system. She expressed this sentiment during the launch of the Human Resource Commission at the Caribbean Development Bank in Barbados on Thursday evening. According to Ms. Perry the launch of the Human Resource Development Commission was proof that the Region’s leaders were actively seeking to improve the education sector within CARICOM.

CARICOM Secretariat and CDB collaborate to launch Human Resource Development Commission

The CARICOM Secretariat and the Caribbean Development Bank have partnered to launch a Human Resource Development Strategy for the Region. The launch event was hosted on Thursday evening at the Caribbean Development Bank Conference Centre in Bridgetown Barbados.

CARICOM advances relations with Sweden, Netherlands

CARICOM Secretariat – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers have put measures in place for closer cooperation with Sweden and the Netherlands even as they seek to place issues impacting the development of Small Island Developing and Low-lying States (SIDS) in the spotlight.

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