August 6, 2024 The World Economic Forum (2023) reports that the trade finance gap is now $1.7 trillion globally, with SMEs disproportionately affected by this shortfall. Small and medium-sized enterprises…
Category: INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
Caribbean Export and Afreximbank Forge Strategic Partnership to Boost Trade and Investment
August 6, 2024 The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has inked a partnership with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This…
Curaçao joins CARICOM, pledges to leverage cultural, economic strengths
August 2, 2024 Curaçao is now the sixth Associate Member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The country’s Prime Minister said it brings a unique blend of cultural traditions, economic strengths,…
IDB Invest Partners with Green Climate Fund to Promote Climate Investments in the Caribbean Private Sector
August 2, 2024 IDB Invest is partnering with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to launch the Caribbean Net-Zero and Resilient Private Sector Program, which aims to drive greenhouse gas emission…
STATEMENT from the Caribbean Community on Crime and Violence
August 2, 2024 We, CARICOM Heads of Government are deeply concerned by the levels of crime and violence in the Region, fueled in part, by firearms and ammunition trafficking, transnational…
STATEMENT from the Caribbean Community on Cuba
August 2, 2024 The Forty-Seventh (47th) Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community is gravely concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Cuba resulting from the embargo wrongfully imposed…
Statement from the Office of the Secretary General on the Electoral Process in Venezuela and Report from the Secretariat for the Strengthening of Democracy/Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation
August 2, 2024 Today, the Office of the Secretary General received a report from the Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation regarding the presidential electoral process in Venezuela in 2024. The worst…
Sir Clive Lloyd and Roderick Rainford conferred with OCC at 47th HGC Opening Ceremony
July 30, 2024 Renowned Guyanese Cricketer Sir Clive Lloyd, and Jamaican Regionalist and former CARICOM Secretary-General, Mr. Roderick Rainford, have been conferred with the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC),…
MEDIA ADVISORY CARICOM’s 47th Heads of Government Meeting set for St. George’s, Grenada | 28-30 July
July 26, 2024 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will meet in St. George’s, Grenada, from 28-30 July 2024, for the 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference. The Meeting’s agenda…
Young Leaders Call for More Resources for Caribbean Youth Programmes and Projects
July 26, 2024 Young leaders from across the Caribbean have called for more resources to be allocated to youth development and programmes and projects focused on the demographic, which constitutes…
CARICOM and Japan agree on areas for closer collaboration
July 23, 2024 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Japan reconfirmed their commitment to deepen collaboration on climate change, natural disaster preparedness, and agricultural technology during the recently held Twentieth CARICOM-Japan…