August 18, 2023 • The Caribbean Investment Forum 2023 to take place in The Bahamas from October 23-25. • The region’s premier business event, set to attract international investors to…
Category: INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
CARICOM Youth Ambassador Dean wants Youth on the front line of Region’s green transition
August 15, 2023 The 2023 theme for the observance of International Youth Day, “Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World”, aligns with CARICOM’s efforts to ensure all stakeholders, including…
CARICOM Eminent Persons Group Recent Activities
August 15, 2023 At the end of their visit to Haiti on 12-15 July 2023 to facilitate inter-Haitian dialogue in the search for a solution to the political crisis, the…
CARICOM Celebrates Steelpan as a Caribbean Cultural Touchstone
August 15, 2023 The CARICOM Secretariat joins the world in celebrating steelpan on 11 August which has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly as World Steelpan Day. We…
Report of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro, to the Permanent Council on the situation in the Republic of Guatemala
August 11, 2023 It is impossible to start today without referring to the murder of Fernando Villavicencio in Ecuador and how the enemy of democracy is organized crime and drug…
CARICOM Statement – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2023
August 11, 2023 There are an estimated 476 million Indigenous Peoples in the world, living across 90 countries, and representing an estimated 7,000 languages and 5,000 different cultures. The Latin…
Sustainable Hiring Necessary For Tourism Revival
August 8, 2023 Tourism has made a rapid recovery in many Caribbean countries, slowly restoring economic growth and bringing jobs back. While this is a positive turn of events, the…
Unified Regional Voice Needed for Development of Pandemic Prevention Instrument
August 8, 2023 Regional Chief Medical Officers (CMOs), Caribbean public health stakeholders and other representatives of Member States are taking steps to ensure their voices are heard in the process…
Working Group of the Protocol of San Salvador Holds 16th Period of Sessions
August 8, 2023 The Working Group to examine the national reports envisioned in the Protocol of San Salvador (WGPSS) held its 16th Period of Sessions on July 27 and 28,…
New CDB-EU Project to Strengthen Export Capacity for Antigua and Barbuda’s MSMEs to Enter EU Markets
August 4, 2023 Micro Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) of Antigua and Barbuda will soon benefit from capacity building interventions that will enable private sector entities to access markets…
Caribbean Export Forges Closer Ties with the Dominican Republic through Headquarters Agreement Signing
August 1, 2023 The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) took a significant step forward in strengthening trade and cooperation with the Dominican Republic as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Roberto…
Development of Climate-Smart Agriculture Platform Underway with CDB Support
July 28, 2023 Recognising the need for an accessible digital platform to facilitate innovative approaches to agricultural production in its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), is…