May 5, 2023 The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank will take place June 12-23, 2023 in Saint Lucia. The hybrid Annual Meeting…
Category: INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
A Transformational Trade Policy Agenda needed to drive CARICOM’s trade performance
May 5, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) must transform its trade policy to drive economic growth and sustainable development. CARICOM’s Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on External Negotiations (PMSC-EN) is calling for…
STAY IN THE LOOP with CARICOM
May 2, 2023 In this episode, Communications Officer at the CARICOM Secretariat, Mrs Tusankine English-Francis, presents a weekly news roundup of the latest from the Caribbean Community.
Argentina’s Foreign Minister and UN Officials to Inaugurate Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development
April 28, 2023 The event, convened each year under the auspices of ECLAC, will be held on April 25-28, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade…
Caribbean firms increased market share and developed new global partnerships, Caribbean Export reveals in annual results
April 28, 2023 Over 135 regional micro- small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) received over $2.1m (US) in funding to boost their businesses last year, the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean…
OAS, PADF, IOM and UNHCR Present Report on Role of Local Governments in Reception and Integration of Migrants, Refugees and other Displaced People
April 28, 2023 The Organization of American States (OAS), the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) presented today…
OAS and ProFuturo Present Map of Best Practices in Digital Education in the Americas
April 28, 2023 The Organization of American States (OAS) and ProFuturo, a digital education program of Fundación Telefónica Movistar and “la Caixa” Foundation, present the results of the mapping of…
Commonwealth Secretary-General becomes first Caribbean and British person to receive UC Berkeley’s Global Leadership Award
April 25, 2023 The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, has become the first Black woman as well as the first Caribbean, Dominican and…
OAS General Secretariat to Participate in the Cities Summit of the Americas
April 25, 2023 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) will participate in the Cities Summit of the Americas, to be held in Denver, Colorado, from April…
CDB and Jamaican Government hand over Epworth Road to the Community
April 25, 2023 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Government of Jamaica on Friday officially handed over 3.1 km of rehabilitated road to the almost 200 persons living in…
Mayors from Latin America and the Caribbean to Seek New Financing Sources for Cities
April 21, 2023 The 2023 Mayors Forum will take place in Denver on April 26 in conjunction with the first Cities Summit of the Americas Approximately 40 mayors from Latin…
DECLARATION BY HEADS OF GOVERNMENT WAR ON GUNS
April 21, 2023 We the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on April 17-18, 2023, on the occasion of the…