CARICOM Secretariat wraps up pilot project ‘Regional Integration and the CSME’, conducted via online classes exchanges between High School teachers in Belize and Guyana

May 25, 2021 The CARICOM Secretariat’s pilot project with High School teachers in Belize and Guyana teaching each other’s classes online finished on Thursday. Mr. Albert Inshanally of Queen’s College…

COMENTARY: Gender-based violence: an overlooked risk in development projects

By: María Amelia Viteri May 21, 2021 With the urge that building gender equality may convey, the social safeguard policies of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) encompass concrete actions to…

UWI Open Campus certify early childhood practitioners in e-learning pedagogy

May 21, 2021 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) now has a cohort of Early Childhood Educators with new skills to conduct online teaching of children between the ages of 3 to…

OAS and CAF Present the Publication “Sub-regional Diagnosis of Data from the Government Procurement and Contracting System”

May 21, 2021 The Organization of American States (OAS), in its role as technical secretariat of the Inter-American Government Procurement Network (RICG, for its acronym in Spanish), in alliance with…

REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS TO DISCUSS SCALING UP AND SUSTAINING THE REGIONAL HIV RESPONSE DURING COVID-19

May 21, 2021 The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic,  will convene…

Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on the Initiative of Interim President Juan Guaidó for a National Salvation Agreement in Venezuela

May 18, 2021 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (GS/OAS) supports the initiative of the interim President of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, to reach a National Salvation Agreement…

Slow tourism industry recovery underscores need for key reforms in Caribbean: IDB report

May 18, 2021 The extreme uncertainty surrounding the tourism recovery in the Caribbean highlights the importance of boosting innovation and supporting transformations that align tourism destinations and products with post-pandemic…

New President Underscores CDB’s Support for St. Vincent and the Grenadines Recovery

May 18, 2021 New Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President, Dr. Gene Leon, reconfirmed the Bank’s support for recovery and reconstruction efforts in St. Vincent and Grenadines during a courtesy call…

Stay in the loop with CARICOM

May 18, 2021 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. Highlights: 01:00 LEADERSHIP:…

Second Pair of Teachers to begin lessons on Regional Integration and the CSME

May 14, 2021 Another pair of High School teachers continues a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat pilot project for teaching on-line, each other’s classes in Belize and Guyana and giving lessons…

CARICOM remembers late Anguilla Chief Minister Hubert Hughes as ‘Regionalist’

May 14, 2021 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended its condolences on the passing of the former Anguilla Chief Minister Mr. Hubert Benjamin Hughes, who died last Saturday, 8 May…

Statement from the 28th Special COHSOD regarding CXC concerns

May 14, 2021 The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council of Human and Social Development (COHSOD) met in Special session on Tuesday 12 May to examine concerns related to the administration of…