Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, and Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has challenged the Region to think strategically and focus on the values of unity in the current global environment.
“Together, we have nurtured a strong Caribbean identity that transcends borders, that is admired globally, and to which others aspire. As we begin our deliberations for this Forty-Ninth Meeting of the Conference, I encourage of us to retain our focus on the purpose of our partnership, which is the prosperity, security and well-being of all the people of our Region.”
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is making significant strides in its pursuit of regional food security, with notable achievements in increased agricultural production, deeper intra-regional cooperation, and improved sector financing.
The Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO) has announced the winners of the 2025 Caribbean Lightning Safety Awareness Contest, a regional initiative to boost public knowledge of lightning safety and first aid through creative expression by school children.
The CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) and Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) have today signed financing agreements with the Dominica Geothermal Power Company (2023) limited (DGPC) - a locally registered entity owned by ORMAT Technologies - for the development of the first geothermal power plant in a CARICOM Member State. This critical investment marks a significant step toward advancing Dominica’s climate goals and the Region’s transition to clean, resilient, and sustainable energy.
The Government of Guyana and the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) yesterday signed a US$18 million financing agreement to kickstart the Agricultural and Infrastructural Development Programme (AIDP), which will see over 4,300 farmers across the ten regions of Guyana benefitting, with forty per cent of the beneficiaries being women and youth. The programme will allow for a further boost to Guyana’s agriculture sector in the form of support for compliance with food safety, sanitary and phytosanitary standards in the sector.
The Ninth Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF IX) will be held in Grenada, 28-30 October 2025.
CSEF is the biennial flagship regional platform for high-level clean energy dialogue. This year, it is being organised by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) in collaboration with the Government of Grenada.
The upcoming Forty-Ninth Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government will place emphasis on improving regional security, enhancing food and nutrition security and combatting climate change, CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, said.
The Meeting convenes 6-8 July, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, with Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, as the Chair. Prime Minister Holness assumes the six-month rotating Chairmanship of the Community on 1 July 2025.
Jamaica’s six-month chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which begins on 1 July 2025, will place emphasis on youth as the architects of the future, Prime Minister Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness has announced.
In a special message ahead of the Forty-ninth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, which will be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, 6-8 July, Prime Minister Holness zeroed in on the youth of the Region who account for nearly 60 per cent of the Region’s populace.
In a world increasingly defined by rapid technological change, CARICOM must embrace the transformative potential of digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, to drive economic growth, enhance public safety, and improve the quality of life of its people.