"We look to the leadership of the Regional Nursing Body to provide the strategic guidance on how the Region can advance and expand the nursing and midwifery professions to support the achievement of universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals." - Ms. Alison Drayton, Assistant Sec...

"Today, as we mark International Youth Day 2025, we do so not as bystanders to history, but as builders of the future we deserve." - Ms. Shakiah Lewis, Dean of the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors In a message to mark International Youth Day today, Ms. Shakiah Lewis, Dean of the CARICOM Youth Ambass...

CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has called for greater investment in youth development, and for young people to be equipped, empowered and enabled to lead and be architects of a more prosperous future. "On this International Youth Day, CARICOM calls on governments, civil society, t...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has launched a competition to design the official logo for the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS). The competition to create the SCCS logo is one of the activities to mark the Year of Statistics, which is being observed in 2025 under th...

Barbados, Belize and Jamaica will benefit from US$26.7M in funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for an innovative energy initiative that will be implemented by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank). The landmark 'Scaling up the Deployment of Integrated Utility Services (IUS) to Supp...

In a message congratulating the Government and People of Jamaica on the country’s Sixty-third Independence Anniversary, CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett highlighted the great strides which the country has made in the sphere of economics and social development. Its “exemplary leadership bo...

Progress under two European Union (EU) funded programmes to improve the administration of criminal justice and to strengthen law enforcement and border security in CARIFORUM States was recently assessed by the respective Steering Committees overseeing the Programmes. Deputy Programme Manager, Ms....

"The data from Round 8 is not an endpoint; it is a catalyst for region-wide recovery, reform, and resilience.”Ambassador David PrendergastDirector of Sectoral Programmes, CARICOM Secretariat  The CARICOM Secretariat, in collaboration with the World Food Program (WFP) and regional partners,...

It is with deep sadness that the CARICOM Secretariat learned of the passing of Her Excellency Elma Gene Isaac on Wednesday, 30 July 2025. A national of Saint Lucia, Ambassador Isaac served our Region with purpose and great distinction, including as Ambassador to CARICOM and the Organisation of Ea...

“The CARICOM Secretariat sees [the CARPHA Strategic Plan 2025–2030] as an opportunity to strengthen structured collaboration between the Secretariat, CARPHA and other regional entities, and a road map to guide how Member States align their priorities and collaborate on critical regional imperatives....