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UNDP and Cuba to boost development cooperation, special focus on renewable energy
Havana – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Jessica Faieta announced continued support to Cuba in the economic, social and&nbs
UNDP, IDB, ECLAC to boost access to sustainable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Washington, 23 February 2015- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) launc
Caribbean now has facility for disaster training
A Caribbean Training Centre, warehouse and the Regional Coordination Centre are all now housed with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA), new eight million dollar headquarte
Engagement not Protest – the approach on Reparations, Prime Minister Stuart
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will not “pursue the issue of reparations on the basis of a diplomacy of protest” but
Intensifying cooperation with the Caribbean Community: Germany’s Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier invited his counterparts from the states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to a conference in Berlin on 2 March.
Cultivating a Caribbean Specialty
The production of cacao is globally concentrated in the regions between 10 degrees north and 10 degrees south of the equator, namely Central and South America, West Africa and the Caribbean. T
Training In Workflow Management Systems
Over 20 Barbadian frontline personnel are now better equipped to streamline information to facilitate improved access to data under the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and to better share
ILO Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour to address ‘Decent Work for Sustainable Development’
The 9th ILO Meeting of the Caribbean Ministers of Labour, organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the Government of The Baha
Ministry Of Health Declares Chikungunya Epidemic Officially Over
A year after the first reported case of Chikungunya in January 2014 the Ministry of
Indigenous food systems should be on the development menu
ROME, Feb 23 2015 (IPS) - Overcoming hunger and malnutrition in the 21st century no longer means simply increasing the quantity of available food but also the quality.
First conference of CARICOM and German Foreign Ministers opens in Berlin
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and the Region’s Foreign Ministers on Monday began a two-day conference with German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin, Germany.
Communiqué Issued Following The Conclusion of the Twenty-sixth Inter-sessional Meeting of the…
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Sixth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CAR
Promising prospects for CARICOM Customs harmonisation process
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States have further developed guidelines for improvements
CARICOM heads agree to focus on sports tourism and cultural industries
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM heads have decided to place emphasis on developing cultural and creative industries and a sports sector t
Engagement not Protest – the approach on Reparations: Prime Minister Stuart
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will not “pursue the issue of reparations on the basis of a diplomacy of protest” but “on the basis of a diplomacy of engagement,” assures Barbados Prime Minister
Regional Seismic and Tsunami Risk Workshop
Bridgetown, Barbados, March 2, 2015 (CDEMA) - The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) in association with the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM
Regional initiative to tackle banking threat
CARICOM Heads of Government have agreed to establish a Committee of Finance Ministers to work with the Caribbean Association of Banks on a plan to deal with the region being unjustly labeled a high
Caribbean writers, animators create appealing children’s stories
Caribbean writers and animators have taken up the call for creating their own stories using tools and media that appeal to children.
Fighting climate change with community action
FONDES AMANDES, Trinidad, Feb 18 2015 (IPS) - Not far above Trinidad’s capital, Port-of-Spain, in a corner of the St.















