The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is hosting two training sessions on the Regional Labour Market Information System (LMIS) for CARICOM National Data Managers, on 27 – 28 September and 4 – 5 October 2022. The first activity is on LMIS data production. The second exercise will focus on asp...

Colleague Heads of Government,Minister Rishma Kuldipsingh, Minister of Economic Affairs,Dr. Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community,Distinguished Ministers,Caricom Secretariat Staff,Ladies and Gentlemen, Good day to you all! As we all can recall, one of the key principles o...

Your Excellency Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community; Members of the Cabinet of the Government of Suriname; Mr. Gordon Charles, Member of the Executive Committee of the CARICOM Private S...

CARICOM is launching a major regional platform to facilitate intra-regional trade in goods and agricultural products. This CARICOM Marketplace dubbed CIMSUPRO (CARICOM Market Place and Suspension Procedure) will register suppliers and buyers of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) originating goods. The...

Environmental officials from Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic participated recently in a training workshop in Saint Lucia as the Region continues preparations for the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity...

CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett has expressed condolences on the passing of Justice (ret), Duke Pollard of Guyana. The Secretary-General, in a message to the President of Guyana H.E. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, noted Justice Pollard’s significant body of work for the Region which included assi...

Forum to maximise Learning, Coordination and Synergies among recipients of Global Fund Multi-Country Grants 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 facilitate...

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) says monetary conditions within the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), “remain accommodative”. “Monetary and credit conditions improved during the first half of 2022, with growth in private sector credit being positive,” the ECCB said, noting that t...

It is my pleasure to extend my warm congratulations as Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and Head of Government responsible for Community Development and Cultural Cooperation, which includes Sports, to all Caribbean athletes who participated in the World Athletics Championships 2022. On...

The CARICOM Secretariat is launching a series of consultations on the draft CARICOM Regional Gender Equality Strategy (CRGES) beginning on Tuesday 26 July 2022. Senior officials in Ministries of Gender, Education, Health, Labour, Environment, and Finance from Guyana, Suriname, the British Virg...