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Working group established to advance maritime transportation arrangements

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have established an inter-governmental working group to advance arrangements to improve maritime transportation in the Region.

Senator the Hon. Dr. Amery Browne, Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, will head the working group which will include other ministers from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

CARICOM, UN, European Commission call for cooperation, partnerships amid global flux

(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) - Chair of CARICOM, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley of Barbados; CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett; United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres; and European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen have underscored the need to work together amid current global flux.

Food Security Initiative Expanded, Extended to 2030

Uncertainties in the global trade arena and impacts from natural disasters in the Region are among the factors that have necessitated an extension to the regional food security initiative.

Governance mechanisms of CARICOM need reform – Prime Minister Mottley

Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Hon, Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, said that there is need for reform of the governance mechanisms of CARICOM.

Prime Minister Mottley raised the issue of governance of the Region in her address to the opening of the 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM on Wednesday in Bridgetown, Barbados.

‘We are not asking for mercy or sympathy; we are asking for partnership’ – Grenada Prime Minister

The Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and Immediate Past Chairman of CARICOM, on Wednesday emphasised the need for partnership to tackle climate change.

CARICOM SG congratulates Saint Lucia as the country celebrates 46th Independence Anniversary

(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) - CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett has congratulated Saint Lucia on its Forty-Sixth Anniversary of Independence on 22 February, recognizing the occasion as a moment to reflect on the nation’s remarkable growth and development.

Redouble collective efforts, pool combined wisdom, act on basis of fundamental, intrinsic principles - CARICOM SG | Opening, 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM

"The current global challenges cannot be effectively addressed in splendid isolation.

CARICOM Heads of Government to Discuss Air and Maritime Transportation

The CARICOM Multilateral Air Services Agreement (MASA) will be in focus at the 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 19 – 21 February 2025, under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados.

Food for Lunch webinar to focus on water management in agriculture

Our Food for Lunch webinar series will continue on Friday, 28 February at 12:30 pm, ECT. This one-hour virtual session will be conducted under the theme - ‘Exploring Sustainable Water Management Practices in the Caribbean - An Agriculture and Food Security Perspective’.

Digital Skills Commission on CARICOM Heads of Government agenda

Steps to establish a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Digital Skills Commission will be discussed at the 48th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Bridgetown, Barbados, 19-21 February 2025.

At their meeting in July last year under the chairmanship of the Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Science and Technology in the CARICOM Quasi Cabinet, the Heads of Government approved the Strategic Framework for Regional Digital Resilience 2025-2030.

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