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Regional Youth Business Training programme Expands

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Training for the region’s at-risk youth continues to grow, with the launch of the Creativity for Employment and Business, CEBO programme in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, July 21-26 2014.

Targeting at-risk youth age 15-29, CEBO is a tool to engage, inspire and create entrepreneurial interest and action among young CARICOM nationals as a means of countering youth unemployment, mitigating drug abuse, crime and violence and fostering economic resilience.

Welcome Remarks by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago The Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar On the Occasion of First CARICOM-Japan Summit Trinidad and Tobago

I am delighted to once again welcome His Excellency Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan and his delegation to the shores of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, for his inaugural visit to the Caribbean.
Your Excellency, the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago and the CARICOM Region are honoured by your visit, and we are pleased to share our diverse culture and natural beauty with you.

CARICOM Leaders pleased with Japanese response on key issues

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) “were heartened” by their Japanese counterpart’s positive response to a number of issues raised during their one-day summit on Monday.

Remarks By Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque At the FIRST CARICOM-JAPAN SUMMIT Trinidad and Tobago 28 July 2014

There could hardly be a more fitting way to mark this CARICOM-Japan Friendship Year than to welcome, for the first time to the Caribbean Community, the Prime Minister of Japan.  Welcome to the Caribbean Prime Minister Abe!
Twenty years ago the first CARICOM-Japan Consultation was held and since then our relationship has strengthened.  This engagement, at the highest political level, shows the commitment of both sides to deepen it further.  This builds on preceding contacts at the level of the Foreign Ministers and of senior officials.

Remarks By The SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on The Occasion of the presentaion of credentials by his Excellency YRJÖ KIM DAVID LUOTONEN Plenipotentiary Representative (DESIGNATE) Of Finland to the Caribbean Community

Excellency, it is my pleasure to receive your credentials as your country’s second Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).  Our relations have been improving steadily since our first interaction in 2009 and further strengthened by the efforts of your predecessor during his term.