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THIRTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF CARICOM

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) There is a school of thought that a more positive and apt description of the group of States that form the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is one couched in language that infers connectedness rather than divisiveness by the Caribbean Sea. In other words, the characteristic of being connected by the Caribbean Sea lends to inclusiveness, a feeling of belonging and togetherness that may be the lynchpin for further development of the “Community for all’ envisioned by the architects and current torchbearers of CARICOM.

CARICOM 10k Runs Off On Saturday In Port Of Spain

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Athletes from eight Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will compete at the 9th Annual CARICOM 10k Road Race which takes place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday 29 June.

The race has become the precursor to the annual Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM. The 34th Meeting of the Conference begins in Port of Spain on Wednesday 3rd July with an Opening Ceremony at the Diplomatic Centre.

CARICOM MINISTERS IN FACT FINDING MISSION TO TCI

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Ministerial Fact-Finding Mission from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ended a three-day visit to the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) on Wednesday 26 June.

PIVOTAL MEETING OF REGIONAL EPA FUNCTIONARIES TO BE CONVENED

CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is convening a meeting of National coordinators and heads of national implementation units of the fifteen Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (CARIFORUM) States under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union.

DRAFT EPA MODEL BILLS UP FOR CONSIDERATION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Legislative drafters from regional states signatory to the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM)-European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) are to meet on 26-28 June in Grenada, to discuss draft Model Bills to give effect to provisions of the Agreement.

PLANS UNDERWAY FOR CWA 2013 IN GEORGETOWN

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Preparations are moving apace for the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) which will be held in Georgetown, Guyana in October.

CWA 2013, the twelfth edition of the Region’s premier agricultural event, will be hosted by the Government of Guyana, 4-12 October, 2013, under the theme `Linking the Caribbean for Regional Food and Nutrition Security and Rural Development’. Emphasis will be placed on fisheries and forestry.

Renewable Energy: World Invests $244 billion in 2012, Geographic Shift to Developing Countries

The sister publications, REN21’s Renewables 2013 Global Status Report and Frankfurt School – UNEP/BNEF’s Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2013 were launched June 12th, 2013.

Global demand for renewable energy continued to rise during 2011 and 2012, supplying an estimated 19% of global final energy consumption in 2011 (the latest year for which data are available), with a little less than half from traditional biomass.

WTO HEAD CALL FOR CLOSER CARICOM INTEGRATION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Director General of the World Trade Organisation Mr Pascal Lamy has emphasised that the Region needs closer integration.

Speaking at the launch of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Regional Aid for Trade Strategy in Port au Prince, Haiti on Tuesday, Mr Lamy said the strategy sought to build on the promise of a Region free of barriers by identifying transformative projects that support closer integration.

Lamy: “Aid for Trade to support closer Caribbean integration”

Director-General Pascal Lamy, at the launch of the Caribbean Regional Aid For Trade Strategy in Port au Prince, Haiti on 11 June 2013, said: “Today intra-Caribbean trade stands at just 13% which, as CARICOM itself notes, is on average, at 46 % below its trade potential. There are tremendous opportunities for increasing the role of trade in the region’s growth. The strategy we are launching today, with its focus on maritime transport, ICT and energy will be a central pillar in supporting closer economic integration.” This is what he said:

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