Remarks by the Secretary General - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque   at the   Opening ceremony of the   CARICOM Youth Ambassador CARICOM Single Market and Economy advocacy workshop   GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 29-30 MAY 2014

It is always a pleasure for me to be a part of any activity involving the youth of our Community and even moreso when it involves the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs). Your energy and enthusiasm are a source of inspiration to me and a positive force for driving the integration process in our Communi...
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Remarks by Ms El Iza Mohamedou Deputy Secretariat Manager Organisation for Economic Development (OECD), Partnership in Statistics for development in the Twenty-First Century (PARIS21)  at the Opening Ceremony of the Second High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics St. George’s, Grenada 26 May, 2014

The International community is convinced that to reduce poverty and improve living standards in developing countries, it is necessary to promote the integration of statistics and reliable data in the decision-making process. Indeed, the effects of the financial crisis of 2008 are still being felt al...
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Remarks by Mr. Crispin Gregoire   Chief for the Caribbean Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (RBLAC)  At the Opening Ceremony of the Second High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics St. George’s, Grenada 26 May, 2014

On behalf of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, I would like to extend my thanks to the CARICOM Secretariat for hosting this very timely High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics: Strategizing for the Development of Statistics in the Caribbean Community in the Post-2015 ...
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The region signs on to plan to manage the Flying Fish

BELIZE, MAY 24 - A historic Flying Fish Fisheries Policy has been endorsed by the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism’s (CRFM) Ministerial Council. The Sub-Regional Fishery Management Plan for the Eastern Caribbean Flying Fish Fishery was approved at the council’s just concluded eigh...
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Data revolution must be powered by ICT – Prime Minister Mitchell

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Information and Communication technology (ICT) has to be the tool that powers the data revolution that will be used for the sustainable development of regional economies. This is the view articulated by Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. the ...
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Remarks by Mr. McDonald Thomas, Operations Officer Caribbean Development Bank at the High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics “Strategising for the Development of Statistics in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the Post-2015 Development Agenda” Radisson Grenada Beach Resort St. George’s, Grenada May 26, 2014

I bring you greetings from the management and staff of the Caribbean Development Bank and convey the President’s best wishes for a very successful Forum and associated side meetings. Prior to the onset of the ongoing economic downturn referred to in some quarters as the “Great Recessio...
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