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OPENING REMARKS BY AMB. LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE INCEPTION WORKSHOP FOR THE CARIBBEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMED (CREDP), 17 MAY 2004, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Salutation

The Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme represents one of two areas of activity in the field of energy currently being undertaken by the CARICOM Secretariat. The other area is the formulation of a regional energy policy by a Task Force on Regional Energy Policy, which was established in 2003 in Port of Spain by the 14th Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM.

OPENING REMARKS BY AMB. LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE INCEPTION WORKSHOP FOR THE CARIBBEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMED (CREDP), 17 MAY 2004, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Salutation

The Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme represents one of two areas of activity in the field of energy currently being undertaken by the CARICOM Secretariat. The other area is the formulation of a regional energy policy by a Task Force on Regional Energy Policy, which was established in 2003 in Port of Spain by the 14th Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM.

KICK-START FOR CARIBBEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT

The road towards the implementation of the Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Project (CREDP) will be clearly mapped out during the first workshop for the implementation of the project.

The workshop takes place in Guyana on 17-19 May 2004,  with participation from the intended beneficiary countries, the funding agencies and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat.

CARICOM CONDUCTS REGIONAL SCHOOL QUIZ

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has begun the first of two preliminary rounds of a Regional School Quiz.

The first session was held last Thursday at the Learning Resource Center, University of West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

The Quiz is among a concluding series of activities to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas and is aimed at increasing the knowledge of students on the Caribbean and the integration movement.

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE BUREAU OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) WITH PARTICIPATION BY THE CORE GROUP ON HAITI, 4-5 MAY 2004, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

The Seventeenth Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with participation by the Core Group on Haiti, was held at the Office of the Prime Minister, St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda on 4-5 May 2004, under the Chairmanship of Hon. Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government.

OPENING REMARKS BY PRIME MINISTER THE HON. BALDWIN SPENCER AT THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE BUREAU OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (WITH PARTICIPATION BY THE CORE GROUP ON HAITI), 4 MAY 2004, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Esteemed Prime Ministers;

Secretary General of CARICOM, His Excellency, Dr. Edwin Carrington;

Honorable Ministers and Attorneys General;

Other Members of Delegations;

Other Dignitaries:

It is a singular honour for Antigua and Barbuda to host this historic meeting of the Bureau of Heads of Government. As the newest kid on this block, I beg your indulgence should any lapses into local realities during my remarks be seen as representing any affront to protocol.

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