The CARICOM Secretariat’s Office of Trade Negotiations in collaboration with the Inter‑American Development Bank (IDB), through its Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL) and the IDB Integration and Trade Sector is hosting a Regional Workshop for CARICOM Trade Officials on the Trade and Services Agreement (TiSA) Negotiations and the Negative List Approach to Services and Investment Liberalization.
The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will convene the Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Executive Board and the Twelfth Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism for Global Fund Projects on 7 - 8 September 2016 at the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Guyana. Senator the Honourable Mary Isaac, Minister for Health and Wellness of Saint Lucia will chair these meetings.
The CARICOM Secretariat is pressing ahead with its public education programme regarding the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). It will be hosting a series of three (3) public sensitisation sessions on the facilitation of travel within the CSME. The first of these will be held in Dominica on Friday, September 9 and a wide cross-section of the public is expected to attend. These sessions are being facilitated by resource persons from the Secretariat and implemented with assistance provided under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF).
Environmentalists were on Wednesday encouraged to seriously consider the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) as a mechanism that can support Regional conservation objectives.
Trinidad and Tobago celebrates its 54th anniversary of Independence on Wednesday 31 August.
In a congratulatory message to Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque spoke of Trinidad and Tobago’s great economic success that has redounded meaningfully to the benefit of the Region.
Under the auspices of the Office of the Deputy Secretary-General, Dr Manorma Soeknandan, with assistance from the Canadian Executive Service Organisation (CESO), the CARICOM Secretariat will deliver the first training with a broad focus on writing with impact, conducted from 30 August to 9 September 2016.
Participants will benefit from modules that will be theoretically and practically delivered on report writing, speech writing and writing of briefs.
That’s a bit of sound advice that Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Integration at theCARICOM Secretariat, Mr. Joseph Cox offered animators from Guyana and Suriname.
The CARICOM Secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are partnering to raise awareness in the Region of the conservation and sustainable use of migratory animals and their habitats.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended deep sympathy to the government and people of Italy following a deadly 6.2-magnitude earthquake there on Wednesday.
In a message of condolence, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said that it was the Community's hope that rescue teams were successful in their efforts to save those who survived the quake and might be trapped in the rubble.
Please see full text of the message below:
The performance of athletes from CARICOM Member States at the just-concluded Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, underlined the “tremendous skills and talent” of the Community’s youth, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said.
The Secretary-General added that the athletes also demonstrated that the Region had the capacity to lead the world in any sphere, provided that “we apply the necessary discipline, commitment and focus”.