"Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2024 will be a pivotal event for agriculture stakeholders and an opportunity to forge partnerships, share knowledge and commit to actions that will safeguard our Region’s agriculture production, and at the same time protect our precious natural resources.
Caribbean rum producers will present specially developed 50th Anniversary Rum Blends to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments to honour the achievements of the Community over the past 50 years.
Producers in all rum producing CARICOM Member States, thirteen in total, which are also members of the West Indies Rum and Spirits Producers Association (WIRSPA ), will present their products to national governments during the month of June.
“The activity is one of the parallel events of the upcoming 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, to be convened under the chairmanship of the Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada.”
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers with responsibility for Transportation, met on Thursday, 6 June for a special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development that dealt with transportation matters.
Blog written by Kenroy Simpson Cal - CARICOM Youth Ambassador - Belize
As Belize's CARICOM Youth Ambassador, I had the privilege of participating in a week-long Climate Change and Health Orientation and Training Workshop for CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) and youth leaders from CARICOM nations, held at the CARICOM Headquarters in Guyana.
“The HeDPAC Initiative has emerged as an important opportunity for the global South to work together to further strengthen the healthcare services provided to the people of these regions. Championed by Her Excellency Mia Amor Mottley and His Excellency Paul Kawage, the CARICOM Secretariat acknowledges that it seeks to address common, high-priority issues with mutually beneficial solutions.”
The practical ways that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat can support the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in its preparations for COP 29 was a key topic when a CARICOM team held talks with the UNFCCC.
The discussions on Monday 27 May, were held during the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States in Antigua and Barbuda, and also focused on the outcomes of COP 28.
Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, on Tuesday 28 May, attended a high-level breakfast hosted by His Excellency Dennis Francis, President of the United Nations General Assembly President (UNGA). Discussions at the event focused on sea level rise. The event was held on the margins of the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) Conference in Antigua and Barbuda.
Here are some photos from the event:
The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcome the news of the designation of a Transitional Prime Minister in Haiti. The unanimous election of Dr. Garry Conille by the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC), following a selection process with nominations from several stakeholder sectors, is another important step forward on the path to free and fair elections and the return to constitutional order in Haiti.
