Developing the world’s first climate resilient countries is a key focus for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for 2018 which promises to be a year of “rebuilding and growth,” CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said Friday 12 January. He was at the time accrediting new ambassadors of Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to CARICOM […]
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, 13th December 2017: The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), in collaboration with the world’s largest donor organization, the European Union, pulled together some of the region’s most influential business leaders and private sector representative organisations to answer this very question last week at a Private Sector Engagement Meeting in Kingston, Jamaica. The […]
Chairman of the World’s Small Island Developing states, Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr.Keith Mitchell, is insisting that Caribbean countries need “urgent access to financing” if they are to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. Prime Minister Mitchell has also echoed concerns that the process for Caribbean countries to get resources such as the Green Climate Fund can be […]
The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and Mexico gathered in Belize City, Belize, to hold the Fourth Mexico-CARICOM Summit earlier this week. The participating countries voiced their commitment to strengthening ties between CARICOM and Mexico and their dedication to integrated regional development and economic prosperity. The President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, reiterated […]
CARICOM and Mexico, which both recently suffered devastating natural disasters, have agreed to strengthen cooperation in disaster risk management. The agreement forms part of a Joint Declaration issued at the end of the Fourth CARICOM-Mexico Summit held in Belize on Wednesday 25 October 2017 under the joint chairmanship of CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Dr Keith […]
ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, OCT 11. 2017, (GIS): Prime Minister Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell is in Washington DC this week, participating in the Annual Fall Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. The Prime Minister’s schedule includes a number of high level engagements. Earlier today, Wednesday, October 11, Dr. Mitchell met with […]
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, March 23rd, 2017. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) and the European Union (EU) have signed the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) agreement worth EUR 24 Million to support regional private sector development. At the 11th EDF launch and signing ceremony, held yesterday at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Barbados, Head of […]
Barbados, December 07, 2016 – In a true demonstration of regional partnership, two CARICOM institutions have taken an important step to formalize their relationship towards enhancing sustainable development across the region. The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to demonstrate their […]
– The former Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Jeremy M. Collymore was recently honoured by the Barbados Government for his outstanding contribution and leadership in Disaster Management at the national, regional and global levels. Collymore was honoured with the Barbados Service Star at the Awards of National Honours, on the […]
