CARICOM Joins Dominica in Celebrating its 44th Independence Anniversary

CARICOM Joins Dominica in Celebrating its 44th Independence Anniversary

By CARICOM The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) joins the Government and people of Dominica in celebrating the country’s Forty-Fourth Anniversary of Independence on 3 November. Please see below CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett’s congratulatory message to the Prime Minister of Dominica, the Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit: “Honourable Prime Minister On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I […]

CARICOM Ministerial Statement Ahead of COP 27

CARICOM Ministerial Statement Ahead of COP 27

By CARICOM Ministers of the Environment and Sustainable Development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), met at the One Hundred and Fifth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) – Environment and Sustainable Development, on Friday 28 October 2022. The Ministers considered the scientific and geopolitical context and the prospects of a […]

ServiceNow and KPMG Announce Alliance to Help Customers in the Caribbean

ServiceNow and KPMG Announce Alliance to Help Customers in the Caribbean

ServiceNow, the leading digital workflow company making the world work better for everyone, has announced an alliance with KPMG CARICOM. The alliance will help corporations and governments in the Caribbean automate, streamline, and consolidate processes which increased visibility to their IT infrastructure. This alliance aims to improve the efficiency of each customer and user, unlocking […]

CDB, CARICOM & THE OECS Commission Launch Teacher Training Program to Tackle COVID Learning Loss

CDB, CARICOM & THE OECS Commission Launch Teacher Training Program to Tackle COVID Learning Loss

15,000 educators across the region, will have the opportunity to benefit from capacity building in key components of the Learning Recovery and Enhancement Program (Let’s REAP) for Caribbean Schools, an intervention designed to address the learning loss that occurred or worsened due to COVID-19. Launched in July 2021, Let’s REAP was developed by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB),  […]

CARICOM Carries Out Training in Preparation for Upgraded Regional Labor Market Information System (LMIS)

CARICOM Carries Out Training in Preparation for Upgraded Regional Labor Market Information System (LMIS)

Paramaribo, Suriname, March 10th 2018: Independence Square with the flags of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) (Shutterstock) By CARICOM The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is hosting two training sessions on the Regional Laboure Market Information System (LMIS) for CARICOM National Data Managers, on 27 – 28 September and 4 – 5 October 2022. […]

India, Caribbean Nations to Work on Food, Energy Security, Climate Change

India and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations have agreed to work together on global issues such as food and energy security and combating climate change.

India, Caribbean Nations to Work on Food, Energy Security, Climate Change

INDIA-MAY,25 2019: Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked and promised a better India at Parliament in New Delhi on Saturday. (Shutterstock) By Business Standard India and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations have agreed to work together on global issues such as food and energy security and combating climate change, as they held discussions on deepening political […]

Community Joins St. Kitts and Nevis in Celebrating 39th Independence Anniversary

Community Joins St. Kitts and Nevis in Celebrating 39th Independence Anniversary

St. Kitts and Nevis celebrates its thirty-ninth independence anniversary on 19 September 2022. In extending congratulations on behalf of the Community, CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, hailed the country’s progress since independence and the valuable contribution it has made to the Community. Please see below the Secretary-General’s message to Prime Minster of St. Kitts and […]

Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General at Opening, First Afri-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum, Barbados, 1 September 2022

Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General at Opening, First Afri-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum, Barbados, 1 September 2022

Photo: Speaking at the 16th Raúl Prebisch Lecture by The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 10 September 2019. The First CARICOM-Africa Summit held on 7 September 2021, opened a new chapter in the deep-rooted and strong relations between CARICOM and Africa. It set in motion various initiatives […]

Observing CARICOM-Africa Day

Observing CARICOM-Africa Day

In March of this year, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley suggested that Africa-CARICOM Day should be celebrated on September 7, in recognition of the first-ever Africa-Caribbean Summit aimed at forging stronger social and economic ties between the two global communities. Ms Mottley was speaking during Ghana’s 65th Independence Anniversary celebrations at the Cape Coast Stadium. […]