Member countries of the Organization of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are currently receiving additional technical support to complement their on-going initiatives toward establishing a clearer path to a more sustainable energy future. Such technical support has been made possible through grant funding in excess of US $1.5 million provided by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to the Secretariat to the OECS for the Sustainable Energy Technical Assistance (SETA) Project.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Stakeholders in the field of renewable energy and sustainable development are meeting in Barbados from Wednesday 9 May to explore and exchange ideas on how solar energy and solar thermal systems could be utilised more efficiently in the Region.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Electoral Observer Mission has said that the results of the just-concluded General Elections in the Bahamas “reflected the will of the Bahamian people”.

Bahamians on Monday 7 May elected the Progressive Liberal Party led by the Honourable Perry G. Christie to form the next government.

​CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It has always been my intention to interface with this group but circumstances have conspired to prevent me from doing so until now. So today is indeed a special occasion for me.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It has always been my intention to interface with this group but circumstances have conspired to prevent me from doing so until now. So today is indeed a special occasion for me.

(CARICOM Secretarait, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, on Monday lauded the sterling work of the Caribbean Animal Health Network (CaribVET) but cautioned against complacency in the fight against animal health diseases in the Community.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) foreign policy coordination in a constantly changing international climate was the common thread running through the addresses at the Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) in Paramaribo, Suriname, Thursday 3 May 2012.

(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Secretariat-based Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Unit on 4 May published the second Issue for 2012 of its flagship newsletter, EPA Implementation Bulletin. It delves into a range of matters germane to the EPA implementation narrative, focusing particular attention on ACP-EU relations.

(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) took place in Paramaribo, Suriname, on 3-4 May 2012, under the chairmanship of His Excellency Winston G. Lackin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Suriname. The Council Meeting was attended by Senator the Hon. Maxine McClean, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados; Hon. Wilfred Peter Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Attorney-General of Belize; Hon.I. J.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) will be seeking ways to strengthen co-co-ordination of foreign policy among the Community’s Member States.

The Council, comprising of the Community’s Foreign Ministers, holds its Fifteenth Meeting on 3-4 May, 2012 in Paramaribo, Suriname. Foreign Policy Co-ordination is one of the four pillars of CARICOM along with Economic Integration, Human and Social Development and Security Co-operation.