(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has urged the Committee of Central Bank Governors (CCBG) to continue their planning for possible challenges to the Region’s financial and non-financial sectors in the continuing global economic and financial situation.
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister of Saint Lucia the Hon. Stephenson King has endorsed the developments undertaken by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) in advancing the Region’s agenda on climate change through the development of a regional climate change strategy.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The inaugural meeting of the CARICOM Task Force on Climate Change and Development was held in Saint Lucia. The Task Force will facilitate and coordinate technical work, advise on policy directions on climate change, and provide support to CARICOM Member States in their preparations for key regional, hemispheric and other global forums and in their negotiations with international development partners.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Task Force on Climate Change and Development welcomes the views of President-elect Barack Obama for a cap and trade system approach to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and further supports the targets to reduce emissions to their 1990 levels by 2020 and another 80% by 2050.
The Region’s support for Mr. Obama’s proposals was indicated at the First Meeting of the Caribbean Task Force on Climate Change and Development held in Saint Lucia from 21-22 November 2008.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda will preside over the 24th Meeting of the Bureau of Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM to be held in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda on Saturday 22 November 2009.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite has underscored the critical importance of education in developing human capital and promoting the CARICOM Single Market and Economy.
The Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which focussed on Education was convened under the theme_ Accelerating the Implementation of the Education Agendaand was held at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, Guyana on 17-18 November 2008.
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The Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which focussed on Education was convened under the theme_ Accelerating the Implementation of the Education Agendaand was held at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, Guyana on 17-18 November 2008.
In attendance were_
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Work is moving apace on the development of a Protocol on Contingent Rights linked to Free Movement within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) aims to conclude the draft Protocol by the end of 2009.
The Officials on Contingent Rights held their second meeting from November 10-11, 2008 at the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana and agreed to a number of recommendations for inclusion in the Protocol. Among them are two broad areas_ education and health.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As individual member states assess the implications of the current financial situation, the Bureau of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will consider the global economic and financial crisis at its Twenty-Fourth Meeting on Saturday 22 November 2008.