(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “To achieve competitiveness, the Region must address its constraints head on.”
This opinion was expressed on Friday, by the CARICOM Secretariat’s Private Sector Facilitation Specialist, Ms Leela Ramoutar, during the opening of a regional consultation coordinated by the Caribbean Centre for Competitiveness (CCfC).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I thank the Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor for inviting me to this ceremony this evening to herald the opening of the Regional Headquarters of the University of the West Indies (UWI). This splendid building itself is an example of the kind of collaboration among regional institutions, agencies, the private sector, private individuals and governments that must be fundamental to the integration process and the development of our Region.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I thank the Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor for inviting me to this ceremony this evening to herald the opening of the Regional Headquarters of the University of the West Indies (UWI). This splendid building itself is an example of the kind of collaboration among regional institutions, agencies, the private sector, private individuals and governments that must be fundamental to the integration process and the development of our Region.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than 150 persons from across the Region and beyond are expected in St. Kitts and Nevis Thursday and Friday for the Third Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF) and Exhibition.
Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Rt. Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas, will deliver the keynote address and set the tone for the event which will be held at the St. Kitts Marriot Resort.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque will pay an official visit to Jamaica from Wednesday 27 to Friday 29 June 2012.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in preparing for the one of its kind Connect the Americas Summit, set for Panama in July, is sending a strong and clear message to private sector and investment organizations that they are ready with viable, creative, cross-cutting regional and national development projects for funding.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean gears up for one of the biggest summits on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the Americas – Connect the America Summit, in July 2012, the CARICOM Secretariat is now spear-heading the third preparatory meeting in Barbados, on Tuesday, to cement the Region’s plans for participation in that Summit.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr Heather Johnson, CARICOM Secretariat Deputy Program Manager, Youth Development was decorated in the Order of Grand Officer of the Yellow Star of the Republic of Suriname by the Government of Suriname, last week.
The Honour was conferred during the closing ceremony of the two-day CARICOM-UNASUR High Level Youth Exchange hosted by Suriname’s President, H.E. Desire Delano Bouterse.
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “Sports shaped my character and contributed to skills I still use today leading my country. It teaches us how to cooperate, how to overcome setbacks, how to celebrate victory and how to sweat before earning our success. It even taught me how winning is not always the biggest success in life. These are important life lessons for our Caribbean youth.”
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of the Caribbean Community H.E. Desiré Delano Bouterse, last Thursday, officially installed thirty-one youth leaders as CARICOM Youth Ambassadors.
The installation ceremony took place as part of the opening ceremony of the CARICOM-UNASUR High Level Youth Exchange hosted by the President in Paramaribo, Suriname on 14-15 June, 2012.