CARICOM
The text of the following statement was released by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Haitian stakeholders, the United Nations, the Governments of Brazil, Canada, France, Mexico, and the United States of America, on the announcement of a transitional governing arrangement between the Haitian stakeholders, in Kingston, Jamaica – 11 March 2024. CARICOM convened Haitian Stakeholders and the following International Development Partners: […]
The Caribbean Community’s goal to reduce food imported to the Region by 25 percent by 2025, has received a boost from the government of New Zealand to the tune of USD1.6M, targeting women and youth in agriculture. CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, and the new Plenipotentiary Representative of New Zealand to CARICOM, Her Excellency Linda […]
Collaborating to build a resilient cyber future across the Caribbean The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the United States Agency for International Development launched a Cyber Resilience Strategy 2030 Project to enhance cybersecurity capacity across CARICOM States. Against a backdrop of rising cyber threats globally, the CARICOM’s Council for Trade and Economic Development, in 2019, […]
The Caribbean Community is deeply saddened at the passing of The Hon. Basdeo Panday, Former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, on 1 January 2024. The Hon Basdeo Panday held a multi-faceted career in service of his country, as politician, trade unionist and civil servant. He used his exceptional skill as a barrister to advocate […]
CARICOM coordinates provision of essential COVID-19 supplies for Member States Amid global challenges by small states accessing COVID-19 essential medical supplies, CARICOM Member States have received a significant donation from the World Health Organisation, the Jack Ma Foundation and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The supplies, worth over US700,000, arrived just over a week ago […]
2020 New Year’s message from the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, QC MP prime minister of Barbados – Chairman of the Caribbean Community “People of the Caribbean Community, it is with a sense of immense pleasure, pride and humility that I greet you at the start of the new year, as the new Chairman of CARICOM. Across […]
The Caribbean Community {CARICOM) is saddened and concerned by the deepening of the crisis in Haiti which has paralysed the normal functioning of all sectors of the country and created a situation of extreme hardship for the people. The Community deplores the destruction of property and livelihoods, the deteriorating humanitarian situation and the increasing death […]
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, with the support of the European Union (EU), is working assiduously to address negative manifestations of masculinity that are attributed to Gender-based Violence in society. The EU’s support has allowed the CARICOM Secretariat to facilitate robust discussions which have interrogated gender stereotypes and inequalities in Jamaica, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago. The […]
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is giving new life to the Declaration of Paramaribo on the Future of Youth in CARICOM issued by Heads of Government in January 2010, and the Report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development of the same year. Both identified entrepreneurial development as a priority for countering youth unemployment and mitigating harmful behaviours such as […]
As Chairman of CARICOM, I am saddened by the early reports coming out of The Bahamas which are reminiscent of the severe devastation experienced by a number of CARICOM states just two years ago when Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit us. On behalf of the Community, I extend deepest condolences to all who have lost loved ones to this devastating storm.
