News from the OECS

2013

Creating a Competition Culture in CARICOM: The Role of the CARICOM Competition Commission (9 May 2013)

Regional Stakeholder Consultation on the Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy Beyond 2012 (7 May 2013)

Caribbean Fisheries Forum to hold 11th annual meeting in Barbados (19 April 2013)

Professor Warwick Gullett tours Caribbean under CRFM-ANCORS, Australia collaboration (19 April 2013)

Information and Knowledge Sharing Workshop to Boost Regional Fisheries Collaboration (21 March 2013)

The Role of the CARICOM Competition Commission in Community Competition Policy (13 March 2013)

Looking at FAD management across the OECS (12 March 2013)

CTA/CRFM/CNFO Consultation to formulate Small-scale Fisheries Governance Arrangements for the Caribbean (24 February 2013)

Secretary-General says CARICOM/US relationship ‘strong as ever’ (18 February 2013)

“Celebrating 5 Years of Service”, CARICOM Competition Commission (18 February 2013)

Tourism Agencies Host Dialogue on Developing a Regional Agenda for Sustainable Tourism in the Greater Caribbean (13 February 2013)

CDEMA Supports Hazard Management and Planning Training Course at University of Technology in Jamaica (12 February 2013)

Canadian University: Lakeland leads new agricultural training project in Belize (5 February 2013)

2012

St. Kitts and Nevis completes first phase of CEBO training (21 January 2012)

CEBO trainers display their newly developed business skills (18 January 2013)

CARILED Hosts Local Economic Development (LED) Workshop (17 January 2013)

CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Corps hosts live social media interaction with the CARICOM Secretary-General (1 November 2012)

USA considers listing Queen Conch as threatened or endangered

CRFM and ANCORS, Australia sign 5-year MoU (12 October 2012)

Caribbean fellows off for prestigious ANCORS training (7 September 2012)

Dr Kusha Haraksingh, Chairman of the CARICOM Competition Commission, has been appointed as the foundation Dean of the Faculty of Law, UWI, St. Augustine (3 September 2012)

Flood Risk Reduction System Developed For Communities (12 July 2012)
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CARICOM Competition Commission Chairman attends the 12th UNCTAD Session of the Inter governmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy ( 9 July 2012)

CARPHA and PANCAP are complementary (27 June 2012)

CARICOM Secretariat and CCfC to host stakeholder consultations (22 June 2012)

CARICOM’s Secretary General Official Visit to CARICOM IMPACS (16 May 2012)

OECS Countries Focus on Energy Efficiency as an Economic Strategy (30 April 2012)

CDEMA announces appointment of Deputy Executive Director (19 April 2012)

Prime Minister Tillman Thomas heads Grenada’s delegation to 6th Summit of the Americas (11 April 2012)

CDF publishes three resource manuals for small and medium size enterprises (10 April 2012)

CARICOM Competition Chairman participates in Fiji consultation

Dr Kusha Haraksingh, Chairman of the CARICOM Competition Commission,  selected to serve as a Co-Chair at the 11th meeting of the OECD (15 February 2012)

Haiti's President Meets CARICOM Delegation (14 February 2012)

Guyana President meets with the Head of the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) (10 February 2012)

Disaster risk reduction workshops address Safety of Schools and agriculture sector (7 February 2012)

2011

UNODC and IMPACS to address Regional priorities (14 September 2011)

ILO Caribbean Newslink: The newsletter of the ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean, March-June 2011

European Union supports network in Caribbean (22 July 2011)

Huge Potential Benefits to Commonwealth Migration and Opportunities for Diaspora Groups: P.J. Patterson (15 July 2011)

CKLN and LIME sign multi-million dollar contract for dedicated regional connectivity (14 July 2011)

Chair of CONSLE promises the most robust systems of oversight and governance at meeting with IMPACS (17 June 2011)

Another urgent appeal from Grenada for Region to embrace ICT (15 June 2011)

Regional Crime and Security Strategy top priority (IMPACS press release 10 June 2011)

Francis Forbes tasked as interim Executive Director of CARICOM IMPACS (04 June 2011)

University of Belize officially inaugurates European Union funded Bio-propagation laboratory at Central Farm Campus (26 May 2011)

ILO Newslink, Nov. 2010 - Feb 2011

Regional Ministers vow firm action on climate change (10 March 2011)

Caribbean leaders welcome UN High-Level Meeting on NDC’s (08 March 2011)

Saint Lucia welcomes Caribbean Airlines' new flight plans (16 February 2011)

Grenada’s Prime Minister calls for greater collaboration between the Commonwealth and CARICOM (16 February 2011)