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OECS Diplomats attend International training cycle in Morocco
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 — Diplomats from OECS Member States recently completed a two-week training programme in International Diplomacy and Foreign Policy in the Moroccan capital of Rabat. The main objective of the programme was the strengthening of capacity within…
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Becoming hurricane resilient: New GIS spatial planning to inform decision making
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 — Today marks the globally celebrated Geographic Information System (GIS) Day which shines a spotlight on a leading technology which is helping tackle climate change, food security, disasters and poverty in OECS Member States. The technology which…
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Caribbean Fisheries Minister to consider climate change protocol for fisheries and aquaculture sector at 8th Special Meeting in Barbados
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, WEDNESDAY, 10 October 2018 (CRFM)—Fisheries ministers from Member States of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) are expected to deliberate upon a new Protocol on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in Fisheries and Aquaculture when…
Caribbean Regional Oceanscape Project secures successful start
World Bank Mission visits OECS to support project implementation Friday, October 5, 2018 — Representatives from the World Bank Mission responsible for the Caribbean Regional Oceanscape Project (CROP) visited Saint Lucia from September 19, 2018 to September 20, 2018 to…
PAHO urges rapid increase in vaccination coverage to stop spread of measles in the Americas
Endemic transmission of measles has been reestablished in one country in the region, but PAHO’s other 34 Member States remain measles free Washington, D.C., 24 August 2018 (PAHO/WHO)- While 34 Member States of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) remain…
Permanent Representative of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the UN, Her Excellency Inga Rhonda King, elected 74th President of the Economic and Social Council
New York, 26 July 2018 Tuesday, July 31, 2018 — Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Inga Rhonda King, President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), at the Handover Ceremony of the ECOSOC Presidency held at the United Nations Headquarters in…
The Caribbean MOU welcomes its 18th Member State
The Caribbean Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control1 (CMOU) held its 23rd Committee meeting in Grand Cayman, The Cayman Islands from the 27th – 29th of June 2018, hosted by the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands (MACI). During…
Communiqué issued at the conclusion of the Thirty-ninth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
The Thirty-Ninth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held at Montego Bay, Jamaica, 4-6 July, 2018. The Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, chaired the proceedings. Other Members…
OECS Commission observes International Day of Biological Diversity
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 — This year’s theme in observance of International Day for Biological Diversity is “Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity”. This theme was chosen by the Secretariat to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) to mark…
Conclusions of the Eleventh Living Standards Measurement Committee
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 — On 17 and 18 April 2018, the Eleventh Living Standard Measurement Committee (LSMC) meeting was convened at the Radisson Hotel in St. George’s, Grenada. As the steering body for the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)-funded Enhanced…
