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OECS to hold Blue Economy Seminars in Member States
The sensitisation will create awareness on marine spatial planning and the Blue Economy in participating countries of the Caribbean Regional Oceanscape Project (CROP) Tuesday, October 30, 2018 — Transitioning to a Blue Economy is critical to ensuring continued economic growth…
Saint Lucia Mango Festival
First Saint Lucia Mango Festival gathered 500 visitors! Tuesday, September 11, 2018 — The OECS and EU sponsored Saint Lucia Mango Festival held last week met all expectations as the event brought together 16 exhibitors and 500 participants at the…
Are the Caribbean’s wealthy new citizens a lifeline or a liability?
By Sophie Hares From Reuters ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, July 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – I nvesting in the tropical Mount Cinnamon Resort in Grenada, with its white sand beaches, buys more than a slice of paradise – it comes with…
Protravel International Agents share their favorite Caribbean hot spots in support of the ‘One Caribbean Family’ Ambassador Campaign
Protravel Joins the Campaign to Educate Travelers that They Can Support the Caribbean by Visiting the Region This Fall and Winter NEWS PROVIDED BY Protravel International NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Protravel International – one of the…
OECS signs agreement to support blue economy transition
From Trinidad Guardian CASTRIES, St. Lucia, – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) says the commitment to sustainable growth and resilience of the Caribbean’s blue economy has been strengthened with the signing of a US$6.3 million grant agreement for…
CIECA 2017 investment delegation visits allies in the Caribbean
By Agencies From Taiwan News In order to strengthen cooperation with the Caribbean region, the Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association (CIECA) organized the “2017 Investment Delegation to allies in the Caribbean”, with the objective of conducting a survey of development…
Health facilities in seven Caribbean countries to be transformed to be disaster resistant
A UK-funded PAHO project will make safer and greener health facilities in Dominica, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and St. Lucia to deliver care in disasters. Bridgetown, Barbados, June 7, 2017 (PAHO / WHO) – The…
How social protection can facilitate formalization in the Caribbean
Port of Spain (ILO News) Representatives from 16 Caribbean countries are in Trinidad and Tobago (14-17 March 2017) to discuss the extension of social protection in the context of formalization policies. Director of the ILO Decent Work Team and Office…
10th ILO Caribbean Minister of Labour Meeting adopts its Conclusions
Kingston (ILO News) – Following two days of deliberation on realizing decent work under the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, the Ministers of Labour and other high-level representatives of the Ministries and Departments of Labour of the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean1,…
ECLAC delivers “strong answer” to the budgeting process needs of Caribbean public administrations
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has provided a “strong answer” to what senior public officials across the Caribbean have been searching for in order to improve the budgeting process of public administrations, according to the…
