CARICOM
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 November 2010: The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) announced that it has completed insurance payments to the Governments of Barbados, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines following Tropical Cyclone Tomas.
Total payouts for the three countries were: Barbados, US$8,560,247; Saint Lucia, US$3,241,613; and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, US$1,090,388. CCRIF was formed at the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM’s) request for a cost-effective risk transfer...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 November 2010: The World Bank presented a project concept supporting improved Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) within the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM).
The concept for the Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Programme (CARCIP) was presented at a workshop in St. Michael, Barbados, on 17 November. CARCIP is designed as a broad umbrella programme to include all CARIFORUM member States. It will be anchored within the Caribbean...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 December 2010: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted two resolutions calling on all States to bolster their support for the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and highlighting the specific challenges faced by small island developing States (SIDS), among other things.
The two resolutions are: the UNGA’s 38-page omnibus resolution on “oceans and the law of the sea” (A/RES/65/37); and the resolution on “sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
December 2010: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission have released a newsletter on the Multilateral Environment Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs) Project. The newsletter contains information on upcoming activities in the African, Caribbean and Pacific project hubs.
Activities being planned for implementation at the Caribbean Hub, housed at the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), include the development of guidelines for...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 December 2010: Representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and Australia met in Turkeyen, Guyana, on 17 December 2010, for the inaugural CARICOM-Australia High-level Meeting on the Development Assistance Partnership.
The meeting served to discuss areas and modalities through which the two sides could partner to improve CARICOM’s economic resilience, including climate change and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Australia committed to providing A$17.5 million to...
