CARICOM
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 April 2011: A workshop in Paramaribo, Suriname, trained officials from 17 Caribbean nations in the use of Integrated Environmental Assessments for mainstreaming Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). The workshop took place from 29 March-1 April 2011.
The workshop was organized by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with support from the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) Integrating Watershed and Costal Areas Management in Small Island Caribbean Developing States (IWCAM) Project...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 April 2011: The first Commonwealth Public Private Partnership (PPP) regional symposium for the Caribbean took place in St. Johns, Antigua, from 12-14 April 2011.
The symposium, held on the theme “Building Networks Amongst Peers,” brought together senior government officials, including those responsible for PPP or infrastructural development in their countries, together with regional counterparts from the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). The aim of the symposium was to allow...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 May 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has published the seventh issue of its Weekly News Update on Climate Change, featuring international and regional news on climate change-related issues.
The newsletter reports on the first meeting of the Transitional Committee for the design of the Green Climate Fund, which took place from 28-29 April 2011, in Mexico City, Mexico. It highlights the statement by Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, in which she...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
22 May 2011: Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held a retreat to continue their discussions on “Prioritising the Focus and Direction of the Community,” which they initiated at the 22nd Inter Sessional Meeting, held in Grenada in February 2011. The retreat ended in, inter alia, a renewed commitment to the achievement of tangible results from the integration process, with emphasis on job creation and improving the lives of the people of the Community.
The leaders, meeting ...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 June 2011: The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Rio+20 Subregional Preparatory Meeting for the Caribbean, which convened at Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, discussed creating a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, the need for a blue economy addressing oceans and related issues, the institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD), and emerging issues and partnerships.
Participants noted...
