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Welcome to 2025. We look forward to sharing developments in the Canada-Caribbean space with you over the coming months.
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Call for Project Concepts: Enhancing Climate-Smart, Gender-Responsive Public Governance in the Caribbean
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Compete Caribbean+ is looking for innovative and transformative projects aimed at enhancing government and regulatory capabilities to foster climate-smart, gender-responsive business practices and promote inclusive growth in the Caribbean region. Proposed projects should focus on strengthening public regulatory and policy frameworks and institutional capacities to enable climate-smart and inclusive private sector growth. Selected projects will receive technical assistance and grant …
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University of Guyana now accredited for the first time
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January 20, 2025 The University of Guyana (UG) was Monday formally accredited for the first time in its 61-year-old existence, fulfilling 16.5 of the 17 standards and paving the way for that tertiary institution’s transfer of credits to be easily recognised by other universities in the Caribbean, officials said. The assessment of the Turkeyen and Tain campuses as well as …
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Save The Date: Chattel Slavery and the Implications of Cultural Reparations
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The UWI Centre for Reparations Research is organizing a session on "Chattel Slavery and the Implications of Cultural Reparations". You can register for the event at this link... Registration Link
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Caricom to observe general elections in Trinidad and Tobago
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January 21, 2025 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) — The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretariat has accepted an invitation from the Trinidad and Tobago government to send observers to the country’s next general elections, likely to be held in August this year. “The Secretary-General of Caricom, Dr Carla Barnett, has accepted the invitation extended to the Caricom Secretariat by Dr …
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Haiti’s elites loom large in the country’s history of strife - The Globe and Mail
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A good long-form article by the Globe and Mail's Eric Andrew-Gee Published January 14, 2025 The elites of Haiti - While the roles of foreign powers and corrupt politicians are well known, the oligarchy has received little attention outside Haiti. Now, with bodies in Port-au-Prince’s streets, the question of how the country spiralled into violence is more urgent than ever. …
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Two climate initiatives bite the dust in wake of Trump's return
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The first is a Canada-led proposal to end international fossil fuel financing dies with incoming Trump administration. A deal would have phased out certain fossil fuel subsidies and diverted public money to clean energy instead Inayat Singh · CBC News · Posted: Jan 19, 2025 A deal on ending public financing for foreign fossil fuel projects — which Canada co-led on the world stage …
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He was the Caribbean’s man at the OAS. Now he’s vying to be its leading diplomat
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Another first rate long-form article from the Miami Herald's Jacqueline Charles, this time on Albert Ramdin and the OAS. By Jacqueline Charles January 17, 2025 He is the top diplomat for South America’s only Dutch-speaking country, and in his previous role as assistant secretary general of the hemisphere’s leading regional organization he made more visits to Haiti than any of his …
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CARICOM appoints Climate Envoy to ensure that the Region’s climate priorities are effectively communicated and advanced at the highest diplomatic levels
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As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) seeks to enhance its leadership in global climate forums, Dr James Fletcher, former Minister for Public Service, Information, Broadcasting, Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology of Saint Lucia, has been appointed CARICOM Climate Envoy with effect from 1 January 2025. This follows a 2024 Decision taken by the Conference of Heads of Government to appoint …
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Innovative Businesses in the Caribbean Show Higher Levels of Productivity and Sales, IDB Report Says
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January 15, 2025 Most Caribbean businesses are either innovative or potentially innovative but still face challenges, according to a new report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). This edition delves into the critical role of innovation in driving economic growth and productivity in the Caribbean region. Innovative businesses in the Caribbean have 26% to 35% higher levels of productivity and …
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About the the Canada-Caribbean Institute (CCI)
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The CCI is a collaboration between Caribbean and Canadian universities and colleges. The mission of the Institute is to provide a forum:
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to connect academic institutions, scholars, the business and public sectors, civil society, the cultural and diaspora communities
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to inform and encourage collaboration across Canada and the Caribbean to advance important social, environmental, and economic issues that are vital to the shared prosperity and advancement of both regions; and
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to identify impediments and opportunities related to such progress.
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For more information please visit our website
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