Regional experts cite exports, training and hotel supply as key areas for development KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES — The intersection of hospitality, namely hotel businesses, and agriculture was identified as an opportunity for economic development and job growth by regional experts on a recent World Bank panel. Addressing the topic of “generating jobs…
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CARICOM apprenticeship programme participants lauded as ‘The Future of Energy’
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS — A cohort of 10 young men and women from around the Caribbean are being hailed by the CARICOM Energy Secretariat as “The Future of Energy” one year into their internship experience under the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency’s (CCREEE) Regional Energy Apprenticeship Programme (REAP). REAP “provides young professionals with…
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Is CSME the key to the region’s recovery?
ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA — The ambitious CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) initiative, first introduced in 1989 but yet to be enacted, could be the key to the Caribbean’s post-COVID recovery, regional leaders are suggesting.
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