Bridgetown, Barbados, July 18, 2023 – The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the Honourable Shawn Edward has placed on record, his support for a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation on disaster preparedness and risk management between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region.
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The WATER FOR ALL Pitch Competition, funded by the United States Agency for International Development’s Eastern and Southern Caribbean’s office, seeks entrepreneurs located in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) to submit game-changing innovations that focus on the water sector (further described herein). Eligible countries in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean are Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago, February 10th, 2021 – The UWI Seismic Research Centre’s (UWISRC) scientific team has increased its capacity to bolster seismic monitoring of La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) through a donation of seismic stations and telemetry equipment.
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- Message of Solidarity from CDEMA Chair for the People & Government of The Commonwealth of Bahamas
- Jamaica ready to host 2020 Regional Platform
- Caribbean states explore the use of Social Protection Programmes to provide relief during emergencies