Posts Tagged ‘Caricom’
CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) and Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) sign Memorandum of Understanding
July 13, 2021, Barbados – The CDF and the CCCCC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will allow both agencies to collaborate in and facilitate the implementation of activities geared towards reducing disparities between Member States participating in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) generally and in particular to jointly support the…
Read MoreCDF Provides Grant Funding for Village Tourism in Saint Lucia
Honourable Allen Chastanet, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia and Mr. Rodinald Soomer CEO, CARIOM Development Fund signing the Grant Agreement On Thursday September 3rd, 2020, the CEO of the CARICOM Development Fund, Mr. Rodinald Soomer signed a Grant Agreement with Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Honourable Allen Chastanet, to provide a sum of US$935,663 or…
Read MoreRegional Energy Consumers to Benefit most from New CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) led Credit Risk Initiative
Mr. Wayne Vitalis, Financial Controller, CDF looks on whilst Ms. Paula James of the St. Lucia Manufacturers Association makes a point at the recent validation workshop held in Suriname. Energy consumers across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are expected to be the main beneficiaries of an ongoing initiative that seeks to facilitate ease of access…
Read MoreCARICOM Development Fund Signs MOU with Commonwealth Secretariat
L to R. CARICOM Development Fund’s CEO Mr. Rodinald Soomer and Commonwealth Secretary-General Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland QC. As part of its strategic objective of broadening the scope of its development partnerships, the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Commonwealth Secretariat. The MOU seeks to strengthen collaboration between…
Read MoreCARICOM Development Fund (CDF) commences Study on the Development of a Credit Risk Abatement Facility (CRAF)
The CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), in collaboration with the Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), have commenced work on the establishment of a Credit Risk Abatement Facility (CRAF) for the benefit of Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) with an initial focus on the Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Sector. A team…
Read MoreThe CARICOM Development Fund Seeks to Promote An ‘Inclusive Community’ As It Addresses Regional Disparities
The CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) held its 6th Annual Meeting of Contributors and Development Partners at the ACCRA Beach Hotel and Spa, Christ Church, Barbados on September 26, 2017 under the theme ‘The Second Cycle … Towards an Inclusive Community’. This theme provided a fitting orientation to addressing many of the challenges facing the region…
Read MoreJamaica Signs and Ratifies Amendment to CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) Agreement
CDF, Bridgetown, Barbados, 21 Feb. 2017: Senator The Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, signed and ratified on behalf of Jamaica the Amendment to Annex III of the Agreement Relating to the Operation of the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) on the occasion of the Twenty-Eighth Inter-Sessional Meeting of…
Read MoreMontserrat Can Benefit from CARICOM Development Fund, Says Minister of Trade
CHRIST CHURCH, Barbados – Current chair of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and Honourable Ministry of Agriculture Claude Hogan, says Montserrat stands to benefit from the CARICOM Development Fund once it accedes to it.
Read MoreHead of the CARICOM Development Fund To Move On
THE CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) announced today that after more than six years with the organisation, CEO Ambassador Lorne McDonnough indicated to the Board that for personal reasons he did not wish to renew his contract past the end of the CDF’s First Funding Cycle on June 30, 2015.
Read MoreFinal Declaration issued by the Meeting of The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba and of the Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
THE Barbados-based CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) has approved an additional EC$2,025,000/US$750,000 loan for the new Argyle International Airport (AIA) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The funding will be used to purchase equipment to establish a 218 kVa solar energy farm that will reduce electricity costs at the multi-million dollar facility. CDF’s CEO, Ambassador Lorne McDonnough, explained that this pilot renewable…
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