Posts Tagged ‘CDF’
The 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 MoreCDF grant ensures further development of ‘De Strip’
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Development on the South Frigate Bay Beach Enhancement Project, popularly known as “De Strip”, is set to enter a new phase, after the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis signed an agreement effectively securing additional financing for the project. The South Frigate Bay…
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 MoreGuyana stands to be first country to receive assistance from CDF in second funding cycle
Guyana is likely to be the first member state to benefit from a new country assistance programme (CAP) under the CARICOM Development Fund’s (CDF) 2015-2020 funding cycle, since that country is already eligible to receive further support by virtue of having paid up its full assessed contribution to the organisation.
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 MoreCARICOM Development Fund Approves Funding for Argyle International Airport
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.
Read MoreTrinidad & Tobago’s Central Bank Deputy Governor is New CDF Chairman
The CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) has a new Chairman. He is Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Alvin Hilaire, who was appointed by the CARICOM Council for Finance and Planning in August this year. The Barbados -based Fund provides financial and technical assistance to disadvantaged countries and Dr. Hilaire recently…
Read MorePraises for CDF from Grenada Minister and COTED Chair
THE CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) came in for praise for its work since its inception from Grenada’s Minister of Economic Development, Planning Trade and Cooperatives and Chair of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), the Hon. Oliver Joseph. Speaking at the CDF’s Third Annual Meeting of Contributors and Development Partners held in Barbados…
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