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Forum To Be Held At The Marriott

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
SKNIS
May 17, 2012

Media Houses are invited to send representatives to the Official Opening Ceremony of the 6th Biennial Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition (CEF-6) on Monday, May 21 at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort at 6:30 p.m.  Media Houses can also feel free to contact the Ministry of Health for details on the procedure for providing coverage of the entire CEF-6 proceedings.

CEF-6 is organized by the Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Services and will be convened at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort from May 21 to 25, 2012.  It is being held under the theme: “Green Economy: Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Health, Water, Land, Energy, Climate Change and our Natural Resources.”  CEF-6 is one of the premier events on the Caribbean calendar and is expected to attract approximately 250 persons regionally and internationally.  Presenters and attendees range from Ministers of Government to scientists who have documented research on the appropriate forum topics.

CEF-6 objectives include fostering synergies and promoting a multi-sectoral approach to sustainable development issues, while providing training and networking opportunities.

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Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States Flag

Basseterre, St. Kitts
May 16, 2012 (SKNIS)

Final preparations are underway for the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis to host the 22nd Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Ministers of Education Meeting under the theme “Contributing to a Deeper, Stronger, Economic Union”.

The meeting will be held from May 22 to 24 at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort. The opening ceremony, which is opened to the public, will be held on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

The occasion will provide the opportunity for policy makers to engage in constructive dialogue on substantive policy issues regarding education development in the OECS; agree on policies and strategies to advance OECS education; secure the support and collaboration of regional agencies and development partners in advancing the education development agenda; as well as share innovative ideas and experiences that have contributed to educational development at the national level.

The OECS was established on June 18, 1981 on the signing of the Treaty of Basseterre, in St. Kitts. Seven countries signed the treaty in 1981. They are Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Virgin Islands joined the OECS as an associate member on November 22, 1984. Anguilla joined in 1995 increasing the membership to nine countries.

The OECS Ministers of Education meeting is held annually and is rotated amongst the OECS member countries.

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Meeting To Be Held In The Cayman Islands

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
May 14, 2012 (CUOPM)

When Governors of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) meet later this month, they will participate in a panel discussion on improving citizen security in the region.

CDB said the May 23 event in the Cayman Islands is among the activities planned for annual meetings of the CDB Board of Governors.

“Crime and violence is a developmental issue which the CDB has identified as an important area of focus over the next strategic plan period 2012-2014,” the CDB said in a statement, noting that “increasing violent crime in many of CDB’s Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) represents a significant threat to economic and social development and hampers efforts to reduce poverty and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

“CDB recognises the urgency with which this issue must be addressed if the region is not to lose the developmental momentum of the past two decades or worse, experience an erosion in the socio-economic gains attained.”

At his inaugural address to the bank’s governors last year, CDB President, Dr. Warren Smith had promised that the “CDB will work very closely with governments, community-based organisations and other stakeholders to begin to address the infrastructure deficiencies and social interventions needed to engage and transform communities adversely affected by crime and violence.”

Among the panellist are Professor Anthony Harriott, Director of the University of West Indies Institute of Criminal Justice and Security and Head of the Department of Government at UWI Mona; Professor  Richard R. Bennett, Professor of Justice in the Department of Justice, Law and Society at American University in Washington, DC and Barbadian poet, Adisa ‘AJA’ Andwele.

Professor Harriott is the author of several scholarly articles and the author/editor of six books primarily on the issues of violence, and policing in Caribbean societies, while Professor Bennett, who has taught graduate and undergraduate students for over 30 years at American University and elsewhere, is an expert on comparative crime and criminal justice.

Andwele’s work addresses a number of global issues, including war and conflict; poverty; the threat to the environment; and the abuse of children and women.

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