News Releases

22 September 2017
Workshop for Regional Artisan Network of the Greater Caribbean
3rd Meeting and 4th Workshop for the Strengthening of Capacity Building of the Regional Network of Artisans in Tourism of the Greater Caribbean.
21 September 2017
ACS Worskshop on Implementation of Tourism Progress Indicators
Second Workshop for the Verification of the Implementation Progress of the Indicators in the Destinations of the Sustainable Tourism Zone of the Greater Caribbean (STZC).
21 September 2017
CCRIF SPC & ACS Collaborating on Disaster Risk Reduction
ACS & CCRIF SPC sign MoU a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to take steps to begin improving disaster risk management.
21 September 2017
ACS TVET Workshop in Honduras
ACS TVET Workshop in Honduras.
20 September 2017
ACS Hosts Video Conference on Tourism Development in Costa Rica
"Models of Tourism Development in Costa Rica with an emphasis on the Experience of Rural Community-Based Tourism”...
7 September 2017
ACS Collaborating with OECS, Venezuela, Panama & Colombia to Coordinate Hurricane Relief
ACS & OECS work with Venezuela, Panama & Colombia to Coordinate Hurricane Irma Relief
14 August 2017
“HARMONIZATION OF THE SINGLE TRANSPORT DOCUMENT (STD) FOR GOODS IN THE GREATER CARIBBEAN” WORKSHOP
Custom authority representatives from the ACS Member States met on 2nd August 2017 in Panama City, to share the results of the consultancy developed by consultant Alvaro Sarmiento with the view of carrying out the implementation process for the prospective customs information exchange system. This prospective information exchange system is aimed at contributing to the Trade Facilitation process in the Greater Caribbean. The Deputy Director General of the National Customs Authority of Panama (ANA) - Mr  José Gomez Núñez,  General Administrator of Customs of Mexico- Mr Ricardo Treviño Chapa, CEO/ Commissioner of Customs of Jamaica, Mrs  Velma Ricketts Walker,  as well as Mrs. Sofía Hurtado Epstein, Deputy Director General of Economic Development and Infrastructure at AMEXCID, all participated in  the aforementioned meeting, financed with resources from the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) within the framework of the International Trade in Goods (TIM) Project. Also in attendance were high level officials from the following participating Member States: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica,  Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.  The ACS was represented by the Director of Trade, Alberto Duran Espaillat, and the Directorate’s team, comprising Veronica Gonzalez, Advisor and Kafi Nicholas, Secretary.
28 July 2017
ACS at International Seminar of Caribbean Studies
ACS at The 13th International Seminar of Caribbean Studies
31 May 2017
The 61st UNWTO Commission for the Americas
The ACS, through its Directorate of Sustainable Tourism, is participating in The 61st Meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas, organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The meeting is being held in San Salvador, El Salvador and Roatan, Honduras on May 30th – June 1st, 2017. The Meeting of the Commission will be followed by the International Seminar on New Technologies Applied to Tourism.
12 May 2017
South Korea Puts US$4M into Caribbean Coastal Erosion Rehab
ACS South Korea embark on multi-million dollar project to save Caribbean coasts...
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