News Releases

18 March 2022
Conclusion to the High Level Meeting of Tourism Authorities
Continuing with the recovery discussions; the second day began with a cooperation showcase led by Mr. Ian Durant, Director, Economic department at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Mr. Gianpiero Leoncini; Representative from CAF-Latin American Development Bank and Ms. Giulia Macola, Associate Programme Officer, Alliances for Action and Ms. Amelia Diaz, Associate Programme Officer in Trade Development Strategies Programme at the International Trade Centre (ITC).
16 March 2022
High Level Meeting of Tourism Authorities
The Association of Caribbean States under the leadership of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela successfully hosted the first day of a two-day High Level Meeting of Tourism Authorities on Wednesday 16th of March, 2022.
14 March 2022
ACS meets the European Union
During the meeting, ACS Directorates provided a brief presentation in respect of the purpose of each Directorate with emphasis on how the EU’s new Strategy aligned with ACS priorities. The EU and ACS understand that joint work and partnerships can tackle the adverse effects of the pandemic in the Greater Caribbean region and contribute to the fulfilment of the SDGs especially in the areas of trade, digital commerce, tourism and climate change.
2 March 2022
The Forum of Latin American and Caribbean Countries on Sustainable Development 2022
The ACS Secretary General, Rodolfo Sabonge will participate in panel 3 of the 5th convocation of this forum to address the topic: "Natural disasters and the asymmetry of climate change in the Caribbean". The forum will take place in San José, Costa Rica, from 7 to 9 March 2022.
25 February 2022
ACS meets International Trade Centre
During the meeting, ITC and ACS discussed potential avenues of cooperation, and exchanged their experiences in the areas of MSME’s, sustainable tourism, community-based tourism, youth entrepreneurship, women economic growth, connecting value chains, e-commerce, and digital trade.
25 February 2022
ACS and Venezuela to host High Level Meeting of Tourism Authorities
This virtual meeting, held under the theme of “Stabilize, Revitalise, and Thrive – Enhanced Trajectories for Sustainable Tourism Recovery in the Greater Caribbean”
18 February 2022
RESEMBID funds ACS
This project will benefit four Associate Members of the ACS: Bonaire, Curacao and Sint Maarten and seeks to overcome the barriers to expediting economic reactivation.
11 February 2022
Turkey donates to ACS
As a result of the successful conversations held between the Association of Caribbean States through the Directorate of Cooperation and Resource Mobilisation and the Government of the Republic of Turkey through Ambassador H.E. Bengü Yiğitgüden since 2020, a donation has been received
8 February 2022
6th Meeting of the Drafting Committee of the 9th Summit of Heads of State and/or Government of the ACS - 3
At this meeting, the importance of Sustainable Tourism was discussed and the SG highlighted the need to enunciate the SDGs so that they are taken into account when developing products, thus allowing the incorporation of SMEs in the development of the offers.
26 January 2022
24th Intersessional Preparatory Meeting for the 27th Ordinary Meeting of the ACS Ministerial Council
Senator, Dr. the Honorable Amery Browne, Minister of Foreign Affairs and CARICOM Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, highlighted the current context as a call to rebuild the ACS, noting that ACS plans can be included in national plans and reiterated the commitment of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to the Association.