http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohd90c9Czp8&feature=youtu.be Chairman of ConSOC, Lynette Holder could not contain her pleasure at the hosting of the first ever Barbados’ ConSOC event for the wider civil society groups on the island held at the Barbados Country Office. Under her chairmanship the committee decided to have a number of capacity building activities of which … [Read more...] about Barbados ConSOC Making Strides in Project Development
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Barbados’ ConSOC Discuss Remedy to Boost Disbursements and a Prescription for On-time Project Execution of IDB Funded Loans
The IDB’s Barbados Civil Society Consulting Group (ConSOC) recently held a tripartite meeting with representatives of the Government and the IDB. According to Chairman, of ConSoc Lynette Holder, who is also the CEO of the Barbados Small Business Association, the purpose of the meeting was for the ConSOC members to hear the state of implementation of Barbados’ IDB-funded … [Read more...] about Barbados’ ConSOC Discuss Remedy to Boost Disbursements and a Prescription for On-time Project Execution of IDB Funded Loans
One Stop Mini-Fair
Opening the door of the Royal Tocarica Ballroom you will find some treasures of the Caribbean Civil Society. On May 21 2014, six Caribbean countries (The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago) displayed materials depicting the work of civil society organizations within the region. The occassion was the One-Stop Mini Fair - an activity … [Read more...] about One Stop Mini-Fair
This is why we bring people together…
To arrive at solutions that can be used in society as a whole. This is more than an abstract, its hands on and it is the reality that we face every day. Instead of staying ashore we wade in the water by taking action. Why civil society? Because they are the voices that need to be heard, through platforms like the one in Suriname on May 21 and 22, the IV Caribbean Civil Society … [Read more...] about This is why we bring people together…
Fruitful dialogue with The Caribbean Civil Society
More than 30 Civil Society Organizations from The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad Tobago, Haiti and Suriname met on May 20 – 21, in Paramaribo, for the IV Caribbean Civil Society Meeting hosted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). For the first time in the history of these fora, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) that are not members of the … [Read more...] about Fruitful dialogue with The Caribbean Civil Society