PM GIVES EDUCATION UPDATE AT CARICOM DIALOGUE: Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller provides an update on policies and actions by the Government of Jamaica to demonstrate tangible support for improved education and training in Jamaica as she speaks with Executive Secretary of the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Alicia Barcena (left); the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning Amina Mohammed (second right), and Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Onika Miller (second left). The conversation followed a High-Level Strategic Dialogue on the topic, “CARICOM: Vibrant Societies; Resilient Economies” at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in Barbados on Thursday (July 2). During the Dialogue, which was held before the formal meeting of the 36th Regular Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, the Executive Secretary of ECLAC pointed to Jamaica as a country in the regional grouping which was making significant progress in financing education.
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller provides an update on policies and actions by the Government of Jamaica to demonstrate tangible support for improved education and training in Jamaica as she speaks with Executive Secretary of the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Alicia Barcena (left); the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning Amina Mohammed (second right), and Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Onika Miller (second left). The conversation followed a High-Level Strategic Dialogue on the topic, “CARICOM: Vibrant Societies; Resilient Economies” at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in Barbados on Thursday (July 2). During the Dialogue, which was held before the formal meeting of the 36th Regular Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, the Executive Secretary of ECLAC pointed to Jamaica as a country in the regional grouping which was making significant progress in financing education.