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    Washington -- Mar. 1, 2010 -- The Inter-American Development Bank has approved $45 million in financing to improve Jamaica's education system and expand compulsory schooling from 16 years to 18 years of age.

    PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay — Dec. 4, 2009 — As part of Microsoft Corp.’s efforts to promote jobs, opportunities, education and innovation through its Unlimited Potential initiative, the company announced that twenty-five nonprofit organizations in the region will receive a combined $1.925 million (U.S.) in cash, and another 155 institutions will receive software donations equivalent to $5.413 million (U.S.).

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    Caribbean Aerospace College to Open in Jamaica

    Kingston -- March 18, 2009 -- Local construction firm, Surrey Paving and Aggregate, has partnered with Singapore's Air Transport Training College (ATTC) to open the Caribbean Aerospace College in Jamaica, (in the next 3 months), which will provide training in aircraft engineering.

    The Hague -- Jan. 7, 2009 -- The Dutch Government has increased its budget to improve education on the BES islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba.

    Kingston -- Dec. 18, 2008 -- Jamaica will build and repair schools and improve the quality and efficiency of its primary education system with a $14 million loan approved Dec. 17 by the Inter-American Development Bank.


    Washington DC, Feb. 23, 2010- Grammy Award-winning artist Shakira and World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick yesterday launched a US$300 million joint initiative aimed at expanding development programs for young children in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

    Jan. 19, 2010 -- Renee Boyce-Drakes a member of the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) Barbados, and current Regional Chairman of the CYEN, will be a youth delegate in the first World Youth Meeting to launch the NMC programme (NMC from the Esperanto language, Ni, mondlokaj civitanoj or 'We, global-local citizens') which will be held in Puglia-Italy from January 19th to 21st 2010.


    OECS Secretariat, Saint. Lucia-- Jan 16, 2010:  The OECS Secretariat has signed a Cooperation Agreement with the Government of Spain to implement a Language Training Programme, with a view to developing the Spanish language skills of OECS Diplomats and Professionals.

    Dec. 30, 2009 -- The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health is partnering with universities in South Asia and the Caribbean to expand its master's-level training programs.

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