Cayman Islands – CARICOM https://caricom.org Caribbean Community Thu, 05 Jun 2025 03:43:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 Vanessa Burke https://caricom.org/cyas/vanessa-burke/ Thu, 13 Jul 2023 18:17:19 +0000 https://caricom.org/?post_type=cyas&p=33822 Vanessa was born and raised in the Cayman Island, where she serves as an ambassador. Over the past decade, she has been involved in multiple initiatives where she has held leadership positions nationally and internationally. She is passionate about bringing awareness and finding solutions for issues in her community. She believes that development is important, but it is imperative that growth is sustainable for future generations. She continues to advocate for the overall well-being of her peers and hopes to collaborate with partners regionally to make a positive difference in the youth of today and tomorrow.   

]]> CARIFESTA – Caribbean Festival of Arts https://caricom.org/projects/carifesta-caribbean-festival-of-arts/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 06:14:00 +0000 https://caricom.org/?post_type=projects&p=23508 The Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) is a roving multi-disciplinary art festival which has been held in various CARICOM countries since its establishment in 1972. It is  a regional forum where artists, performers and  other  persons in the  field of  culture meet and  exchange  ideas through presentations  of  music, dance, drama, exhibitions on art, sculpture, poetry and  symposia, among others. The CARICOM Secretariat through the Council on Human and Social Development (COHSOD) has since been involved not only in the shaping and preservation of CARIFESTA but also in promoting a coordinated approach to cultural policy development as embodied in the CARICOM Regional Cultural Policy endorsed by the Caribbean Community in 1994.  

The early years of CARIFESTA were captured from the Newspaper clippings collection sourced from The National Library of Guyana.  The CARIFESTA collection currently covers information emanating from all the CARIFESTAs held to date.   The Collection is supplemented by contributions from the Directorate of Human and Social Development through its Culture desk which liaises with the various  Directors of Culture in the region and with the Secretariats of the Host Country.

The Collection includes consultants’ and country reports, articles extracted from  magazines, correspondence, press releases, information leaflets, presentations at  Symposia, programmes, various CARIFESTA themes; posters, photographs and  newspaper clippings.

Explore CARIFESTA through the years

]]> Cayman Islands https://caricom.org/country_profiles/cayman-islands/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:42:29 +0000 http://wp.caricom.org/?post_type=country_profiles&p=20591 Key facts

Date of Membership in CARICOM: 12 May 2002

Also Known as:NA

Status of Independence:Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom

Area: 122.23 km2 (75.97 miles2)

Capital City: George Town (on Grand Cayman)

Population: 57,009 (2008)

Currency: Cayman dollar (KYD)

Highest National Award: Order of Knighthood, bestowed by Her Majesty, the Queen

Economy

GDP Growth: 1.4 p.a. 2013

GNI PC: US$53,850

Key dates in history

1503   Arrival of Columbus

1655   Island’s first representative government formed

1863   Formally annexed to Jamaica

1959   First constitution

1962   Separation from Jamaica following that country’s in dependence

1972   Adoption of New Constitution

1993   Adoption of Revised constitution

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