AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoDisaster Preparedness: Jamaica’s push to strengthen multi-hazard early warning systems is tied to the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), with regional partners training stakeholders to send clearer, faster alerts using a shared standard. Education & Skills: CPEA Success Hub’s three-week Boot Camp for Grade 5 and 6 students in St. Vincent and the Grenadines focused on Mathematics, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies to reduce exam anxiety and build confidence ahead of the new term. Digital Economy Training: The ECCB’s Generative AI and Python Summer Camp is expanding beyond practice projects by placing participants with real businesses and public-sector organisations to solve real-world problems. Public Safety Tech: St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ security ministry says it’s drawing lessons from the NYPD as it modernizes approaches to crime-fighting. Agriculture & Climate Resilience: FAO’s coconut and soursop training mission in SVG runs Aug 24–31, while IICA’s ADOPT Caribbean soil-health project has delivered farm kits to local beneficiaries. Reef Recovery Hope: Citizen-science reports point to rare staghorn coral ferns off Battowia in the Grenadines, offering a hopeful sign for reef rebuilding. Local Tech Governance: The SVG consulate in New York is piloting a more web-based passport application start for overseas citizens to cut trips and paperwork. Media Industry Shift: Searchlight is set to end print and pause digital editions on Sept 25 after 31 years.
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