{"id":28973,"date":"2023-07-20T23:08:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T04:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=28973"},"modified":"2023-07-20T17:29:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T22:29:48","slug":"cdb-president-pushes-for-more-regional-business-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/cdb-president-pushes-for-more-regional-business-partnerships\/","title":{"rendered":"CDB President pushes for more regional business partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Caribbean<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Caribbean Development Bank continues to urge regional governments to explore opportunities for collaboration.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Addressing the opening ceremony of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the CBD, the entity\u2019s President, Dr. Gene Leon, said the region needs to look into a number of partnerships, including those linked to knowledge creation and skills development.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dr Leon said this can help create jobs and business opportunities, especially for youth, but he added that the supporting framework has to be in place for these partnerships to work.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/radiojamaicanewsonline.com\/business\/cdb-president-pushes-for-more-regional-business-partnerships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Image: pexels-shreeneet-rathi<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caribbean The Caribbean Development Bank continues to urge regional governments to explore opportunities for collaboration. Addressing the opening ceremony of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the CBD, the entity\u2019s President,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1091,"featured_media":27843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[250],"tags":[253,121,182],"class_list":["post-28973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","tag-business","tag-caribbean","tag-caribbean-development-bank"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pexels-shreeneet-rathi-3662370-scaled-e1683849158626.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-7xj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26004,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/climate-gender-in-focus-during-bilateral-between-cdb-and-canada-government-officials\/","url_meta":{"origin":28973,"position":0},"title":"Climate, Gender in Focus During Bilateral between CDB and Canada Government Officials","author":"Michele Marius","date":"January 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Caribbean Deepening collaboration between Canada and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on areas of mutual interest such as climate action and gender equality, was on the agenda when Canada\u2019s Minister of International Development, Hon. 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