The Canadian government is providing some TT$12,000 for an initiative aimed at reducing the use of guns in the commission of violent crimes across CARICOM countries, the regional bloc announced yesterday.
The project was launched by the Trinidad-based CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) in partnership with Canadian-based NGO Project Ploughshares, the Institute of International Relations of the University of the West Indies St Augustine Campus and various regional civil society organizations.
According to a CARICOM news release, the initiative is designed to strengthen the capacity of officials at regional and national levels by providing training, technical assistance, research and a much needed infrastructural upgrade. “Civil society organizations will also be strengthened in order to better engage with both CARICOM Governments and Regional
