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  • Caribbean, West Indies

    Caribbean territories, Caribbean, West Indies (Antilles): Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman Islands (United Kingdom), Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (American Virgin Islands), Saint Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Bermudas…

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    Code

    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    ACP

    Afrique, Caraïbes et Pacifique

    In French

    ACURIL
    Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (https://acuril.org/)

    The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) facilitates the development and use of libraries, archives, and information services, and the identification, collection and preservation of information resources throughout the Caribbean area.

    In English

    AGDIL

    Association Guadeloupéenne pour le Développement de l’Informatique Libre

    In French

    APESOM

    Association des Pharmaciens des Établissements de Santé de l’Outre-Mer

    In French

    ASPHoG

    Association des Pharmaciens Hospitaliers de Guadeloupe

    In French

    BCEOM

    Bureau Central d’Études pour les Équipements d’Outre-Mer

    In French

    BIDC

    Barbados Investment and Development Corporation

    In English

    BRH

    Banque de la République d’Haïti

    In French

    CARFITA

    Caribbean Free Trade Association

    In English

    CARIBCAN

    Caribbean-Canada Preferential Trading Arrangement

    In English

    CARICOM

    Caribbean Community and Common Market (https://caricom.org/)

    In English

    CARIMET
    Caribbean Metrology Cooperation

    = CARIMET | Coopération Caribéenne de Métrologie | In French
    = CARIMET | Cooperação Caribenha de Metrologia | In Portuguese

    In English

    CARIMET
    Coopération Caribéenne de Métrologie

    = CARIMET (see above)

    In French

    CARIMET
    Cooperação Caribenha de Metrologia

    = CARIMET (see above)

    In Portuguese

    CDEMA
    Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (https://www.cdema.org/)

    The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is a regional inter-governmental agency for disaster management in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It was established as CDERA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency) so as to coordinate emergency response and relief efforts to participating states.

    In English

    CDERA

    Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency

    In English

    CDMP

    Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project

    In English

    CEA
    Cahiers d’Études Africaines

    Les Cahiers d’Études africaines (CEA) publie des articles de recherche théorique et de terrain sur l’Afrique, les Antilles et l’Amérique noire, c’est-à-dire sur l’Afrique et les sociétés liées à l’Afrique à travers le monde. Quoiqu’interdisciplinaire, la revue privilégie les recherches anthropologiques et historiques.

    In French

    CEHI
    Caribbean Environmental Health Institute

    The Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI) is a Technical Institute of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that provides technical and advisory services to Member States in all areas of environmental management, including water resources management, sustainable land management, waste management, chemical safety, occupational health and safety, eco-efficiency, and renewable energy.

    In English

    CELADE
    Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía

    = CELADE | Centro Latino-americano e Caribenho de Demografia | In Portuguese

    In Spanish

    CELADE
    Centro Latino-americano e Caribenho de Demografia

    = CELADE (see above)

    In Portuguese

    CEPAL
    Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (https://www.cepal.org/es)

    = CEPALC | Commission Économique Pour l'Amérique Latine et les Caraïbes | In French
    = ECLAC | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean | In English
    = CEPAL | Comissão Econômica para América Latina e o Caribe | In Portuguese

    In Spanish

    CEPAL
    Comissão Econômica para América Latina e o Caribe (https://www.cepal.org/pt-br)

    = CEPALC, ECLAC (see above)

    In Portuguese

    CEPALC
    Commission Économique Pour l'Amérique Latine et les Caraïbes (https://www.cepal.org/)

    = CEPAL, ECLAC (see above)

    In French

    CGTG
    Confédération Générale du Travail de la Guadeloupe (http://lacgtg.com/)

    The abbreviation CGTG (Confédération Générale du Travail de la Guadeloupe) includes the abbreviation CGT (Confédération Générale du Travail).

    In French

    CHA

    Caribbean Hotel Association

    In English

    CNE
    Centre National des Équipements

    Le Centre National des Équipements (CNE) est responsable de l’entreposage, du contrôle, de l’entretien et des réparations des engins lourds utilisés par le Ministère haïtien des travaux publics, par exemple pour la construction et la réparation de routes, pour le curage de canaux, pour le déblayage de rues encombrées par des alluvions, etc.

    The abbreviation CNE (Centre National des Équipements) is included in the abbreviation CORRECNE (Commission de Restructuration et de Renforcement du Centre National des Équipements).

    In French

    CORRECNE
    Commission de Restructuration et de Renforcement du Centre National des Équipements

    The abbreviation CORRECNE (Commission de Restructuration et de Renforcement du Centre National des Équipements) includes the abbreviation CNE (Centre National des Équipements).

    In French

    CREDDI

    Centre de Recherche en Économie et en Droit du Développement Insulaire (https://www.creddi.fr/)

    In French

    ECLAC
    Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (https://www.cepal.org/en)

    = CEPAL, CEPALC, ECLAC (see above)

    In English

    ESIH

    École Supérieure d’Infotronique d'Haïti

    In French

    GBI

    Grand Bahama Island

    In English

    GCFI

    Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institut (https://www.gcfi.org/)

    In English

    OECS

    Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (https://www.oecs.org/en/)

    In English

    OPESH

    Observatoire de la Pauvreté et de l’Exclusion Sociale en Haïti

    In French

    SEEUR

    Service d’Entretien d’Équipements Urbains et Ruraux

    In French

    SETC

    Société d'Exploitation du Tourisme Caribéen

    In French

    SPLIKA

    Stimulá Papiamentu, Literatura i Informashon riba Kultura di Antianan abou (https://splika.nl/)

    In Papiamento

    SRIG

    Syndicat des Rhumiers Indépendants de la Guadeloupe

    In French

    UPC

    Union Postale des Caraïbes

    In French