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Jersey African Forum

Carolyn opened the second Jersey Africa Forum in December 2021 which was attended virtually by over 1,000 people across the world. The first Jersey Africa Forum having been opening by her two years previously in 2019 in Rwanda. These forums bring together cattle breeders of the Jersey Cow from all

2024-04-17T18:43:47+00:00December 2, 2021|Categories: International Development|Tags: , |

International Finance Toronto 2021

Minister for International Development to speak at prestigious international finance event

Financial Inclusion and banking the world’s poorest is one of JOA’s three sustainable development themes. My speech made at the virtual Toronto Centre’s Conference in October 2021 encapsulates why financial inclusion is important to the developing world:

This week,

2024-04-17T18:43:48+00:00October 15, 2021|Categories: International Development|Tags: , , , |

Geneva 2021 International Development Opportunities Secured

Visit to Geneva October 2021 to meet representatives of International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) to discuss our Financial Inclusion  projects and also to meet Filippo Grandi, the head of UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) discussing refugee support. We also managed to secure two places this year for Jersey

2024-04-17T18:43:48+00:00October 1, 2021|Categories: International Development|Tags: , , , , , |

Island Identity Project

The Island Identity project commissioned the Jersey Policy Forum to run a conference that sought out the views and next steps. Opened  by the Bailiff, Timothy Le Cocq, the dialogue event had two external speakers and 120 people drawn from a diversity of sectors and communities in Jersey engaging in

2024-04-17T18:43:48+00:00July 15, 2021|Categories: Island Identity|Tags: , |

2021 Visit by CPA Secretary-General

As Chair of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Jersey Branch, I was pleased to welcome the new Secretary-General Stephen Twigg to our branch, which was the first branch he visited after being appointed.

2024-04-17T18:43:49+00:00July 1, 2021|Categories: CPA Commonwealth Parliamentary Association|Tags: , |

Crown Dependency Network event

As Chair of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Jersey Branch, I was pleased to welcome the new Secretary-General Stephen Twigg to our branch, which was the first branch he visited after being appointed.

Carolyn chaired the last CPA Crown Dependency Network event which Jersey hosted in the States Chamber and welcomed Guernsey

2024-04-17T18:43:49+00:00June 28, 2021|Categories: CPA Commonwealth Parliamentary Association|Tags: , |

CEDAW Conference

The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women “CEDAW”

Ensuring women have equal opportunity in Jersey is an issue I have been pursuing for many years.

It was therefore a milestone moment for me – as well as Jersey – when in 2021 I was able to participate

2024-04-17T18:43:49+00:00May 28, 2021|Categories: Women's rights, Young people and equality articles|Tags: , |

Foreshore Policy finally agreed

A new policy for dealing with encroachments on the Foreshore has finally been agreed by States Members, nearly four years after Express first revealed that the Government was pursuing sea wall property owners for payments.

The Foreshore is the boundary defined as lying between high tide and low tide. It

2024-04-17T18:43:50+00:00March 26, 2021|Categories: Foreshore|Tags: , |
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