Caribbean Bankers To Meet In Saint Lucia

 Caribbean Bankers To Meet In Saint Lucia

More than 200 bankers, financial services professionals, regulators, Government officials, and representatives of regional and international agencies from the Caribbean, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa will meet in the coming days for CAB Conference Saint Lucia 2022. It will be the first time since 2019 that the foremost gathering of regional banks […]

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 FAO report analyses how automation in agriculture is helping to transform agrifood systems

FAO report analyses how automation in agriculture is helping to transform agrifood systems

The State of Food and Agriculture 2022 (SOFA) also addresses the potential impact of this technological change on job displacement and unemployment. Automation in the early stages of the food supply chain can support sustainable and inclusive productivity gains in agrifood systems and contribute to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, says the latest report by […]

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 Happy 44th Independence Anniversary to Dominica!

Happy 44th Independence Anniversary to Dominica!

The OECS Commission extends its warmest congratulations to the Government and People of Dominica, on the occasion of the nation’s 44th Anniversary on Thursday 3rd November 2022, being celebrated under the theme “One Dominica, One People, One Vision”.  A virtual flag-raising ceremony was held by the Commission to commemorate the Anniversary. The ceremony featured an […]

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 ILM Project in the OECS gets Boost from EU

ILM Project in the OECS gets Boost from EU

During the week of October 17-21, 2022, a team from the ‘Central Component’ of the EU-funded Landscapes For Our Future programme (LFF) visited the islands of Saint Lucia and Grenada as part of a learning mission to the OECS. As the first such mission in the region, the LFF team sought to understand the environmental […]

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 West Indies name Test squad for tour of Australia

West Indies name Test squad for tour of Australia

Chanderpaul earns first call-up, recalls for Brooks and Chase The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel today named the Men’s Test squad for the upcoming series in Australia. West Indies will be under the leadership of Kraigg Brathwaite and will face the hosts in two Test matches at the Perth Stadium (30 November to 4 […]

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 Validation of potential rainwater harvesting sites on St. Kitts and Nevis will improve access to water

Validation of potential rainwater harvesting sites on St. Kitts and Nevis will improve access to water

Efforts to improve the availability of freshwater resources and ensure water resource efficiency in Saint Kitts and Nevis are underway thanks to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Caribbean Development Bank, FAO’s Investment Centre, the Government of Mexico and the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis. As part of the […]

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 A Harmonized Risk Management System for the OECS Customs Union Project Launched

A Harmonized Risk Management System for the OECS Customs Union Project Launched

On Tuesday, October 11, 2022, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission officially launched a project that will contribute to bringing to full operation an OECS Customs Union with a regime for the free circulation of goods. This Project is titled: “Building the Institutional and Regulatory Capacity for a Regional Risk Management System for the […]

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 Communiqué of the 72nd Meeting of the OECS Authority

Communiqué of the 72nd Meeting of the OECS Authority

The Seventy-Second (72nd) Meeting of the OECS Authority was held in Montserrat from Wednesday October 19-20 2022, under the Chairmanship of The Honourable Joseph Easton Taylor-Farrell, Premier of Montserrat. The meeting was preceded by an Opening Ceremony at the Montserrat Cultural Center, where Prime Minister of Grenada,  Hon. Dickon Mitchell; Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and […]

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