Subregional Headquarters, Port of Spain
The mission of the ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean is to deepen the understanding of the development challenges facing the Caribbean, and to contribute to solutions by conducting research and analysis and providing sound policy advice and technical assistance to Caribbean governments, focused on growth with equity and recognition of the subregion’s vulnerability.
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Regional and National Dialogues on External Financing and Climate-Resilient Development
Guided by an enhanced framework, UNCTAD led data collection field missions, identifying their current and potential external financial options, blockages and impediments to the uptake of innovative financial instruments, as well as the regulatory, institutional, and market-related changes required to encourage these innovations. These efforts culminated in the delivery of climate adaptation and mitigation reports for each country, assessing direct and indirect climate risks and proposing strategies to address these risks and achieve SDGs 17.4 and 13.b and will contribute to the regional discussion. -
National capacity building workshop in strategic policy planning - St Kitts and Nevis
The overall objective of the national workshop is to strengthen the skills level of senior management and technical staff of the Government of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis in strategic policy planning. The course will enhance national capacity in assessing development options and monitoring and evaluation towards promoting national sustainable development and resilience building. -
Skill WAVE: Antigua and Barbuda
ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.
Activities
Calculate to Eradicate: A Symposium On Statistics For Poverty Reduction In The Caribbean
The symposium will explore the different roles that data can play in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of interventions, and will include a particular focus on the need for better official statistics on poverty in the Caribbean, both multidimensional poverty and monetary poverty.
Youth Tourpreneurship Bootcamp: Saint Kitts & Nevis and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
To guide young people in Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts & Nevis, and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines into seeing tourism not as something that only large tour companies, hotels and cruise ships run, but as something they too can do, while placing them on a path to self-sustainability.
Youth Tourpreneurship Bootcamp: Antigua & Barbuda and Grenada
To guide young people in Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts & Nevis, and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines into seeing tourism not as something that only large tour companies, hotels and cruise ships run, but as something they too can do, while placing them on a path to self-sustainability.
Seminar on Ocean-based Climate Action in Support of Blue Economy Advancement in Trinidad and Tobago and the Wider Caribbean Region
The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in collaboration with the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA), Ministry of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development of Trinidad and Tobago and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean is organizing a seminar on ocean-based climate action in the Caribbean.
News
T&T Planning Minister: Building Ocean Economy & Protecting Marine Ecosystems Can Lead to Sustainable Development
Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development, Kennedy Swaratsingh, says developing the national and regional blue economy can contribute to a more robust and diverse economy, create jobs, and build the country and region’s capacity in ocean affairs. Minister Swaratsingh was speaking at the opening of the conference Ocean-Based Climate Action in Support of Blue Economy Advancement in Trinidad and Tobago and the Wider Caribbean in Trinidad and Tobago.
For Climate Finance, Caribbean Countries Must Link Climate Finance with Sustainable Development
Caribbean countries must be able to make the connection between climate finance and sustainable development to receive much-needed funding for climate resilience, mitigation, and adaptation. That is the view of ECLAC Caribbean consultant Cathal Healy-Singh, on how Caribbean SIDS (Small Island Developing States) can tackle what has emerged as one of their main development challenges.
ECLAC Supports Aruba with Roadmap to Develop Financial Tech and Artificial Intelligence
ECLAC Caribbean has completed and handed over to the government of Aruba, a strategic roadmap with actionable recommendations for the development of the fintech (financial technology), artificial intelligence (AI) sectors.
Youth of the Caribbean Make Promises to the Sea and to Sustainable Futures at Caribbean Youth Dialogues ’25
A cross section of the “Caribbean Twenty Percent” (youth between 15 and 29) is set to assemble virtually on 26 and 27 March and make promises to the sustainable future of their countries, region and world at the Caribbean Youth Dialogues ’25.
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Measuring the digital society to advance digital inclusion in the Caribbean
Caribbean policymakers and regulators are grappling with the challenges and opportunities associated with the digital transformation, and seeking to develop inclusive, evidence-based policies suited…
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Be Ready: Building a Resilient Future for Tourism
A Roadmap for Business and Community Growth This infographic outlines key strategies for sustainable business development and community empowerment. It highlights essential steps to enhance data…
Contact
ECLAC Caribbean media
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