ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, Port of Spain

Sustainable development

In the area of sustainable development, ECLAC Caribbean provides assistance to governments through research, technical assistance and training, and by supporting the formulation of articulated regional perspectives in three main areas: climate change, energy and the green economy.

Activities

9 Dec 2025, 06:00 - 14:00 | Monitoring committee

Twenty-second meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

CDCC member countries and associate members will convene for the twenty-second meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee.

8 Dec 2025, 08:00 - 17:00 | Meetings and technical symposiums

The MonCom Seminar: Unlocking Caribbean potential: enhancing growth and development through South-South cooperation

CDCC member countries and associate members will convene for the twenty-second meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee. This is preceded by the MonCom Seminar. This year's theme Unlocking Caribbean potential: enhancing growth and development through South-South cooperation

20 Nov 2025, 09:00 - 17:00 | Meetings and technical symposiums

Youth Tourpreneurship Bootcamp: Dominica and Saint Lucia

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.

30 Oct 2025, 09:00 - 17:00 | Meetings and technical symposiums

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.

News

23 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

As ECLAC Launches New Study on State of Caribbean Poverty Statistics, T&T Ministry Says: Statistics Must Change Lives

Trinidad and Tobago’s Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of the People, Social Development and Family Services, Dr. Natalie Chaitan-Maharaj, says, “Statistics can’t just remain in reports but must translate into action that changes lives.” The Parliamentary Secretary was speaking at ECLAC’s Calculate to Eradicate – Symposium on Statistics for Poverty Reduction in the Caribbean, which took place on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

5 Jun 2025 | Press Release

The Bahamas Joins the Region’s First Environmental Treaty

On World Environment Day, Prime Minister Davis officialized the country’s accession to the Escazú Agreement. 

11 Sep 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC Executive Secretary: Road to Caribbean Sustainable Development not Easy, ECLAC Here to Support… T&T Elected Chair of Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

In the 30th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) Caribbean ministers, ambassadors and development specialists discussed solutions to pressing development challenges.

10 Sep 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC Executive Secretary: Reconceptualize Economy for Improved Growth and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean… SKN Prime Minister Envisions a Sustainable Island State

The Eighth Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR) was inaugurated in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Monday 9 September, 2024.