Reducing the OECS food import bill: New trade data tool to inform policy
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 — Spurring domestic agricultural production to meet local and international demand while reducing the region’s food import bill is the focus of a powerful new data tool recently presented to agricultural decision makers at the OECS Commission….
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Des Barras Combined School celebrate Christmas with OECS Commission Staff
Spreading the Christmas cheer! Friday, December 21, 2018 — Students from the Des Barras Combined School have received an early Christmas treat at the Commission’s annual gift giving celebration. The children were presented with their gifts from staff members before singing…
History Made! Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Pass Medicinal Marijuana Bill
OECS Media Release Wednesday, December 12, 2018 — In a first likely to impact the North American and Canadian medicinal marijuana industry, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has made history as the first OECS Member State to decriminalize for medical…
Trinidad and Tobago Floods: OECS primes to share disaster mitigation knowledge
Monday, October 22, 2018 — Trinidad and Tobago: In the wake of the devastating flooding which has inundated parts of the nation and left thousands stranded, the OECS Commission has expressed its readiness to share its disaster mitigation knowledge with…
$100 billion by 2020: Financing Small Island and Developing States to adapt to climate change
First Investment Forum under the Caribbean Nationally Determined Contribution Finance Initiative (NDC FI) Friday, October 12, 2018 — New financing to build the capacity of Small Island Developing States to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change have…
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OECS Commission Statement on Haiti Earthquake
By Bernadette Auguste International Relations Officer OECS Commission Tuesday, October 9, 2018 — The OECS Commission has called on the international community to launch a swift, coordinated and aggressive relief effort to assist the people and Government of Haiti following…
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Preventing the propagation of invasive agricultural produce in the Eastern Caribbean
(PRESS RELEASE) – USDA/APHIS, the OECS Commission and Saint Lucia authorities are working together to implement the “Don’t Pack a Pest Outreach Programme”. The programme provides a platform for participating countries to increase the traveling public’s awareness of the risks…
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Caribbean States call on US to seriously address climate change
From teleSUR Caribbean States leaders are asking the Trump administration to rejoin the landmark Paris climate deal signed in 2015, from which the U.S. withdraw in June 2017. Leaders from the Caribbean states are calling on the Donald Trump administration…
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Helping hurricane affected students: OECS Commission and CXC collaborate using new Educational Technology
The OECS Commission’s Education Development Management Unit and the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) have collaborated to provide continuity in teaching to hurricane affected students in the British Virgin Island, Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda, using Notemaster, a custom built learning environment that allows…
