Sede Sub-Regional, 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.

Activities

15 - 17 Dez 2025, 09:00 - 17:00 | Meetings and technical symposiums

Subregional Capacity Building Workshop on the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States (ABAS) and its Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework

The workshop is expected to produce a workplan for the establishment of national institutional mechanisms for synergistic implementation of the ABAS and the SDGs and result in the validation of the ABAS M&E framework through direct input from SIDS statistical and policy experts, ensuring that national institutional mechanisms and M&E framework build on existing capacities, reflects national realities and can be effectively integrated into country national development planning framework and data systems, respectively.

9 Dez 2025, 09:00 - 14:00 | Comité de monitoreo

Vigesimosegunda reunión del Comité de Monitoreo del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe

Los países miembros y miembros asociados del CDCC se reunirán para la vigésima segunda reunión del Comité de Seguimiento del Comité de Cooperación y Desarrollo del Caribe.

8 Dez 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.

5 Dez 2025, 09:00 - 16:00 | Meetings and technical symposiums

Designing Resilience: Regional Dialogue on Economic Restructuring

Presentations identifying the major impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism and related sectors and providing a dais for strategic resilience building policy prescriptions for fueling both economic growth and convergence in the tourism-dependent economies of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

News

1 Out 2025 | Briefing note

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.

25 Set 2025 | Briefing note

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.

22 Ago 2025 | Briefing note

CEPAL apoya a Aruba con una hoja de ruta para el desarrollo de tecnología financiera e inteligencia artificial

CEPAL Caribe ha completado y entregado al gobierno de Aruba una hoja de ruta estratégica con recomendaciones prácticas para el desarrollo de los sectores de tecnología financiera (fintech) e inteligencia artificial (IA). 

24 Mar 2025 | Briefing note

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.