Global launch of the UNDP Human Development Report 2019 from Bogota, Columbia
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in tandem with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force launched the Police Incident Form within the framework of the UNDP implemented CariSECURE Project, the recently developed Police Records Management Information System (PRMIS) and the Caribbean Citizen Security Toolkit.
UNDP Barbados & the OECS Blue Lab issued a first Call for Solutions to challenges in the blue economy today. Until December 9th, 2019, innovators in the blue space will be able to apply for the chance to be selected as a recipient of up to $15,000 USD for creative projects that take up to 6 months maximum to complete.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Roberts Construction & Engineering Co. Ltd. after intensive consultations with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, signed a contract to Rehabilitate the Hanna Thomas Hospital (HTH) under the umbrella of the India-UN Development Partnership Fund.
UNDP is launching a multi-million-dollar project in nine Caribbean countries, with generous support from the Government of Canada and the UK Department for International Development.
University of the West Indies (UWI) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, speaks to the recently re-ignited partnership between the UWI and UNDP.
UNDP’s Multi-Country Office for Barbados & the OECS is pleased to officially introduce the Blue Economy and Sustainable Management of Ocean Degradation Lab. The Blue Lab is part of the UNDP Accelerator Labs initiative, the world’s largest and fastest learning network that UNDP is building to address development challenges in the new era where changes are happening rapidly.
United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework in the Caribbean
The 2017-2021 United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework (UN MSDF) defines how the Agencies, Funds, and Programmes of the UN will pool their comparative advantages within a single strategic framework that aligns with and supports the overarching strategic goals of the Caribbean’s governments and key stakeholders.
About Barbados and the OECS
The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), was created in 1981, under the Treaty of Basseterre. The OECS Member States are: Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; the British Virgin Islands; the Commonwealth of Dominica; Grenada; Montserrat; Saint Lucia; St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The main organ of the OECS, the OECS Secretariat is located in Castries, Saint Lucia. The majority of the Member States share one currency, the Eastern Caribbean currency.
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Within our multi-country context, UNDP Barbados and the OECS aims to create an enabling environment where our national governments have the capacities for inclusive and sustainable human development; meet their regional commitments, and internationally agreed goals including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Operating in a context where five out of ten (10) countries are considered Net Contributor Countries (NCC), UNDP focuses on policy and knowledge advisory services that facilitate poverty reduction, improved democratic governance, sound environmental management, climate resilience, options for sustainable energy and building resilience to natural and man-made hazards.
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About Barbados & the OECS
954,000
persons living in Barbados & the OECS
13%
of the region is unemployed
$12,810
per capita income
95%
of the region is literate
