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OECS Ministers of Environment to hold their Annual Meeting in Nevis
- By S Coward
- Published 18-Oct-10
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States , Environment/Energy
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Oct. 18, 2010 -- OECS Government Ministers responsible for the Environment will for the first time gather in Nevis for their annual meeting. The one-day meeting will be held on Wednesday October 20, 2010 at the Mount Nevis Hotel.
OECS Makes Steady Progress towards Successful Completion of pilot OECS Labour Force Survey
- By S Coward
- Published 14-Oct-10
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
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OECS Secretariat, St. Lucia -- October 14, 2010 -- The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Secretariat in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO’s) sub-regional Office for the Caribbean, will from 14th - 15th October, 2010 undertake a technical mission to Grenada to provide support to the implementation of the ongoing pilot OECS Labour Force Survey.
St. Vincent to Receive Training in How to Assess Damage after a Disaster
- By S Coward
- Published 05-Oct-10
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States , Hurricanes/Natural Disasters
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OECS Secretariat, Castries -- Oct. 5, 2010 -- A team of
officials from the OECS Secretariat will lead a three-day training
session next week in macro-economic damage assessment in St Vincent and
the Grenadines.
OECS and USVI Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Technical Cooperation
- By S Coward
- Published 30-Sep-10
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
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OECS, Castries, St. Lucia -- Sept. 30, 2010 -- The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) have undertaken to embark upon a process of formal engagement in a number of areas of mutual interest.
OECS Manufacturers to receive direct In-Firm Design and Branding assistance from renowned UK Company
- By S Coward
- Published 16-Sep-10
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
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OECS, Castries, St. Lucia -- Sept. 16, 2010. The OECS Export Development Unit (OECS/EDU) has sought the expertise of reputed UK based Design Firm, Brand42 (www.brand42.co.uk), to provide direct in-firm design and branding assistance to sixteen (16) manufacturing firms in the OECS.
Harmonized Common Entrance Examination to be discussed by OECS Ministers for Education
- By S Coward
- Published 09-Sep-10
- Education , Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
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OECS Secretariat, Castries, St. Lucia, Sept 9th, 2010 -- A new and harmonized Common Entrance Examination for 6 graders in the OECS is to be discussed at the 21st meeting of OECS Ministers for Education to be held in the British Virgin Islands from September 14th to 17th 2010.
OECS Working Towards Harmonizing Household and Other Social Surveys
- By S Coward
- Published 27-Aug-10
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
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OECS Secretariat, Castries, St. Lucia -- August 26, 2010 -- The OECS Secretariat, in collaboration with UNICEF, is assisting efforts to harmonize OECS Household Surveys and introduce a Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS) in the region.
Grenada to benefit from Libyan assistance to OECS
- By S Coward
- Published 12-Aug-10
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
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St. George's, Grenada -- Aug. 12, 2010 -- Grenada is to receive about EC$5 million as part of a grant package from Libya to Eastern Caribbean countries.
Over 150 business firms engage in national training programmes across the OECS
- By S Coward
- Published 09-Aug-10
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
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Castries -- Aug. 9, 2010-The OECS Export Development Unit, OECS EDU says at least One Hundred and Seventy-five companies across the nine members grouping are to benefit from an ongoing series of National Training Programmes.
OECS Member States Told That Better Data Systems Management Can Help Most Vulnerable
- By S Coward
- Published 04-Aug-10
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
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Castries, Aug. 4, 2010 -- OECS Member States are being urged to develop a more effective Management Information System to help ensure that the proactive and other efforts to improve the lives of the most vulnerable persons in the Eastern Caribbean are effective.
Communique of the ECCU/OECS-IMF Roundtable Consultation on Growth in the ECCU, St. Kitts & Nevis
- By S Coward
- Published 04-Jul-10
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States , International Monetary Fund
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Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers and Ministers for Finance of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) held a roundtable consultation Friday, 25 June 2010 with the Deputy Managing Director, Mr Murilo Portugal and staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at the ECCB Headquarters in St Kitts and Nevis.
OECS to Host First Ever Seminar on Protected Areas
- By S Coward
- Published 02-Jul-10
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
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OECS Secretariat, Castries, St Lucia -- July 2, 2010 -- The OECS Secretariat will host an inaugural seminar on Protected Areas at the Coconut Bay Resort and Spa, in Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia. The seminar will take place over a period of three days from July 5-7 2010.
OECS Consider a Jamaica Model to Help Most Vulnerable Elevate Social Standing
- By S Coward
- Published 01-Jul-10
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
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Castries, St Lucia, July 1, 2010-- OECS Member Countries are using the results of a Jamaican success story to help the 9 member grouping ensure that it’s most vulnerable persons receive national benefits designed to elevate their social standing.
OECS Ministers of Agriculture & Tourism Decide on New Priorities for Agriculture Development
- By S Coward
- Published 24-Jun-10
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States , Economy, Trade & Investment
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Castries, St Lucia -- June 24, 2010 -- OECS Ministers of Agriculture recently met at the Marriott Resort in St. Kitts-Nevis to consider revised priority actions for development of the agriculture sector in the OECS region, within the context of the movement towards deeper OECS Economic Integration.
France and the OECS Establish Relations at Ambassadorial Level
- By S Coward
- Published 12-Jun-10
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
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Castries Saint. Lucia, June 10th , 2010, OECS Director General Dr. Len Ishmael accepted Letters of Credence from France’s first Ambassador to the OECS, His Excellency Michel Prom at a ceremony which took place on Tuesday June 8th at the Headquarters of the OECS.

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