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[Media Invitation] Fourth Meeting of the Economic Affairs Council (Opening Ceremony)

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WHAT: The Fourth Meeting of the Economic Affairs Council is a pivotal gathering of leaders and key stakeholders from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). This event will focus on advancing significant economic initiatives under the OECS Economic Union. Discussions and decisions will address critical areas, including:

  • Reviewing the OECS Development Strategy 2024–2030 to guide sustainable economic growth.
  • Advancing the Eastern Caribbean Economic Union Implementation Index, a tool to measure progress on regional integration.
  • Strengthening the Customs Union and facilitating the free circulation of goods.
  • Implementing the Free Movement of Persons Regime, including contingent rights and social security portability.
  • Developing the Free Trade in Services Regime to enhance competitiveness.
  • Establishing a framework for Competition Policy and Law within the union.

This meeting is a critical step toward fostering regional integration, promoting economic collaboration, and addressing sustainable development challenges within the OECS.

WHO:

  • Chairman: Hon Camillo Gonsalves, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Information Technology of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 
  • H.E. Dr. Didacus Jules, Director General of the OECS
  • Hon. Dr. Irving McIntyre, Minister for Finance, Economic Development, Climate Resilience and Social Security of Dominica
  • Hon. Lennox Andrews, Minister for Economic Development, Planning, Agriculture and Lands, Forestry, Marine Resources, and Cooperatives of Grenada

WHEN: Tuesday March 25, 2025

TIME: 9 a.m.

LOCATION: Holiday Inn Express, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

HOW:

  • The Opening Ceremony will be live streamed on the OECS social media platforms: Youtube ​ Facebook
  • The Agency for Public Information in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (API) Youtube Channel

 

JOURNALISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS & VIDEOGRAPHERS - PLEASE BE PRESENT BY 8:30 A.M.

Marvin St. Louis

Communications Specialist, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean Sates

OECS Communications Unit

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

 

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The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is an International Organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal rights, and the encouragement of good governance among independent and non-independent countries in the Eastern Caribbean. The OECS came into being on June 18th 1981, when seven Eastern Caribbean countries signed a treaty agreeing to cooperate with each other while promoting unity and solidarity among its Members. The Treaty became known as the Treaty of Basseterre, so named in honour of the capital city of St. Kitts and Nevis where it was signed. The OECS today, currently has eleven members, spread across the Eastern Caribbean comprising Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Saint Martin. 

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