UBEC Launches Training Sessions to Strengthen Blue Economy MSMEs in Saint Lucia

The Unleashing the Blue Economy of the Caribbean (UBEC) project has launched a series of training sessions designed to strengthen the capacity of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Fisheries (including aquaculture), Marine Tourism, and Waste Management sectors.

The training sessions, which began on August 27, 2025, will run until October 8, 2025, and are being hosted in various fishing ports across Saint Lucia. The initiative aims to equip MSMEs with the tools and knowledge needed to thrive in the Blue Economy through both virtual and hybrid sessions.

Participants will benefit from training in:

  • Business Registration and Setting up a Business Bank Account
  • Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
  • Standards Implementation, Packaging and Labelling
  • Retirement Planning

The training sessions are part of the Regional MSME Matching Grants Programme, a flagship initiative under UBEC. This programme is tailored to help MSMEs formalise, grow, and build resilience, thereby unlocking new opportunities in the Blue Economy.

📅 Training Schedule

Date

Location/Format

Time

Focus

Wed, Aug 27, 2025

Virtual Only

6:00 PM

Business Registration / Setting up a Business Bank Account

Thu, Aug 28, 2025

Virtual Only

6:00 PM

Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship

Sept 1–5, 2025 (Mon–Fri)

Castries & Gros Islet – Hybrid (Castries Fishers Co-Operative Society Ltd.)

6:00 PM

General Blue Economy MSME Training

Sept 8–12, 2025 (Mon–Fri)

Anse-La-Raye / Canaries – Hybrid (Parish Hall Anse-La-Raye)

6:00 PM

General Blue Economy MSME Training

Sept 15–19, 2025 (Mon–Fri)

Soufrière / Choiseul / Laborie – Hybrid (Soufrière Fisheries Complex)

6:00 PM

General Blue Economy MSME Training

Sept 22–26, 2025 (Mon–Fri)

Micoud & Vieux-Fort – Hybrid (Ministry of Commerce Conference Room, Vieux-Fort)

6:00 PM

General Blue Economy MSME Training

Sept 29 – Oct 3, 2025

Dennery – Hybrid (Adventist Church, Dennery)

6:00 PM

General Blue Economy MSME Training

Tue, Oct 7, 2025

Virtual Only

6:00 PM

Standards Implementation, Packaging & Labelling

Wed, Oct 8, 2025

Virtual Only

6:00 PM

Retirement Planning

About UBEC

The Unleashing the Blue Economy of the Caribbean (UBEC) project is a World Bank-funded, OECS-managed initiative that seeks to harness the economic potential of marine resources while promoting environmental sustainability. The project is currently being implemented in Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

 

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Participation

The OECS Commission encourages all micro, small and medium businesses in the Fisheries (including aquaculture), Marine Tourism, and Waste Management sectors to attend and make full use of this opportunity, either virtually or at their nearest location.

 

 

OECS Communications Unit

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

Jacques Hinkson-Compton

Communications Consultant, 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 twelve 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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