West Indian White Bait Women Fishers, also known as Titiwi Fishers, will benefit from a Knowledge and Experience Exchange with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ women fishers being held on March 15 – 17 at the Layou Resource Center.
On the occasion of World Water Day, the Caribbean takes a step towards greater water resilience with the signature of an agreement between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Canada.
Romaine Paris is a young man with big plans and a big heart! At only 25 years old, his passion for agriculture moved him to donate fifty mahogany trees to the UNDP's Strengthening Sustainable Livelihoods and Resilience in The Kalinago Territory Project.
Following the volcanic eruption of La Soufrière volcano in St. Vincent on 8 April 2021, UNDP mobilised to quickly offer its expertise in previous crisis response operations in the region, to the people and institutions of SVG to assist national efforts to accelerate recovery and reactivate local economies.
Connectivity is key to progress, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is collaborating with the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica to ensure that the indigenous people within the Kalinago Community have equal opportunities for internet connectivity.
UNDP’s presence in Barbados is a Multi-Country Office that covers the Eastern Caribbean, including Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. These tropical islands, in the Caribbean Sea, are characterized by their geographic and socio-economic similarities however, they each have their own distinct cultural identity and unique history.
UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life of everyone. We are on the ground in around 170 countries, to help empower lives and build resilient nations.
Within our multi-country context, while promoting the vision of “Blue Economy for Green Islands”, UNDP Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean 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.
UNDP Barbados and Eastern Caribbean Programmatic Overview (May 2022)
UNDP’s integrated SIDS offer Rising Up for SIDS articulates a clear strategy to respond to their most pressing needs as well as bring forth innovative solutions to the complex developmental challenges they face for a better future for people and planet. Learn More.
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