Success Stories
Regional Workshop on Informal Sector Surveys for the Caribbean Subregion
This workshop was one of the culminating activities of the inter-regional project on the Measurement of the Informal Sector and Informal Employment. The project involved three United Nations commissions, namely, ESCAP, ESCWA and ECLAC. It was supported by the Development Account of the United Nations and the ECLAC component was conducted in the Caribbean subregion beginning in 2007. The project country in this subregion was Saint Lucia and this culminating workshop was aimed primarily at...
National Training Workshop in REDATAM for Trinidad and Tobago
This workshop formed part of an ongoing initiative being undertaken by the Statistics and Social Development Unit (SSDU) of the subregional headquarters for the Caribbean of ECLAC, in order to improve national statistical capacity in the use of the Retrieval of Data for small Areas of Microcomputer (REDATAM) software. Through this workshop, database experts from the various ministries and the Central Statistical Office (CSO) of Trinidad and Tobago were introduced to two of the modules of the...
CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD)
Underpinning the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development’s (CCYD) approach was the mandate given by the CARICOM Heads of Government in 2006, that the regional integration holds the key to the optimal development of the small developing countries of the Community and the regional citizenry. The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), as a social institution, is heavily dependent on the knowledge, skills, competencies, values and attitudes of young people for successful outcomes. Young people...
Training Workshop on the use of the ECLAC Damage and Loss Assessment (DALA) Methodology for the Evaluation of Natural Disasters
The workshop was designed to develop capacity in the Caribbean for its member states to undertake a damage and loss assessment of the impact of a natural disaster on their socio-economy and to programme disaster management and mitigation strategies into their development plans.
The main objectives of the workshop were to:
i) Introduce participants to the conceptual framework and practical issues and tips in conducting a damage and loss assessment in the aftermath of a disaster
ii) Enable...
The Pharmaceutical Procurement Service (PPS)
The OECS Pharmaceutical Procurement Service (PPS) has played a significant role in reducing the cost of popular pharmaceutical and medical products across the OECS region, through the model of pooling demand to facilitate procurement in bulk for onward distribution. For over two decades, it has provided the Member Countries with a reliable supply of safe and effective pharmaceuticals, from approved, pre-qualified reputable manufacturers, through an international competitive tender system.
