Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Steps Up Biodiversity Action After 2024 Nature Award

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Steps towards stronger support systems for persons with disabilities

Disability inclusion is in the spotlight in Barbados in March, which is observed as the Month of the Disabled.

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Soaring Towards Innovation at the Caribbean Drone Symposium

How drones can revolutionize everything from environmental monitoring to disaster response — and even spark new business opportunities.

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Montserrat Charting a Digital Future

In February, Montserrat hosted a pivotal workshop building upon the recently concluded United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Digital Readiness Assessment …

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UNDP's PACE Justice Programme Convenes High-Level Dialogue to Advance Justice Reform

Senior justice officials from the Caribbean and Europe were in Barbados from February 13 – 14 for the inaugural PACE Justice Attorneys General Roundtable – a…

Our Mission

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. UNDP’s presence in Barbados is a Multi-Country Office that covers the Eastern Caribbean, including Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, 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.

Key Initiatives

Crisis Response and Recovery

Following the volcanic eruption of La Soufrière volcano in St. Vincent on 8 April 2021, UNDP mobilized to quickly offer its expertise to the people and institutions of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to assist national efforts to accelerate recovery.

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Blue Economy

Our work in the Blue Economy (BE) space is predicated on a human-rights-based approach and focuses on supporting plans, policies, programmes, interventions and actions that promote sustainable development through the sustainable use and management of ocean resources.

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Rising Up for SIDS

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.

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