WASHINGTON, USA — National consultations were held in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Suriname in the context of the Caribbean Regional Aid for Trade (AfT) Strategy.
Stakeholders from the public and private sector, civil society, regional organizations, and academia gathered in late January to support the CARICOM Secretariat to develop a strategy to mobilize AfT resources to increase exports, address supply-side constraints, and integrate more fully into the multilateral trading system.
Gregory Downes, regional coordinator for the AfT Strategy, and Sheldon McLean, regional trade policy advisor at the CARICOM Secretariat, facilitated the consultations, which sought guidance from stakeholders on their AfT priorities, the effectiveness of aid delivery to date, regional and national monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and implementation mechanisms for AfT programs and projects.
