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Resident Representative's Message

The year 2025 has been one of resilience, innovation, collaboration, and change. Together with our Government counterparts, development partners and stakeholders across the region, we advanced sustainable development for hundreds of communities - managing approximately US $50 million through 22 active projects spanning climate action, economic resilience, disaster recovery, justice reform, digital and artificial intelligence, innovation, and inclusive growth. 

We supported governments in designing digital inclusion strategies and building capacity in AI and digital skills for public servants. Through partnerships, we strengthened policy frameworks for protecting natural habitats and sustainable livelihoods - reinforcing resilience in Small Island Developing States. From expanding MSME access to finance to delivering justice sector upgrades and disaster recovery support, our work touched lives across the Eastern Caribbean, advancing prosperity for all and effective governance.

These milestones were possible because of partnership. We look forward to deepening our collaboration in the coming years – mobilizing innovative financing, scaling AI and digital solutions, and accelerating progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. Our new corporate UNDP Strategic Plan 2026 - 2029 focuses on four core objectives: prosperity for all, effective governance, crisis resilience, and a healthy planet – powered by digital and AI transformation, gender equality, and sustainable finance. 

Together, we are building a more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable future.

Limya Eltayeb
Resident Representative
Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean

Thank You to Our Funding Partners

  • European Union
  • Global Environment Facility
  • Government of Canada
  • Government of Germany
  • Government of India
  • Government of Italy
  • Government and People of Japan
  • Government of Qatar
  • Green Climate Fund
  • Joint SDG Trust Fund

 

2025 Snapshots

$12.5M

approved to support disaster risk reduction in Antigua & Barbuda through the Early Warning for All project.

$1.6M

approved to support sustainable agriculture and agro-processing to boost climate resilience in Dominica.

$3.2M

committed for heavy equipment for sargassum management in 5 countries.

$160K

in grant funding awarded to 16 agribusinesses in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

$125K

in grant funding allocated to 15 women and youth-owned micro, medium and small businesses in Antigua and Barbuda.

$111K

in equipment to improve efficiencies for courts and police in Barbados and Dominica.

$88K

in equipment to schools in the Grenadines (SVG).

$82K

in fishing and marine-related equipment for 3 NGOs in Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

$30K

in equipment to the Barbados National Union of Fisherfolk Organizations (BARNUFO).

400+

public servants in the British Virgin Islands participated in UNDP's AI for Government and Digital for Government webinars, in partnership with the Virgin Islands Public Service Learning Institute.

257

justice officials from 29 institutions in 8 countries trained in case management, crime scene investigation, digital transformation in partnership with UNODC, EU CEPOL, RSS, El PACCTO 2.0, and ITU.

150+

participants for knowledge-sharing and training on drone technology for coastal environment monitoring in partnership with UWI-CERMES.

150

students in St. Vincent and the Grenadines participated in the nation-wide GEF-funded Ridge-to-Reef Summer Youth Engagement Programme in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour; the Canouan Group; and the Union Island Environmental Alliance.

119

participants (farmers, fisherfolk, agro-processors and Agricultural Officers) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines trained in sustainable agriculture and fisheries in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour.

60+

participants in Grenada trained in digital skills to access remote work in the Work Online Caribbean programme in partnership with IsraAID.

25

students and community members trained in 3D printing and design in Union Island, SVG.

20

enumerators trained in housing damage assessment resulting in increased capacity in Carriacou and Petit Martinique.

2

Hurricane Beryl Post-Disaster Needs Assessments completed and published (Grenada & Saint Vincent and the Grenadines).

1

hybrid Digital Readiness Assessment and Artificial Intelligence Landscape Assessment completed for Montserrat.

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