Castries Saint. Lucia, April 28^th, 2010, The OECS and the Republic of Finland have established relations at the diplomatic level.

At a ceremony at the OECS Headquarters on Wednesday May 26^th , OECS Director General Dr Len Ishmael accepted Letters of Credence from Finland’s first Ambassador to the OECS, H.E. Mikko Pyhala.

OECS Chief Parliamentary Counsels (CPCs) recently met in Saint Lucia to further clarify mechanisms for implementing the OECS Economic Union Treaty.

The OECS Secretariat has assured a major regional meeting on public procurement of its full support for the best possible balanced regional system for acquiring goods and services.The OECS Secretariat’s Pharmaceutical Procurement Service (PPS) as well as its Electronic Government Regional Integration of project (EGRIP) were among the key presenters at the first Caribbean Commonwealth Public Procurement Network’s Technical Conference which was held in Castries from May 17^th to 18^th2010.

Castries St. Lucia, Monday April 20th, 2010. Germany and the OECS have established relations at the Ambassadorial level.

This significant milestone was achieved when Germany’s newly appointed Ambassador to the OECS, H.E. Dr Ernst Martens presented his credentials to Dr Len Ishmael, Director General of the OECS at an impressive ceremony at the OECS Secretariat in Castries. In attendance were a German team of diplomatic, consular and technical personnel, members of the Diplomatic Corps in St Lucia, and senior staff of the OECS Secretariat.