OECS Secretariat, Castries, St. Lucia, October 11^th, 2010. The critical importance of accurate statistical information to various sectors such as the media, the economy, health, social and education systems will be a major discussion point this week as the OECS and rest of the region observe the second annual Caribbean Statistics Day on Friday October 15, 2010.

OECS Secretariat, Castries, St. Lucia, October 6^th, 2010. Senior customs officials and trade facilitation experts in the OECS have enhanced their capacity to undertake, inform or manage procedures that will make the movement of goods and services through ports in the OECS a lot easier.

(OECS Secretariat, Castries, St Lucia) A team of officials from the OECS Secretariat will lead a three-day training session next week in macro-economic damage assessment in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

OECS Secretariat, Castries, St. Lucia, September 29^th, 2010. The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) have undertaken to embark upon a process of formal engagement in a number of areas of mutual interest. The two parties gave this undertaking via the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Technical Cooperation in a wide range of fields including Law Enforcement, Agriculture and Fisheries, Tourism, Health, Environment, Education, Emergency Management, Sports, Art and Culture, and Historical Preservation.