ECCB 2022-2023 Annual Report and Financial Statements

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Annual Report 2022 - 2023

ECCU Technology Entrepreneurs: Recipients of the scholarships to the Tech Beach Retreat Summit held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, 8 - 10 December 2022

Supporting ECCU Technology Entrepreneurs

of the group. It would also leverage its network of collaborators to assist the membership in accessing training, internship and investment opportunities for projects that benefit both the group and the region’s technology ecosystem. Science Technology Engineering Art and Math (STEAM) Youth Camps During the year, the ECCB Hub prepared the foundation work to facilitate the sponsorship of STEAM summer camps accessible to youths throughout the eight member countries of the ECCU starting in 2023. The camps will leverage the resources and expertise of several current service providers associated with STEM and STEAM camps in the region. The vision is for ECCU/ OECS youth participants to be exposed to robotics, coding and designing, creating games, websites, and applications framed around topics that have thematic importance and value for the region’s development agenda.

In support of Digital Transformation via capacity building of tech entrepreneurs, the ECCB Hub, in 2022, provided scholarships to 10 ECCU Technology Entrepreneurs to attend Tech Beach Retreat Summit in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The Summit provided valuable capacity building and networking opportunities for start-up entrepreneurs. In the first quarter of 2023, ECCB continued to work towards supporting the ECCU technology entrepreneurial community to build capacity, expand technical competencies, and grow networks in collaboration with other stakeholders. The Hub has been supporting the ECCU Technology entrepreneurs group in its attempts to form an association. Accordingly, the group has been making modest strides in this direction and is in the process of drafting a strategic framework to focus and guide its activities. The Hub, with respect to the ECCU Technology entrepreneurs group, would serve as an advocate, mentor, promoter, collaborator, supporter and advisor based on the identified needs and direction

In 2023, the sponsorship of several STEAM camps targeting ECCU Youth will be facilitated.

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