ECCB 2023-2024 Annual Report

EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK ANNUAL REPORT 2023 - 2024

2023 Creative Youth Competition

a student grant of EC$3,000.00. The winning schools were awarded a development grant of EC$2,000.00, while the teachers responsible for mentoring the winners received a financial token of appreciation. The winning pieces were also featured on the ECCB@40 album. Second and third places winners in the respective categories, along with their related schools and teachers, were also awarded cash prizes and grants. By popular demand, song writing is the focus for the 2024 Competition. The topics are: ; Food Security for the Caribbean; ; My Vision for the Eastern Caribbean Dollar; and ; Mental Health of Teens and Young Adults. The ECCB hosted a virtual information session in January 2024 to help the students with the preparation of their submissions. Song writing expert, James Harrigan from Anguilla, and Dominican recording artiste, Trilla-G facilitated the sessions.

1 st Place - L-R: Hannah Archibald, Lonya Bullock and Keosha Burke Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

AGE 13 - 16

2 nd Place - Samuel Roberts Grenada

3 rd Place - Faith Gibson Antigua and Barbuda

A trio: Hannah Archibald, Lonya Bullock and Keosha Burke of the St Joseph’s Convent in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, emerged winners in the 13-16 age category of the 2023 Eastern Caribbean Central Bank/Regional Security System - Asset Recovery Unit (ECCB/ RSS-ARU) Creative Youth Competition. Tafawa Pierre of the T A Marryshow Community College in Grenada captured the top spot in the 17-19 age group. The 2023 ECCB/RSS-ARU Creative Youth Competition focused on song writing. Students from the ECCB member countries were invited to submit original compositions and accompanying videos on one of the following topics: ; Social Media Influencing Our Behaviour; ; Re-arrange to Address Climate Change; and ; Make Food Security Our Priority. Budding artistes from 11 secondary schools in the ECCB member countries submitted 23 songs. The winning prize in both categories was

AGE 17 - 19

1 st Place - Tafawa Pierre Grenada

2 nd Place - Rene Smith Saint Lucia

3 rd Place - Denisha Mitchell Grenada

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