ECCB 2025-2026 Annual Report

EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK ANNUAL REPORT 2025 - 2026

Organisational Effectiveness and Development

measurement and automatic pricing mechanisms. The interactive sessions provided useful insights on fuel retail pricing formulas and the divergence in fuel supply costs. This initiative aligns with the Bank’s ongoing commitment to support member countries in strengthening fiscal sustainability and climate resilience across the region.

addition, the Bank has selected related topics for production and publication in the coming year.

Stakeholder Engagement and Regional Collaboration The Bank strengthened its collaborative process with critical partners in the ECCU. ECCB hosted and supported several engagements including virtual and in-person networking meetings with Financial Secretaries and executives from development banks in the region. The Bank held engagements with one of its key stakeholders – Financial Secretaries – in May 2025 on the theme “Unlocking Financing for Climate Resilience.” The discussions centered on leveraging the region to allow access to grants and concessional financing, fuel price reforms, climate resilience initiatives in the OECS, and the necessary updates to the region’s legislative framework. Senior Representatives from the IMF, White Oak Advisory and the OECS Commission supported the discussions on the major policy considerations for the region. The Financial Secretaries provided some valuable insights on the main policy issues specific to their individual countries and identified the priorities and opportunities that the region could leverage collaboratively for the further development of its populace. The Financial Secretaries reconvened in February 2026 for another round of discussions under the theme: “Empowering Financial Leadership for a Resilient ECCU.” A presenter from McKinsey and Company led the discussion on economic growth by proposing a strategic approach to accelerating “The Big Push.” Discussions also ensued on the region’s debt sustainability target and a plethora of strategiesthatthecountrieshavebeenimplementing to achieve the same. A representative from the

Participants of the IMF Fuel Pricing Workshop held at the ECCB Headquarters, 16-17 March 2026

Knowledge dissemination was further supported through the Bank’s blog series. The blogs published on the Bank’s webpage throughout the period, focused largely on the key themes of the strategic plan. Among the subject areas covered were Financial Literacy and Inclusion, Payment System Integration, Improving Public Transport Systems, and the Impacts of Recent US Policies on the Economies of the Region. The authors aptly identified several initiatives that the ECCB is currently undertaking to improve the quality of life of the region’s populace. Importantly, the blogs posited policy recommendations for consideration and implementation to bolster stability and resilience in the region and ultimately contribute to the Big Push - doubling the size of the economy of the ECCU in the next decade. In

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