Eastern Caribbean Central Bank 2024-2025 Annual Report

EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK ANNUAL REPORT 2024 - 2025

Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance

ECCB Connects: Who We Are. What We Do. How We Serve You The ECCB continued its mission to inform and connect with the people of the ECCU and beyond through its acclaimed public education initiative, ECCB Connects . This award-winning series, produced by the Bank, aims to deepen public understanding of the ECCB’s role and functions while shedding light on key financial and economic issues. Since the inception of the programme, the Bank has released 355 episodes over 27 seasons. Some of the topics featured during the financial year were: 1. Credit Reporting in the ECCU; 2. Applying for Small Business Loans; 3. Family Financial Planning; 4. Understanding Inflation; 5. Opening a Basic Bank Account; 6. The Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation’s new loan programme; and 7. Investing on the Regional Government Securities Market. During the first quarter of 2025, the ECCB introduced a new segment titled: ECCB in Action , a quarterly summary of key initiatives, policies and projects undertaken by the Bank in service to the governments and people of the ECCU.

ECCB Children’s Connection Radio Programme

The Bank continued its thrust to assist with the educational development of youth in the ECCU through the ECCB Children’s Connection Radio Programme. Children aged five to 12 and their friends and families tuned in once a month to 10 of the radio stations throughout the ECCU to listen to and participate in lessons on the fundamentals of financial matters and economics. Among the topics covered during the financial year were: Consumerism, Inflation, Investing, Works and Jobs and Reducing Waste. The call-in segment after each lesson afforded the listeners the opportunity to share what they learnt and win prizes. Listeners were also treated with a value lesson where the programme’s mascot – Owliver – the hosts and the co-hosts discussed the word of the day.

Foreground-Background: Auntie Abi McCoy, host; Jaydene Carter, former co-host; and London Charles, current co-host during the broadcast of the programme on ABS Radio, Antigua and Barbuda

VIEW - First episode of ECCB in Action released on 15 January 2025

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