Eastern Caribbean Central Bank 2024-2025 Annual Report

EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK ANNUAL REPORT 2024 - 2025

Digital and Data Transformation

STEM Camps In the summer of 2024, 16 teams representing 250 high school students, aged 13-18, from Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis, and Saint Lucia demonstrated their technological prowess with the unveiling of their health care and disaster management Chatbots in a competitive Chatbot Showcase on 30 August 2024. The students were graduates of the ECCB Generative AI and Python Four-Week Summer camps sponsored by the ECCB and the Government of Republic of China (Taiwan) and piloted in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis and Saint Lucia. The campers’ Chatbot designs were marked by impressive creativity, technical sophistication, and a clear vision of real-world applications, offering compelling proof of the practical and impactful knowledge they gained. The Generative AI and Python Summer Camp was conceived as a transformative educational experience for ECCU youth, aged 13 to 18. It is designed to arm themwith cutting-edge skills in Python programming, artificial intelligence, data analytics and user experience design. These disciplines are not only pivotal for the future of our society, but are also directly aligned with the evolving skill needs of the region’s economic landscape and work demands. Throughout the camp, students were engaged in intensive hands-on learning and collaborative group projects, where they demonstrated remarkable growth in technical proficiency and creative problem solving.

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