ECCB
ANNUAL REPORT 2014/2015
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EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK
Chairman, Resolution Trust Corporation
Limited.
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Current Developments and Challenges in the
Banking Sector in the ECCU
by Ms Jovica
Williams, Bank Examiner, ECCB.
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Future Role for Commercial Banks in the
Development of the ECCU
by Dr Wilbert
Bascom, President, Bascom Consulting Inc.
Networking, Consultative and Special
Meetings
As part of its holistic approach to actively promote
economic development within the ECCU, the ECCB,
in addition to the regular meetings with its networking
and consultation groups, convened the following
meetings:
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Special Meeting with Senior Officials of
Indigenous Commercial Banks;
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Retreat and Meetings of ECCU Indigenous
Banks;
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Meetings with Ministers for Finance with the
International Monetary Fund, The World Bank
and the Caribbean Development Bank;
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Meeting of the Monetary Council and the
ECCU Public Service Unions; and
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Retreat of the ECCU Financial Secretaries and
the ECCB Board of Directors.
Public Education/Public Relations
The ECCB public education programme is an avenue
for the Bank to build and nurture strong networks with
private and public sector institutions and individuals
across the region.
Over the past year, the ECCB continued to initiate
and implement programmes geared towards the
development of the people of the ECCU. The various
components of the programme are aimed at helping to
build capacity among various target groups within the
ECCU by exposing them to fundamental economic and
financial issues and how those can affect the growth of
the sub-region.
Financial Information Month 2014
Financial Information Month (FIM), initiated by the
ECCB in 2002, is observed every October with a full
schedule of educational and fun-filled activities.
The theme for Financial
Information Month (FIM) 2014
was “Soar to Succeed”. The theme
emphasised that one has to go
beyond the ordinary commitment,
vision, skills, efforts and actions
in order to succeed.
The Fourth Annual Business Symposium and
Innovation Forum hosted in collaboration with FIM
partners throughout the ECCU was one of the featured
events. Over 300 attendees from the eight ECCB
member countries were afforded the opportunity to
participate in the event which provided a medium for
the exchange of ideas and perspectives and suggestions
for practical solutions to address business growth in
the sub-region. The topics addressed were as follows:
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Moving Business Capability Forward
by
Marguerite Orane, Strategy Consultant and
Coach, Canada;
