ECCB
ANNUAL REPORT 2014/2015
25
EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK
Following the Lecture, Dr Peter Blair Henry
presented the 6
th
Annual Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial
Book Award to the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College,
St Kitts and Nevis on behalf of the ECCB.
Best Corporate Citizen Award
Hadyn Gittens, General Manager - Bank of Saint Lucia Ltd
receives 2014 Best Corporate Citizen Award Rotating Plaque from
Mrs Jean Nisbette-Bodie, Principal of the Irish Town Primary
School - ECCB’s Mentorship School in St Kitts and Nevis
The Bank of Saint Lucia Ltd was the recipient of
the 2014 Best Corporate Citizen Award Among
Commercial Banks. The bank was also awarded
Good Corporate Citizen Awards for Educational
Development, Environmental Awareness, Cultural
Development and Customer Service. Good Corporate
Citizen Awards were also presented to the 1
st
National
Bank St Lucia Ltd for Financial Education and
Empowerment, and Sports; and the National Bank of
Dominica Ltd for Community Outreach and Social
Services.
Since 1997, the ECCB has been presenting the
Best Corporate Citizens Awards (BCCA) Among
Commercial Banks in the ECCU in recognition of the
banks’ commitment to the overall well-being of the
people they serve.
Entries are assessed in the following categories:
Community Outreach and Social Services; Cultural
Development; Customer Service; Educational
Development; Environmental Awareness; Financial
Education and Empowerment and Sports.
OECS Essay Competition
The OECS Essay Competition which the ECCB has
been administering since 1996, is another example of
the Bank’s commitment to youth development within
the ECCU. The OECS Essay Competition is intended
to elicit the perspectives and perceptions of ECCU
students on current economic, financial and social
issues. The competition is also aimed at enlightening
the region’s youth on current affairs.
Three hundred and forty-six (346) students aged
14 to 19, from schools across the ECCU submitted
entries for the 2014 competition. The topics addressed
restructuring of the OECS education system, young
people’s engagement with social media and developing
the creative talents of young people.
The 2015 competition was launched in December
2014. Students will present discourse on how mass
media influence young people’s ideas, choices and
social development; do the current policies regarding
students’ use of cell phones at school need to be
revised; and whether good character is more important
than academic qualifications for young people who
aspire to be political leaders in the OECS.
