ECCB 2014-2015 Annual Report and Statement of Accounts

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.

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.

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

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ECCB ANNUAL REPORT 2014/2015