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Four days, over 30 participants, one shared goal: advancing climate transparency for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture, through its Sustainable Development Unit, in partnership with the Capacity-Building Initiative for Transparency–Global Support Programme (CBIT-GSP) and the UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Centre Caribbean, successfully hosted the Accelerating BTR Preparation Workshop, launched on July 21, 2025.
On Saturday, 9th August, 2025, the Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture hosted the Future Africa Fashion & Art Exhibition at the Old Public Library. This dynamic Emancipation Month feature brought together the richness of African heritage and the innovation of contemporary design under the theme: “Embracing our past; forging into the future.”
On Tuesday, 12th August 2025, at the Sunset Shores Hotel Conference Room, the Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture officially opened the National Inception Workshop for the Closing the Caribbean Plastic Tap Project; a three-day initiative aimed at tackling one of the most pressing environmental threats in the region: plastic pollution.
On Monday, 11th August, 2025, the UWI Global Campus was the stage for a landmark moment in the cultural and intellectual life of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; the official handover of Volume I of the History of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Native Genocide and African Enslavement to 1838 and the unveiling of The Last Battle by celebrated artist Sir Calvert Jones.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has made tremendous progress on the United Nations (UN) Human Development Index (HDI), surpassing even global powers such as China in areas of human development.