The governments of 16 Caribbean nations have established a network aimed at strengthening regional cooperation on sustainable development.
The Caribbean Subregional Sustainable Development Network will facilitate closer engagement between officials involved in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a British Virgin Islands government press release stated.
In collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the network will also support the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee and provide a platform for ongoing collective engagement with the wider UN system on relevant sustainable development issues in the subregion.
The network was formalised at the conclusion of a recent virtual debriefing on the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
The debriefing was attended by the government representatives of Anguilla, Aruba, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Curacao, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten and Suriname.