Caribbean Development Bank

🤝 Safe skies start with strong partnerships.

✈️ We've increased our engagement in aviation safety by financing public sector air transport officials from our Borrowing Member Countries to attend the recent ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization-EASA - European Union Aviation Safety Agency Global Forum and the CARICOM: Caribbean Community High-Level Symposium on Aviation Safety.

🌎 Together, we're strengthening regional oversight and technical capacity so that every flight across the Caribbean is a safer one.

🔗 Read more here:
https://ow.ly/60gB50ZVFmM

✨ What future are you helping to build?

It’s the final day of the SheTrades Caribbean Legacy Builder Social Media Challenge! Today, we’re celebrating the women entrepreneurs who are creating opportunities, opening doors and inspiring the next generation.

From the lessons you’ve learned to the young changemakers who inspire you, what will you leave behind?

📲 There’s still time to join the conversation. Share your story, tag another woman entrepreneur making a difference, and help shine a light on the legacy being built across the Caribbean.

ITC SheTrades International Trade Centre Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States BELTRAIDE

✨ Building stronger businesses for a changing climate.

CDB’s SheTrades Caribbean Hub has launched the WE-CLIMB Fund to help women-led MSMEs across the Caribbean strengthen their climate resilience.

With €700,000 from the European Union’s LACIF, channelled through Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Fund will provide support for climate risk assessments, business continuity, resilient infrastructure and technology, and technical assistance.

The first call for applications is expected in December 2026.

🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ybEoUh

AFD - Agence Française de Développement ITC SheTrades International Trade Centre

🌱 What lessons are worth passing on?

It’s Day 2 of the SheTrades Caribbean Legacy Builder Social Media Challenge! Today, we’re celebrating the wisdom, lessons and experiences that women entrepreneurs can pass on to the next generation.

Whether it’s a lesson learned along the way, advice that shaped your journey, or a young changemaker who inspires you – share it!

📲 Join the conversation, share your story, tag another woman entrepreneur making a difference, and help inspire the next generation to dream, learn and lead.

ITC SheTrades International Trade Centre Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States BELTRAIDE

📢 Registration is now open for CDB’s BNTF Gender E-Learning Series!

📍Our Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) Programme is offering free, self-paced online courses to strengthen gender-responsive and socially inclusive development across the Caribbean.

Gain practical knowledge and tools to:
🔹 Integrate gender equality and social inclusion into projects
🔹 Strengthen safeguarding throughout the project cycle
🔹 Prevent and respond to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
🔹 Promote gender-inclusive community development

📚 Choose from three courses:
1️⃣ Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response in Infrastructure Projects
2️⃣ Gender-Inclusive Community Development in Caribbean Contexts
3️⃣ Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response for Caribbean Community Development Projects

🗓️ Registration: 5–30 October 2026
💻 Course period: 4 November–4 December 2026
⏱️ Duration: 45–60 minutes per course
🏅 CDB-issued certificate upon completion of each course
📝 Sign up for one or more courses and learn at your own pace.

📲 To register, scan the QR code or click here https://ow.ly/KXJP50ZV4VA

👥Share this opportunity with others working to advance inclusive and sustainable development across the Region.

🌱 What legacy are you building?

The SheTrades Caribbean Legacy Builder Social Media Challenge starts today! Over three days, women entrepreneurs across the Caribbean are invited to reflect on the legacy they’re building, share lessons worth passing on, and spotlight young changemakers who inspire them.

From October 6-8, join the conversation and help celebrate the women building businesses, creating opportunities and shaping stronger communities for generations to come.

📲 Share your story, tag another woman entrepreneur making a difference, and encourage the next generation to dream, learn and lead.

ITC SheTrades International Trade Centre BELTRAIDE Development Bank of Jamaica Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

Join the challenge and follow along!

📢 More time to apply!

The deadline to apply for one of two fully funded CDB scholarships to the International Master's in Public Procurement Management in Rome, Italy has been extended to October 12, 2026.

Join a programme designed to equip procurement professionals with the knowledge and skills to advance transparency, value for money, sustainability, and innovation in public procurement.

If you're committed to strengthening public institutions and delivering better development outcomes, we encourage you to apply.

📅 Applications now close October 12, 2026
📝Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/CDB-IMPPM-2026

🌱 Turning clean energy ideas into market-ready solutions.

CDB’s new SheTrades Caribbean Tech It Up Facility is creating opportunities for women-led businesses to develop and commercialise innovative clean energy solutions.

The USD550,000 initiative will provide technical assistance, mentorship, business development support and access to financing opportunities for women entrepreneurs across eight Caribbean countries.

A key component is the USD100,000 SheTrades Caribbean Tech It Up R&D Grant, which will support an eligible women-led business developing innovative solutions in energy efficiency, renewable energy applications or smart energy systems.

Together, these investments can help move promising ideas from research and innovation towards the market – while strengthening women’s participation in the Caribbean’s emerging green economy.

🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4rDnPyY

Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada High Commission of Canada in Barbados and the OECS ITC SheTrades BELTRAIDE Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Development Bank of Jamaica IDB Lab UWI Global Campus Jamaica Eastern

🎤 Their voices. Their vision. Our Caribbean future.

🌎 From stronger regional cooperation and youth-driven innovation to sustainable development and greater opportunity, members of Caribbean Development Bank Future Leaders Network (FLN) are sharing their aspirations for the Caribbean, in their own words.

💡 The FLN connects emerging leaders aged 18 to 35 from across CDB’s Borrowing Member Countries, giving young people a platform to share ideas, influence development priorities, advocate for youth priorities and help shape innovative solutions for the region.

🙌 Young people are not only joining the conversation. They are helping to lead it.

👇 Here's what they envision for the region.

🔗 Learn more: https://ow.ly/MeXp50ZTk8F