Director General of the OECS Meets with the Country’s Leader

Director-General of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Dr. Len Ishmael, met with the chairman of the organization Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Baldwin Spencer on Wednesday.

The two discussed an agenda for the future direction of the regional grouping, which includes planning a retreat of OECS Heads of Government, suggested during the 57th Meeting of the OECS Authority held in Antigua and Barbuda in June.

Dr. Ishmael will be demitting office shortly and an update was provided on her succession. Spencer said that he intended to convene a special caucus of the OECS Heads of Government to settle the question of who will be appointed to lead the organization.

The meeting also looked at the scheduling and other arrangements relating to the inaugural meeting of the OECS Economic Affairs Council, expected to take place in St. Lucia in late September.

Matters relating to further sittings of the OECS Assembly were also addressed and the OECS Chairman indicated that the OECS Authority should mandate another session of the Assembly at its seat in Antigua to debate the Eight-Point Stabilization and Growth Programme developed by the Monetary Council, among other items.

The next meeting of the OECS Heads of Government is due to take place in Montserrat in late November.