AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoDiaspora for Development: Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell says Grenada’s Diaspora Homecoming is shifting from remittances-only to human-capital and board-level involvement, with overseas Grenadians chairing and serving on key national bodies as the June 21–July 5 programme runs. Community & Microbusiness: The Carenage hosted the 3rd annual We Pan Fest, growing to six steel orchestras and spotlighting local vendors and small businesses alongside major bank-backed bands and community performers. Sargassum “Blue Gold” Push: A Trinidad-based environmental group is urging Government to turn the annual sargassum invasion into a local processing industry, converting harvested biomass into organic fertiliser and compost after new UNDP- and Japan-supported beach-clearing tractors. ECCB Currency Update: Grenada’s Olympic legend Kirani James will replace Queen Elizabeth II on the Eastern Caribbean $5 note, with redesigned notes expected to enter circulation in 2027. Digital Resilience: Grenada is co-hosting regional validation work for a Cell Broadcast Emergency Warning System to strengthen disaster preparedness and public safety. Finance & Climate Funding: Finance Minister Dennis Cornwall represented Grenada at the OPEC Fund Development Forum in Vienna, focusing on closing climate-vulnerability financing gaps and advancing resilience-oriented development.
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