Description

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) was established in 1981 with the Central and_Economic_ Affairs secretariats, the Directorate of Civil Aviation, the Eastern Caribbean Tourism Association and two overseas missions in London and Ottawa. Today, some thirteen years later, the organisation has expanded its portfolio quite significantly amassing in the process a total of fifteen separate institutions, . engaged in a wide variety of activities. Appendix 1 provides a list of OECS institutions with a brief description of the role and function of each. The activities of these institutions might be grouped for the purpose of analysis under rive runctional headings: trade and economic development activities; natural resources development and management; social services; aviation services; and general or cross-sectoral support services.