Banking Skills Boost: CAB and UWI launched a 2026 scholarship for Caribbean banking employees to pursue a BSc in Banking and Finance, with the next intake set for January 2027. Digital Infrastructure: EllaLink advanced its Caribbean Gateway into the development stage, targeting service by end-2029 and aiming to connect islands from Cayenne through Martinique/Guadeloupe to Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, with onward links toward Dominica and others. Health & Human Capital: CARICOM ministers, with PAHO, IDB and World Bank support, moved to advance a regional digital health strategy to strengthen healthcare delivery, workforce management and public health surveillance. EU Climate Works: A Dominica REOI seeks design-and-build services for steel-framed installation works at the Fond Cole Sanitary Landfill under an EU/GIZ green transition programme. Food Security Strategy: Agriculture Minister Rodwell Ferguson urged a “One country, one product” model to specialize by commodity strengths and back it with infrastructure and regional trade. Tourism Jobs & Formalization: An ILO study flags informality and weak labour protections in Eastern Caribbean tourism, arguing productivity, decent work and formalization must improve together—relevant for Dominica’s tourism growth. Agriculture Recognition: Dominica farmer Dywany St. John received CARICOM Farmer of the Year 2026 in Jamaica. Travel Demand Signals: New travel data shows Dominica had the biggest visitor increase (+22%) in the region, with air connections and “beyond beach” interest driving gains.