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The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) works with 28 member countries to reduce poverty and promote social and economic growth in the Caribbean.

[CDB @Caribank]

🧭 Systems don't embed evaluation into decision-making. Leaders do.

This plenary asks what it actually takes to move institutions from dialogue to commitment. It's about turning evaluation from a technical exercise into a genuine driver of development results across the Caribbean.

Evaluation Leadership for Development Results in the Caribbean
📅 September 3, 2026 | 9:00–10:30 AM
🔴 Watch Live & Get More Info 👉https://t.co/hVzc7UEQFh

#OurCDB #CEvalSpace2026 #StrongerInstitutions #EvaluationMatters #CaribbeanDevelopment

[CDB @Caribank]

🤝 Stronger together. Greater impact.

🌎 Our partnership with @WorldBankGroup is helping to accelerate regional resilience, economic growth, and sustainable development across the Caribbean.

🎥 In this reel, Dr. Isaac Solomon, Vice-President (Operations), @Caribank, explains that both institutions have joined forces to support critical investments that deliver meaningful results.

▶️ Watch and discover how this strategic collaboration is turning vision into action.

#OurCDB #OurCaribbean #PartnershipsForProgress

[CDB @Caribank]

📊 Generating evidence has never been the hardest part. Getting anyone to actually act on it is.

This plenary names the real barriers, most of them not technical, standing between data and decisions in the Caribbean. It's a practical look at what it actually takes to move from information to action.

From Data to Action: Unlocking Evidence Use in the Caribbean
📅 September 2, 2026 |3:30–4:30 PM
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#OurCDB #CEvalSpace2026 #StrongerInstitutions #EvaluationMatters #CaribbeanDevelopment

[CDB @Caribank]

🤖 AI is already changing how evidence gets generated. The real question for the Caribbean is who controls it, and whose priorities it serves.

This CEvalSpace 2026 session moves past the tools and applications to the harder questions: data, power, ethics and inclusion. It's a conversation about harnessing AI on Caribbean terms, not adopting it on someone else's.

AI, Data, and Power: Shaping the Future of Evaluation in the Caribbean
📅 September 2, 2026 |9:00–10:30 AM
🔴 Watch Live & Get More Info 👉https://t.co/hVzc7UEQFh

#OurCDB #CEvalSpace2026 #StrongerInstitutions #EvaluationMatters #CaribbeanDevelopment

[CDB @Caribank]

🌟Women in Supply Chain Leadership

This Thursday, August 27, join Mrs. Naomi Akoy-Bouguenon, CDB's Acting Division Chief, Procurement Policy Division, as she shares insights from more than 15 years of experience advancing procurement, development finance, and capacity building across the Caribbean.

🎙️Webinar Topic: Women in Supply Chain Leadership: Barriers, Opportunities & Institutional Action

Register here: https://t.co/LjuVkh1MwC

🎯 Gain insights.
💬 Join the dialogue.
🌱 Be part of advancing stronger, more inclusive leadership across the Caribbean.

#WomenInLeadership #SupplyChainLeadership #Procurement #SustainableDevelopment #OurCaribbean

[CDB @Caribank]

🌍 For years, most regional evaluation initiatives have offered limited focus on the Caribbean's specific realities.

This CEvalSpace 2026 plenary asks what it will take to change that. Voices from the World Bank, a Caribbean government and CDB come together to confront the power dynamics and fragmentation holding the region back, and to chart a path toward evaluation that is truly country-led and regionally owned.

Building a Caribbean Evaluation Space: Why It Matters Now
📅 September 1, 2026 | 9:45–10:45 AM
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#OurCDB #CEvalSpace2026 #StrongerInstitutions #EvaluationMatters #CaribbeanDevelopment

[CDB @Caribank]

🎤 The Caribbean has a seat at the table in global evaluation. The real question is whether it has a voice that shapes the conversation.

This session reflects on where the Caribbean stands today in the global evaluation landscape. It outlines the gaps still holding the region back, and what it will take to move from simply participating to genuinely shaping the conversation.

From Voice to Influence: Positioning the Caribbean in Global Evaluation
📅 September 1, 2026 |4:00–4:30 PM
🔴 Watch Live & Get More Info 👉https://t.co/hVzc7UEQFh

#OurCDB #CEvalSpace2026 #StrongerInstitutions #EvaluationMatters #CaribbeanDevelopment

[CDB @Caribank]

📢 CEvalSpace 2026 begins September 1, and the tone is set from the top.

When CDB President Daniel M. Best, Barbados' Minister of Economic Affairs and Planning, The Hon. Marsha Caddle, and Head of CDB’s Office of Independent Evaluation, Roberto La Rovere, headline Day One, it's a signal that evaluation is now a leadership priority.

Join us for the opening of this flagship regional platform, designed to strengthen evaluation systems and practices, and drive evidence-based policymaking across the Caribbean.

Opening Session
📅 September 1, 2026 | 8:45–9:30 AM
🔴 Watch Live & Get More Info 👉https://t.co/soNNBpoDri

#OurCDB #CEvalSpace2026 #StrongerInstitutions #EvaluationMatters #CaribbeanDevelopment

[CDB @Caribank]

Innovation is shaping the future of public procurement across the Americas. 💡🌎

At the 20th Annual Conference of the Inter-American Network on Government Procurement, CDB joined regional partners in supporting the adoption of the #MonterreyDeclaration — a shared commitment to more transparent, efficient, and innovative procurement systems that drive stronger development outcomes across the region.

🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/aRtojzPi8O

#INGP2026 #XXRICG2026 #PublicProcurement #Innovation #Transparency #DigitalTransformation #OurCaribbean #OurCDB

[CDB @Caribank]

💪 Strong evaluation systems don't happen in a vacuum. They're built by connected communities, driven by leaders who value evidence, and sustained by the next generation ready to carry that work forward.

The inaugural Caribbean Evaluation Space (CEvalSpace 2026) brings the Caribbean's evaluation community together to share experiences, exchange expertise, strengthen leadership and invest in the young professionals who will shape the future of evaluation in the region. Because people are what make evaluation systems work.

📅 September 1–3, 2026
🔴 Select sessions will be livestreamed.
📌Watch this space for more information.

#OurCDB #CEvalSpace2026 #StrongerInstitutions #EvaluationMatters #CaribbeanDevelopment

[CDB @Caribank]

Meet the Largest @Caribank Internship Cohort Ever!

Ten talented students. Eight nationalities. One remarkable journey.

Selected from more than 1,500 applications, the Caribbean Development Bank's 2026 Internship Programme brought together emerging professionals from across its member countries to learn, collaborate, and contribute to the Bank's mission.

Over the past few months, these interns have shared their talents, expanded their skills, built meaningful connections, and gained valuable insights into international development and regional cooperation.

As their internship journey comes to a close, we're proud to celebrate their contributions and reflect on the experiences that have shaped this unforgettable chapter.

Over the coming days, we'll look back on the experiences, insights and achievements that made this year's programme such a rewarding journey.

#CDBInterns2026 #OurCDB #LifeAtCDB #FutureTalent

[CDB @Caribank]

🌟Where better decisions begin.

The future of Caribbean development depends on better decisions. Better decisions depend on evidence. Evidence comes from effective evaluation.

💡From September 1–3, the Caribbean Evaluation Space 2026 will bring together regional and international evaluators, policymakers and development partners to exchange knowledge, challenge thinking and advance evaluation across the Caribbean.

Three days. Regional and global voices. One shared ambition: strengthening evaluation to support better development outcomes.

👉 Stay tuned for more information!

#OurCDB #CEvalSpace2026 #StrongerInstitutions #EvaluationMatters #CaribbeanDevelopment

[CDB @Caribank]

🌐 Empowering Caribbean businesses for the digital future.

🤝@Caribank and @SBAofBarbados have launched a new regional initiative to help Caribbean MSMEs strengthen their digital capabilities, improve competitiveness, and expand into regional and global markets.

The programme will benefit a minimum of 150 businesses across five Caribbean countries, with a strong focus on supporting women-led and underserved enterprises.

🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/TzEt7efcJ4

Together, we are building a more resilient, innovative, and inclusive private sector 🚀

#OurCaribbean #PrivateSectorDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #Partnership #Innovation

[CDB @Caribank]

🚧 Building resilience, connecting communities.

🇬🇾 At the 13th @IRF_global Caribbean Regional Congress, global experts visited the Linden to Mabura Hill Road Project in #Guyana, gaining first-hand insight into climate-resilient transport infrastructure.

🙌🏾 Supported by UKCIF, the project strengthens connectivity, resilience, and long-term development.

🔗 https://t.co/k4C3uhR3fc

cc: @UKinCaribbean

#OurCDB #OurCaribbean #UKCIF #ClimateResilience #SustainableInfrastructure

[CDB @Caribank]

🌎When our region faces its greatest challenges, we stand together.

🤝 CDB has approved a USD 1 million contribution to @AgendaCAF Fund for the Recovery and Reconstruction of Venezuela to support recovery, reconstruction and resilience-building efforts following the June 2026 earthquakes.

As President @DanielBestCDB noted, this initiative is "an opportunity for the Bank to support a regional non-borrowing member in its time of greatest need, reaffirming that regional solidarity extends beyond traditional financing relationships."

Learn more: https://t.co/WYeDpDm9vf

#OurCDB #CAF #Venezuela #RegionalSolidarity #Recovery #Resilience

[CDB @Caribank]

🚨Earlier Warnings Can Save Lives and Protect Property.

CDB and the Green Climate Fund are investing USD27.1 million to strengthen weather forecasting and early warning systems in Belize and Trinidad and Tobago, helping people and communities prepare for hurricanes, floods, droughts, and other extreme weather events.

🔗 Read more:👉 https://t.co/zx8lkK1XuA

#OurCDB #ClimateResilience #EarlyWarningSystems #CaribbeanClimateCrisis

[CDB @Caribank]

🌎🤝 Building a region free from violence.

🗣️ At the Caribbean Futures High-Level Anti-Violence Forum, @Caribank, @unwomencarib and @UWI_CaveHill united youth leaders, policymakers and practitioners to develop Caribbean-led solutions to violence.

💡 Advancing gender equality and youth empowerment is key to creating safer communities across the Caribbean.

👉 Find out more: https://t.co/kJNYW9I7qn

#OurCDB #OurCaribbean #CaribbeanFutures #ViolencePrevention #YouthEmpowerment #GenderEquality

[CDB @Caribank]

📱🇸🇷 Empowering data-driven development across the Caribbean in collaboration with CDB's Basic Needs Trust Fund!

📍 In Paramaribo, Suriname more than 65 representatives from government and civil society completed a four-day training led by @Caribank and @WorldBankGroup GEMS initiative on digital data collection and portfolio mapping.

Why this matters:

🌐 Through tools like KoboToolbox, participating agencies are better equipped to move away from paper-based systems to:

✅real-time monitoring
✅stronger reporting
✅greater beneficiary engagement, including in remote communities.

#OurCDB #OurCaribbean #Suriname #DigitalTransformation #DevelopmentImpact

[CDB @Caribank]

💡Stronger evaluation systems lead to stronger development outcomes.

The Caribbean Development Bank's Office of Independent Evaluation is collaborating with CLEAR-LAC to strengthen national monitoring and evaluation systems across the Caribbean. Together, we are helping countries build institutional capacity, foster a culture of evidence use, and strengthen learning for better public decision-making.

This partnership is about more than tools and frameworks; it is about empowering governments and institutions to use evidence to improve policies, programmes, and ultimately, the lives of Caribbean people.

Learn more: 👉https://t.co/qde7itWfsW

#OurCDB #MonitoringAndEvaluation #CapacityDevelopment
#StrengtheningInstitutions #DevelopmentEffectiveness

[CDB @Caribank]

💡 Did you know?

Nearly 90% of the value of contracts awarded in 2025 went to suppliers from CDB Borrowing Member Countries. This translates into more opportunities for Caribbean businesses, consultants and contractors to contribute to the region’s development.

Explore more insights in the CDB Annual Procurement Report 2025.

🔗 https://t.co/Hfen6vIbra

#DevelopmentFinance #Procurement #ValueForMoney #OurCDB #OurCaribbean