The Debt and Investment Management Unit (DIU) within the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, and Youth Economy serves as the Government of Saint Lucia's principal authority for the management of public debt. Ensuring the timely, consistent, comprehensive, and reliable dissemination of public debt statistics is a crucial component of the government's dedication to enhancing accountability and transparency in its debt management practices.
The primary aim of this bulletin is to furnish the public with pertinent information and data concerning the nation's domestic and external debt positions. The Commonwealth Secretariat Meridian Database System (Meridian) serves as a repository for loan agreements, compiles aggregate data, reports on public sector debt, and provides the necessary data utilized in this report.
In this edition of the public debt statistical bulletin, we present a statistical overview of the public debt portfolio for the first quarter (January - March) of 2025, comparing the current quarter with the previous four quarters. The focus of this public debt bulletin encompasses central government debt as well as debt guaranteed by the government.
This Public Procurement User Manual is written to assist with applying the provisions of the Public
Procurement Act and the Public Procurement Regulations enacted in St Lucia. It shall serve as a
guide to procuring entities in executing their procurements.
It is expected that there will be changes to organizational structures and responsibilities for public
procurement. As our capacity improves we expect improvements to our procurement processes in
line with best practices. For this reason, it is expected that this Procurement Manual will require
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constant review and amendment as the procurement context evolves.
The CFU’s mandate is to serve as the coordinating entity, leading national efforts to mobilize, access, manage, monitor and report on funding into Saint Lucia from regional and international sources to address climate change impacts.
These funds will be used to support projects in areas such as climate resilience, renewable energy and energy efficiency, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable agriculture.
Saint Lucia faces increasing threats from climate change. These threats manifest in stronger and more frequent storms, rising sea levels, coastal erosion, and impacts on agriculture and water resources. Storms like Hurricane Allen (1980), Hurricane Tomas (2010), the Christmas Eve Trough (2013), and the flooding in Corinth (2022) have severely impacted Saint Lucia’s infrastructure and economy.
These disasters have highlighted the need for significant amounts of funding from a variety of international and domestic sources to assist with recovery, adaptation and mitigate actions. As a response to this critical national need, in March 2025, the Cabinet of Minister approved the establishment of a Climate Finance Unit (CFU).
The CFU’s mandate is to serve as the coordinating entity, leading national efforts to mobilize, access, manage, monitor and report on funding into Saint Lucia from regional and international sources to address climate change impacts.
These funds will be used to support projects in areas such as climate resilience, renewable energy and energy efficiency, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable agriculture.
This logo design competition is intended to get a unique and impactful logo that embodies the mandate of the CFU: “Increasing the acquisition of financial resources from regional and international sources for climate change related initiatives in Saint Lucia."
The Saint Lucia Urban Resilient Flood Investment Project –aims to facilitate the preparation of a project designed to enhance the Government of Saint Lucia’s capacities to prepare and respond to disaster and climate events and to strengthen the resilience of infrastructure in Castries and Anse La Raye to flood risk management.