Senior legal and financial officials from across the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) gathered in Antigua and Barbuda this week for the eighth meeting of Attorneys General and Chief Parliamentary Counsel with Financial Secretaries.

The two-day meeting, hosted by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) from May 14-15, focused on legislative and financial sector reforms across the region.

Discussions included proposed insurance and pensions legislation, payment system licensing regulations, data protection policies and crisis management frameworks aimed at strengthening financial oversight within the ECCU.

Participants also received presentations on Grenada’s proposed Cooperatives Societies Bill, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ implementation of a Single Window for Land and Property Transactions project, and plans to modernise the legislative framework governing the Eastern Caribbean Home Mortgage Bank through the proposed Agreement Establishing ECHMB Capital.

According to the ECCB, the meeting forms part of ongoing efforts under its 2026-2031 Strategic Plan to strengthen regulatory and supervisory systems throughout the currency union.

The annual gathering is considered one of the ECCB’s flagship consultative meetings and provides an opportunity for collaboration between regional Attorneys General and the ECCB on legislative priorities affecting the financial sector.