The First Bi-Regional Dialogue (Caribbean–EU) Workshop under the EUCARINET Project was hosted by the CARICOM Secretariat in conjunction with the consortium of Project Partners from Europe and Caribbean, in April 2013 at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana

The Bi-Regional dialogue focused on addressing long-term strategies to strengthen existing cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) between Europe and the Caribbean, starting with the knowledge base of the EUCARINET Project. The Workshop also considered the recommendations of a Strategy Paper on Science Technology and Innovation in the Caribbean, developed under the Project. More specifically, it sought to identify the best means of integrating the outputs of the EU-CARINET Project into policy and strategic frameworks for STI, in order to establish sustainability of the long term benefits of STI development in the Caribbean.

Participants in Workshop called for increased investments in Science Technology and Innovation (STI) in the Region and recommended, inter alia, that a focal point for STI be established at the CARICOM Secretariat to coordinate STI related efforts in the Region.

The EUCARINET Project covers Science Technology and Innovation within the thematic areas of Bio-economy and Food Security, ICT, Energy and Health.