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Together with its local partner Sint Eustatius Foundation (SEF), Caribbean Netherlands Science Institute – CNSI – initiated an, even for global standards, highly innovative project for developing sustainable fisheries, particularly for Sint Eustatius and (small) Caribbean islands: the OCTA Innovation pilot project Statia Blue. CNSI continues to monitor the vulnerable ecosystems of St. Eustatius coordinated by […]    Read More

EU, namely European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development is supporting Overseas Countries and Territories in developing and implementing innovation and creativity for islands’ sustainable growth. In that framework, EU is funding pilot innovation project called Statia Blue. Project is basically using the latest technologies to develop sustainable fishery. The idea behind a smartphone […]    Read More

In years gone by, before phones or cell phones became the norm, islanders would hear by word of mouth that a boat was out looking for Jacks. Word would spread around the community, and people would be on the alert looking for when the boat would come in. Read moreOcta Innovation WebsiteFacebookGoogle+LinkedinTwitter    Read More

It is the cost of the region’s unimaginable natural beauty that, by the caprice of fate, there is the periodic risk of ruin. There is nothing to be said of this past week’s tragedies that has not yet been said, and our hearts go out to the people who died.What needs to be said is […]    Read More

Caribbean regional workshop will take place 5-7 October 2015 at Sint Maarten. The main aim of the activity is to improve OCTs and OCTA’s capacities and ensure better exchange of experience and expertise in Innovation by gathering the IMs and other relevant stakeholders in regional workshops and a project conference, which would contribute to facilitate […]    Read More

September 26 = 27 2017 – Sustainability  – a tool for DevelopmentOcta Innovation WebsiteFacebookGoogle+LinkedinTwitter    Read More

In the Multi-Annual Programme, the Netherlands and Statia committed to … The Statia and Dutch Governments want to broaden the economic basis, get … Investment in sustainable energy, including a second solar park, continues.original articleOcta Innovation WebsiteFacebookGoogle+LinkedinTwitter    Read More

Potential areas for investment include tourism, maritime and air transportation, education and training, real estate, value-added oil based industries and telecommunications based services, to list a few. See it on Scoop.it, via Innovation for islands growth. L’innovation, croissance des îlesOcta Innovation WebsiteFacebookGoogle+LinkedinTwitter    Read More