Belize Tapped to Chair Caribbean Development Bank Board

There is major news coming out of the Caribbean Development Bank’s 56th Annual Meeting in the Bahamas. Belize has been elected to hold the Chairmanship of the CDB Board of Governors for the 2026-2027 term. Minister of State, Doctor Osmond Martinez attended the event. So, what does this mean for Belize? Well, it transitions us from a standard borrowing member into strategic regional leadership to steer development agendas across the Caribbean.

 

Dr. Osmond Martinez, Chairman, Caribbean Development Bank

“Belize is deeply honored to accept the chairmanship of the board of governors for the upcoming period, as we prepare to host the fifty seventh annual meeting in June 2027. This occasion marks a significant milestone for us as Belize will be hosting the annual meeting for the second time since 1994. Belize approaches this responsibility with both humility and ambition.”

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“As Belize prepares to take on this chairmanship. We do so with a distinct sense of purpose and possibility. Our country occupies a unique space in our region, geographically part of central America, historically and culturally rooted in the Caribbean and deeply committed to the shared prosperity of both. That position has shaped much of our approach to development. It has thought us that resilience does not happen through isolation. It is built through connection and integration.”

 

Belize last hosted the Caribbean Development Bank Annual Meeting in 1994.

 

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