Grenada

Grenada is a small island country of volcanic origin in the eastern Caribbean. It lies just 160 kilometres north of Venezuela. Grenada has a ridge of mountains that run from north to south with steep valleys. It also features large areas of tropical rainforest. Some of the Southern Grenadines islands are a dependency of Grenada, meaning it has political control.

Secretariat support for Grenada

Elections

Grenada received Commonwealth Election Professionals (CEP) Initiative training in May 2018. Its election officials improved their skills in running fair, trusted and inclusive elections.

Elections work

Countering violent extremism

The Secretariat helped senior officials in Grenada strengthen their skills, systems and processes to tackle violent and extremist views. The focus was on the country’s prisoners.

Countering violent extremism work

Human rights

The Secretariat helped Grenada with its report on human rights in the country under the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process.

Human Rights work

Climate change

The Commonwealth Secretariat supports Grenada to deliver climate action by building its capacity to access international climate finance through the Climate Finance Access Hub and supporting the development of robust climate policies.

Climate change work