The Office of the Secretariat is headed by the ECO-6 Chairman and represented by the Secretary General. The Office works closely with the Council of Ministers and the House of Chiefs to direct the implementation of all ECO-6 programmes, initiatives, and projects. The Secretariat represents ECO-6 in the exercise of its legal personality.

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The official seat of the Secretariat is at the ECO-6 Headquarters located in the Sovereign Maroon Territories on the Island of Jamaica.

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The ECO-6 Secretariat has been designed to engage the African Diaspora across all regions, including: Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

 

Key areas of priority for the Secretariat are:

 

• industry, trade, finance and investment

• employment creation and poverty eradication through industrialization

• agriculture, food, and natural resources

• knowledge transfer and human capacity development

• communication and information technology

• energy, environment, and sustainable development

• science and technology

• healthcare and preventive medicines     

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