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Dominica

Dominica

The Commonwealth of Dominica is known as the "Nature's Island of the Caribbean" for its lush green mountains and serene beauty. Bharat enjoys traditionally cordial bilateral relations with Commonwealth of Dominica since the diplomatic relations established in 1981. Commonwealth of Dominica is concurrently accredited to Indian Mission in Port of Spain and it does not have a diplomatic Mission in Bharat.

 

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The Commonwealth of Dominica is known as the "Nature's Island of the Caribbean" for its lush green mountains and serene beauty. Bharat enjoys traditionally cordial bilateral relations with Commonwealth of Dominica since the diplomatic relations established in 1981. Commonwealth of Dominica is concurrently accredited to Indian Mission in Port of Spain and it does not have a diplomatic Mission in Bharat.

Capacity Building

  • Bharat has been contributing to capacity building of the Commonwealth of Dominica (CD) by providing training to its personnel under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme at various training institutions in Bharat.
  • The Government of India has recently increased the number of annual training slots from 5 to 10 for Dominican nationals. Courses mostly sought after by Dominica are in the areas of IT, Accounts and Financial Management, Human Resource Development, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, etc. 
  • Following the signing of MoU on setting up of a Centre of Excellence in IT in Dominica in October 2011 under bilateral cooperation programme between Dominica and Bharat, the Centre has recently been set up. The Centre was officially inaugurated in May 2016. As of now around 600 Dominican students have received various IT trainings at the Centre. 

Grants & Concessional Finance

  • In December 2011, Bharat donated US$100,000 to Dominica to help alleviate problems caused by Hurricane Ophelia.
  • Likewise, Bharat recently provided humanitarian assistance of US$300,000 to Dominica in the wake of damage caused by flash floods in December 2013.
  • On a request from the Dominican Government for donation of medicines for their public hospitals, GOI has provided medicines, under GOI Grant-in-aid scheme in 2016.
  • The Medical aid donated by the Government of India for the people and Government of Commonwealth of Dominica to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, was formally handed over to Commonwealth of Dominica at a virtual ceremony held in August 2020. 
  • Under the Vaccine Maitri Initiative, Government of India donated 70,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine to Dominica.