Overview

CoESL helps women and youth of Caribbean and African descent to make their own sustainable livelihoods through entrepreneurship. Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Livelihoods (CoESL) works virtually and physically in Barbados, throughout the region and outside of the region, with Approved Preferred Partners (APP), focused on innovation-driven social and economic development solutions for families, communities, youth, and women. Our target population also targets the very vulnerable and marginalised. CoESL practices virtuous entrepreneurship and helps entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, community-based professionals of Caribbean and African heritage, to become entrepreneurial, resilient citizens. Using proven tools and techniques to help them start and grow their own businesses, social enterprises, or to become more engaged/productive citizens. The Centre’s philosophy rotates around its Complementary Capitalism model (CCm), underpinned by its 4Ps approach. We are intentionally and deliberately spreading the practice of complementing rather than competing. We are mindfully practising authenticity and helping the people with whom we work to model transformational habits, behaviours and attitudes. The CoESL helps to inculcate the “leaving no one behind” model. We focus on Developing People to find their purpose and make their own sustainable livelihoods, Preserving the Planet, Maintaining Peace and Building durable Partnerships, (4P’s). Working with approved implementing partners, regionally and globally, who are selected by the Centre, based on Credibility, Competence, Connections and Confidence, CoESL, is tackling the root causes of poverty, climate change, economic inequity and injustice. This force for good and partners are focused on infecting the world, by equipping people with skills, technological know-how, broad-based knowledge, value-added connections, attitudes, and behaviours to catapult them into decent, sustainable jobs.