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Table 3: Companies and Government Agencies/ Ministries that sponsored staff training through the CPDLL - 2021/2022 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (Barbados) Sagicor (Barbados) Barbados Workers’ Union Co-operative Credit Union Ltd (Barbados) Government of Barbados (Barbados)

analysis and visualisation with a view to preparing delegates for data-driven transformation. The Centre developed a Short Course customised offering, and this was delivered between March 28 and April 28, 2022.

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) An Agreement with the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank was signed to facilitate the delivery of customised short courses in Data Analytics for Policymaking and Data Analytics using R . The courses demonstrated how data analytics tools could be useful in policy making for processing large amounts of data and identifying and predicting important patterns. Additionally, the courses enhanced delegates’ ability to use, understand and interpret data for policy-making purposes. Additionally, delegates learned how to import, wrangle, analyse and visualise data in R. The Centre developed a Short Course customised offering, and this was deliv- ered between May 23 and June 2, 2022, and June 20 and July 7, 2022. Other Companies and Governments For the Academic Year 2021/2022, various organisations and governments continued to invest in their employees’ development by sponsoring their enrolment in courses offered by the CPDLL. Table 3 lists the Companies and Governments that spon- sored at least one of their employees through the CPDLL. Growth of CPDLL Although there was a decrease in short course enrol- ment during the Academic Year of 2021/2022, there were substantial enrolment increases in customised short courses for organisations (89%) and standalone postgrad- uate courses (93%). It is imperative that Governments and organisations retrain and upskill their employees to drive organisational development and sustainability. As a result, there were 23 new short courses and certificates

Hanschell Inniss (Barbados) Bryden Stokes Ltd (Barbados) Barbados Port Inc. (Barbados) Accra Beach Hotel (Barbados) University of the West Indies (Barbados) Barbados Light & Power (Barbados) Terrific Tiles (Barbados) Capsule Wholesale (Barbados) Brookfield Asset Management (Barbados) REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS National Insurance Property Development & Management Co Ltd (St. Vincent)

Office of the National Authorising Officer (Dominica) Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (St. Lucia) Government of Belize (Belize) Note. The country of origin of each organisation is in the parentheses.

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES CAVE HILL CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL 2021/2022

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