On the 15th of July 2026, we were delighted to welcome representatives from the Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to St. Kitts and Nevis. This visit formed part of the onboarding for our new European Union (EU) Grant under the EU’s ‘Social Protection and Nutrition for Sustainable Agri-Food Systems in the Caribbean’ initiative (EU-Caribbean Nutrition Facility: Nourishing Futures Together).
The EU-Caribbean Nutrition Facility (EU-CaN)
EU-CaN is part of the EU Regional Food Security Programme (2023 – 2027), and it supports:
- Expanding inclusive national social protection systems for agricultural actors
- Promoting equitable access to healthy, nutritionally adequate diets.
Overall, EU-CaN aims to make Caribbean food systems more sustainable, resilient to climate change and better able to achieve food security and good nutrition for everyone. The priority countries are Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
EU-CaN is funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIAP), Spain and the Central Project Management Agency (CPVA), Lithuania.
Our EU-CaN Project
We were delighted to have been successful with our grant application and so proud to have been awarded our first-ever EU grant. This funding will support our My Healthy Heroes programme, which aims to use a creative approach to promote healthy eating in young people. This EU-funded project will run for 12 months and focus on nutrition education, awareness and advocacy.
Our project aims to contribute to addressing one of the biggest public health challenges facing St. Kitts and Nevis and the wider region: non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
NCDs are the leading cause of death in St. Kitts and Nevis, accounting for 77% of all deaths. Many NCDs are lifestyle-related and, therefore, preventable. Diets high in added sugar, salt, saturated fat, and that contain industrially produced trans fats significantly increase a person’s risk of developing NCDs. By focusing on nutrition education, awareness, and advocacy, this project seeks to support healthier behaviours by improving young people’s knowledge and understanding of healthy eating and advocating for evidence-based food policies that create healthier food environments.
We are very much looking forward to starting this project and are very grateful to the EU for their funding and for the support provided by the CPVA.
About the European Union
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 European countries that works to promote peace, security, sustainable development, solidarity, mutual respect among peoples, free and fair trade, the eradication of poverty and the protection of human rights.
About FIAP
FIAP supports the development of public systems in more than 120 countries. They do so by mobilising public sector talent to foster the exchange of knowledge and experience between counterpart institutions from different countries. As a public foundation, their work forms part of Spain’s and Europe’s external action. They believe in the value of public institutions to improve people’s lives and protect the planet.
About the CPVA
The CPVA has more than 20 years of experience in project management and works to ensure that public investments are beneficial and managed responsibly. They administer projects and programmes and implement international development cooperation policy. They also provide methodological support on public investment to state and municipal authorities and institutions and advise on the issues related to public-private partnership projects.
Views and opinions expressed are those of Lake Health and Wellbeing only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CPVA. Neither the European Union nor the contracting authority can be held responsible for them.
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