The partnership, established under the Quick Impact Projects (QIP) Programme, will fund small-scale, high-impact projects that aim to improve livelihoods, strengthen community infrastructure, and promote sustainable socio-economic growth all without adding a burden to taxpayers.

Minister for External Affairs, Honourable Alva Baptiste, described the agreement as another milestone in the long-standing friendship between the two nations.

“Today is just another chapter in our relationship, signing the Quick Impact Projects,” he said. “Apart from the significant and large development projects that we have been attending to, these are short impact projects that will inject new life into the business of cooperation and development.”

The Quick Impact Projects initiative is designed to provide direct support for community-led interventions that can deliver tangible results in a short timeframe.

Under the agreement, local communities, through their respective ministries or agencies, will be able to identify areas most in need of assistance, ranging from infrastructure and education to environmental resilience and health-related projects.

Shri Prasad Gupta, High Commissioner of India to Saint Lucia, highlighted the program’s flexible and inclusive nature.

“Basically, it is a community-driven program,” he explained. “How can we ensure the community welfare of smaller infrastructure projects? It is not fixed and depends on the recipient. The central government will decide which area they would like to implement this project.”

With the signing of this agreement, both governments reaffirmed their shared vision of development that is people-centered, sustainable, and rooted in mutual respect and collaboration.