According to NRC Chair Earl Bousquet, the organisation will host a National Consultation alongside The University of the West Indies (UWI).

The NRC Chair says, “It’s well-known what the governments want for the region, so now it’s to find out what the people want and both the governments and the non-government stakeholders are making that happen here, starting this week.”

The wider goal, the NRC Chair adds, is “for Project Repair to use the final report as a basis for engaging with the European Union and the European private sector, to fund these reparatory projects.” Project Repair has been mandated by CARICOM to undertake regional research to feed into the ultimate plan for Reparatory Justice being sought by the region from the European nations that benefitted from Slavery and Native Genocide in The Caribbean.

Bousquet says prominent Saint Lucian university lecturer Professor Cynthia Barrow, based in Barbados, will meet with representatives of local entities to ascertain their views on Reparations. Bousquet says Professor Barrow is interested in “finding out what kinds of projects and remedial measures Saint Lucians would like to see pursued in Saint Lucia, as part of a wholistic reparations framework.”

The NRC Chair says, “Members of the public will be invited to submit their views on the Government of Saint Lucia and CARICOM’s quest for Reparations on their behalf.”  Bousquet adds the NRC will undertake a public education drive, “ to share and explain The Battle Report’s contents and engage in consultations on what people want from the process of Reparatory Justice being pursued in their name by CARICOM governments.”

The Brattle Report comprises findings of an international team of researchers, historians, economists and finance professionals, headed by Jamaican and International Criminal Court (ICC) Justice Patrick Robinson.