Dominica&ndash;Spain relations

Dominica–Spain relations

Dominica-Spain relations are the bilateral and diplomatic relations between these two countries. Dominica has no Embassy resident in Spain. You have to go to the Dominican Embassy in the United Kingdom. Spain also does not have a resident embassy in Dominica, but the Spanish embassy in Kingston, Jamaica is accredited for this country. In addition, Spain has a consulate in Dominica.
Historical relations
Christopher Columbus arrived in Dominica on November 3 on 1493, being the first island discovered on his second trip to America. The name with which Columbus baptizes the island is derived from the name of the day of the week in which they see the island, Sunday. Spanish ships arrived frequently during the 16th century, but fierce resistance by the Caribs deterred Spain from their efforts to settle there.
Diplomatic relations
Bilateral relations are concentrated in the framework of Dominica's membership of international organizations, regional cooperation projects and in the exchange of support for candidates in multilateral organizations. The cooperation is channeled in general terms through the Spain-CARICOM Joint Fund of AECID, which executes projects of regional scope. Although no specific project is being developed on the island, Dominica benefits from regional projects, such as the Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology in Agriculture CEATA (Jamaica).
Economic relations
There is practically no bilateral trade. The main products that Spain exports to Dominica vary greatly depending on the years without a consistent pattern of export specialization in the last four years. It also happens in imports from Dominica, where the figures that are shuffled are very small. In 2012 and 2013, the main Spanish exports to Dominica have been industrial technology, textiles and pharmaceuticals.
Cooperation
Cooperation is channeled through the Spain-Caribbean Community Fund (CARICOM) of AECID. The cooperation program with CARICOM is directed
mainly to support regional integration and institutional strengthening of the Caribbean Community.
The interlocutor of the Spanish Cooperation is the CARICOM Secretariat whose headquarters are in Georgetown (Guyana), and all the actions are included within the Regional Cooperation Program with CARICOM. Dominica benefits from projects of regional scope, such as the Regional Center for Advanced Technologies for High-Performance Crops (CEATA) for training in new agricultural technologies, in process of execution in Jamaica.
In December 2009, the Council of Ministers approved a grant amounting to 50,000 euros to support the creation of a future OECS Diplomatic School and a future Common Foreign Service of the Eastern Caribbean.<ref name="rel" />

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